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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04
NEAR TO STARVATION
WIDESPREAD DISTRESS IN WEST
ERIN NEBRASKA.
Failure of Crops In the Scmi-Arid
District, Not Yet Watcred by Irriga-
tion, Has Driven Thousands of Poo
pie to Actual Want.
In Sore Need of Aid.

The stories coming into Omaha of the
restitution and suffering in the central
and western counties Of Nebraska, rs
the result of last summers drought, are
heart-rending. Appalling tales are told
of the condition of the settlers in this
semi-arid district, where Irrigation has
not yet had chance 10 tr>lsform the
sandy soil into n garden spot. Thou
sands of people are reported on the verge
of starvation, but so far there have been
only three deaths reported rs the result
of actual hunger. There may have been
more, but SO far they have escaped pub
licity. 1t is i'm the extreme southwestern
counties of the State that the condition
of the people is most appalling-in Per
kins, Dundy. Chase and Hayes Coun-
ties. In Perkins County alone, of which
Grant is the county seat, there are 5000
people who are actually destitute.
The situation there is told graphically
by County Clerk Wilcox, who has made
public the following statement:
I'VE are facing the most desperate
situation in our history. About $15, coo
of the county's money is tied up in the
broken banks Of Grant, and all three
banks are broken. We have issued bonds
to the full limit allowed by the law, and
our warrants have been refused by some
of the merchants. The latter are al
ready out considerable money for goods
furnished to laborers on the ditch. We
voted 100000 in ditch bonds for an irri-
CATION ditch which tapped the South
Platte west of Julesburg and ran the
entire length of our county. This was i'm
September and about month later al
most every voter in the county-between
900 and G00-went out there TO work on
Ii. They took their teams, and i'm some
cases cows and families. In the mean
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04
Has an Air OF Mystery.

Druggist +. ID. Larke, of Rogers City,
was called up the other night and request
ed to prepare medicine for person al
legged to have been stabbed in fourteen
different places in the back with knife,
the blade of which was three inches long.
The party receiving the medicines, lint
bandagos, etc, was Il stranger TO Mr.
Larke and would not say where the pa
ticut was or who did the deed; but stated
that the man was in II very precarious
condition and tainted twice from the loss
of blood, and further that the deed was
done by an Indian or one who has Indian
blood in him.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04

between England and America. Baron
dc Courcil has a peculiar history. His
original name was Chaudron, and his
father, n country attorney, was family
solicitor to the Talleyrands. The attor-
ney begged Talleyrand to take his clever
son to England as one of his secretaries,
which the diplomatist finally did, after
having procured n change of name and n
title for the old attorney. Since then the
present Barons rise has been rapid. He
formerly represented France at Berlin.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04
National CanitnI Notes.

William A. Phelps, a pension attorney
Of Richmond. Ohio. has been disbarred
from practice before the Interior Depart
ment for unprofcssional conduct.
Vice President Stevenson has gone TO
Asheville, N. g. 1t il the intention to ac-
company his daughter. who Is i'll ut Ashe-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04

ian statesman, ex-
Premier francesca
Crispi. lie is in his
10Th year, having
been born in Ribera,
Sicily, in 1919. Ed
ucated for the law,
he was admitted TO
the bar ut Naples.
He took n leading
part in the Palermo
instruction of 1913
and after its failure
went into exile. In
1S59'G0 he organ
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04

lied another revolution landed at Paler-
mo with Garibaldi, and became n member
of the provisional government. In 1861
he was elected to the first parliament of
United Italy, and in 1876 became presi-
dent of the Chamber of Deputies. In
1887 he was chosen Premier. resigned in
1891, not to resume office till 1898. His
present retirement will probably be but
for a brief period.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04

