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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-08
CHAIR BICYCLE RACK.
1T Keeps the Machine Steady While
1t Is Being Cleaned.

In cleaning bicycle most people find
difficulty in keeping the machine
steady. At such times the want of q
rack is felt badly. A little boy on the
West side overcame this trouble the
other evening in a simple way. He dis
covered that an ordinary chair serves
the purpose excellently for those who
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-08
Where 1t Is

Her sealskin coats in paradise,
At least it's In a spot
Unless she much miscalculates--
Where moth corrtlpteth not.
Chicago Journal
The true northerner., 1897-01-20
NOTICE OF PlNGReE MEASURES.
General Amendment of Michigan Railway
Laws Is Proposed.

Lansing, Mich. Jan. 15.-Bills were
introduced in the Michigan house pro-
viding for a normal school in the upper
peninsula joint resolution for con-
stitutional amendment limiting the time
for introduction of bills to twenty days;
to amend the election law: to prohibit
holding party caucuses and conven-
tions, bill was passed authorizing
the village of Houghton to convey
mineral lands. Bills were noticed by
Atkinson, Governor Pingrees right
bower, looking to a general amendment
Of the railroad laws, in accordance with
the recommendations of Pingree's mes
sage.
In the senate a bill was introduced
appropriating $4,000 for current ex-
penses Of the Michigan Mining school
until the regular appropriation is avail
able Both houses held brief sessions
and devoted most Of the day to per-
fecting the committee organizations.
The governor has paid his respects to
Lieutenant Governor Dunstan,
charging him with arranging the
senate committees in the interests OF
the enemies of the people. There has
not been much comfort for the COVER
nor in this legislature so far. His men
have invariably been given the marble
haartv
The true northerner., 1897-01-20
state Notes.

Henry Williams, aged %. an excessive
smoker of cigarettes, 10 puzzling the
physicians at Wheatland. Mich. He has
been in a comatose state for thirty-six
hours and his mind Is a total blank.
williams Is a graduate OF Hilldsale COL
lege.
w. c. Smith. a Big Four conductor,
whose home Is In Anderson, Ind, was
instantly killed while trying to board a
train at Niles, Mich.
The old established firm Of ii. 8. Rob-
inson & Co, boot and shoe manufacture
ers. OF Detroit. Mich. is in trouble. It's
liabilities are s13s.000, with assets that
fail to cover more than 100000.
Gilbert Moore OF Covert, Mich, has
been sent TO jail for refusing TO send
his children TO the public schools. Moore
Is a member of the sect of Santified
Saints. who eschew all cooked food and
live on fruits as much as possible. He
declares he will suffer any persecution
rather than allow his children to jeop-
ardize their eternal happiness by at
tending school
The true northerner., 1897-01-20
NEWS OF THE STATE.
Some Of the Important Happenings of the
State Picked Wv Here and There aud Re-
ported by Telegraph = summary Of
Events Of the Past Few Days,

