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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28

Five Men Instantly Killed by an Exs
uIosion at West hay City, Mich.

Wv. Men INSTANTLY Killed by an Exs
,Io.iou Mt West hay City, Mich.
Al West Bay City. Mich. by the ex.
nlosion of the boiler in Russell Bros. box
factory Tuesday morning i've persons
were instantly killed, several others Wee
injured and one is missing. The dead arei
John Botun. aged Is.
John Calcutt, fireman, aged "a
Albert Hucbenbecker, aged Is.
George Pfund, aged IL.
Albert Raha, aged 10.
The injured are:
Charles Docge. scalded ana bruised;
will live.
Roc Hudson. aged IS. struck by fyiT~
debris; will live.
Fred Wildanger, aged II, struck by Ay-
ing missiles; will live.
The explosion occurred while the mill
was shut down for a few moments, the
BOYS hocking 10 the engine room To eat
lunch. Ii seems that at that hour II has
been customary for the boys in the fac
tory 10 assemble in the fireroom for the
purpose of eating their lunch. At that
time Tuesday George Pfund, Albert Hue
benbecker Albert Raha, John Botun,
with John Calcutt. the fireman, were ar
the fireroom. Without warning the boiler
burst. wrecking the brick boiler-house,
the east end Of the factory, the dry kiln
TO the north. and scattering debris in all
directions. The employees of the mill
rushed out panic-stricken, but, after re-
covering themselves, began the work or
rcscuing their Inflated companions. The
five named we're dead when taken out
from under the brick. timber and sawdust.
Mothers and sisters ran TO the mill from
all directions, crying pitiously for fear
their husbands and fathers had been
killed. and the scene was one of complete
confusion for several minutes. A hire
broke out in the ruins and an alarm called
company to the scene. Charles Doege
was found on the platform between the
planning mill and boiler-room pinned down.
by hot steam pipe under boards and
timbers. The shock of the explosion was
felt two miles away. but the report was
comparatively slight.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
JAPAN is CONFIDENT.
THE MIkADo is SUSPICIOUS OF
CHINA.
Turks Avert Investigation or Ar
menian Matters-Famous San Fran
cisco Resort Burned - Everything
Quiet in Georgia.
Flushed with victory.

The Japanese Parliament was opened
by commission. The speech from the
throne briefly referred TO the victories
achieved by the Japanese troops in every
engagement, and says they are steadily
pressing forward in the enemy's terri
tory, adding that il is especially satisfae-
tory to note that in spite of the cold and
hardships the forces are more than ever
distinguishing themselves by their valor.
The relations of japan with the neutral
powers are more friendly than ever. The
revision of treaties on long cherished de-
sires has been accomplished with some
countries and with other States the nego-
tiations for this purpose are making IA
vorable progress. In conclusion the
speech says: Having been placed in
such q glorious situation we wish more
than ever to promote the civilization Of
the country, and cnjoin Parliament to
take notice of the state Of affairs at
home and abroad, and by securing har-
mony between this Government and the
people assist in the furtherance of the
imperial wishes" The Government is
still skeptical in regard to China's peace
OvertureS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
Perils of the Deep.

San Francisco dispatches say there are
now ten ships overdue in this coast and
300 lives are at stake upon their fate.
The vessels are: Steamer Montserrat,
fourteen days from Nanaimo; steamer
keewenaw. thirteen days from Mana
imo; bark Gcrmania, fourteen days from
Seattle; bark Columbia, fourteen days
from Port Blakely; ship J. Il. Brown,
seventeen days from Nanaimo; bark Sea
King. sixteen days from Nanaimo; schoo-
ner Mary and Ida, sixteen days from
Shoal Water Bay; ship Red Rock, four
teen days from San Francisco to Port
land; ship Gleniui, sixteen days from
San Francisco TO Portland; bark Do
minion, fifteen days from San Francisco
TO Puget Sound.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
Swift for Mayor.

Alderman Madden of Chicago an
pounces that he will not be n candidate
for the Mayoralty nomination before the
Republican convention next spring. The
announcement occasioned great surprise
among the politicians of both parties out
side of the Alderman's intimate friends,
who have known of his intentions respect
ing the Mayoralty for several days. AL
derman Madden's declination, it is gen.
orally conceded, means that George b.
Swift will have walk-over for the Re
publican nomination. Had Madden re-
manned in the field the contest between
the two men would have been close.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28

Managers Of Soldiers Homes Meet at
Milwaukee to Discuss Reforms.

