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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-11-24
THE OFFICIAL COUNT.
Continued from page ONE.


OF the United States for the State
of Michigan; for Senator in the
State Legislature; for Representa-
tive 10 the State Legislature; for the
following county officers, viz: Judge
OF Probate, Sheriff, County Clerk,
Register of Deeds, County Treasur-
er, Prosecuting Attorney, County
Surveyor, two Coroners. and three
County Road Commissioners, at the
General Election held in said county
on the sixth day of November, in
the year one thousand nine hundred.
In witness whereof, we have here
unto set our hands and affixed the
seal of the Circuit Court for the
county Of Baraga, this 18th day of
November,in the year one thousand
nine hundred.
JOHN @. McKERNAN,
RICHARD FEoRE,
MATTHIAS HANSEN,
Board of County Canvassers.
Attest:
GEO. o. BEEHLER,
Secretary Board of County Can
Yassers.
State of Michigan, Sc
County of Baraga,
We Hereby Certify, That we have
compared the foregoing copy OF tie
statement of the votes given in this
county for state otficersO for repre-
sentative to the Congress of the
United States, State Senators, for
Representative Id the State Legis-
lature, and the certificate thereto
attached, with the originals, OF rec
ord in Office of the County Clerk,
and that the same are correct trans
cripts thereof, and of che whole of
such originals, so far as the same
relates to the votes for such officers
In Witness Whereof, We have
hereunto set OR hands and affixed
the seal Of tie Circuit Court for the
County of Baraga, this thirteenth
day OF November, in the year one
thousand nine hundred.
GEO. O. BEEHLER,
County Clerk.
John O. MCKERNAN,
Chairman of the Board OF County
Canvassers.
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vember, A. ID 1900.
John @. McKERNAN,
Chairman Board of Co. Canvassers.
GEO. O. BEEHLER,
Secretary Board of Co. Canvassers.
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(NOLULU IS TO MAKE WAR ON
THE MEN Who ROB THE SAIL ORS

tnat an enlightened public conscience
viii mold us as community responsible
Ior the existence in our very M DIST, of
system or brigandage so fragrant and
inexcusaDle, and which can be and
should be stopped at once and for
ever?
The work of this Chamber of Com
merce at Astoria, through it's officer,
MI. X. Nj. Stuart, deserves and has re-
celved special commentator. Many
captains have expressed their high ap-
probation of your efforts in behalf OF
seamen and the shipping interests. and
you have the gratitude of many a sea-
man, who, plundered Of everything by
the syndicate, and put on board with
an apparel too scant for even a SUM-
mer outing, and much more so for the
rigors OF five months ocean voyage.
have through Mr.. Stuart's efforts been
supplied with a seasonable and suffi-
cient outfit and other minor comforts.
and for which the syndicate was COM
PEELED to pay.
So completely were the crimps driven
out of Astoria and their power broken,
that vessel could lay for any length
OF time without losing a man, and that
same vessel on coming to Portland
would have all or nearly all of her
men taken from her within SO hours
The work at Astoria simply shows
what can be done when the people de-
termine it shall be done. and when
politics and political patronage are not
used in the appointment Of an mex
perienced and improper officer.
Comparatively few in this community
have comprehensive knowledge of the
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Golden Rule Bazadr'S
NEW BOOK a~f
BULLETIN.

The United Kingdom" by Prof Cold
win Smith.
"On the South African Frontier" by
Brown.
The Story Of the Beers" by Montague
White (official).
loom Paul's People," by Hillegas.
The Sign Of the Cross" by Wilson
Barrett.
For the Freedom of the Sea-" by
Brady.
The Open Question" "Tekls," David
Harum," "Knighthood," Janice
Meredith
Agatha Webb" by Anna X. Green.
The Worlds Mercy" by Maxwell
Gray.
The Maker of Nations" by Boothby.
Foes in Ambush" by Capt. Chas.
King.
THE Greatest Gift" by Marchmont.
Capt. Jackman," by Clark Russell.
Stranger than Fiction" by Albert
Ross.
Two Daughters OF One Race" by
Heimburg.
And hundreds of other books by all
the popular authors Of the day.
FINE STATIONERY FOR POLITE
CORRESPONDENCE
SIG FORT STREET.
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Worse Than Slavery.

