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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-02-15
TUESDAY,.

The senate has passed the naval ap-
preparation bill, and the shipping bill
was taken up again.
Ex-King Milan CO Servia died at vi
emma as the result of an attack of
pneumonia, aged AZ years.
The departure of the duke and Ouch
ess of York from London for Australia
will be mace the occasion of a great
naval display.
Gov. Yates of Illinois is determined
to prevent all prize fighting in that
state. He says the law is plain and
he will enforce the law.
The Presbyterian ministers of Phil
adelphia have adopted a petition to
the Pan-American exposition, asking
that the big show be closed on Sun
day.
The Canadian Pacific railroad has
declared the semi-annual dividend of
per cent on preference stock and div
idend of 21s per cent on the common.
Representative Babcock of Wiscon-
sin has introduced a bill repeating a
considerable part of schedule CT on
metals of the tariff act Of July "a,
1897
Judge Blair of Jersey City has de-
ferred the question of releasing on bail
Thomas G. Barker, who shot Rev. John
Kellar at Arlington, N. j., a week ago
last Sunday.
The evidence on the motion to Ell
join the Jeffries-Ruhlin fight at Cincin-
natl is all in and the arguments made.
Judge HOLSTER has reserved his de-
cision until Thursday.
In a 15-round contest for G350 and
the lightweight championship of Eng
land, before the National Sporting
club of London, Pat DAILY of the United
States defeated Johnny Hughes of
London in the twelfth round.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-02-15
SEVERAL FEATURES
In the Trial of Frank Hamilton for the
Murder of Leonard Day.

Minneapolis, Feb. 12.-There were
several features Monday in the trial
of Frank n. Hamilton for the murder
of Leonard Day. The sensational fact
has been revealed that no one yet has
testified to seeing a blow struck dur
ing the scuffle that ended in Days
death. Force and George were recalled
and each denied positively that he had
struck or cut Day.
Miss Slagle, the young woman about
whom Hamilton and Day quarreled,
was also witness. She declined to
make any statement which woulE in
criminate herself, and was excused.
1t transpires that A. NJ Barbe, ST.
Louis travelling man, who witnessed
the ARRAY, declines to answer the sum-
mons to appear and testify. Counsel
for the prisoner stated they objected
to trying the case unless Barbe testi-
fed.
j. F. Gray, a boarder at the West
hotel, gave evidence, but on cross-ex-
animation mate statements that con.
tradicted Larry every previous wit.
ness. He said only Hamilton and Ben
nett were by Days side when he died.
and that death came before any doctor
reached the room. The court room is
crowded daily, many ladies being il.
attendance.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-02-15
REGISTERING OF BIRTHS.
More Stringent Law Advocated by DR..
Wilbur.

Lansing, Mich, Feb 11.-Chief Will
bur of the vital statistics department
of the secretary of states office, says
that with the exception of the obsolete
law regulating the enumeration of
births, the laws governing the collec-
tion of vital statistics in Michigan are
in fairly satisfactory condition. The
law for the registration of deaths,
which was enacted in 1897, is yearly
reaching a condition of greater ac-
curacy. Any amendment, he says,
should be opposed. In regard to the
marriage license system any modifica-
ton which will probably be to enact
more stringent laws surrounding the
case of non-residents.
DR.. Wilbur believes that an i'm
proved law governing the registration
of births in Michigan is needed. 1t Is
believed that by employing the mod
ern methods now in use for mortality
statistics in this state, fairly accu-
rate and reliable registration of births
could be obtained, including their
prompt monthly or quarterly return.
Marriages, divorces and deaths are
required to be promptly registered,
but the law seems to authorize a sys-
tematic procrastination in the matter
of registering births. A birth which
occurs in any calendar year is not reg
istered during that year nor even i'm
mediately after its close, but goes un-
recorded until the supervisor or as
SCISSOR goes out to make the annual
assessment along in April or May OF
the following year. 1t is sometimes 16
months after it occurs before birth
is registered Not more than two
thirds of the births that actually &C.
cur in the state each year finally get
on the records. This results frequent
ly in great personal loss to individuals
who depend upon these records to es-
tablish their claims in various direc-
tions, and the almost complete loss Of
the statistical value of the collection
of births.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-02-15
! ALI JOINTS CLOSED.


