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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
REAPER WORKS BURN
QUARTER MILLION LOSS, WITH
NO INSURANCE.
Sucked the Filling from His sweetheart's
Teeth-Neariy All Chinese Have Regis
tered-Ex- senator's Tabors Pluck and
Luck-Patton Succeeds stockbridge.
MuncIe.s Tremendous Loss.

William ~ Whitley Reaper and Mower
Works, which moved to Muncie, Ind, from
Springfield, Ohio. burned Sunday. The
factory consisted OF IA mammoth one-story
structure. The buildings were not very
costly. but the machinery was nearly
all new and or the most modern
kind. The factory employed ever
two hundred hands, and was add
Ing to the force weekly, as the supply
for the years trade was just being pre- :
pared Two thousand machines were stored
In the building ready for shipment, while
over ], 500 more we're partially completed
This makes the amount OF the loss very
great A conservative estimate places the
loss at s2i5. 900, with no insurance.
Until recently the factory was par
TALLY insured, Luz the rate was so
high that it was dropped The factory was
not accessible to the city fire department.
but good system OF house was distributed
throughout the buildings Mr.. Whitley re-
Gently won suits from the Mccormick and
another reaper company for $780, 000 for in
frlngement on his pateltS He has other
similar suits pendin; and places his gain
at $500 900 from this source. He also has
many thousand dollars outstanding and Is
by no means financially ruined by the con-
fagration
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
Go Down on the Tab.

Friday was the last day for registration
under the Chinese exclusion act and the
amendments thereto There has been u
general compliance with tho law In all
parts OF the country. The only notable
exception to the rule, so far as learned,
has been in the mount alnous districts Of
Montana, where deep SHOWS and the rigors
of winter have prevented those living in
the interior from reaching points where
registration books we're open. In these
sections the Deputies have been obliged to
travel on snovshoes and endure hardships
which the Chinese would hardly be ex-
pect1d 10 undergo According TO the CEN
sus returns OF 1890 there we're approxi-
mately 107, 500 Chinese in this country.
and IL is believed about this number has
registered
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
Agricultural Appropriations.

The agricultural appropriation bill re-
ported to the House by Chairman Hatch,
OF the Committee OF Agriculture. appro-
pirates g. $50, 6t3 for the fiscal year ending
juno 81, 1895. Compared With the appro-
priation for the present fiscal year. this Is
a decrease Of s149 $50 Very little change
has been made In the salary list, hut
reduction OF $50, $50 In the aggre-
gate has been accomplished by
Encouragement of the service and by
consolidation of offices wherever practi-
cable Authority is given TO ontiuue In
vestigations with u view TO extending the
demend OF foreign markets for the agri-
cultural products OF the United States. and
10 continue inquiries as to the best system
OF road making, the same appropriation AS
last year being provided reduction In
the appropriation for the weather bureau
has been made, amounting 10 s7I, 277. TIE
decrease is mainly In salaries, though CON-
tlngent and general expenses have been
considerably reduced. without 1t 81 hoped.
In the least impsiring the usefulness and
efficiency OF this valus BILE servica
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
OUTLOOK rON TRADE.
There Is Promise OF an Increased Con-
sumption of Wool

There Is Promise of an Increased Con-
sumption of Wool.
II. G.. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review of
Trade says:
A point of encouragement is the heavy
buying OF wool, amounting TO 6,402, GOO
pounds for the week at three chief mar
Sets. against 661. 900 last year la April
salos we're 81, s3s, 95S pounds, against &c.
Ogs $50 last year As these sales have for
years been in steady relation to the en-
tire consumption OF wool, IL Is fair 70 in
fer that In spite OF the stoppage OF some
i'm Lortant works, and In spite OF uncer-
tain ties as to labor and as TO lesisla ton,
consumption will continue large for some
weeks at least. The enormous I'M
sold stock of wheat which made a
lower average OF prices in February, March,
and April than was ever known In any pre-
vious month. also depressed May wheat
to tho lowest point on record, althou III
Western receipts were only 1850, 736 BUSH
els against 9, ASS. $50 last year, and Allan
tic exports 1,l43. 2s5 bushels, against ,5is,-
90 bushels last year Cotton spectators,
who have seen larger receipts from planta-
lions in April than year ago, have lost
faith and grip with favoring accounts OF
acreage planted. and the price declined an
eighth. The most encouraging sign is the
marked decrease In liabilities OF firms fall
ing, which were only 81. 44s, Ia for the last
week of April and for four weeks IS, 722, =
EOS. OF which s3. 722. 900 we're OF manufact-
uring and S4.844, 367 of trading concerns
The amount Of liabilit es at the South was
So. 910. 40, against 50, Ill, 032 In Eastern and
G.. co., 257 In Western States The failures
for the week have been 233 In the United
states. AGAINST 216 last year, and thirty
five In Canada, against twenty seven last
year
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
Breckenridge at Home.