Certainly. it is true, in the final
analysis, that no commerce, CONNER
cial advancement or supremacy, is
worthy the name or can prove a bles-
sing which is built upon the traffic il
the bodies and souls of our fellow
men.
There was a time when the people
of America acquiesced in taking the
black man from his native bush and
selling him into slavery, against the
law of conscience and of God; but
there came a day in the providence OF
God when this system went to its
doom; and, while the stain of it re-
mains to humble and to vex us, Afri-
can slavery ceased to exist forever.
Nearly all of the characteristics OF
cupidity, cruelty and crime, which
found expression in the slave trade are
present in the sailor trade in Portland
today, and citizens OF Portland are ac-
quiescing in it; but there will surely
come day in the providence OF God
and why not now, when this fniqui-
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tous system shall also go TO its doom.
before the avalanche of an awakened
conscience and an enlightened public
opinion.
Fellow-citizens, take these our fell
lowmen, from their present gall of bit
teIness and bond of iniquity," and lift
them upon the platform We ourselves
occupy, in the possession and exercise
Ct inherent. GOd-given rights. such a.
every other class Of men enjoy. inclui-
ing the right to hire themselves TO
whom they will and to possess and
control their own earnings. of both #
which they are now deprived in this
port. and you will win their everlast-
ins gratitude. and subserve your own
pest interests.
REMEDY.
Enforce the laws against owners.
masters. crews. and sailor boarding
houses. and see TO ii that the contracts
entered into on the part Of vessels and
crews are fulfilled, so far as possible.
Owners, masters, and seamen are ac-
customed to obeying laws and reguld-
tons in British waters, and self-inter-
est and protection will prompt them
to obey our laws and regulations if we
are intent upon their enforcement.
Meet vessels on entering the Column
bia river, and impress upon the cap
tains the necessity OF retaining their
men-except for good and sufficient
cause-in accordance with contracts,
and to- treat them in a manner which
will enable them to stay. Do this. and
protect the men from the crimps. and
we are assured there will be few de-
sertions in this port. hence few men 10
be shipped on outward voyages Give
the seamen also TO understand that
they too have obligations to discharge
and any attempt to evade them vii
be dealt with effectively. See to 1t that
such sailors as are shipped have proper
treatment, and visit the ships before
! their leaving and have an accounting
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A Word About Sharks

In the characterization of the bust
ness and it's promoters, language can
scarcely do violence to either taste or
propriety. The vernacular of the beach,
the world over. designates them as
"land-sharks,' 'beach-combers. sail
or-stealers," "shanghaiers, demons
of the beach" "crimps, pirates and
thugs" as fittingly expressive of their
occupation.
Many sailors fall an easy prey to
these men, but few willingly; and he
who refuses and resists their overtures
is STRAIGHTFORWARD on deck, in fore
castle and on shore, threatened and
intimidated by principal and pal. until
in an unguarded moment he finds him
self in the possession and power OF a
uraster who knows neither mercy nor
Justice. and absolute submission is the
price of exemption from bodily VIC
lence. Once in the crimp's den, he IL
made to give up money. clothes and
other possessions, and Is as completely
enthralled during his stay in this port
as If absolutely manacled: and he goes
not out from hence until he has parted
with the uttermost farthing his bodily
services will command in this market.
SO complete a tyranny as exists in
our port has few parallels in modern
history. and would seem TO be impos-
sible in a Christian community. for
they stop not with their barbarou-
practices upon seamen. but woe betides
the captain who ignores these men and
refuses them on board his ship; his
men usually vanish like morning dew
and when he seeks others the boycott
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with the men 32d see that all settle
mepis have BsSd bseperly made. and
thtt saamen- aaSe 'GStoeen swindled.
as isfigvariably they ca}e nov.
These Accomplished. lana{he presen.
piratical enSarsos will fefrai kd1and
ships will comeju .Soafidehce!autwiU
depart IN peace, besrfflv our pe66uc< I
untrammeled to the sea. I'm
These reforms can be largely reai<L
lied II We abate not one jot or title in
the enforcement of rigorous measures
against the crimps; for those who are
the head and front of all offending are
few, and they dare not and will not
face the searchlight of public investi-
cation and reform.
Drive Them Away.
In conclusion, your committee de-
sires to say that this matter has not
been brought before you and the pub
lie from personal luminosity toward any
man, however bad; but to simply and
earnestly press for the abolition of a
system which has become so intoler-
able that we ought not and must not
longer temporize with It, Wars have
been declared and fought out for out
RACES upon foreign citizens, on less
provocation, IL seems to us, than we
give England and other countries many
times every year in the treatment of
their citizens, and IL ought to be a sub
ject of inquiry and remedy, under the
| treaty and comfy of nations
III an American sailor, assaulted in
| the streets Of Valparaiso, Is entitled TO
| the Intervention OF his government,
and an indemnity, then, logically, an
English or other sailor who Is assault
ed, impounded, sold and robbed in
| Portland, Is also entitled TO the inter
| vention of his government, and an in
| demnity.
| Finally, in the endeavor to, discharge
our whole duty, we make the follow
| ing proposition:
/ Give us the officer of our choice
under the seamen's law, and give us
your endorsement, moral support and
reasonable financial aid, and, relying
! upon the justice of our cause and the
courts, we will undertake to radically
| reform the methods of the syndicate
of crimps, drive them out of town. or
put them in the penitentiary.
| And your committee will eagerly
enter upon the task, believing that,
under sense of the bitter insult and
injury this community has sustained
through the inhuman practices upon
these visiting seamen, we will receive
such a support from our fellow-citizens
as will compel success in the under
| taking
i For surely God reigns. and Port
lands sense OF justice still lives
i Respectfully submitted,
Z. QUACKENBUSH.
i Chairman.
i II. LIVINGSTONE, =
i r. J. ARMSTRONG.
4 b. LAMBERSON,
u III. NJ. CLINTON,
i Members OF Committee
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Seamen and yheir Calling.