Managers Of Soldiers Homes Meet at
Milwaukee to Discuss Reforms.
Representatives of the various State
soldiers homes in Iowa. North Dakota,
Nebraska, and Michigan met in confer
ence at Milwaukee for the purpose Of con-
sidering reforms in the management OF
these institutions which il is proposed TO
bring before the different legislatures at
their next session. The conference has
been promoted by the Board of Trustees
OF the Wisconsin Veterans Home and its
tendency will be toward a more rigid man.
agement of the institutions. especially in
the matter of suppressing characterization.
|. is claimed that political orators and
others are in the habit of claiming on the
stump that there is nothing too good for
the old veterans and that they ought to
control the institutions in which they are
sheltered, and that as Il result more or
less Generalization is injected into the in
sttutions.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
BILL COOK.
bility be decent member of society in
Indian Territory to-day.

bility be a decent member of society in
Indian Territory to-day.
When Bill was schoolboy at Fourteen
Mile Greek. midway between Fort Glib
son and Talequah, he fell in love with
pretty girl, Martha Pittman. Their ro-
nance ran along smoothly enough until
Bill was convicted of smuggling whisky
into the Territory-an offense that great
many people are guilty of. Then Mar
tha's father vowed that his daughter
would never marry a criminal, and when
Bill got out Of Jail he was refused per-
mission to call on Martha. Like a true
sweetheart Martha stood by her loveaG
but Bill refused TO marry her without the
old mans consent and swore that if he
could not obtain it he'd go on the warpath
and put the whole Indian Territory on
the run at the point of his Winchester.
To the warpath he consequently took
when Martha's father remained obdur-
ate and il must be said that he has kept
considerable portion of the Territory on
the qui vive ever since. And here the
strangest part of the romance comes to
light. All through Bills train robbing ep-
isodes and robberies Martha remained
true, and finally her father, impressed
with Bills nerve. withdrew his objections
10 the marriage and is as anxious to have
Bill as son-in-law. 1t is now said that
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
To Meet iu Chattanooga.

The general committee has located the
international Conference of the Epworth
League for 1898 at Chattanooga, Tenn.
The dates fixed are June -, %, 20 and
81. 1t was decided to hold the meeting
In the South and Chattanooga forcibly
presented the advantages of the historic
surroundings of the city, as well ms good
hotels and railroad facilities, and has Sc
cured the conference. An attendance of
lo,oOO to 10000 is anticipated. One
open air meeting will be held on Lookout
Mountain. There are now 100000
members of the Epworth League in the
United States.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
SHAME OF NEW YORK.
Capt. Schmittberger Makes a Clean
Breast to Lexow's COMMITTEES.

Macmillan G.. Schmittberger, captain
OF police and now in command of the ten
derloin district in New York, made a con-
fession before the Lexow Committee Fri
day TO the effect that the entire police sys-
TEN of New York City, with the exception
of Supt. Byrnes and few others, was
rotten to the core; that blackmail and
bribery, eXtortion and corruption were
common crimes in the department, and
that mercenary methods alone actuated
his fellow officers. His charges impli-
Gated Inspectors Williams and McAvoy,
eX-Inspector Steers, Police Commission
ers James Il. Martin and John G. Shee-
han, Capts. Price, Gastlin, and Martens,
ex-Capt. John Gunner, and Wardman
Dunlap, Robert Vail and James Cannon.
Capt. Schmittberger is under indictment
for bribery. He had previously refused
to testify before the Senate Committee.
Friday, however he was rearrested and
his bail increased. Then he took advan-
tage of an offer Of immunity from pun
ishment held out to him by Counsel Golf
and made q clean breast of it.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle, common TO prime,
$3.I5d610; hogs shipping grades, $3.50
Obj; sheep, fair to choice, $2M3.G0;
wheat, No. = red, 53d53Iac corn, No. 2,
45d451ac; oats, No. ., 29d29I5c; rye, No.
2, 4Sd4S15c; butter, choice creamery, 236
231ac; eggs, fresh, 1Sd19c; potatoes, car
lots, per bushel, 456u4Sc.
indianapolis - Cattle, shipping, $50
BIS; hogs, choice light, S3I4.75; sheep,
common to prime, $2d3.50; wheat, No.
2 red, 52d53c; corn, No. white, 400
1910; oats, No. white. 33d34c.
st. Louis-Cattle, S366; hogs, $30p4. 40;
wheat. No. red, 51@51L5c corn, No. 2,
44d441ac; oats, No. 2, 291aa30c; rye, No.
., 53M55c.
Cincinnati-Cnttle, s2.5Od5.50; hogs,
54M5419c; corn, No. mixed, 44G44115c;
oats. No. 2 mixed, 32l9@331ac; rye, No. 2,
54d5Gc.
Detroit Cattle, 50. 5Od5. 80; hogs, $41
4.I5; sheep, $203. 80; wheat, No. !. white,
55G5515c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 44@i415c;
oats. No. 2 white, 33M34c; rye, No. 2,
51M51hc.
Toledo-Whcat, No. red, 54@55c;
corn, no. 2 mixed, 4G0liTc; oats, No.
2 white, 33M34c; rye. No. 2, 50d52c.
Buffalo-Cattlc. $2.JOM5.5O; hogs. Si61
8: sheep, $2M3.50; wheat, No. red, 81
GJSc; corn, No. yellow, 46M41c; oats,
No. 2 white, 3JM36c.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. spring. 5J6l
5Gc; corn. No. 3. 446lI5c; oats, No. y
white, 31M32c; barley, No. ., 53d55c;
rye, No. 1, 49U51c; pork, mess, $11.501
H.
New York-Cattle, $305.5O: hogs, s.. 80
a.; sheep, $2N3.J0; wheat, No. 2 red, 61
MG11zc; corn. No. =. 51M52c; oats, white,
Western, 3Sd41c; butter, creamery, 220
24c; eggs, Western, 1922.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
KILLED IN A RACE WAR.
Whites and Blacks Lined Up for Bat
tie Near Quitman, Ga.