ported by Telegraph = summary of
Events of the Past Few Days,
Lansing. Mich. Jan. 14-In answer to
the question HAS .yheat. during De-
cember. suffered injury from any
cause?" 163 correspondents in the state
answer Yes" and sos NO." and in an
swer to the question Has the ground
been well covered with snow during
December ?" thirty EIGHT correspondents
in the southern counties answer Yes"
and S7S No" In the central counties
six answer Yes and 152 NO." and i'm
the northern counties eight answer
Yes" and sixty-four No" The total
number of bushels of wheat reported
marketed I'm December Is 1863. and
In the five months, August December.
5,6S9.24S. which Is $685. bushels more
than reported marketed in the same
months last year. The average condi-
tion of live stock i'm the state is reported
as follows, comparison being with stock
i'm good, healthy. and thrifty condition:
Horses. 81 per cent; cattle, 9S per cent;
sheep 9S per cent, and swine. SO per
cent.
The average prices Jan. l of some. of
tHc pIOuuINS III tht iiiai
kets where farmers usually market such
products. were as follows: The average
price of wheat was "a cents per bushel:
of corn. % cents, and of oats. Is cents.
and the average price of hay was s7:73
per ton. The average price of tat cattle
was $3.03 per cwt.; of tat hogs. $3.02 per
cwt., and of dressed pork, $4.03 per cwt.
The average price of each class of horses
ell
between one and two years old. $25T
between two and three years old, $373
three years old and over, $53.31.
Mich cows were worth $27.72 per
head. Cattle other than milch cows,
under year old were worth per head.
s77l; between and 2 years old. 1881;
between and years. $21.1?. and 3
years old and over. s27.73. The average
price OF sheep under 1 year old was
sos, and / year old and over, $2.5S;
and hogs under l year old were worth
1898, and l year old and over, 1888.
The prices here given are for the state.
For each class of horses. sheep and
hogs they are higher and for mich
cows and each class of cattle other
than milch cows, lower. than the prices
ruling in the southern four tiers OF coun-
ties. Compared with Jan. ], 1896, there
has been an increase In the prices Of
all farm products named in this report
excepting corn, oats, hay, hogs and
dressed pork.
The average increase In the price OF
wheat is 25 cents per bushel. and Of
fat cattle, 20 cents per cwt. The aver
age prices of the several classes Of
horses are reported from Sc cents to
Sl.25 higher. milch cows, $1.27 higher,
and the several classes OF cattle other
than milch cows from 6S cents to $2.0S
higher than one year ago. Sneep un-
der / year old have increased 81 cents,
and year old and over 68 cents. Corn
has declined 9 cents and oats cents,
per bushel, and hay $3.50 per ton. Fat
hogs have declined IL cents, and
dressed pork % cents. per cwt. Hogs
under ] year DID, and l year old and
over average practically the same as
"a
The true northerner., 1897-01-20
TOO MUCH OF AN ALGeR MAN.
which IL why Pingree VIII Not Appoint
Tompkins to ONCE.

Lansing, Mich, Jan. 16.-It is au-
thoritatively announced here that the
governor has reconsidered his decision
to appoint Oscar G.. Tompkins. OF Lam
sing, deputy railroad commissioner. AL
though he admires Tompkins personally
II is said he thinks him too firm an
AIger man. The fight on the university
was commenced with the introduction
OF a bill to reduce the appropriation for
that institution from one-sixth 10 a
one-tenth mill tax on the assessa BILE
property of the state. The bill will
be pushed hard. but Ii is not believed
that ii will pass
The governor sent to the senate the
names Of Sybrant Wesselius. of Grand
Rapids. for railroad commissioner: Ed
win NJ Irish. of kalamazoo. for ad-
jutant general. and William L. White.
OF Grand Rapids. for quartermaster
general. All the nominations were
unanimously confirmed. Much of the
time OF the last legislature was devoted
to the consideration OF the general in
corporation bill for cities of the fourth
class. under which about fifty cities are
now Incorporated. A bill repeating this
important law has been introduced.
The true northerner., 1897-01-20
Through Forty Miles Of Ice.

Dor ferry No. entered this port
Wednesday, having cut her way through
forty miles of ice. having an average
thickness of from eight to ten inches.
Several heavy windrows of ice were
encountered between Chambers island
and Whaleback reef The trip through
the ice was made i'm five hours. Consid-
erable delay was occasioned in entering
Deaths Door from Lake Michigan as
the Pilot island light had been eXtin-
uished for the winter.and IL was nec-
essary TO lay outside and await day
break
The true northerner., 1897-01-20
hay city Polish Church Trouble.

Bay City, Mich. Jan. ia meeting
of the Poles OF st. Stanislaus church
was held yesterday afternoon TO hear
the decision of Archbishop Martinelli.
designed to settle the troubles which
have agtated the church for several
months past. The decision indicates
that some OF the demands of the OPP
ponents of the priest who has been I'm
charge of the church have been ac-
ceded TO, and especially the request for
appointment of a committee to examine
the church's financial records annually.
The true northerner., 1897-01-20
The hay City Church Trouble.