Seamen, the most of them, and like
the most of us, come from the middle
classes, and their occupation makes
them a unique and in many respects a
distinctive class of men. who really
have few interests in common with
landsmen, but they are a mighty factor
in the progress and development of
commerce.
The worlds 10000 seag6ing vessels,
with their nearly 100000 tonnage,
conveying the worlds exports and inn
ports of nearly $40, 0OO, 000, 900 annual
ly, are entrusted to the active portion
of some 100000 sailors, whose in
stances of unfaithfulness in danger or
other emergency are surprisingly
rare.
Surely the men 10 whom such vast
interests are committed are worthy of
your friendship and solicitude.
We on land are prone to regard them
as weak and worthless because we
see them at thei- worst, occasioned
largely by our assigning them on shore
to the custody of the strong and the
vicious" by whom every engine of
satanic power is geared for their de-
struction. 1t is well, however. to change
the point of view in estimating worth.
| So, reverse positions. and We take our
place beside them on their native ele-
ment. with grooming vessel, shattered
mast. and shredded sails. when every
thing seems passing away beneath us:
| then we see them at their best: and
! then too, we will realize that the most
weak and worthless and pitiable object
/ on land or sea is a landsman on ship
J board in a gale. And often it is that
| the sailors life is the sacrifice which
/ insures our safety.
| What chance is there for the sailors
| to exhibit or develop their better char
acter in Portland, where, friendless
and practically helpless, We, who
should be their friends, ignore them
| and commit them to a ceaseless deck
sweeping tornado of rascality and VIC
lence. against which they have we'll
| nigh ceased to struggle in Portland
| finding no eye to pity nor arm 70
save?
Rightly considered. is ii not a hui
initiating fact that IL the sailors treat
ed us on the sea as we treat them on
the land never an embarking lands
man would reach the other shore?
Under the social and Christian in
fuences throughout the world, espe-
cially of the last twenty years, the
character of seamen has improved very
much. and authorities on the subject
Il tell us that "as class they compare
favorably with any other class o.
men" Their life has so much of ex'
posture and hardship in it that they
take them as a matter of course. 1t J:
said OF them: They are brave, Draw
ny, true and generous, cordially
sharing their last possession with al
unfortunate friend. They suffer ant
are silent and strong. They suffer anC
do not know it is suffering. Are brave
and do not know it Is bravery. Ar
often heroes and do not know 1t i
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Percentage of assertions to number
of seamen:
British-For six months to January
1. 1898: Seamen, SAC; assertions, 323;
percentage, 3S.1S. For six months to
July /, 1898: Seamen, 800; assertions.
1876; percentage, 1925. The increase
during last six months was "a per cent.
Total assertions from British ships dur
ing year 1897, 1896. Total assertions
from British ships during six months
of 1898, 1876.
For year ending July 1, 1898:
German-Seamen, 412; desertions
104; percentage, 1924.
Norwegian-Seamen, 1874: assertions.
10; percentage, 1854.
French-Seamen, "a; assertions, s;
percentage, 9.52.
Russian-Seamen, 20; assertions. 4;
percentage, 1876.
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ISLAND COMMITTEE REPORT.
'''''uI Record Of "crimpsr in
the Oregon City.

