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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-02
ANTITRUST LAW UPHELD.
Old Line Insurance Companies Excluded
From arkansas.

LITTLE Rock, ARK April 27.-Judge
Joseph Martin, of the Circuit Court,
to day rendered decision UNFOLDING
the constitutionality of the anti trust
law. but limits It's force to the offenses
committed in the State of Arkansas.
The Attorney General construed the
law to cover rate making by insurance
companies in Arkansas or elsewhere,
thus excluding the old line companies
from the State.
Judge Martin holds that the State
has a right to exclude foreign corpo
rations and prohibit them from doing
business in the State, but cannot pun
ish corpora lions or individuals for vic
latins Of the penal code committed in
other States.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-02

Though all precedents are against
him-precedents which Senator Quay,
by his vote, helped to place on the
1urnal of the Senate, he still hopes
for admission into the Senate. He con
fdently expects the support of the ma
jority of Southern Democrats in that
body, but we trust that the South's
representatives in the upper House of
Congress have not sunk so low.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-02

The strange story the papers were
telling the other week about the poor
deluded man who was induced by an
inpostor and fraud to burn down his
dwelling, and move to another county
because of the prevalence Of witches
about the premises, may amuse, but
there is something pathetic about it
that should check the smile such be
sotted ignorance provokes. That man
is a North Carolinian; there are thou
sands like him. If they are not the
victims of witchcraft they are of some
other off spring of Ignorance and super
stition. Talk about colleges, and uni
versities, and education in high life,
when a hundred thousand children,
reared in such homes as that of this
man., look up into our faces and ask
for light. Men and brethren, the com
mon schools must rescue our State or
we are undone Charity and CHI
dren.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-02
NOT ALL FOOLS DElD YET.

There is in New York an anti vacci
nation society, which c1mb8ts the gen
orally accepted theory that vaccLn
ton lie a preventative of smallpox. Il
calls vaccination "a filthy rite, which
already has slain more than war, cor
rupted the blood of millions, and is
rapidly contributing towards the de-
generacy of the race" In a circular
recently sent out, Mr.. E @. Townsend,
secretary OF this society, further says
do you know anything about vac
cine virus, how it is obtained, how it
operates to prevent, cure or mitigate
smallpox, or that it does 50 operate ?
The truth is, there never has been the
most shadowy scientific basis for the
practice of vaccination. There is abso
lutely no evidence worthy of c%redence,
by any man of ref 9ction, to show that
vaccination ever saved a human being
from smallpox, except by killing him
before smallpox had a chance at him.
pure vaccine go called is a sep
tic poison, being the PURIFYING mat
ter from a sore on a beast that may
have been iuoculated with virus from
a syphilitic person, besides being at the
time afflicted with tuberculosis. And
the thrusting of this filth into circula
ton is the essential feature of official
vaccination. There is nothing worse
than this, with which to vitiate pure
blood, impair the general health, and
jeopardize the life of your child"
Congress has authorized the coinage
of 50. 900 silver dollars of new design,
which are to represent Uncle Sans
subscription to the monument to Ii
fayette which is to be erected in Par
is. On n side of the coin will prob
ably appear Lafayette's prayer for the
U aited States (about forty Words), and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-02

North Carolina is justly proud of the
First Regiment. Not one of the mem.
bers we're given a discharge. Few 9TH
er regiments made such a record.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-02
1AIE NAHS

Cream --s sCErs P-ess-DrOps f Turpentin,
sins OK Rice from the East Clusters
rsg=s sld tobacco Stems from the
-----eL.. o. Corn md Grains OF
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-04-12
Hay city Cars Tied Up.

Bay City, April 1O.-W. d. Mahon,
national president of the Street Rail-
way association, was the principal
speaker at mass meeting Sunday held
to consider the street ear employees
strike. Five thousand people attend
ed. After stating the reason for the
strike. he asked for the support of the
public. The company made no at
tempt to run ears Sunday. Public
sympathy is with the men TO such an
extent that the sheriff can secure no
men to act as deputies. Trouble is
feared if the company attempts to run
cars The city IL quiet.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-04-12
TO TEST THE LAW.
Ownership Problem Through
the Courts.