Near Quitman, Ga, the lives of seven
negroes have been taken in revenge for
that of one white man, and unless all
signs fail utterly many lives more are in
jeopardy. Two bodies of determined men,
between 400 and 800 men in all, every
man being heavily armed, and each body
about equal in numerical strength TO the
other, separated by less than mile of
country, and liable TO clash any minute,
was the spectacle presented in Brooks
County Sunday night. One body ismade-
up of stern. determined white men, bent
on revenge for the brutal murder of one
of the best citizens of that county, the
other is made up of negroes, terror
stricken and fearful lest they or their
families be made the objects of the same
fate as has already befallen seven of their
number, and ready to defend themselves
from such fate as well as they may be
able.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
Tortured and Killed.

The body of Mrs. A. ID. Matson, stiff
and cold and lying in pool of her own
blood, was discovered in her home at To-
peka, Kan, Thursday afternoon. TO all
appearances the woman had been dead
about ten days. 1T is undoubtedly a case
of murder, with robbery as the incentive.
Mrs. Matson lived alone, and it was gen
orally supposed she had considerable
money about the house. Investigation
showed the most brutal treatment had
been dealt the woman before her life had
been taken.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
MAY REMIT THE FINES.

Spain Anxious TO Come to an Under
standing with Uncle Sam.
A bill was introduced in the Spanish
Chamber of Deputies to suppress the ex-
port and industrial taxes on sugar and
molasses in Cuba. Senior AbarZuza, min
lister of the colonies, declaring that the
government was prepared to agree to re-
hitting the fines imposed in Cuba on
American shipping. He added that ne
gotiations were proceeding between Spain
and the American minister for the con-
ccssion TO the United States of the most
favored nation treatment.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
CARNEGIE WAGES CUT.
Many Thousand Men at Homestead
and Braddock Will Suffer.

Notices were posted Friday at the
Homestead works of the Carnegie Steel
Company announcing that the new scale
of wages for next year was ready for the
inspection of the workmen. Five thou
sand men are affected, and there is a cut
in wages all around except in those of
laborers. Their pay is now so low that it
was not disturbed. The scale for the Ed
gar Thomson workmen at Braddock,
right across the river from Homestead,
will also be readjusted by the company.
The wages of the 5000 men at the Ed
gar Thomson plant will be reduced. The
heaviest cuts are on skilled labor. which
the Carnegie Company has been steadily
reducing, rs il does more and more of
such work with machinery every year.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
HARVEST FOR BLACKMAILERS.
Take Advantage of LcxOw Invcsti-
CATION to Bully Officers.