Britain, n person Of
interest. Baron dc
Courcil is very wide
ly known. 1t will
be remembered that
he was the principal
hero of the diploma
tic "indiscretions"
perpetrated by the
Figaro n few months
ago. He was presi-
dent of the late In
ternational Court of
Arbitration at Paris
on the Behring Sea
seal fishery dispute
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04

drive OF thirty miles In any direction from
Grant ten tons of fodder could not be
found.
The situation in Hayes and Hitchcock
Counties is but little better than In Per-
kins. County Commissioner Rhodes, of
Hayes County, gives the following de-
tails of restitution and suffering in his
district:
II tell you the situation is about as bad
as it can be. We have raised no crops
no, sir, none. speak from bitter expert
ence, for you can see for yourself that
there wasn't an ear OF corn on one of
those stalks. Even the stalks are not
any too good fodder. And am no worse
than my neighbors. The stock has been
driven out of the country and sold for
whatever il could bring Cows brought
as low as Sc or $S, although to-day they
are worth SIC. So we have no stock. Our
funds are about exhausted. There is very
little money in the treasury, but the mer-
chants cash our warrants at par. We
are offering limited aid only to the most
urgent cases. cutting our acquisitions
down to the lowest living quantity of all
the nccessaries. No sugar, coffee or tea
is given out except TO old or intirm per-
sons. mere lS the greatest Heeu VI
fuel and -four at present. In the spring
everyone except few will need seed of
all kinds"
Many DESERVING Their Farms.
Postmaster Nickerson, of Marengo,
tells the following tale of helpless star
vation as he has seen and experienced
it in his neighborhood:
Il am keeping three families on pen
sion of $i2 per month. Luckily, | have n
little credit here and there The other day
| called on some neighbors of mine, not
suspecting that they were in want. The
woman met me at the door in an old and
torn calico dress and "A pair of rotten
shoes. | asked her if that was the best
clothing she had. She said il was, but
that she needed something more than
clothing, and that was food. | gave her
an order for $14 worth of groceries at
Hayes Center and also one on the coun-
". A good many of my neighbors have
left. Their teams were mortgaged and
they couldn't get away. l have fifty
or moro head of horses, and l told five
men TO pick ont teams and go on. They
did this, leaving their mortgaged teams
to run ut large The stock of the county
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04

SOME CURRENCY LEGISLATION
is NECESSARY.

ShouId This Congress- Fail To Act Pres
ident Cleveland Will Appeal to the
Repubiicans-So Says a Strong Ad-
ministrntion Dcmocrat-Notcs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04
ITAlY'S GRAND OLD MAN.

The Peer of Any of Europe's Noble
Statesmen.
Not the least impressive figure of the
trio of Europe's grand old men-Glad-
stone, Bismarck, and Crspi-is the Ital-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04
Will Not Admit Outsiders.

At a meeting of the Michigan knights
of the Grip at Grand Rapids the matter
of accident insurance was dropped after
voting down report to refer it to the
board of directors with power to act.
The proposed Increase in the mortuary
assessment was referred TO the commit
tee on constitutional amendments and will
be considered next year. An amendment
admitting other than Michigan travellers
10 the association was voted down. The
board of directors was authorized to eX-
pei members for improper conduct and
the present hotel agreement was annul-
led ID. G.. Crotty, of Muskegon. veto
ran Of the grip, was unanimously Endorsed
for sergeant ut arms for the next state
Senate. The knights paraded the city
with the temperature far below freezing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04
NOTED FRENCHMAN.
Baron De Courcil, Ami assador at tho
Court of Britain.

The strained relations existing between
France and England, make Baron de
Council. Erench Amba ssndor TO Grent
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04
Father and Son Burned TO Death.

Father and Son Burned TO Death.
In the burning of their home several
miles from Ncwago, early Sunday morn
ing, Charles White and u 6-year-old son
persisted. White and his wife slept on the
lower floor, while their four children oc-
cupied the single room in the attic. When
the fire was discovered White ran up
stairs to rescue his children. Three he
got safely down the narrow stairway,
but when he started with the fourth
he found the steps were burned
away. Then he tore board from
the gable end of the house, hoping to slide
down it, but the draft drove the flames
about him, and. with the child clasped in
his arms, he fell. overcome with heat and
smoke At daylight the bodies Of father
and son were found in the ruins of their
home.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04
MIRROR OF MICHIGAN
FAITHFUL RECOGNIZING OF HER
LATEST NEWS.
Better Prospects for the Furniture
Trade-What the Teachers Would
Like-Traacdy in the Family of
Chas. Whitc-Travelers' Doings.
Yerginr on Nothing.