Detroit, April 10.-The Detroit street
railway commission, with it's legal adj
visers, locked horns Saturday afternoon
with Attorney Gates, of the citizens
committee, which is opposing munich
pal ownership of street railways, i'm a
hearing before Prosecutor Frazer 10
decide whether the latter should lend
the use of his name 10 quo warranto
proceedings instituted TO test the validi-
ty of the Mcleod enabling act. FMS
is the law which permits the common
council of Detroit to appoint a COM
mission TO purchase and operate the
street railways of the city. After a
long and at times heated argument the
prosecutor, by mutual consent, refused
TO allow his name to be used. This
was done to hurry the matter to the
supreme court, an understanding be-
ing reached between the contending
attorneys that Attorney Gates should
apply TO Attorney General Oren at Lam
sing to institute quo warranto proceed
ings in the supreme court. 1t was un-
derstood that the attorney general will
refuse this petition, whereupon an APP
plication will be made by Attorney
Gates TO the supreme court for man
damus compelling the attorney general
to institute the proceedings.
The grounds upon which the citi-
zens' committee will endeavor to have
the Mcleod act declared invalid are
mainly as follows: That the proyi-
sions of the act are not clearl set forth
in the title, as required by the state
constitution; that the constitution eX-
pressly prohibits the state from en-
gaging in any enterprise of the nature
of municipal ownership of railways,
and that the courts have held that the
Legislature cannot delegate power to
a municipality to perform acts which
the state itself cannot perform; that
the supreme court has held that the ex-
ecutive functions of municipality
cannot be vested in a commission, but
must be kept within its Legislative
body. The proceeding will take the
form of petition for writ of ousting
the Detroit street railway commission
from Office.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-04-12
Fell on the HriIce.

Adrian, April 9.-John w. Bowen, of
Palmyra, deputy sheriff, and most
popular young farmer, was drowned
Wednesday. He was out duck hunting,
and stood on Leroy bridge. He either
leaned back or sat on slender rail
ing which gave way, and he went into
the water below. He was so weighted
down with clothing that he could not
help himself, and drowned before aid
could come. The body was recovered
by the use of graphing hooks. He is
survived by widow and two children.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-04-12
Strike In RaN CITY.

Bay City, April THE trouble which
has been brewing for several weeks be-
tween the Bay City Consolidated Street
Railway company and its employees
reached climax Thursday night at
seven o'clock, when all the lines were
tied up. The strikers demand that Mo-
torman Kidd, who was discharged for
refusing TO instruct nonunion man,
be reinstated; also that working hours
be reduced from twelve TO ten per day
to conform with state laws; that wages
be increased from l21a cents per, hour
to 10 cents; that in case of dispute,
which cannot be settled between com
pany and employees, arbitration shall be
resorted to, the findings to he binding
on both parties
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-04-12
Committed Suicide.

Albion, April jackson A. Howell,
an old and respected resident of this
city. committed suicide few days ago.
He has suffered recently from nervous
prostration. His wife suspected that
something might be wrong when Ne
went 10 his barn after dinner and did
not return as usual, and on investiga
ing found him hanging by a rope 10
rafter. Although his body was still!
warm efforts to resuscitate him were
fruitless. Mr.. Howell was about c.
years old and well-to-do financially.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-04-12
Shot Himself.

Chicago, ILL.,, April "A man sup
posed to be Joseph Fonda. of Calumet,
Mich, committed suicide i'm the toilet
room of the Union depot Thursday even
ing, by shooting himself through the
heart. The body is now at the county
morgue. On the body was found a
ticket to Columbus, o., $50. and a slip
of paper bearing the name of Fonda
From the mans clothing the police be-
lieve he was laborer
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-04-12
Ikare Hooks

Ann Arbor, April THE general
library has been presented with com
plete set of THE DIAL" an old periodi-
cal which, commencing in 1910, was
published quarterly for the next four
years, its editor part of the time be-
ing Ralph Waldo Emerson. The four
volumes which make up the set are
very rare and Valuable
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-04-12
Lake HurOn's Thick Ice.

Alpena. April Keeper Persons, of
the Thunder bay island life-saving sta
ton, says that the opening of naviga-
ton is apparently as far off as ever. \
heavily-loaded team could travel safe
ly on the ice from Alpena to the island
and from there to Middle island. dis
lance of 20 miles. There is an unbroken
field of ice as far as can be seen, and
holes have been chopped IS inches into
the ice without reaching water.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-04-12
INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS.
short Notes About Occurrences of =
Varied Nature In Localities
in Michigan.