Col Breckenridge is at Lexington, Ky.
arriving Friday evening. From 400 10 600
OF his constituents were on hand to greet
him. The reception committee consisted
OF County Judge I. A. Bullock, Squire
John r Riley, Chief OF Fire Department
George w. Muce, Deputy County Clerk
John II. Gorham and his father, Squire
G1rham, United States Storekeeper W. l.
Yellman and Deputy Postmaster Curry
McChesney. As soon as Colonel Breckln-
ridge stepped from the train he was sur
rounded by the committee and sthe people
present, and for 6fteen minutes he was
kept busy shaking hands with his friends
and admirers. The well-known horse
dealer, j. 7. Nichols, proposed three cheers
for Breckenridge. aud they were given
with a will, and showed the intense feel
ing that the Co,onel's friends have
for him. The cheering was kept up
for several minutes, the enthusiasm
appearing TO be almost uubounded
The women, however, are up in arms as
the following manifesto Will show.
To THE VOTERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY:
The women of Lexington and of the Ashland
district protest against the denomination OF
W. G. p. Breckenridge for Congress AS you
are the voters, we trust that you will refuse
TO return him as your representative. BY do
ing so you will best subserve the peace and
progress OF human society, which from every
quarter calls for this mighty and holy action
THE WOMEN OF LExINGToN.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
a Lesson in English.

Pardon me-" as the criminal said t.
the Governor.
"Step this way, please" as the dane.
ing master said to his class.
by, by" as the clerk said to the Gus
toner.
"Ho, there, as the farmer said to his
field hand.
Take chair" as the dentist said to
his patient.
"You make me tired" as the hired
girl said to the Monday washing.
Drop in some time, as the slot ma.
chine said to the nickel.
Call again" as the poker player said
TO the other poker player.
Get on to it," as the bicycle teacher
said to his nervous schola'.
Come around next week, as Thurs
day said TO the day before.
Its all up with you, as the sidewalk
sweeper said to the roof cleaner.
You're corker, as the brewer said
to the bother.
That's the end Of it." as the bcarder
said to the landlady when she gaze
him the tail of the chicken.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
TABOR ON TOP AGAIN.
The Ex-Colorado Millionaire Strikes Rich
Luck In a Mine.

The Ex-COlOrado Millionaire Strikes Rich
Luck In Mine.
ii. A. w. Tabor. the Denver Colo man
whose $40, 900 lace nightshirt was admired
In Washington while he represented COL
orado In the Senate, Is on top again. Ten
years ago he was worth $4,000. 900, but no
got rid OF MS wealth through a score Of
channels Through IL all he has hold On TO
the Tabor Opera House, worth over 81, OOO,
900, and the Tabor Block, worth nearly
half as much. He fell into the hands of
the money lenders, who charged him and
per cent u moath interest besides round
commissions of $50, 900 AMI S25. 900. His
principal Indebtedness was concen-
tra.ed within the last two years on
his two big buildings In cutthroat
trust deeds for s75o,OO0. There is
no redemption clause in these deeds.
Some months ago the old man went into
the Jesus Maria mine ia old Mexico. and
now his tabor luck" long avorite ex-
preston In the West, has returned The
blocks were advertised 10 be sold by auc-
ton ten days ago and they would have gone
from him forever. His agents secured q
temporary Injunction, and during the ar
guments since IL has been shown that he
got only $4,000 cash out Of the $3.50, 900
obligation. The rest was accumulated in
terest and commissions In court it was
announced that the debt would be paid
and the trust deeds lifted there was
cheer which the Judge ithdificulty sup
pressed, as the ex-Senator has general
sympathy. While the usur ers have been
trying TO obtain his property at half It's
value. he has been working with overalls
and candle as the underground superin-
tendont of his mine. aud 1t is now paying
eos, 900 to $40, 900 month net in gold.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
Cannos Agree to Paw Notes I'm Gold

From Topeka State Bank Commissioner
John W. Bret len th al sent circular to all
State and private banks in Kansas, In
which he forbids them TO sign notes
obligating themselves 10 pay their obi
cations In anything except the legal
Gender OF tho United States In the
letter he says: Il am informed that New
York banks require banks that borrow Of
Them to sign notes payable in gold In
this connection / desire 10 call your at
tentiOn TO chapter 90 OF the laws OF Kansas
OF 1893. and request that hereafter all
banks under the control OF this depart
ment refrain from signing any note or
other obligation payable In anything other
than lawful money OF the United S ates
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
NEW COUNTERFEIT.
1t Is of the Two-Dollar Variety and Is Said
to he Dangerou.