Bay City, Mich, Jan. 15.-Bishop
Richter of Grand Rapids arrived here
Wednesday with telegram from Arch
bishop Martinelli announcing that the
latter had rendered a decision against
the anti-Bogacki faction of the warning
members of st. Stanislaus Polish
church The decision will be read to a
mass meeting of Father Bogackis ad-
herents on Sunday, when il is believed
an attempt will be made To reopen the
church
The true northerner., 1897-01-20

locked up and the Chicago police noti-
fed. Berenson said that since leaving
Chicago they had roamed the country.
haunted by constant fear Of arrest. The
matter preyed upon his wife's mind es-
pecially. Their funds had dwindled to
almost nothing and she finally induced
him to surrender. Ii was learned that
the amount OF the embezzlement was
$1,000. Mrs. Berenson is a daughter OF
a Boston millionaire. Her father cast
her off upon her marriage.
The true northerner., 1897-01-20
Heavy Winds I'm Michigan.

Detroit, Jan. 1S.-Unusually heavy
winds were experienced all over Michi-
gan yesterday afternoon. Conditions
developed into a severe blizzard In the
northern region. At Marquette the
temperature fell % degrees in ten hours
and two feet of snow fell. In western
Michigan gales and snow storms pre-
vail. At Jackson the roof was blown
of the malt house Of Haehnles' brew
cry, doing 81 900 damage and leaving
10 900 bushels of malt exposed.
The true northerner., 1897-01-20

Escanaba, Mich, Jan. l5.-The annual
meeting of the stockholders OF the First
National bank Of Escanaba was held
In this city Wednesday, at which the
old directors were reelected for the
ensuing year as follows: F. II. Van
Cleve, Escanaba; c. G. Royce. Oak
Park Ills. Alexander Maitland and
Samuel Mitchell of Negaunee; G. III.
Hall, Ishpeming. +. II. Van Cleve was
reelected president and G.. c. Royce
vice president.
The true northerner., 1897-01-20
Pinrree and the Postmaster Now.

Lansing, Mich, Jan. 1S.-Governor
Pingree and Postmaster Rowley have
locked horns over the federal law which
requires the receiver of a postoIIice or
der to sign the name exactly as written
in the order. Pingree insists on sign
ing j. s. Pingree, even IL the name in
the order Is written Hazen S. Pingree.
The true northerner., 1897-01-20
Michigan Legislative Junket."

Lansing, Mich, Jan. 1S.-The senate
and house locked horns Saturday over
the proposed junket TO the state insti-
tutions and the fight promises to be
lively. The senate by a unanimous vote
adopted a concurrent resolution provid-
ing for an adjournment from Jan. p
to Feb. {, but the house by a vote of
to decided not to adjourn for the pur-
pose mentioned. The issue wfll be fought
to a finish this week.
The true northerner., 1897-01-20
wild Geese and an Open Lake.

Harrisville, Mich. Jan. l5.-Quite a
number of wild geese have been killed
here the past week. II Is the first time
in the recollection of the Oldest inhabi-
tants that wild geese have been seen
in the open lake at this season OF the
year The lake is clear Of ice and there
is no snow
The true northerner., 1897-01-20
Trad..unIon Hobbed of se GOO.

New York. Jan. 1s.-Timothy Sulli-
van and Michael Herman, trustees of
the Plain and Ornamental Plasturers'
society drew $1,000 Of the society's funds
out Of the Union Dime Savings bank
and the Emigrants' Savings bank ana
then skipped. Sullivan was caught and
locked up. but Herman IL still at large.
The true northerner., 1897-01-20
Fire I'm n south Hecia Mine.

Calumet Mich, Jan. 1S.-Fire broke
out Saturday night underground in the
South Hecla mine In the level between
No. and No. 3 shafts. The draft Is
arranged so that the men can come up
in case of danger. The origin Of the
fire is unknown
The true northerner., 1897-01-20
Failure st Port Huron.

Port Huron. Mich, Jan. 16.-Asman
h Beard, leading retail dealers in dry
goods and carpets. have filed blanket
chattel mortgage to Charles ID. Thomp-
son. trustee for creditors, for $50. 900.
The true northerner., 1897-01-20
CONFESSED TO eMsezzLeMeNT.
Remarkable Scene st Police Headquarters
In Detroit.