The state fish commission has de-
cided to propagate muskallonge.
Jack Keller, an old man living at
Alma, was killed by the cars at Owosso.
Phineas Binns, an old resident of Blu
chanan, fell from scaffold, breaking
his neck.
AS a result of last weeks voting
Owosso will bond for $4,000 to extend
its asphalt pavement
Alexander Crawford, mayor-elect of
Flint, is the youngest man ever elected
to that Office. His age is 26.
The Detroit Dry Dock company will
form a part of the big trust among the
shipbuilding firms of the great lakes.
Mrs. Helen A. Frazer will sue the city
of Ann Arbor for $4,000 for alleged
injuries received by fall upon slip
perry sidewalk.
Bay City bricklayers and mason con-
tractors have agreed TO 1925 for nine
hour day for 1899. Payment is TO be
made every two weeks.
Henry &. Ward, of Pontiac, who
claims to own the largest farm in
Michigan, has placed an order for 16,-
900 apple trees-all red winter varieties.
The farmers of Millburg and vicini-
ty, in Berrien county, have organized a
stock company with $4,000 capital To
build and operate creamery at Mill
burg.
The Michigan Alkali company will
erect one of the largest rock reducing
plants in the country at Bellevue. Eaton
county, to utilize the large supply OF
lime rock
Chief Justice Grant has addressed a
letter TO the electors of the upper pc
ninsula, his old home, thanking them
for the loyal manner in which they sup
ported him at the polls.
Saginaw returns show that the prop.
osition to bond the city for $4,000 for
market carried, but the proposition
TO bond the county for SIS, 900 for a
county insane asylum failed.
The Saginaw Salt and Lumber com
pany has sold TO the Gill Lumber com.
pany, of Cleveland, its entire cut OF
Norway for the season, about 1900, 00C
feet, at an advance over last years
prices.
The g. A. II. men are talking enthusi-
astically of Col. Judd, of the soldiers
home, for election to the Office of de-
partment commander. The state en-
campment will be held at Petoskey on
June 21-23.
The Ann Arbor students will have
big celebration on May l in commem-
Grafton of Dewey's victory of a year
ago. There will be monster parade
and exercises in charge of students who
served in the war.
John McCurdy, the oldest engineer
on the Michigan Central road, was Of
fered retirement at half pay, amount
ing to about $50 a month, but decided
TO remain i'm service a little longer
lie has passed almost 80 years in
locomotive cab
c. NJ. Kiplinger of Charlotte, who was
sent to Cuba by the state 10 bring TO the
United States the bodies of American
soldiers buried on the island, has re-
ceived authority from Gov. Pingree to
remain in Cuba at least one month
longer in order to complete his work.
Gov. Pingree, now that Ralph Stone
has been appointed secretary of the
Detroit street railway commission, is
said to be again looking around for
private secretary. Francis j. Cobb, OF
the Detroit News staff, and Mr.. Wede-
meyer are mentioned in this connec-
ton.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-04-12
Hotel IfurneI.

Alpena, April 9.-The Churchill hous.
was burned to the ground SATURDAY.
with all its contents. Several of the
inmates narrowly escaped. The hotel
was remodeled eight years ago at a
cost of $4,000. A bellboy of the name
Of Farnham returned into the burning
building for a guests diamond under
promise of $50 reward He is now i'm
a serious condition.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-04-12
Wa. /. Brilliant Romanc.r.

In q southern family lives an old
man named Jefr, who has been with
them and the previous generation fol
more years than they can remember
He IL certainly pretty old himself, %
his mistress was rather surprised
when he asked to have few days Of
to go, az he put IL. up to de old state
of New Haven" to see his aunt.
why, Jeff," said the lady. your
aunt must be pretty old, isn't she 2"
"Yes'm." he replied; "yes'm; my
aunt must be pretty ole now-she's
about 100 years old now"
"a hundred and Ave years" ex-
claimed the lady. why. what on
earth Is she doing up there In New
HavenT
"'Deed, I don't know what she's
dom, ma'am." rejoined Jeff, In all Sc
robustness; she's UP dere Twin wild her
grandmother
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-04-12
A. she Liked II.