II Is of the Two-Dollar Variety and Ii Said
to BE Dangerou.
The secret service OF the Treasury Is in
formed OF the existence OF new and
dangerous counterfeit OF the two-dollar
Treasury note 1t is OF the series OF 1901.
check letter All " J. Fount Iillman. Regis
ter; D. N. Morgan. Treasurer; with Nc
Pherson's portrait are on tho note,
which Is trifa smaller than the
genuine ana is printsd en- soft,
6imsy paper The numbering Is poor.
both as TO formation and color, being al
most brown ct chocolate Instead OF car
nine. he seal IS about one-sixteenth OF
an !nch smaller than the genuine. and is q
dull and faint red instead OF bright pink as
l. the genuine. In the Mcpherson portrait
She collar In the counterfeit shows all
around in front, giving the whiskers the
appearance OF being trimmed. The figure
20" In the lower right corner face of the
genuine Is missing In the Counterfeit The
lathe work on the face OF the note is we'll
executed. The note Is regarded as dam
gerous
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
Is Against Jenkins.

Chairman Boatner. OF the COMPRESSION al
committee, appointed 10 investigate the
Northern Pacific Railroad injunctions of
Judge Jenkins submitted the majority re =
port Of the committee to the House Friday
After resting the circumstances leading
up TO the granting OF the two orders OF In
functions on December 10 and December
%. the report says: "Your committee has
no hesitation In declaring that the orders
rendered were gross abuse OF the power
OF the court; were supported by neither
reason nor authority; were beyond tho
Jurisdiction OF the Judge, and we're there
fore void
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11

Scathing Recital of Chicago's Shame by
City Physician.

City Physician.
IL was shocked and disguised beyond
measure by what saw at the pesthouse,
or smallpox hospital. said DIR. Leonard St,
John. OF Chicago. when asked for his opin-
ION AZ TO the public danger from the loath-
some disease. ~ am pretty we'll accus-
toned 10 revolving sights and smells In
connection lrith disease, but the condition
of things at the pes house was too much
for me- That was some time ago. and l
am informed that matters are worse there
now. i weh5 there professionally to see a
couple OF pa ients. ] did not investiga ate
the place particularly. What i noticed
was forced on my observation. /
can sos no sufficient excuse for the
awful state OF affairs. When more room
was needed 1t should have been secured at
once The row7rs OF the Health Commits
sioner are very offensive When visited
the pesthouse there we're some 200 patients
there. and TO care for them, were ten Sis
tiers This meun, that II those Sisters
worked twenty -four hours "a day there was
one nurse TO every twenty patients,
and IL they worked only twelve hours
n day. one nurse to forty patients.
This is slamefully inadequate. But
the listers had 10 do all the work OF the
place, all OF tho cleaning. scrubbiny. cook
ing. and waiting on the patients AT that
time there was no male nurse there, and
when the patients became delirious there
was no one Tut the women TO hole them.
When patient died the Sisters had TO
carry the loathsome corpse down n narrow
winding stairway, and out to the dead
house. so narrow vas the stairway that 1t
was almost impossible TO bring the dead
body down. ! am told that two male
nurses have been added to the stafY since
then, but the number OF patients has In
creased encrmously.p
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
THE JOKE WAS FATAL
A STRANGE REASON FOR a
SWEDE'S SUICIDE.
Kansas Notes Must Be Paid Only In Legal
Tender-Cashier Thompson's Record Is
Badly smirched-winding Up the Des
Moines Land Grants.
Victim of Fear.

