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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24
eYRNes FOR sgReEANT-AT-ARMs.
Republican Committee mt st. Louis Pro-
pares for thu Convention.

pHfeS Aor bho conventions
ST LOUIS, Jan. 21.-The Republican sub
committee of the national executive put
in yesterday with arranging the prclIm-
inaries for the national convention, the
most important action being the sclac-
ton of Timothy f. Byrnes, Of Minnenp.
oils, for sergeant-nt-arms. There were
three candidates--Byrnes, w. w. john
son, OF Baltimore and Georges VI. Wis.
well, of Milwaukee. The contest was
very close between Byrnes and Wlswcll,
who received an equal number of votes on
the first informal ballot. Johnson was
given one vote, but on the next ballos,
which was the first formal one, thao vote
was cast for Byrnes and elected him.
There were only seven votes in the com.
mittee, Chairman Carter falling 10 come
and sending no proxy. Outside OF the
choosing of sergeant alarms nothing was
done but look over the plans for altering
the interior Of the north nave Of the Ex-
position building, where the convention
will be held. Today the visitors and
local committees will visit the exposition
hall and whatever changes are to be- made
will then be decided upon. Chairman
Manley has come here authorized to make
and execute any contracts necessary To
carry out the plans of the two commit
tees. and will finish up everything today
after the matter OF the hall Is finished.
Besides the members OF tho sub-com
mittee the rotunda of the Southern hotel
was the stamping ground Of number of
politicians. Among these were J. b.
Blythe, Of Iowa, Senator Allisons right
hand man; Colonel II. l.. Swords. ser.
genntat-arms of the national Republican
committee; Charles A. Stone, OF Chicago
secretary Of the Illinois Republican state
central cornmittee; 8. 8. Odds, OF Michi.
gan, and Judge Messick, Of Illinois. Man
ley declared himself an out-and out Reed
man. j. s. Clarkson IL for Allison. w.
M. Hahn is for Mckinley, and no Ia John
r. Tanner, unless Senator Cullen can be
induced TO run. Powell Clayton Is rod.
hot for MoKi 10Y, and vows that all Ar
kansas is with him. John w. Ewing IL
credited wish being Mckinley man.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24
Convention Of Cradit Men.

CLEVELAND, Jan. 21.-A call will DO
issued in few days for national con-
vention Of credit men and mercantile
agents to BIO held probably In this city.
About 5000 men will be in attendance
~he object is to form national sssocia-
tion and secure uniform laws throughous
the country In regard TO BANKRUPTCY and
Insolvency. 1t Is claimed that particular.
ly In the south and southwest outside job
bers are at the mercy Of local creditors.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24
wAlF GETS A SMALL FORTUNE.
Left by the Mother Who Abandoned Her
Fifteen Years Ago.


DoRR Mich, Jan. Fifteen years
ago this month during bitter storm
George Granger and his wife heard n cry
on their porch and on opening the door
found little girl baby, well clothed and
warmly wrapped in piece of carpet
They took the little waif into their home
There was nothing to identify the child
except the name of Flossie, worked on
some of her underwear They called her
Flossie Granger and gave her all the love
and care that they could have given q
child of their own.
The family has just received a letter and
a package from a lawyer in Nashville,
Tenn, telling them OF the death Of Flos-
sizes mother, who had left fortune Of
several thousand dollars to the little girl
she had parted with over fifteen years
ago. Mr.. Granger refused to give the
woman's name, but will 60 to Nashville
this week to secure the property for the
child
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24
Returned Safe and Sound.