Mrs. Beasley-"Oh. William, you
ought to have gone to church with me
this morning. II was such a beautiful
service"
Mr.. Beasley-"Glad TO hear that II
was 50 nice. What was the sermon
aboutr'
Mrs. Beasley-"I don't know, but
Mrs. Gaylord sat just across the aisle
from me and / know there wasn't q
person In the church who couldn't see
that she wore her last winters has
made over"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-04-12
Eaten NV Hogs.

Clio, April Old Mr.. Tracey, a
farmer living in Arbela, was missing for
some time few days ago and the fam
lily began searching, and were Mortified
to find his body in the hog pen, nearly
eaten up by the hogs. is supposed he
went into the pen for something and
was attacked by the hogs, and, being
about 20 years old, was unable TO es-
cape.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-04-12
EauaI Taxatiou.

Owosso, April For many months
some of the city aldermen have at
tempted to pass an ordinance creating
the office of city assessor, but failed to
secure a large enough vote. Tuesday
night, however, the matter carried,
and Owosso will have honest equal tax
alton after This wear
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-04-12
KILLED by Cockroach poison.

Detroit, April 9.--Marion, Vincent
and Stephen Jankowslli, aged respec-
lively seven, five and three years. were
playing in a yard i'm the rear of va
can't house when Vincent picked up a
box containing a mixture intended to
eXterminate bugs of various descrip-
tons, more especially cockroaches.
The children ate freely of it, and two
of them died.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-04-12
Damages for an Infringement

Grand Rapids, April fudge Sew
erens signed decree giving to Matthew
L. Chapman, of Aurora, ILL.,, and 9TH
ers, damages of $4,000 against Godfrey
j. Bremen, of Kalamazoo, for infringe
ment of patent on q pump valve. The
defendant has been engaged in the
manufacture of pumps, in which the de-
vice in question was psed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-04-12

New York, April "A dispatch from
Colon. Colombia, dated April 3, says:
The American steamer Herald has been
lost and il is reported that Rev. Mr..
Hutchinson and his wife, missionaries
from Michigan, who were on board,
were drowned.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-04-12
COUNTRY SCHOOL BOY
And His joke at the Expense of Gen.
wheeler.

you can't most always swear TO the
stories you hear" remarked the Phila-
delphia drummer TO the Washington
Star man, and 1 am not swearing to
the one l heard the other day on Gen.
Joe Wheeler In Alabama, but II Is just
as good as II did swear to IL, SO
what's the difference? II seems that
once the general. who you all know is
only a boys size and not a big boy at
that. had. In the course OF his travels
on one of his electioneering tours,
brought up ut a remote schoolhouse.
where, Of course. he was called upon
to make few remarks to the
scholars.
This he did In his best style and
when he had finished he stood by the
teacher when that worthy said a few
things, among them that umeworn
suggestion TO the effect that when the
boys OF the school grew up they, too.
might be congressman like Gen.
wheeler; such are the wonderful pos
sibiltles OF this great and glorious
country OF ours.
AT this point q long, good-natured,
sansling gawk OF a boy, about Ia
years old and about Ii feet tall. stuck
up his hand, grinning sheepishly the
meanwhile.
"'Me, tooy he inquired.
Certainly, Henry, replied the
teacher assuringly, just as much you
AZ any other boy. L reckon I'll have
to ungrow ef / ever run on that ther
ticket, nodding toward the general in
a way that brought down the house,
amidst the embarrassment OF the
teacher and the great delight OF the
general"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-04-12
JASON.

Easter bonnets, costly feathers and
other feminine finery went up in
smoke when Pollock, Pettibone d
Champan, the wholesale Detroit mil
liners, burned out few nights since
The blaze was $4,000 one.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-29

Minneapolis. who has devoted r1uch % his
leisure tiuC 10 ale study OF The history
Of our country and Oh its pioneer families,
and to his foresight in the principles Of
the Organization and his executive ability
in managing il during its early years its
present great success Is iargeiY due.
On April 30 1898, the c3Iamandery in
chief, embracing the companions through
out the country. was Instituted with Ed
ward Junius Edwards as commander in
chief.
The California branch was informally
instituted on Admission day. September 9,
1899 and on October l. the first annual
banquet and the formal institution took
place.
Those who are eligible TO belong to the
Society Of American Wars are men who
have served with honor as a commits
stoned officer in the army navy or marine
corps Of the United States, in the Civil
War between The 18th day of April. 1861.
and the 9Th day Of April 1855, or IN the
Spanish War between the 2lSt day Of
April and the i2th day of August, 1898; or
are Hncal descendants Of an ances-
tor a who served a. a Governor. Lieu
tenant or deputy Governor or member Of
the council 0r assembly, or as a military
or naval officer under authority of the
colonies which aftcrWard formed the
United States, from the settlement of
jamestown. May 13, 1907 10 the 18th day
of April, 1888, and was instrumental in es-
tablishing the colonies of North America
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-29

