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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-13

Another week is allotted To Under the Red
Robe the Empire Theatre. All that is
wanted is a continuance Of the winter II keep
/. the stage all summer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-13

tract Williams and WALTZ ,,,,l ,,re-en, a now
act tomorrow night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-13

y has is Tony Pastors list for thu week: The
~! stcriouS Ou.Sne. assisted by la Belle Ma
dine; Ben l.. tarneE. Cooke and Clinton, the
3iUr dclls. sullivan and Sullivan. III Mrs Gro
CaR's Daughter; Mcbride and Goodrich. Daw-
son aud Farlove. whiriing dancers; CaSwell and
Arnold. BarteU.as. cIui ib:iSt and foot balancer
fiauC.S J. Bryant nopoluSUe entertainer; Phil
lips ard Robinson. polan and Mccarthy. Leo
DelmOre character dancer. and the EinoptikOn
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
A FATAL QUARREL.
Moses Walker Murdered by Wesley
Bennett Near Ionin.

Ionia, July 12.-Moses Walker, a
bachelor who lives two miles west of
this city, opposite the house of correc-
tion, was shot and instantly killed at
ten o'clock Friday evening by Wesley
Bennett. a farm hand on an adjoining
farm. Bennett had been keeping COM
pany with Walkers niece, and they had
just returned from the city. The
woman. Lydia Vivian, jumped out of
the buggy in front of the house.
Walker, who was on the porch, walked
into the road and, it is said, ordered
Bennett away. In the quarrel which
ensued Bennett fired three shots at
Walker, each of which took effect, the
third striking the heart. 1t is under
stood Bennett told the sheriff in jail he
intended TO kill Walker. Some think
the bullets were originally intended for
the woman, as she said she had that day
refused to marry him. She was divorced
in the Ionia courts last May.
The true northerner., 1897-07-14

THE HOT WAVE.
Ii Has "a Disastrous Effect I'm Many
Localities.

Niles, July 1.-THE intense heat has
kept up, the thermometer never regis
tering below 100. Joseph Pullman,
uncle to George NJ. Pullman, the palace
car magnate, was overcome by heat and
may not recover. Edward Baker, a
farm hand, was sunstruck and driven
insane. Mrs. n. Smith also suffered
a sunstroke and may die. Farmers are
doing their harvesting in the night
time and sleeping days.
Detroit, July 11.-During the week
there have been $50 deaths in Detroit,
IL of them being children under five
years of age. Last week there were
but 10 deaths. The number resulting
directly from the heat in Michigan is
ID.
Decatur, July 11.-William Cole, an
early resident of this region, dropped
dead from sunstroke.
Grand Rapids, July 11.-There have
been but two deaths due directly to
the heat in this vicinity since July l..
There has been a large increase in
the death rate, however, among chill
dren and the aged.
Charlotte, July 11.-Mrs. Theodore
Davis and +. &. Nichols, of Bellevue,
died from the heat, and Lyman Mosher
and Erbie Granger, Of Chester, are in
a critical condition.
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
IN GOOD CONDITION.
Sanitary Commissions Report Con-
cerninS Live stock.

Stanton, July 1G. - The state live
stock sanitary commission has made
its report for the last biennial period.
During the 12 years of the boards eX-
istence no cattle have died in the state
of fpleuro-pneumonia. Texas fever has
not shown up in the state for two years.
The board believes that Michigan cat
tie are but slightly affected with bovine
tuberculosis. When herds are found to
be affected they are killed as the only
successful means of stamping out the
disease. Chambers is a thing unknown
among horses in the state at the pres
ent time. There are no cases of foot
rot and scab among sheep, although in
ternal parasites are causing much
trouble. Hog cholera has been preva-
lent in the state for the past two years
and has caused heavy losses to farmers.
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
Big Trotting Meeting.

Detroit, July -. - Horsemen are
gathering here in large numbers from
all over the country to attend the ten
day blue ribbon meeting, which begins
Tuesday with the $4,000 NJ. d. NJ. stake
as the feature of the opening day. \
canvass of the track shows that there
will probably be field of Is for the big
race, made up as follows: Boydello, c.
w. Williams, Eleseewier, Grand Baron,
Icicle, Maid, Light Moon, Mosul, Oc-
tavio, Oratorio, Red Star, Rene, Rilma,
Shadeland, Norwood, Starmont, Taco
mis-, The Abbot, Vida and Wynema.
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
SHE SPANKED FOR THE FAMILY.
The Strangers Kind Offer Was In
diSnautIy Refused.