Detroit, Jan. 15-Eugene Berenson of
Chicago, accompanied by his wife. en-
tered police headquarters at noon
Thursday and said: II want to be ar
rested. / was formerly manager OF the
Akron and Canton Stone company at
Chicago. In August. 1894, / absconded
with a large sum Of money"
Mrs. Bsrenson at this point fell TO
the floor In a faint. Berenson was
The true northerner., 1897-01-20
Monk. Convicted of Forgery.

Bey City, Mich. Jan. 15.-Richard
Monks. who swindled several men In
Bay City and the east and was finally
captured in New York through letters
to his brother. has been convicted of
forgery. the jury being out only two
minutes.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-22

In an address at Clark University the
other day Senator Hoar dwelt at some
length on the so-called Trusts and point
ed out some of the difficulties in the way
of their suppression or restriction. Such
conspiracies as these trusts are engaged
in Senator Hoar said had been an offence
at common law in England from the
earliest time, and they ought to be sup
pressed now, he continued, If legislative
or judicial authority can accomplish it.
The great difficulty in dealing with them
came from the restrictions imposed upon
legislative power by the constitution.
The Senator was evidently inclined to
think that for the restraint or suppress
sion of the trust state legislation must be
relied upon to large extent He did not
think that in this business we should get
much valuable help from persons who
desire to avail themselves either of pop
dlar prejudice or of well-founded popu-
lar condemnation and Indignation, as a
political instrument. He did not think
that this problem would be solved for us
where there is shouting and clapping of
hands and stamping of feet. What was
needed specially was the aid of the uni
versity, of the scholar, of the economist,
of the philanthropist, of the wise and
sagacious, practical business man and of
the constitutional lawyer. And while
pointing out the difficulties in the way
he did not want to be understood that
because of those difficulties people should
be deferred from making the attempt
to find a cure for the evils com
planned Of, II suggest these difficulties"
said he, mot that we finch or yield, but
that the public should understand them
and SO be able to overcome Them
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-22
CURRENT COMMENT.
THE TRUTH ABOUT SUGAR.

1t is true that there was great excite
ment on the Stock Exchange yesterday
and sugar jumped in manner that must
have put an immense sum of money into
the pockets Of Spectators who had rugged
the market. The public, or at least that
part of the public that was dabbling in
sugar preferred to believe lying reports
to the truth.
For several days those who had Sugar
Trust stock to sell had persistently circu-
lated the report that the conferees on the
part of the House of Representatives had
surrendered to the Sugar Trust. These
reports were also circulated by dema-
gogues like Senator Jones of Arkansas
and other light wasted Democratic
statesmen who thought that they could
prejudice the bill in public estimation by
using these tactics. Whether Jones and
his associates were bulls on sugar for
their individual profit or whether they
blindly played into the hands of the spec
ulators, is an open question. 1t is enough
to know that they sent sugar kiting.
1t was done by elaborate and unblush-
ing lying. : The House conferees did not
back down. Senators Aldrich, Allison
and burrows were named as having de-
clared that the House had surrendered.
Each of these senators makes specific de.
NAL of the allegation. Mr.. Allison frank
~ admits That the Senate gave in on the
sugar schedule. Chairman Dingley de-
clared the report was absurd. He said
that the differential in the House bill was
IL 1-2 cents; the differential in the con.
ference report, which the House had
adopted, likewise was 12 1-2 cents
while the differential in the existing law
on refined sugar was % 1-2 cents. These
figures, he said, gave an exact idea of the
issue presented in the tariff problem If
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-22

We are inclined to think that Secretary
McKeen will find it more profitable to al
low DR.. Smith to explain for himself
what he means or what he does not mean.
1t ought to be quite clear to Mr.. McKeen
that if the tissues that Prof. WEIGH ex-
amined came from the same COW as the
tissues that DR.. Smith examined then the
Bluehill COW had tuberculosis, unless
Prof. WEIGH is incompetent, and nobody
claims that. On the contrary DIR. Smith
bears tribute to prof. Welch's great skill
and knowledge.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-22
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-22