The wholesale terror in which New
Workers hold the LeXow Committee is
the capital stock of n new kind of black
mailer. Some persons are threatened
with accusation before the committee,
while others are to get subpoenas as wit
nesses if they refuse TO pay. Nor are the
police escaping. When they subscribed
ed toward the travelling expenses of Katie
Schubert and Mrs. Thurow, others who
know the damaging facts were inspired
TO ask for free transportation or its equiv
alent in coin. A police captain told a re-
porter that he had been bullied or threat
ened by more than twenty keepers Of dis
orderly houses. The women told him if
he refused to pay them money they would
go to John w. Golf and the Lexow Com
mittee and accuse him Of receiving brides
in return for protection. The captain
said the practice was becoming general,
and that he had number Of fellow suffer
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
ST. LOUIS BREwERIEs CLOSED.
Labor Leaders Claim the Credit for
Their Boycott.

English syndicate are preparing TO con-
centrate their output in a portion of their
property, and with that end in view ii is
understood that four breweries in their
control will soon be closed. The Liberty
has already shut down, the Chouteau is
being turned into an exclusive ice plant,
while the Phoenix and Excelsior will
probably be closed shortly, being already
on short force. The Beer Drivers Union
officials claim that this move is because
of the boycott which labor organizations
have been enforcing upon syndicate beer
having reduced the sales.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
FORTY PRIESTS MAssACRED.

Twcnty-Thrce Armenian Villages in
Ashes and Others Pillaged.
The Cologne Gazette publishes letter
from Armenia telling of fresh horrors
there, including twenty-three villages
laid in ashes, eleven other villages pill
LACED and forty. priests massacred. An
Armenian paper published in Tifiis has
advices from Moosh Turkish Armenia,
showing that since the appointment of a
commission TO inquire into the outrages
Turkish oppression has greatly lessened.
Many Armenians who had been arrested
have been liberated. The Kurds have
been held in check, and Kurdish chief
has been summoned TO Constantinople.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
Disastrous Fire i'm Cleveland.

At Cleveland fire broke out in the new
four-story brick block, owned by the Doan
estate and Marius Adams, and destroyed
IL quickly. The loss on the building is
10000. The occupants. the *. ID. Box
Company and the French Delcacy Com
pany, lost $4,000 and SCI, 600, respec-
lively. The old wooden Empire Hotel.
across Water street. caught fire and
burned down. loss $4,000, and the cable
railroad waitingro room adjacent TO ii,
worth 81 900, was also consumed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
CABLE MEN ARE HELD.

West Chicago Street Railway Cen
sured for Wanton Negligence.
After hearing the testimony in the in
quest on the victims of the Washington
street tunnel accident, the coroner's jury
held the West Chicago Street Railway
Company responsible through its wanton
negligence and greed in not providing
proper precautions for trains going
through the tunnel, and recommended
that the gripmen and conductors concern
ed in the collision be held TO the grand
jury for criminal carelessness in causing
the deaths of Morris Smith and John
Donohue.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
Five Children Orphaned.

Charles Peterson, of New York, sho,
his wife twice, killing her, and then with
the same weapon killed himself. Jeal.
ousy, for which there appears to have
been no ground, was the motive of the
crime. Five young children are left or.
phans by the tragedy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
New Orleans Strike Settled.

The stevedores' strike at New Orleans
was settled Thursday night, the white
and colored organizations agreeing to di-
vide the work and restore rates, the ship
agents concuring in the re-establishment
of peace and prices.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
Football Player Ia Dead.

George S. Young. of Philadelphia, OF
the Frankfo.d football eleven, who was
injured on Nov. 30, is dead. Young was
heavily thrown fumbling the ball While
reaching for it he was accidentally kicked
in the head. He was taken TO his home
and grew better, but later on an abscess
formed at the base Of his brain which re.
suited in his death.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
Chinese Empress Expresses Joy.

The Dowager Empress of China,
through Tsung-Li-Yamen, has conveyed
to Charles DENLY, the American minister
at Shanghai her thanks for the gift of
New Testament sent TO her by the for
eign ladies' resident of Pekin. The EN-
press sends valuable silks and laces to
Mr. DENLY to be given TO the ladies who
made the present to her.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
GEORGIA WAR Is OVER.
Troops Ordered to the Scene Find
Everything Quiet.

The trouble in Brooks County, Ga, is
over. The Valdosta Nidettes were or
dered out by the Governor. Captain CAT
ferty, Lieutenant Peoples, DIR. Bass and
Sheriff Thrasher at once visited the scene
Of the trouble. They foInd peace restored
and the citizens assured them that there
would be no more trouble. The killing of
the negroes was entirely uncalled for.
They were killed because they were sup
posed TO know the whereabouts of Waiver
ly Pike, whose crime was the original in
centive TO lawlessness. Good citizens Of
the county will do their utmost 10 bring
20 justice the men who are responsible
for the trouble.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
CANADIAN TRADE FALLS OFF.
Both Exports and Imports Are Less
Than in 1892.