BAY CITY. Mich, Jan. 21.-Arthur
Clarkson, the ball player, reached this
city safe and sound Sunday night. He
and two friends went out ice boating
Thursday morning and were not heard
from till Sunday. They were windbound
on Saginaw bay two nights, and finally
had to leave their boat and walk about
twenty miles TO shore. They suffered
from cold and hunger
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24

various sections Of the state, Republicans,
Democrats and Popul,sts being repre-
scented. Some delegates advocated the Inn
mediate organic alton Of an Independents
political action, but majority wore In IA
vor of first waiting the action OF the ma
tional Democratic and Republican con-
ventions Resolutions We're adopted de-
claring for free coinage and providing
that IL the old parties do not come out
squarely for silver u new party shall DO
formed
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24

DECATUR, Mich, Jan. 2l.-Twenty years
ago Norman Secord, then q resident OF
this county, was injured on the Chicago
and West Michigan railway. He insti-
tuted suit against the railway company
for $50. 900 and was awarded judgment
for s., 900 in the circuit court. The COM
pany appealed to the supreme court,
which tribunal has just handed down q
decision reversing the verdict and denying
q new trial
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24
Fire at Detroit.

DETROIT, Jan. 17.-Firo broke out
o'clock Friday morning in the large
wheel foundry of the Michigan Peninsu-
lar works at Ferry street and the d., g.,
II. M. railroad. The building and con-
tents were destroyed. Loss, $4,000
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24
BANKING IN MICHIGAN.
No State OF National Bank Failed During
tho Past Year.


the Past Year.
LANSING, Jan. elm his report for the
last calendar year Theodore G. Sherwood,
commissioner of banking, says there was
not failure of a state or national bank
in Michigan during the year. There were
three failures of private banks, and the
commissioner urges that the law be
amended so as to compel the private in.
situations to use their individual or firm
name, and no longer DO allowed to use
such names as Getty bank" etc., which
served only to deceive the public.
In spite of the business depression tho
deposits in state banks increased $7,714,-
14S.47 in 1895, aggregating $66, 1858, 1902 Mt
the close of the year. This total is 81, &c.,
239.73 greater than in December previous
to the panic, and S725, 56937 greater than
in May, 1898, when they were at the high
est point previous to the panic. The ma
tional bank deposits in the state at the
close of 1895 we're $751;, 9Sl 1874. IA, an in
crease of S71S los. 33 for the year, but de-
crease of So, 776, 22l. 80 from the total on Dec
g. 1892 There were ten less national banks
to report in 1885, however.
AS the total deposits of state and ma
tional banks Dec. -, 1895, less amount
due to banks and bankers, were S102 244,-
773 16, the gain over 1898 was SIC, SID 621.-
g5, while they were but 1918, 9S1.65 be-
low the figures for December, 1892, when
they reached the highest point in the his
tory of banking in Michigan. The COM
missioner points TO this fact as an evil
dence OF the rapldity with which this state
is recovering from the effects of the panic
of 1873 At the close of the year there
were III state banks and three trust COM
panies in Michigan The total expenses
of the banking department were S0,076.82,
and the total receipts So, 49, 81.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24

LANSING, Mich, Jan. 17.-The non-part-
isan free silver conference which was held
here yesterday was attended by about
fifty believers In the white metal from
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24
Death of NJ. FloQuet.

PARIS, Jan. 20.-M. Floquet, who was
at one time president of the council of
ministers and also minister of the in
terror is dead
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24

BAY CITY, Mich, Jan. 1s.-Chief Of
Police Murphy has just received tele.
gram from the G. Giles Mercantile COM
pany OF Portland, Or, stating that A. A.
Knopfel, the Bay City broker who mystic
riously disappeared ut Cincinnati, is in
Portland. Further investigation Is being
made
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24
Farm for Sale.