Joseph Ladue, who has just got back
from the Klondike mines, issues timely
warning to the adventurous spirits who
are just now anxious to hasten to that
region. He declares that it would be folly
for any man 20 set out for the new gold
fields unprovided with supplies for the
winter. To transport the necessaries for
one man to the Klonddike wou1i cost
at least $500; the route involves river
trip of 1000 miles on the Yukon, or 600
miles overland from Juneau, and as the
cold weather sets in about the middle of
September, those who start now will have
to do their prospecting in the snow and
in the sharp distress of an arctic winter.
Mr.. Ladue therefore urges all would be
gold hunters to wait until spring and
start then. Little or nothing is to be
gained sby going now, and it is certain
that for hundreds of those who enter the
territory at this time Of year there will
be untold privation and suffering.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-22

4" Too long have mobs disgraced the fair
name of Kentucky, and while am gov
ernor of this Commonwealth no man,
however obscure and friendless, shall
be punished for killing a member of a
mob who elect to take his life or drive
him from his home" So spoke Governor
Bradley in pardoning negro who was
recently convicted and sentenced to jail
for shooting in defence of his life and
home against an Infatuated mob. The
utterance has the right ring.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-22

According to the Argus Chief Eldridge
of the fire department is never, never go
ing to send Portland engine into Deer
ing again to help put out a fire in that
city, and the reason is that somebody in
the crowd at the fire there the other day
vas disrespectful in his remarks toward
'ur fire department. While we should not
object to moderate amount of avenging
of this insult. we should say that to
burn up the town, or to let it burn up,
would be an amount of vengeance great
" in excess of what the insult calls for.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-22

Senior Prendergast, the Liberal leader
and former minister in Spain, has just
attacked the policy of the Government,
especially in it's methods of campaigning
in Cuba, and declared Autonomy for
Cuba is as much necessity of Spain as
of Cuba He is quite right, and it is
regrettable that the "powers that be- are
so blind that they can not or will not see
If
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-22

A currency message sent in after the
conference report of the tariff is adopted
can not do much harm, neither can it do
much good. Certainly neither house of
Congress will remain in session to dis
cuss it or act, upon it If it recommends
the appointment of commission.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-22

1t appears that the purpose of the Dem
cratic senators in delaying the confer.
nee report on the tariff bill is not to de-
Seat It or change it in any particular
shey have not the slightest hope of doing
e4ther of these things-but to get revene Q
sor the refusal Of the House to allow the
report to be debated for two or three days
there. That is pretty good sample of
Democratic craftsmanship. Every days
debate costs the country at least 800, 600
in loss OF revenue. Yet the country is to
be subjected to this expense that Bailey
and Mcmillan and several other Demo-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-22

: Russia has just purchased from Corea
one Of the most important ports in the
Pacific. The port is the one known as
Port Lazareff, and includes three islands
admirably adapted for coaling stations.
1t has long been Russia's desire to find
a better outlet for the new Siberian rail-
-Vladiyostock-whi is practically USE
less in winter, as it is frozen over. This
may be the entering wedge of deeply
laid plan on the part of Russia and Japan
to ultimately seize the whole Corean Pc
ninsula which just now is a very in
yiting prize in view of the great richness
of that country in mines which have not
yet been developed.
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cratic representatives who had speeches
to fire off may be revenged.

The Louisville Despatch says Miss
Confidence still refuses to go out in socie
ty. She is waiting for the return of GEN
eral Prosperity. To which the New York
Herald replies, All right; but we have
news by underground wire that the Gen
eral has had glimpse of Miss Confidence
and expressed an earnest desire for an
Introduction. 1t seems to be case of
love at first sight, and it would not be
surprising if the whole American people
were invited to big wedding by the
time the harvest moon mounts her chariot
and takes her annual excursion through
the sky. Events of this kind happen very
suddenly once in a while, and the signs Of
the times all point in one direction.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-22

We observe that the President is going
ton. While there he ought to take occa-
sion to publicly thank Senator Proctor.
For what it is not necessary to specify.