People never get encouragement for doing
the Good Samaritan act In the interests OF
the public as the man decided who offered
to assist distracted woman and ameliorate
the sufferngs of lot OF people On su-
burban car.
The boy who howls was in evidence, the
curled darling of his only own mother and
the terror of everybody else, and he hac
kept the car in a state OF wild excitemenC
and exhausted the patience of everybody, IL.
cluding his doting parent.
'Oh, If your father were only here!' she
had said for the fiftieth time, as she tried
vainly To restrain the bowling terror.
At that he stopped bowling long enough
TO beat the air with his small shins, and the
woman on the other side of him remarked
audibly that cage was the proper place for
savages like him.
Johnny, dear" asked his mother, "won't
yoa be good boy"
Roars and kicks from Master Johnny.
"Oh, l wish your father were here to give
you good trouncinc this very minutei" she
walled, as she struggled with him.
Then it was that the philanthropist of the
company asserted himself. He had been
trying In vain to read his morning paper ever
since he started from home.
ALLOW me, madam" he said, bl7ndly. 81
am father myself and | will be happy to
chastise your cherub in behalf of his absent
parent"
oh, no, you won't, not if I know it!'
SAID Johnny's mother, rising in her wrath
like tlgress. There amt that man living
dare lay a finger on that boy-his own fa-
ther, or, any other ugly catamount who
thinks he knows it all" and she shut off
debate by going into the next car and TAX
ing the sweet infant with her.-Chicago
Times Herald
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
Important Pension Ruling.

Washington, ID. c., July s. Many
pension cases are affected by the fol-
lowing ruling just made by Assistant
Secretary of the Interior Davis: In
the claim of Francis Frank, of COM
pany II, Sixteenth Michigan infantry,
the department holds that the claimant,
who has attained the age of 65. shall be
deemed entitled to at least the mimi
mum rate of pension, unless the evil
dence discloses unusual vigor and abil-
ity for the performance of manual la
Dor in one of that age.
The true northerner., 1897-07-14

Stanton, July S.-The poorhouse on
the county farm of Montcalm county,
situated near Miller's station, burned
to the ground Wednesday morning
about three o'clock. Cause of the fire
is supposed to be a defective chimney.
The county will lose about $4,000 of fur
niture, bedding, etc. The buildings
were insured for about $4,000. There
were about 40 inmates, and all es-
capped without serious injury. Su-
perintendent Wood was so anxious TO
save the life of every inmate that he
lost all of his individual property and
clothes, including 500 in cash.
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
a CLOSE CALL.
Professor Gleason Falls 100 Feet
with n Collapsed Balloon.

Benton Harbor, July II. - Prof.
Thomas G.. Gleason, of Jackson, at
tempted to make a balloon ascension
here Saturday afternoon with worm
out balloon, and came near losing his
life. The balloon ascended about 100
feet and suddenly collapsed from n
rent in its side and began TO descend
rapidly. The aefonaut grasped his
parachute, and it sustained him suf-
1iciently to break the force of his fall
He struck on a fiat house roof, and was
badly bruised and perhaps internally
injured Gleason made an unsuccess-
full attempt to go up in the same bal
loon last Saturday.
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
Named His Assistant.

Lansing, July 9.-Labor Commission
er Cox has appointed George E. Gum,
of Charlotte, factory inspector for the
Third district, and has named Fred
Redner, of Battle Creek, as his assist
ant. $. l.. Russell. of Van Buren coun-
ty, has been reappointed chief clerk.
The commissioner has appointed John
S. Whitten, of lIillsdale, statistical re-
porter to sean about 200 newspapers
and clip any article bearing on any
phase of the labor problem.
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
COMMENT AND OPINION.