A swede named johnson. whose home Is
fn Rutland. VT. had not been In this coun-
try very long, ard while at his home In
Rutland he wrote letter and placed "a
cancelled postage upon IT. supposing that
st was all right, The letter was returned
10 him and the postal authorities
told him that II he did that again he
would get into trouble. Johnson took the
matter very much to heart, and worried so
that he told some OF the men in thu stone
quarry where he worked about It. The
men thought they would worry johnson
still further, SO they told him that perhaps
he would be hanged for violating the postal
laws OF the country. Johnson belle we'd
them and ran away from Rutland He
reached East Boston, and after tclling his
story to some OF his countrymen whom he
met there, threw himself In the harhor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11

The Aggregate Valuation OF the Produc-
tion In 1893 Reached e22,OOO,OOO.


report on the valuation OF building
stones produced In the United States dur
Ing 1893 shows AN aggregate valuation Of
almost s22,000.oo0. decrease OF over
$4,000, 600 from that OF 1902. The valua-
ton OF bluestone is estimated at 81. 0O0,-
00l. The marble pr duct was valued
at s?,4I1,O02 Vermont alone had n
product valued at Sl.621. 00c, more
thaa six times that OF any other State
The production OF granite In the country
was valued at SIS. SIS, 03L OF this amount
that produced I'm Massachusetts was valued
at sl,03l. 2OI; Maine, S1.254.0 54; New
Hampshire, s442. 42I, and Vermont s77s.-
45o. Slate produced during the year was
valued at g. 523, 173, of which 81. Az, 275 is
credited TO Pennsylvania. The sandstone
production had valuation of S5. 105. 15I
or this amount 81. 10i. OBJ was from Ohio
and S622 552 from Pennsylvania Lime
stone production was valued at S13. 020, 223
Illinois produced 81 3O5.OoJ aud Indiana
Sl.4,A Cos
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
Coxey Trampsd on the Gr.ss

At Washington, d. c., the three leaders
OF the commonweal, Coxey. Browne. and
Christopher Columbus Jones, have been
found guilty OF walking on the
grass, and will have to submit 70
u sentence hereafter TO be imposed by
the court for their recent demonstration
on the Capitol grounds All three OF the
accused were convicted on tho first count
OF the indictment. which charged them
with displaying banner designed TO bring
Into public notice the j. s Coxoy Good
Roads Association. Jones. of Philadelphia,
was acquitted Of the second count. which
accused them OF treading on the grass, but
Coxey and Browne were convicted.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
CASHIER Is MISSING.
Belief that the First National Bank or Sc
dalia Has Been systematically Looted.

Belief that the First National Bank or Sc
dslia Has Been systematically Looted.
Cashier J. @ Thompson, OF the failed
First National Bank OF sedalia. Mo, has
not yet been found. He left Friday for
Washingt ton, but telegram from Con-
gresham John T. Heard says that he has
not arrived there 1t is definitely known
that warrants for Thompson's arrest are In
ths haLds OF the Federal officers charging
the missing cashier with embezzlement
false bookkeeping and false reports to the
Comptroller Bank Examiner Latimer and
United States Attorney j. II. Walker re-
fuse to say word, but the belief now -
that the bank has been systematically and
completely looted President Cyrus New
kirk. who has been Ill soma time, has been
placed at deaths door by the shock or the
Developments, and Cashier thompson
wife Is also In a serious condition
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
BEAT THE YOUNG ONE.
HOOSIER OCTO0ENARlANS IN A
FOOT RACE.
Must Fay Their Taxes Riotous Miners
In the south-starving Texans Raid a
store-Air Is Clear In the Pennsylvania
Coke Region.
New Half-MiIe Record.

The octogen arian race that has attracted
so much attention in Northern Indiana
took place ut Losansport Monday for u
purse Of 800 and the championship OF the
State large crowd went to the fair
grounds. where an admission fee Of 10
cents was charged Hannibal Purcell.
or LoSansport; Daniel Rec Ter. OF
Peru; a. q. shryrock. of Rochester, and
benjamin simons were entered for the
race. Purcell IS the Oldest, being 50 years
DID, while tho others are III past 50 years
or age. When time was called only Purcell
and slmons we're present. and the former
won the half mile stretch In 5;4S II Is
said that Reeder's and shryrock's relatives
refused to allow them 10 enter the race.
claiming that II might cost them their
lives
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
Long Term for Anarchists.

In the Central Criminal Court, in Lon
don, Joseph Farnara thu Italian an
archist who pleaded guilty. was sentenced
TO twenty years imprisonment at hard la
Dor. Francis Poiti, his compan ion, was
found guilty and sentenced to ten years
imprisonment After his sentence was
pronounced Farnara shouted "Vive Pam
archie" lie was at once seized by the
court officers and removed. He struggled
hard to free himself, and enGeavored to
make u speech, but was prevented.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
MOB USES DYNAMITE.
Alabama Coal Strikers Blow Up Mine En-
gines and Cars.