Grand Rapids furniture manufacturers,
reviewing the year past. find that while
sales were as large az in 1893, profits were
much smaller. verging OH almost nothing.
The latter six months in 1893 and the first
six in 1891 were periods of depression,
but business is now picking up. with pros
poets of ut least medium profits. Pros
poets are that the main demand will be
for goods of medium quality. Manufac-
turers say the depression is due largely 10
the establishment of new factories all
over Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota,
Cutting the market. 1t is believed that
there will be n weeding-out process, re-
sulting in better profits for the factories
that remain.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04
Want Compulsory Education Law.

want compulsory i'unSuiioh LuW'
Among the resolutions adopted 10y the
State Teachers Association was one ask
ing for stringent compulsory education
law, which shall provide punishment by
Imprisonment OF parents who fail to re-
auirc children between the ages of ana
II years to attend school. Laws were
advocated requiring all teachers to be
American citizens and providing that no
person who uses tobacco in any form be
granted certificate to teach in this State.
A committee was appointed to secure the
passage of more stringent law govern
ing the sale of cigarettes. The resolutions
emphasize the needs for Il normal school
which shall be devoted exclusively to
preparing teachers for the rural and
smaller graded schools. At present the
township unit system is optional with
counties of the upper peninsula, and 1t
was recommended that this option be ex-
tended to all the counties of the State.
The Legislature was further asked to re-
Quire all districts to furnish free text
books and 10 extend the term of Office OF
the superintendent of public instruction
from two TO four years and increase his
salary 10 $1,000.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04

HREE weeks of agi-
tation by Congress
of the currency rob
lem has brought il
no nearer n solution,
apparently, than it
was when Secretary
Carlisle first submit
ted his plan"
Il n @ statement
came from one of
the friends Of the adj
ministration in Con-
gress and at the
same time he adj
mitted that he had
no hope of Congress
passing the Carlisle
bill.
- Tho condition "
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-01
THE SEATTLE POSTINTELLlGENC