a. 'qp, 1nd Oregon, Oct. 7. 1898.
Ss,, ,O'uand Chamber of Com
BIS Anu Your committee on Sea-
! irs ,sco.. desires TO make The fol-
|rs..v,' M. Of office Of the present
p Sp, =, C' san with January of this
(seusiys" max make the report more com
ran.,bGinnu clear, we include in il
I ending tEy,ng season Of the whole
(ss q. ~, o. ioreien-bound sailing
fpr,s35' "a, 'ae year ending july I, 1888
fGA ''' CLASSIFIED as follows.
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Is on; and, IL he be able to secure a
Gre" elsewhere, grossly perjured
charges OF any nature will be preferred
against his sailors. his vessel, or him
self. to work. detention OF the vessel
and bring final submission to their
terms. Consuls interposing are in
suited and defied. Charterers and
agents. all OF whom heartily contemn
these men and their practices. have felt
constrained for obvious reasons to ac-
cept tentative rates from them to
avoid embarrassment and possible
temporary loss; which, while II soothes
the trouble for a time in a commercial
sense, only increases the hardships
and losses Of the seamen by fortifying
the syndicate in its nefarious business
and charging the sphere of its in
iquitous influence.
Captains Want a Change.
European journals have often classed
our port as one OF the worst i'm the
world; and only recently it was pro-
nounced as bad as Callao. which COM
parison should completely fill our cup
OF humility, IL not of bitterness.
spain has cost US many precious lives
and countless treasure, but it was while
in Spanish lands we were lifting the
hand OF inhumanity from an oppressed
and tyrannized people And 10, these
many years the citizens OF Portland
have permitted the heavy hand OF in
humanity to rest relentlessly upon the
often weak, almost defenseless, and
usually inoffensive seanen who so
journ for brief period in our beauti.
full city; and we need not be surprised
that our English maritime friends see
in it all many distinctively Spanish
characteristics.
] We are satisfied that every HONORABLE,
owner whose vessels reach this port
and the worthy captains, some o.
/ whom are the peers of any men in ex
cellence of character; consuls. agents
charterers, all of them, detest the Who'll,
business, and only yield temporarily
| to the seeming inevitable, and will
| right heartily welcome any determined
| effort on the part Of this chamber, tn,
commercial representative of our com
munity. to take this whole business on
OF the clutches of rapacity and vic
| lence, and place it on the same plan,
with other honorable occupations ant
| commercial pursuits.
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Crimps and Their Crimes.

About twenty-five years ago, under
the, leadership of one James Turk.
there began in the city of Portland
that system OF tyranny over deep-wa-
ter seamen and our seward interests
which has persistently sought ever
since, with varying success, to domi-
nate our port.
The system was born in iniquity.
has been fostered by greed, and sus-
tanned by the ill-gotten gains of Grim
inal practices upon seamen, until its
cup of iniquity is full and overlooking.
Throughout its whole career, laws
have been violated, courts defied, and
visiting seamen and their inherent
and law-given rights ruthlessly out
ragged and trampled under foot by
these demons Of the beach.
The inhumanity and cruelty of
James Turk toward seamen has never
been denied by men who knew him I;
and the spirit of their great progeni-
tor has largely animated his success
ors in the business, even to the pres
ent day. On ship and on shore. by
night and by day, deceit, falsehood and
brutality have ever been the stock in
trade of the members of this profess
sion.
Mans inhumanity to man in most
virulent form, seems to have found ex-
preston all these years in our sailor
boarding houses; and the heartless
processes by which seamen visiting
this port were robbed of hundreds OF
thousa ads OF dollars of hard-earneC
wages, bringing untold hardship anC
suffering to many, many fathers, moth
ers, wives and children, fill all lovers
of their fellowmen with sadness anC
righteous Indignation
The sailor clearinghouse keepers
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while usually correct, from policy. in
their dealings with, and even gentle
manly toward townspeople; in the
pursuit, control and barter Of their
sailor victims. they will assume any
virtue. practice any vice, or commit
almost any crime
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zion Will be Taken by Leading Bust.
NESS Men to Drive Out the
Notorious "Crimps."