TO perpetuate among their descend
ants the memory OF the men who
were instrumental in establishing
the Colonies Of North America and
n were founders of this nation; of the
men who achieved American independ-
ence; and of the men who in military and
naval positions Of trust assisted in the
preservation OF the republic in the 1872,
Mexican and Civil wars; collecting for
preservation documents relating to those
periods: providing suitable commemora-
tions Of the prominent events connected
with those periods; and inspiring in its
companions the fraternal and patriotic
spirit Of their forefathers." These are the
objects Of the Society of American Wars.
The cOmmandery Of the State of Cali
fornia Of this society was formally in
sututed and held its first annual banquet
at the Palace Hotel on Tuesday, October
II, and now counts among its members
many Of the leading men of the State.
The Society of American Wars OF the
United States was instituted by Edward
Junius Edwards, its founder and present
commander in chief, in Minneapolis,
MINI, on January II, 1897. A study of the
existing societies had convinced him that
there was room for a society such as the
new one which should embody many
unique and commendable features not
found in the older societies. Mr.. Edwards
is one Of the prominent business men Of
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-29

Edward Curtis Smith Of Vermont
JUDICIAL.
Chief Justice Melville Weston Fuller,
United States Supreme Court
Justice Rufus William Peckham, United
States Supreme Court.
Chief Justice John Bayard Mcpherson
of Pennsylvania.
Chief Justice Charles Monroe Start of
Minnesota.
DIPLOMATIC.
United States ambassador William
Franklin Draper to Italy.
United States Ministers William Lau-
renee Merry to Nicaragua, Salvador and
Costa Rica; Lawrence Townsend to Bel
GUM, Arthur Sherburne Hardy to Greece,
Addison Clay Harris to Austria, Bellamy
Storer to Spain.
EDUCATIONAL.
DIR. David Starr Jordan Of Stanford Uni
Versity, Or. Benjamin 1de Wheeler of the
University of California, DR.. Daniel Colt
Gilman of Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. James Burrell Angel Of the Uni
versity Of Michigan, Dr Cyrus Nor
throp of the University of Minnesota,
DR. George Edwin MacLean of the Uni
versity Of Iowa, DIR. Charles Kendall
Adams of the University of Wisconsin,
DR. Charles Austin Harrison of the Uni
Yersty of Pennsylvania, Rear Admiral
Frederick Valette McNair, L. S. N, of the
United States Naval Academy; Colonel
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-29

Albert Leopold Miles. L. S A, of the
United States Military Academy at West
Point; DR.. Charles William Dabney of the
University of Tennessee. DR.. William
Lyme Wilson.
ART AND LETTERS.
DR.. Charles Dudley Warner DR.. Ed
mund Clarence Stedman. Dr. Edward
Everett Hale, Robert Henry Stoddard,
Robert Grant, Frederic Remington
Charles Morgan MCIlhenney, Captain AL
fred Thayer Mahan, William Milligan
Sloane, Winston Churchill, General Lewis
Wallace, Samuel Langhorne Clemens
George Washington Gable.
ECCLESIASTICAL.
Archbishop John Ireland of Minnesota,
Bishops William Hall Moreland Of Cali
fornia, Joseph Horsfall johnson of Cali
fornta, John Hazen White of Indiana
Samuel FaIlows Of Illinois, Mahlon Nor
ris Gilbert of Minnesota, Thomas Under
wood Dudley of Kentucky, William Law
renee Of Massachusetts. William Nelson
McVickar Of Rhode Island, Charles Card
well McCabe of Colorado, Daniel Ayres
Goodsen of Tennessee, Thomas Frank
Gailor of Tennessee, Isaac Lea Nichol-
son.
MEDICAL
DR.. Ira Remsen. Charles Carroll Bam-
George Montgomery Tuttle, Dr. Charles
Alfred Lee Reed, DR.. Alfred Gather.