found farther 10 the south, from WHICH
they differ as materially as oak does
from cottonwood for heating purposes
These lignI,es have heating qualities OF
great magnitude. while those of the
ter-talies are not much better than
brown coal.
AT Gilman there are five seams OF
coal varying in thickness from to Il
feet between walls, dipping at an angle
of 50 degrees. Al present there are only
two seams worked The coal is liS-
mite and ready market is found for
all OF its production. The mines are be-
ing developed in tirst-class shape and
tbs. output is gradually increasing. The
same trouble applies to this as TO all
Ignite deposits-the tendency to spon-
taneous confbustton-an the greatest
care has TO be exercised TO guard against
this trouble. These mines are forty-two
miles from Seattle by rail and fifteen
miles in a direct line.
Newcastle is four miles west of Gil
man. This mine has been in operation
for about twenty-five years and probab-
ly more coal has been taken from 1t
than from any other mine In the state.
There are here five distinct beds. three
of them workable, varying in thickness
from five to twenty feet. This is one
of the highest grade Ignite deposits in
the state, If not in the United States.
This seam is what is known as the No.
?, and varies from 10 TO IL feet in thick
ness with a floor and roof of sand rock.
Dip, about 40 degrees north. and runs
very regular There was never a better
roof. II is common expression In
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AT Renton there are fcur beds OF In.
mite. dipping at an angle OF Is degrees
and varying in thickness from to Il
feet. 1t was at one time operated CON.
sderably, but owing 10 labor tronh,ss
g,istssi. shut down their works and hava
never started again
One mile south Is Back River June
ton. There Is a fair seam OF lirnl,s
here and it is partially developed bu.
nothing mas been done yet In the wrx
IF shipments.
Southeast from Cedar Mountain Is 10.
Gated the Black Diamond mine. Thers
are here five seams. three Of which ar,.
workable. The angle of dip OF thes..
seams varies from II TO 40 degrees The
strike is changeable. The coal varies in
thickness from i-2 10 l-2 feet, An
of the beds worked furnish excellent
steam coal, most Of its production find.
ing market in San Francisco.
Franklin coal mines. which are three
miles further east, practically belong 10
the same field as the Black Diamond
There are four seams here: the din
varies from Il degrees TO IS deRrees.
strike of seam circles and joins in with
uhe strike at Black Diamond. There h
without doubt q basin existing between
these two places. Only one seam. No
IA. ait this place is at present operated
The coal here. as AT the Black Diamond
is bituminous; 1t will coke (but a DOR
quality. and is a splendid steam coal
with very little ash. and makes a very
hot fire. The surrounding country here
is very broken. Altitude, 700 feet
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Beyond this and further east an
cokedale. Kangley. Alta and Durham
The measures through this field are
all broken up by synclinals. antisynci'n-
as and dykes Quite number OF oeos
have been discovered and some OF them
viii no doubt prove paying.
Scattered all along from one mile
south Of Palmer TO as far north as
Grand Ridge are dozens OF holes ana
tunnels, on some OF which consfderaoe
work has been done. especially at Snef'
woods, Raging Creek and Niblock Inc
Raging Creek Goals are good. put up
to shallow basins and are much dts
turbed
At NibEock there has been constderaoe
work done and the owners are ANU
ready to commence operations. Tney
have some seven or eight seams Of coal
The No. Is considered the best:
about 10 feet between walls. OF whiea
eight feet Is workable. 1t is dirty aiT
will have to be washed. 1t makes On.
cellent coke which will be In demand
by smelters which are In course Of ese''
tion. This mine is only three miles WON
a railroad and arrangements are pe'"s
made to build this road.
At Denny Mine. on Green River. aDou'
two miles south OF Black Diamond t~
roof is sewer-pIpe clay. Coal, So ln.1ee'
clay. IL inches; coal, 10 inches; ~
dark, slaty rock; dip. y. 40 degrees W.
at 80 degrees
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easily. makes a hot fire and is almost
as Clean TO handle as wood. The nut
and slack are used for steam purposes
No. seam is mined only TO a limited
extent This coal Is used as locomo-
tive coal
Cedar Mountain. eight miles southeast
from Newcastle. Is also a Ignite coal
which dips at an angle OF about II de-
grees. This Seam is about IL feet In
thickness. The strike of the seam is ir-
regular. The original opening TO the
mine has long since been abandoned
owing to the trouble heretofore men
toned attending ignite vein-mine
hrN0.
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found, some of them going as high as
90 per cent. fixed carbon, but the coal is
SO mixed with slate that the veins are
probably of no great commercial value.
Some good beds may yet be discovered.
The coal lands of the state form a
magnificent combination. and may be
divided into seven great groups, viz:
The Roslyn, kittitas county: the South
Prairie and Wilkeson, Pierce county:
the Green river basin. King county:
Skagit river Skagit county; Bellingham
bay, Whatcom county; Bucoda. Thurs
ton county. and Cowli;z. Lewis county.
The following figures. as furnished by
nlle mine inspectors, show the number
of tons of coal mined in the state dur
ipxr To-
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speaking OF the roof to say. the roof
is almost like steel" In fact there are
places where there are acres of it mined
out without Il prop. pillar or anything
to support it. This seam splits into two
distinct seams as it goes west The slope,
which is now 1000 feet down. is the
longest slope in Western Washington.
and arrangements are being made 10
extend it another 500 feet This coal
is very friab.e. runs about 20 per cent
slack, 10 per cent nut, and the balance
lump. The latter grade is chiefly used
for domestic purposes and a splendid
coal it Is. too, for this purpose; kindles
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properly be classed as bituminc us) which
covers about 300 square miles. They no
doubt belong 10 the cretaceous epoch
the Ignite being in the upper and the
bituminous in the lower; the bituminous
coal lying In closer proximity TO igneous
agencies. which by their heat and pres
sure have driven off volatile gases and
moisture. resulting In a higher grade Of
coal. For this reason the quality or
bituminous Goals Is improved as they ap-
preach the mountains and are often Of
strong cooking quality. but the regular
ity OF the seam Is destroyed. The lig-
mite OF this field must not be confound
ell with the lignftes OF the terTiaries
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The coal fields OF Washington are eon.
paratively unexplored. and many e1pess
believe that a good grade OF ansn"c''r
will be discovered. Prospecting - No"
going on In various parts or the s'...
Coal mining promises 10 become IN ~.
near future one Of the leading 'naus1<'
Of the Evergreen State. =
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top ~ Slope.
Gangway in Min.