EThe most promising crop of the
season is that of the new protectionists
in the south.-St. Louis Globe-Dcmo-
crat.
pyIn spite of the croakers, times are
getting better. The last prop is being
knocked from under the popocrats.-
Toledo Blade.
0Bryan is writing another book.
He must think that his popocratic fol-
lowers still have little change left
Cleveland Leader.
GyHorace Boies was once a repuo-
lican, and he acts now very much like
q man who would like to be a repub-
iican again.-Syracusc Post.
E"Prosperity is coming"-let the
wheels all be started running to meet
it; and it will pay to scorch little,
when croakers get in the middle of the
road-Chicago Inter Ocean.
DEx-President Cleveland stands a
much better show of being elected
president again than does William j..
Bryan, and his election would he the
lesser calamity, although either event
would be calamitous.-Iowa State Reg
lister.
rT"The boarding of gold has stopped
and much of the yellow metal that was
put away during the depression has
come out and gone into circulation.
The tide began 10 turn the day Presi-
dent Mckinley was elected and il has
been running the right way ever since"
Secretary Gage.
ETThe work of the Ohio state repub-
lican convention, the harmony which
characterized its proceedings and the
vigorous and patriotic enunciatiors of
principles contained in the platform
place the republicans of that state in
a position to make a strong campaign.
Chicago Times-Herald.
gTBryan's first book has proved n
fiat failure. True, thousands sub
scribed for it before they saw it. The
book can now be had secondhand in
any populist neighborhood for half or
one-third the cost. But this doesn't
discourage the great. sixteen TO one-er.
He is writing another book.-Chicago
Tribune.
rISad to say, when William j. Bryan
went to Canada to convert the people to
silver, they let him talk, tout laughed at
him. In New York Tammany and other
silver democrats laughed at him, but
didn't let him talk; and they sent him
away with the intimation that 1T would
be better for him not TO reappear there
until after the next election.-Troy
Times.
CyThe democratic party will do well
TO ponder the words of eX-Gov. Boies, OF
Iowa, when he said: For one, do not
believe il possible TO succeed upon
platform that demands unqualified
free coinage of silver at the ratio OF
sixteen 10 one with gold. We have
fought that battle and it is lost. We
can never fight it over under circum-
stances more favorable TO ourselves. III
we hope TO succeed we must abandon
this extreme demand."-Chicago Inter
Pecan.
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
Silent on the Track.

Port Huron, July 0. - Roy McDon-
aid, a sailor, was killed at Sarnia by a
Grand Trunk train, his dead body be-
ing found alongside the tracks, near
Sarnia Bay, short distance after the
accident happened. 1t is supposed that
he lay down on the track to sleep, and
was struck by passing engine. Nc
Donald gained distinction several years
ago by jumping from a ferryboat and
rescuing IA drowning woman, being re-
warded for his daring deed by Presi-
dent Cleveland with a gold medal.
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
FULL OF INTEREST.
Much Of a Ncwsy Nature tn Be Found
In Paragraphs Below.

I'm PARAGRAPHS beiow.
Over 600 crates of strawberries were
shipped from Elsie last week.
Roy Mcdonald, sailor, wass killed
by Grand Trunk train at Sarnia.
Johnnie Rowe, an 1s-year-old boy,
was drowned in mill pond at Calumet.
Coloma and Benton Harbor are to
oe connected by an Independent tele-
phone line.
Clayton Cooley, aged 26 years, living
near Weidman, was run over by a lum-
ber wagon and killed.
George Baker, an old soldier living at
Grand Rapids, was kicked by horse
and died from the effects of his in
juries.
George Funk, an aged farmer, fell in
front of his mower while cutting wheat
on his farm near Niles and was nearly
cut to pieces.
Comptroller Eckels has issued his
certificate extending the corporate eX-
istence of the First national Oank of
Eaton Rapids to July 3, 1917.
Ambrose Heating, n poultry breeder
of Adrian, reports the loss of 1,200
fowls by some mysterious disease, and
other breeders report similar trouble.
j. ID. Watson, of Colon, found a solid
gold ring in potato hill on grounds
where a house stood so years ago. The
ring was encircled with deep coat of
rust.
New G.. a. II. posts have been organ
lied and mustered in at Summit City,
Grand Traverse county; West Sumpter,
Wayne county, and New Troy, Berrien
county.
John Koonsman, popular young
farmer living near Fremont, commit
ted suicide by hanging. Ill-health and
dependency was the cause of the self
murder.
Rev. j. G.. Rodger has resigned his
position as president of the Benzonia
college, and it is probable that George
Il. Cation will be the next incumbent of
the office.
Grasshoppers are doing much dam
age among oat fields in Berrien county,
and the timothy is being cut couple
of weeks ahead of time TO save it from
the hoppers.
The woodenware plant of Bechtold
q Richards at Bellaire burned. Loss
$4,000; partially covered by insurance.
Seventy men are thrown out of work
temporarily. The works will be re-
built
Andrew Kerft, of Omer, has purchased
5000 acres of land in Presque Isle coun-
ty, on which there is an immense
amount of pine and hardwood timber,
which will probably be cut up at his
mill at Omer.
The roller mill elevator at Dryden
was destroyed 10y fire together with
three small buildings in the vicinity.
The depot was in the path of the
flames, but was saved by hard work.
The loss is estimated at $4,000
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
FREE SILvERITE FOLLY.
which Lack the Element
of Good Sense.