A good so acre farm situated three.quart-
ers of mile south OF Corunna Is offered for
gale on small payment down and easy terms
to right purchaser. The farm is well wa
tered, 65 acres cleared; 20 acres of wheat In:
good orchard; no buildings except log house;
soil a sandy loan; a very desirable farm.
Inquire of John Johnson, CorunDa.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24
Toledo, Saginaw & MuskegOn Ry

Time Schedule, in effect Oct. %, 1895.
Steamers run during navigation only.
EASTWARD
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-02

There can be no mistaking tho kind of
campaign the silver leaders are going to
carry on. 1t is go ing to be campaign
devoted exclusively to the propagation
of the free silver theory, and it is going
to be waged with all the vigor that de-
terlnlned men are capable of. How
fierco and incorporating it is going
to be may be inferred from the refusal
of the silver leaders to yield an inch to
the gold men at Chicago They are going
there prepared to see the Democra par
ty broken to pieces rather than yield an
iota of their demand. The New Workers
have offered to unite with them to Sc
cure International bimetalism and have
appealed to them almost with their ewes
to concsde something for the sake of
harmony. and they have laughed them to
scorn. That the attention of these mon
can be turned from tire thing they are
after now, during the campaign, and di-
verified to other subjects is too absurdIy
improbable to merit single nom ent's
consideration. 1t is as certain as any,
thing can be that as soon as the De no.
cratic convention adjourns a concerted
attack will De made all along the line
on the existing monetary system and that
1t Will be kept up without abatement
OF energy until the November election.
That monetary system must be defended
with equal yigor if it is to be maintained.
The Republicans are pledged to its de-
fence, and they will have to keep that
pledge squarely or suffer dufeat. We
can conceive OF no more suicidal policy
than trying to divert public attention
from the attacks of the silver men by
raising others issues. Suoh tactics will
be everywhere interpreted as indicative
OF fear to meet the main question
They will be Interpreted as confession
and avoidance. If the silver men could
determine the policy Of their opponents
they would undoubtedly choose that
they evade the question and seek to bring
something else to the front. They could
claim then that their arguments were
unanswerable and their claims substan-
tial. Anyone who remembers the green
back campaign in this state will recall
that 1T gained its Roadway largely
through the failure of the Republicans
to face it squarely. They at first sneered
at it and belittled it, and the people con-
strued this conduct as virtual adm is
sion that the doctrine had a
good deal in it, and before the Repbli.
cans knew ii the craze had swept over
the state and taken possession of two
congressional districts Themore speedily
and directly false doctrines are attacked
the more quickly they disappear. Dallying
with them or trying to divert the atten-
ton of the people from them is the
worst possible policy
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-02
Guardians Sale of Real Estate.

PURSUANT to a license from the Honorable
Judge of Probate for the County of Cum
berland and State of Name, shall sell at Pub
lie Auction, on the gwenty-second day of July,
1896, at 2 O'Clock in the afternoon on the
Alice Churchill Boyd and Robert Southgate
Boyd minors, children and neirs OF Stilman S.
Boyd late of ST. Louis, Missouri, deceased. and
heirs of j. Hall Boyd, late of Portland, in the
County of Cumberland, deceased have in and
to the real estate hereinafter described. to wit,
two-sixthS in common and undivided of certain
real estate in Portland, in said county of Cum
berland. described as follows: A certain piece
OF land situated OH the north east side of Park
street, III said Portland, and bounded as fol-
lows: Beginning at a point situated on the
northerly side line of Park street, and 1856
feet southerly of the southerly side line of Dan
forth street; thence S. 500 81 E.. by Park street
221.78 feee to land now or formerly belonging
to ID. q I. Stevens; thence N. 500 81 E. by land
now or formerly of D. & T. Stevens 1915 feet
to land now OF formerly belonging to d. Cum
mingS: thence N. 39o 53i w. by land now
or formerly of ID. Cummings, George
Brock j. Bradford and the M. s. Whit
tier heirs, 145.O feet TO lard now or formerly
belonging to Francis A. Andrews; thence s.
500 39i w. by land now or formerly of Francis
A. Andrews 45.O3 feet to point; thence N
39o 15t w. by land of said Andrews, 1928 feet
TO land Owned or occupied by Geo. +. Talbot;
thence S. 21 ". by said land of Geo. f.
Talbot 7.85 to the point of beginning.
H EDWARD W. COREY,
Guardian of Said Minors.
Dated this 18th day of June, A. d. 1896.
iu1Sd1aW3WkS
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-02