Before daylight Monday a mob OF strik-
ers and others. about two hundred, went
TO the mines Of Thomas Price, ut Horse
Creek, Walker County, Ala, and COM
menced the work of destruction. The
miners at Prices had refused to join the
strikers. The mob first put dynamite under
the boiler and engine in the mines and
flew them up They then destroyed the
main ways OF the mines and supplies and
other property. From Prices they marched
to the Victor mines, n few miles distant
aud blew up IA railroad car loaded with
timber. Several other cars they turned
loose down the hill and wrecked. Sheriff
Guthrie te.egraphed Sheriff Morrow, CO
Blrmin cham. and to the Governor for as
sistance Governor Jones has put troops
under orders in anticipation OF further
trouble.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
MANY ARE HURT by A wATERsPoUT.
widespread Damage Done In Lyon and
Usage Counties, Kansas.

Usage Counties, Kansas.
The central portion of Lyon County and
the southern section OF Usage County.
Kansas. were visited by a terrible storm
Friday night. A waterspout broke, food
Ing the country and running crops The
devastation OF the water was increased by
an unparalleled Ice storm Ice formed as 1t
fell. II inches in circumference, that killed
cattle and ruined crops. In Reading every
window pane was shattered. The same de-
struction Is reported from Olivet, In Usage
County, where several persons were seri-
ously injured IL Is imposs bile to even es-
innate the amount OF damage done, but
several reports have been received TO the
effect that many persons have been in
jured by the torrents OF Ice and water and
falling buildings
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
HOUSE COMMITTEE CHANGES.
O'Neill, of Missouri, Appointed to Patents
and Mississippi River.


and Mississippi River.
The following changes In the House COM
mittees have been announced: Withdraw
als-Representative Haines Dem ),of New
York, ON the committee on invalid PEN
sions, and Hull (Rep), of Iowa, from the
committee on railways and canals APP
pointments--Quigg (Rep), of New York.
committee on po,toiflces and postroads:
Hull (Ren). OF Iowa, committee on the
District OF Columbia Ryan DEM OF New
York, committee on invalid pensions; Eng
lish Dem. }, OF Callsorn a. committees on
railways and canals and expenditures in
the treasury department; Izler (Dem.). OF
South Carolina, committee on railways and
canals and committee on militia; ONeill
Dem J. OF Missouri, committee on patents
and committee on improvements in the
Mississippi River; Grow Rep of Pennsyl-
vania, committee on education
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
An Immense Celery Form.

About ten yeas ago ]. b. LaRle, Of
New York, bought several thoue and
acres of swamp lan1 on the east bank
of the Delaware about fl ty mile fro IN
New York. He drained and prepared
the land and now has the largest cell
cry farm in the United States, on
which he raised l,50),C00 bushels OF
celery last year, having planted 1900
anrns
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
Ypsilanti schooihouse Burns.

The Ypsilanti Mich Union school
building burned while the school vas IN
session Thursday afternoon. The pupils
jumped from the windows. piling over each
other in their fright Olive Collins spine
was permanently injured by Jumping from
the second story. Several children were
slightly injured. The Ann Arbor FIRE de-
partment assisted In fighting the flames
Loss upward OF s35. 600; insurance, {34, $40.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
CURIOUS FACTS.

ST.. PETERS CHURCH in Rome will
contain 4,C00 persons.
THE extreme breadth of Texas is
76O miles and it extreme length $40.
THE takings OF London theaters AMI
music halls exceed s. 100000 yearly.
SOME words in the Chinese-language
have as many as forty different mean
ings.
ORANGES and lemons will keep we !
IL hung in wire net in a cool and airy
place
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
AVENGER STRICKEN.
An Absconding Washington Bank Presi-
dent Saved by the Hand of Fate.

G. Tobin. a Walla Walla man, was
stricken with paralysis while pursuing
Bank President Edmiston few days ago
Tobin tried TO kill Emission and would have
done So but his revolver failed TO work at
first He afterward shot him through the
coat He had $50. 900 in Edmiston's bank
and went 10 draw 1t out the day the bank
failed Edmi ston told Tobin he coul,, have
his money the next day. When Tobin left
Walla Walla Edmiston's friends wired him
at Seattle that the avenger was coming,
and he started at once for Canada.