The Ohio democrats declare bombas-
tically that
1--WE are unalterably opposed TO mono-
metallism, which has locked fast the
prosperity OF an industrial people I'm tho
paralysis of hard times. Gold monomet-
allism Is a British policy. and it's adop-
ton has brought other nations into finan-
cial servitude TO London. 1t Is not only
un-American but anti-American, and 1t
can be fastened on the United States only
by the sitting OF that spirit and love OF
liberty which proclaimed our political in
dependence i'm 1776 ard won II In the war
OF the revolution"
These individuals are not opposed TO
monometallism. They favor it and are
laboring TO obtain it. They are opposed
TO gold momometallism and want 10
destroy it. But they propose to SUBJ
stitute for it silver monometallsm.
And they propose also that the bimetal-
lie silver STANDARD, which would be 70
the present standard as AZ is to 100,
shall be used in the payment of exist-
ing debts.
Gold monometallism is an Erglisn
policy, but that is not enough to Damn
it. The question for other nations to
ask is not is the single gold standard
British, but is it good for them? Ger
many, France, Austria-Hungary, the
United States, Japan, ETC., have an
swered the question in the affirmative.
China, Mexico, Persia and few petty
South American states have not, for
they lack sense.
When Germany adopted the gold
standard she began to prosper. It's
adoption did not bring her into "fnan-
cial servitude." Her act liberated her
from that kind of servitude. The
value of all the free coinage silver cur
rencies in the world is fixed by the
dealers in silver bullion in London.
The value of the tael, the peso, and the
Mexican dollar is not fixed by the ma
tiSns whose currency they are, but by
some London merchants. That is
financial servitude.
The assertion that the gold standard
is "un-American" and ''anti-American"
because England adopted it first is
fair specimen oil that bastard, spurious
patriotism the free silverites are adj
dicted to. If everything which is of
British origin is un-Amerisan, trial
ny jury WOuld Dc dDdlluOneu. he WITH
of habeas corpus should be looked on
with adherence, it is so British"
The men who secured political indie
pendence in 1776 did not see why in
separating from Great Britain they
should abandon the English common
law as well as King George. Nor did
they see why they should not adopt
any new, valuable ideas Englishmen
might originate after separation. Cot
ton spinning machinery was borrowed
from England over a century ago and
nobody charged that it was an un-
American act.
The free silverites should explain
why it is any worse to take the gold
standard from Great Britain than the
railway engine. Do they want Amer
leans, like the Chinese, to refuse to ac
cept anything which comes from
abroad d?-Chicapo Tribune
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
THE PAN-AMERiCANS.
Reach Detroit and Are Welcomed by
the Mayor.


Detroit, July 10.-A special train
bearing the party of business men from
Mexico and South and Central Amer
iica, who are making tour of the in
dustrial centers of this country, ar
rived at the Brush street station at
$3.50 o'clock Friday morning. Half an
hour later they were met by the local
entertainment committee, and street
ears conveyed the party to the Rus
sell house, where breakfast was served.
At ten o'clock they were assembled in
the hotel parlors, and the gathering
was called TO order by w. a. Pungs,
of the chamber of commerce reception
committee, who introduced Mayor
Maybury. The mayor welcomed the
'city's guests in a few appropriate re-
marks, in which he called attention
to the fact that the first conference on
the subject of commercial relations
ever held in this country was held in
Detroit, 1866, when representatives OF
the United States government met rep
resentatives of the Canadian govern
ment to discuss the proposed abroga-
tion of the reciprocity treaty. He fa-
vored the most intimate trade rela-
tions possible between the United
States and the Spanish American re-
publics. Col. Henry NJ. Duffield fol-
lowed with a few remarks. The words
of welcome were responded to by Il.
Mendez de Almeida, of Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil At the conclusion the guests
and hosts spent the day in visiting
the manufacturing concerns of the
city. In the evening from eight to ten
n reception was held at the hotel.
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
Must BE LnbeIed Compounds.

lansing, July S.-The last legisla-
ture amended the pure food law so as
to provide that coffee compounds
shall be labeled simply as coffee com
pounds. together with the name of the
compounder or manufactures, and
that it shall have no other label, name
or designation. Attorney General
Maynard holds that the state cannot
prohibit the use of a copyrighted trade
mark or label by manufactures, when
such use is permitted by the federal
laws. The state may, however, require
the coffee mixture to be labeled as 'cof-
fee compound"
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
Confidence Returning.