Glorious Celebration every Day.
Celebrate at Rigby this Fourth.
je26d1wk
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-02

The silver Democrats have no very
good timber for a Presidential candidate
or none that they are likely to use.
Bland while he is with them heart and
soul ON the silver issue lacks many quail
tiles needed to command public conf
denoe. Much the same is true of Boies.
He s inclined to be reckless. Indeed
within Jews days he has been making
some very injudicious talk about the le-
lations between the debtor and creditor
class. 1t is enough to discredit McCon-
nell with conservative men, to know that
he is Altgeld's fayorite for the nomina-
ton. The present Vice President Ste
venson is better in some respects than
either of the preceding, but he is not
radical enough on the silver question
TO meet the views of the men who are
leading the silver fight at Chicago.
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-02
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The Portland daily press., 1896-07-02

Somebody has just brought to light a
letter written by the Hon. David Ben
nett Hill in 1892 in which he says that
he is indignant at the rapacity Of the
gold monometalists, and that to restore
bimetalism safely, finally and wisely is
the mission Of the Democratic party.
The letter was written when Mr.. Hill
was coquetting with the silver wing
of the Democracy and its appearance
just now when the Senator is about to
start for Chicago armed oap-a-pie to
fight the silver people will be apt to
ehasten his spirit somewhat.
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-02

Mayor Hanson of Belfast who was a
candidate for the Democratic nomination
for governor, in case the national con-
vention adopts free silver platform is
in favor of asking candidate WinsIow
if he will stand on that platform. If he
replies i'll the affirmative we'll and good.
But if in the negative than he thinks
Mr.. Winslow should stand aside and let
man have the place who is in accord with
the national platform. If the question is
ever asked him we imeaine that Mr..
Winslow will be likely to reply that he is
the candidate of the state Eot the ma
tional Democracy; that the platform
on which he is standing was made by
the convention which nominated him,
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-02
CURRENT COMMENT.
REPUBLICANS HAVE A PRIOR
CLAIM.
Boston Herald.

The Republican party is now com
1nitted to the maintenance of the present
gold standard in the currency We see
no disposition on it part TO deny this. or
to explain away the manifest meaning
of the language in it's declaration Of
principles which put it in the attitude.
There was a modifi cation of the ourren-
cy plank in It's platform in one particu-
lar after it was fret framed, which is
claimed as making it less acceptable. but
it impresses US as being as fairly to be
construed the other way, and OF no es-
pecial consequence however it may be
regarded. The essential point is that
here is q good plank rs regards the cur
rency-if not as good a one as might
have been asked for, better one than
was expected. Clearly, to our mind, the
Republicans are entitled to the credit of
it. We accord it to them, therefore. 1t
is the best currency plank yet offered by
any party. 1t is entitled to the support
of the independent voters Of the country
until better one is offered. If the
Democrats can offer equally as good a
plank in their platform, and can add to
it declaration of principles in other re-
spects that is preferable, then they may
compete with the Republicans successful
ly for the independent support of the
country. We regret 20 say that present
indications do not favor their so doing.
In the absence of such action on their
part, the Republicans have the prior
claim on the iniepen lent vote.
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-02

One Of the Illinois judges has decided
that the legislature of that state had no
right to make failure to hoist the flag
over State institutions misdemanor
punishable by fine or Imprisonment
and has quashed the Indictment
against Gov. Alleged for neglecting/ to
comply with the flag law. The decision
appears TO be good sense and presumably
from the source from which it comes, it
is good law also. To constitute it mis-
demeanor the doing or not doing thing
ought to be shown to be harmful at
least in some way to the public. But it
can not be shown that the failure to
hoist flag over state institution-an
insane asylum for instance-harms any
one.
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-02
FOR PRESIDENT,
nCki11ley
OF OHIO.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
Garret A. Hobart
OF NEW JERSEY.
FOR GOvERNOR.
LleWellyn Powers
OF HOULTON.
OF HoULToN.