Canadian official trade returns for the
first five months Of the fiscal year reveal
great and continued depression. The
falling off in trade totals amounts to near
ly S10.0O0.0O0. The total imports are
valued ut S43, ID, 727, compared with
$5O333, 544 in the corresponding period
of 1893. Total exports were $6i, 616,15O,
compared with $66. 1881 ,503 during 1893,
a decline of 50 234, 1913, or total decrease
in both imports and exports of 50, 534 $40,
equal to $23 ,000,0 900 for the year.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
Revise Tariffs and Rates.

Freight traffic managers of all the
Mississippi valley, southern and south
eastern lines met in st. Louis to revise
tariffs and overhaul rates. They consid
cred grain and milling re-consignments
TO southeastern points. 1t is their pur-
pose to enter the new year with clean
docket and frmcr rates.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
Ex-Goy. AIcorn Dies.

Ex-Gov. Alcorn of Mississippi died at
his home, Eagles Nest" Thursday. He
was 7S years of age. and the most ia
nous man of his State. He was once a
member of the United States Senate. He
was elected Governor of Mississippi in
1860, defeating Judge Lewis Dent, broth
er-in-law of Gen. l.. s. Grant
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
HE COULDN'T MARRY HER,
And That's Why Bill Cook Became tn
Famous Outlaw He Is.

The band of outlaws now operating in
Indian Territory in the Southwest is per-
haps the most daring that has ever been
formed in this country. Its leader, Bill
Cook. is young man less than Do years
old, but he has all the daring and courage
of dozen Daltons. Were ii not for
love affair this young man, of mixed In
dian and white blood, would in all proba-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
China Wants to End the War.

Minister DENLY cabled the State De-
partment that the Chinese Government
has appointed two peace commissioners,
Chang Yin Huan and Fhao, who will pro-
coed at once on their mission from Pekin
70 the japanese capital.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
Shown I'm Her Eyes.

The retina of the eyes of Mrs. Winslow
Shcarman, murdered at jamestown, n.
Y. Saturday, were examined under a
microscope magnifying $500 diameters
and photograph of her murderer quite
clearly revealed. 1t faded on exposure
to the light before a negative could be
made,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
SULTAN BARS HIM OUT.
Says Jcwctt May Not investigate
the Armenian Atrocities.

VIC fFIHCIIIHH lNITONINIC6'
The Sultan Monday evening made q
final reply to the application Of United
States Minister Terrell. at Constantine
pie, for permission TO have Consul Jcwett
make an independent inquiry into the
Armenian troubles. The Sultan positive
ly declined to allow the Consul TO ac-
company the commission. This refusal
was not unexpected at Washington. The
reluctance of the Turkish Government 20
accede to the request is accounted for by
the formidable proportions to which the
agitation in the United States in favor Of
intercession on behalf of the Armcnians
In Turkey has attained
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
GUATEMALA BUYING FIREARMS.
Compelled to Mortgage the Customs
Duties to PAY for Rifles.

In Guatemala Government circles the
report is current that the government has
ordered G0.0OC new Manner rifles for the
army, in payment of which the customs
receipts have been mortga ged, and inn
portant concessions in lands, etc, were
given 10 the persons arranging the
transfer Mexico. it is said will exact
besides her original demands a heavy in
demnity for expenses incurred in mobiliz-
ing her troops. Catarino Cara, the IA
NOUS Mexican bandit, has offered his SER
vices, report has it, to President Barrios
lgainst Mexico.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
STARTED THE FIRE WITH OIL.
EIyria Man and His Wife Burned to
Death and Their House Destroyed.

j. b. Cook, a well-known resident of
Elyria, Ohio, attempted to light his kitch-
en- fire with coal oil, when the oil can
exploded in his face, the blazing oil run
ming down his body, burning all his
clothes off. Mrs, Cook, who ran into the
room, also caught fire, and the two APP
peared outside moment later enveloped
in flames. The flesh was burned off their
bodies. They lived but few hours. The
house was destroyed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-28
Storm on the Channel.

The telegraph lincs in the northern part
Of Great Britain are still down and the
full amount Of damage by the storm il
not known. II is estimated, howcvcr,
that from 80 to 100 persons lost their
lives in various manners during the pro
gress of the gale.