"Hard times" is merely another
name for that condition of trade re-
sulting from the chariness of buyers
and the anxiety of sellers to get rid of
what they possess. Now that values
are rising it is evident that the hard
times" are rapidly passing. AS more
buyers enter the market business will
improve and confidence will spread.
A business panic is very much like any
other panic. Every one is frightened,
but unable to explain even to himself
lust what has occasioned all his alarm.
Then when few regain their presence
of mind and assert their confidence
their example is quickly followed, and
the feeling of fear passes away.-Cin-
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
Grnnd Rnnids Firm in Trnnblc.

Grand Rapids, July S.-The Grand
Rapids Seating company, organized in
1895 by S. w. Peregrine, Charles b..
Judd and others, with $3.50, 900 capital.
TO manufacture school, office and
church furniture, filed mortgages to
the Peninsular Trust company as
trustee TO secure creditors to the
amount of $4,000. The largest cred
itor is the old National bank, $34, $50,
and the balance is divided among 200
claimants
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
Pingree Makes Several Appointments

Lansing, July 0. appointments
were made by Gov. Pingree as fol-
lows: Harmon S. Holmes, of Chelsea,
member of the state prison board of
managers; Floyd II. Mecham, of Ann
Arbor, member of the board of law
examiners; j. II. Brown, of Climax,
member of the state live stock san
itary commission; Harry c. Davis, of
Traverse City, and John haywood, of
bad Axe, members of the board of con
troll of the northern insane asylum.
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
SDcnlss for the President.

The significance of what Secretary
Sherman has said in regard to the
trusts is in the fact that it undoubted
" represents the attitude of the presi-
dent. He has told the country in the
plainest language that he is opposed to
all combinations of capital organized
in trusts or otherwise TO control arbi-
trarily the condition of trade among
our citizens, and he is pledged to the en-
forcement of existing laws against
these combinations and any new stat
utes that may be enacted. If the adj
ministration has as yet taken no steps
to carry out this pledge it is perhaps
due to the opinion, as expressed by Sec
retary Sherman, that existing law is
insufficient and that further legisla-
tion is necessary. 1t is better 10 wait
for legislation believed to be needed
than to proceed against the trusts with
the chances unfavorable TO success, but
congress should not permit the wait
ing to be unnecessarily prolonged
Omaha Bee.
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
,Jnnitor Kills Himself.

Ludington, July .. - Charles Tolles,
janitor of the high school building,
shot himself Monday night. After cat
ing supper he went to the school build
ing, and entered the basement, locking
the doors, and sent a pistol bullet into
his right temple. He left letter stat
ing that he had been informed that his
salary for the summer months had
been cut from forty to ten dollars a
month
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
FIRE i'm Cadillac.

) Cadillac, July 9.-Fire consumed the
Brainard property, Mitchell and Pine
streets, consisting of three frame build
ings, occupied, the one fronting Pine
street as a boarding house by the own
er. small one being used as a BIZ
cycle repair shop, and one two-story
building as a restaurant by y. Stro-
berg, downstairs, upstairs occupied for
meeting hall by Gotha Aid and Bene-
fit society Insurance, 5000 on build
ings on restaurant, fixtures and stock,
$500.
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
Money for the Militia.

Washington, ID. C., July o.-The Sec
retary of war has approved the APP
portionment of $4OO, 900 appropriated in
the last sundry civil bill to provide
arms and equipment for the militia Of
the various states. The sum named
is divided on the basis of each states
total representation in both branches
of congress. The Michigan militia has
been allowed Sl2.076.
The true northerner., 1897-07-14
How II Is Done.

up against it again." gloomily remarked
the man who pronounces athletic" in four
syllables.
"How's that" asked the woman who
wears white gloves with black stitching.
Thought l had sure thing the other
day, and was thrown as usual Was in a
bicycle store when young fellow came in
to buy eye clometer. Said his had given out
for a seasons record, and hated to begin
over again. Salesman said he could fix it.
Took new cyclometer, fixed it on wheel, up
ended the thing in the store and began to
turn. Reeled off $50 miles in no time.
Thought | saw my graft. Went to guy L
know and bet him / could ride more miles
In week than he could. 1t was to be de-
cided by our cyclometers. Bought new cy-
clometer, went up in the attic and began to
turn. Struck hot box at the two hundred
and eighty-seventh mile and stuck fast.
Never happened to a cyclometer before.
just my luck. Buffalo Express