Mr.. Whitney has recovered somewhat
from his depression of Monday and is
now intimating with much air of mystic
ry that the gold men have big card to
play at Chicago. If Mr.. Whitney has
discovered some way by which 800 votes
can beat 500 in convention where the
majority rules he has card big enough
to accomplish something at Chicago.
But nothing short of that will be of
any avail.
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-02
PLEDGED TO THE GOLD STANDAR
philadelphia Times

Mr.. Mckinley is pledged unequivocally
to the maintenance of the existing or
gold standard, and, being an honest
man, is not likely to cheat the people if
elected. With its candidate thus public
~ committed to an honest financial sys-
tenn the Republican party is at last in
position to make an honest battle for
honest money and to invite to the sup
port of its candidate every voter of what
ever party name who believes that the
American dollar should possess the full
purchasing over of 100 cents
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-02
lRBITRATION SUGGESTED
(Springfield Republican,

If the free silver leaders were not "hell
bent" as they used to say of Gov. Kent,
We should hopefully draw their atten-
tion to our new scheme for settling the
silver question within the Democratic
party. This consists in submitting it
to arbitration with the German emperor
as the arbiter. u cannot have escaped
general attention that the kaiser has
gone on his summer vacation, taking
with him 1870 volumes bearing OH the
money question which he proposes to
solve as light and wholesome summer
recreation tor his wearied brain. When
William returns from his cruise this
question will be settled for all time, so
why not avail ourselves of this rare op-
portunity?
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-02

and that If the State Democracy want
different platform and different can
didate they should Gall another con-
Yeution.
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-02
Dissolution Of CODaTtnGTShip.

gEyHE firm of Herrick x Frazier is this day
4 dissolved, Mr.. Herrick retires. The
business will be conducted by Mr.. Fred d.
Frazier, who will collect all bills due the
late firm and settle all indebtedness
Portland, June 20, 1896. ine29d1w
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-06

If there ever was promise OF a corn
crop in this county, it is right tfis
moment. The warm weather of the
past two or three weeks has pushed
the growth ahead of that usually
acquired, and the big rain OF last
week will cause it to ear out and fill
in splendid shape. Since the rain it
is noticed the climatic conditions are
very favorable to corn. The atmos-
phere is moist, and the days very
warm-the nights, too, in fact, are
more favorable to corn than usual.
If jack frost keeps his nose out of
Dur business for u reasonable length
OF time, Hand county will have corn
to throw at the birds.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-06
The Roman LeEionary.

The Roman ~legionary is q parsonage
OF remarkable interest. He is indeed the
first soldier whom we seem to recognize
as such-a disciplined man Of the high
est training, with pride in himself, con-
fidence in his leaders and considerable
esprit de corps; in fact, q warrior whom
the modern soldier IA take to his heart.
There were legions and ~legions, of
course, as III modern armies there are
regiments and regiments. Some indeed,
like the famous Tenth, enjoyed even a
nickname, 1.-THE Larks" (Alauda). The
men, if we are to believe Vegetius, suf-
fering from the same weaknesses, could
be raised by the same means to the same
excellence rs the veterans Of the PENN
sula war. As to the lighter moods of
the Roman l~egionary, are they not i'm
mortalized in the name Of a Roman
emperor?
Tacitus tell us how Germanicus, al
ways ii popular general, having had q
son born TO him i'll the camp, dressed
the lad like a little soldier, complete
even to his boots (caliga), in the hope
of pleasing his men, The men of course
made q pet Of him and called him Cali.
gula, or Little Boots, aud it is by his
camp nickname of Little Boots that
Claudius, son of G~ermanicus, lives in
history to this day. 1t is a curious ex-
ample of the persistence in the nature of
fighting men. Cochrane's rough Chill
can sailors dressed up his ~5-year-old son
as q tiny midshipman and made a pet
of him in the same way.-Macmillan's
Magazine.