Der and disposition OF seamen on sail
ing vessels, was furnished us by the
several consulates:
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No use looking for. anything better
than Jesse Moore IA" Whisky, for
its better isn't made In either the new
or the old world.
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THE SAILOR BETWEEN THE JAIL

OoOcOSOCOCO COCOoOSOO
character and condition of seamen, and
the duration and extent of the crimes
and abuses which have been perpetrat-
ed upon them in this port; and We deem
this a proper occasion to present the
public some information on the sub
ipct
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heroism. That the deeds of the COM
mon sailor often give us a glimpse of
an ideal humanity and of Him who
laid down His life for His friends: and
finally. for veal or woe, they are to
take a larger part in molding ciyiliza-
tion and shaping national life and
chEactef"
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TELEPh0NE

For Quick and Efficient Service iE
Delivering Packages. Invitations, Etc.
MASONIC TEMPLE
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-04
OTHER GRAIN MARKETs.

GRAIN GOSSIP-Gossip by private wire
to c. n. F. Smith & Co., st. Paul, mem
6 Der Of the New York stock exchange and
March %. says: "since Jan. /, eIe clever,
weeks, corn shipments to Europe have
averaged L7S8.OoO bu and to continent
900 bu, against 2, 100000 blu and 201S.-
wv ou, respectively, last year" Columbia
Mo-. I'm most sections Of the state wheat
mas come through winter In excellent
&c CONDITION SdItn In few counties. principally
badly damaged by freezing. but in general
present condltlon OF crop Is fully I'D to
average and In many. counties far above
Columbus, O., wires: 1--WE have it direct
from the state agricultural department
that the April wheat report will be Al
per per- cent mt for Ohio This is per cent less
LIVERPOOL. April 3-Wheat quiet,
July. IS shad Corn quiet, closing h@Id
t R Nay, as Nd; July, As Nd; Septem-
GRAIN AVAILABLE sUPPLIEs-Nsw
york, April Especial cable and teie-
graphic communications to Bradstreets
snow the following changes in available
supplies from the last account: Wheat
United States and Canada east of Rock
les. decrease, 1,S52,0Q0 blu; liverpool Corn
Trade News afloat for and In Europe,
Increase, 800, 900 bu; total supply, decrease
L352,0O bu; corn, United States and Cam
ada east of Rockies, decrease, 30, 900 bu
Ot1IS, CHlIeu states ana canada east OF
Rockies, not received Among the more
Important increases reported to Brad
streets not given In the official Visible
supply statement are those of 274,OOO bu
at Manitoba storage points; 162, 900 at Mil
Waukee private elevators; 1900 blu at
Cleveland; $1,000 bu at ST. Joe and 5s 900
bu at other points. Principal decreases
are N,O0o bu at Northwestern interior
elevators, $1,000 bu at Omaha The ag-
gregate stock of wheat held at Portland
Or, and Tacoma and Seattle decrea sell
1900 bu last week.
NEW YORK. April 3-Flour-Receipts,
50, 100 bbis; exports, 697 bbls; market for
winter .straights and low grade winter
was fairly active and f1rrner to arrive
but otherwise the trade in -four was
quiet all day Rye -four dull Wheat
Receipts, 1880 bu; exports, 42, $40 blu; spot
quiet and easy; No. red, 1880 +. o. b..
ahoat; No. red, 1870 elevator; No,
northern, Duluth, 775sc +. o. b., ahoat
prompt; No. l hard, Duluth, 79Tsc I. O.
Q. afioat (prompD; options, May 70 1916
gi49sc, closed at 1850; July, 740741sc,
closed at 74t&c; September. 741@9745sc.
closed at !49sc. Corn-Receipts, 1880 bu;
exports. 42S9 bu; spot market stronger:
No. q 47hc t. 0. b., afloat, and 481ac ele-
yator; options, May. AK G045%4c, closed at
45%c; July, 401s@46ssc, closed at 463sc
Oats-Receipts, 600 bu; exports, 1851
bu; spot weaker; No. 2. 28%c: No. 8, 2SHc:
No. white, 311sc; No. 8 white. sic; track
mixed Western. 10000; track white. S1l50
S5c; options. neglected and nominal; MAY
closed at 2S&c; No. 2 white oats, May,
closed at Soc