institute, Il. Il. Corey, superintendent of
the Oregon Improvement company
mines and one Of the most experienced
and practical mining men in this state.
furnished an elaborate paper on the
mineral resources of Washington. From
it IS cleaned the following interesting
and valuab bic information about King
county:
This Is the largest and mast developed
coal field in Washington. 1t is divided
into two classes of coal. one high
grade of Ignite, which has an area of
about 100 square miles. the other semi
bituminous (though | think it should
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-01
King County Leads in Wash
ington State Output.
SEATTLE DISTRIBUTING POINT.
Development Of . Great Area Of Coal
Fis,ds-Nsarly 1900. 900 Tons
Mined In 180A-Expsrrs View.

Coal mining is one Of the chief indus
tries OF the state OF Washington, and it
Is destined TO grow in Importance
with the development Of the Northwest
ern country. Owing to excellent trans
portation facilities and the fact that
this is the only one Of the Pacific coast
states having any large area of COM
mercial coal fields. Washington must of
necessity form the base of coal supply
for the Pacific coast and other states
10 the east and south. A large portion
of the output is mined in King county
and is sent abroad from Seattle by rail
and boat. California and Oregon have
no coal worth mining. and get the bulk
of their fuel from this state. while coal
is also sent as far east as Montana, Da-
kota and Minnesota.
The Evergreen state has already
taken high rank as Il coal-producing
state. the product of 1898 having been
l.20S. $50 tons. an Increase Of 81, 450 tons
over the previous year. The output for
1894 will probably only equal that of
1893, labor troubles having prevented
the increase that was expected in the
early part Of the year Coal mines are
strung although that section west OF
aims are found in Kntitas and Okano-
gan counties. Although beds OF coal
have been discovered in every county
OF the coal area, the most valuable
seams OF the best quality of each grade
OF coal have been found near the cen
ter Of the field in King and Pierce coun-
ties The product Of 1894 will about
equal that Of 1893. which in King was
TO-. Il m
Ing respectively 46 and 81 per cent Of
the total output OF the state for that
year.
All conditions are highly favorable
for coal mining in this state. The veins
dip at an angle. are readily traceable
on the surface. and can be approached
and mined by tunnels on a down grade.
which greatly facilitates the production
or the coal. Abundance OF timber is
close at hand for bunkars, piles, trestles.
planking. gangways and other needs In
the internal regions. Fresh water for
power. washing and other purposes is
abundant nearly everywhere Only a
beginning has been made In working
the coal mines Of this state. New coal
fields are frequently found by prospec-
tors. and it Is the unanimous opinion Of
experts that there are thousands Of
acres which the eye of the coal hunter
has yet to see
The Goals Of the state OF Washington
range in character from the partly
formed carbonaceous clays TO the high
est anthracite. The extent of the for
nier Is OF no Importance. and the latter
has not as yet been found In veins OF
sufiicient size TO make them OF value
although the present prospecting near
Port Townsend may result in something
that can probably be mined or the
bltuminous Goals. that from the Wilke-
son mines probably takes first rank, the
analysis showing:
H., , Coal Coke
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nofsture OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ! 81 -.
.+-...s...-. ON i'.u
sulphur Observation-Disclosures. 80. 10
The coal of this class, with the excep-
ton Of that in the Green river field or
King county. is badly crushed. and only
valuable for steam and blacksmithlng
fuel and for the manufacture Of coke
For the latter purpose they are very
fine. as the analysis of the coke made
from Wikeson coal shows, the coke be-
ing said 10 equal that from the famous
Connelsviile region Of Pennsylvania.
OF the Ignite Goals. those from the Gil
man and Newcastle mines. both be-
ing on the same vein, undoubted
ly rank first. This field is prob
ably the finest of it's grade in
the state. having been mined for six
miles and developed at one point to a
depth OF 26eo feet. The VEINS are very
regular and free from faults winch sim
plifies mining and largely decreases tie
cost OF production. The anthracite coal
seams 30 far discovered are az high alti-
tides In the Cascade mountains. Small
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At meeting of the Illinois Mining