Topeka. Kan, Feb. 12.--As a result
of the meeting of the citizens of To-
peka all the joints of the city were
closed Monday night. The citizens
made the peremptory order that the
sales be discontinued by noon, and SO
far as is known the order was re-
garded.
Early Monday morning Chief of Po-
lice Stahl, with some of his officers.
made the rounds of the joints and noti-
fed the keepers as far as they could
be found that they would be expected
to close at once. They were in each
case presented with printed copy of
the citizens ulIimatum and command
ed in the interest of law and order to
close at once. Chief Stahl told the
jointists that there was an army of
thousand men waiting to march on a
minutes notice to close the joints, and
that they were of class lLat would
not be frightened out of performing
their duty as they interpreted it. No
tees were slipped in under the doors
of the closed places.
In only one PLACE did the officers
find any liquor sold, and the proprietor
agreed 10 close at once. Last night
Topeka was practically dry town so
far as the joints were concerned. Some
of the drug stores are said to be doing
a thriving business, but the condition
is much different from a week or even
a day ago when there were about 80
joints running openly, most of them
equipped with the finest of fixtures.
The citizens committee has made
all the necessary arrangements for the
enforcement of the order regarding
joints and will insist that the order be
carried out to the letter and that ev-
cry drinking place be closed and the
stock and fixtures removed from the
city by next Friday noon. The condi-
tion of public sentiment in Topeka is
something remarkable There has
never been anything here approaching
it. The vigilance committee is ready
to move on very short notice.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-02-15
WEDN ESDAY.

The military representation is to be
made splendid feature of President
McKinley's second Inauguration on
March A.
Over $4,000 men are out on strike
at Gijon, Spain, seaport town. on the
eight-hour question. Thus far the
strikers have been quiet
Mrs Oughton Giles, an English
woman, arrived at New York on the
steamer Cymric. She comes to this
country 20 judge dogs at the shows.
Charges against Delegate Wilcox, Of
the Hawaiian islands, have been intro
duced in the house in accordance with
the petition of Attorney Gear, of Ha-
waii.
The German press sees no political
significance in the interview between
Emperor William and Lord Salisbury
in London, and ridicules the conclu-
sions drawn by the British papers.
The chief of police of Topeka, Kan
sympathizes with Mrs. Nation and ex-
pressed the hope that she will succeed
in wrecking all the joints" in the city.
A bill is to be presented in the legisla-
ture legalizing joiLt-smashing.
States has no naval vessel in the
North Atlantic, and none of her war
vessels could be fitted out and cross
the ocean in time. this country could
not be represented by it's navy at the
queens funeral. 1t will be represented
at the coronation, however.
Eugene |. Cowell presented himself
at detective headquarters in Chicago
and claimed to be the long sought for
Charlie Ross, kidnapped from German
town, Pa, in 1874. He claims he was
brought up in Los Angeles, Cal. He
said he told the story in Logansport,
Ind, and was adJudged insane for his
pains.
Mrs. Nation was arrested just after
completing the wrecking of the Sen
ate" saloon at Topeka, Kan, but was
released. The proprietor of the saloon
was arrested, and also caused the ar
rest Of Mrs. nation a second time for
malicious destruction of property. She
was released on 500 bail and will
have a trial Saturday.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-02-15

Washington, Feb. 12.-President
Mckinley has declined to appoint Ben
ton Hanchett of Michigan attorney
general of the United States during
the second term of his administration.
John w. G'iggs, Of New Jersey, the
present atvorney-general, deciines
reappoin.ment. Mr.. Hanchett is about
so years old and that is the reason
he will not be appointed. The presi-
dent wants an encouragement not
ove' so years of age. Atty-Gen. Griggs
was AZ when appointed.
Benton Hanchett's name was sub
mitted to the president jointly by both
Senators Mcmillan and Burrows last
week. The president Is acquainted
with Mr.. Hanchett's high abilities as
a lawyer. Although not in congress
at the time, he is familiar with the
circumstances of how President Har-
rison in the closing weeks Of his ad-
ministration in 1893 elevated Justice
appeals to the supreme bench, and
proposed Mr.. Hanchett for his success.
sor The time was too short to con-
summate the plan to make the Michi-
gan man an appeals justice, although
uO one queStlOHeu that IL WOulu NC al
eminently fitting appointment.
President Mckinley at first was in
clined to consider Mr.. Hanchett ia
vorably for Encouragement, but when
he learned his age he informed the
senators that a man 60 years of age
was too old to be encouragement.
The president has never quite forgot
ten the small troubles that came to
the state department in 1897, when he
appointed John Sherman, then past rs
years, to be his secretary Of state. The
troubles, such as they were, occurred
because Mr. Sherman's mental quail
ties were in their decline. Largely on
account of the Sherman experience,
the president is averse to bringing a
man near 60 or over into his cabinet,
particularly as encouragement. He
is further averse to the appointing of
men along toward mat age to federal
judgships. Men between 40 and so
are the ones that are in line for jul
dicial positions, and for the Office Of
attorney-general.
No other Michigan name has been
submitted for attorney general, and
probably none will be. Inc president
is considering several names from
other states for the position.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-02-15
SUMMARY OF news
Happenings Of the World Briefly
and Tersely Told
MONDAY.

A motor car crashed into a sleigh
load of people at Cleveland. or the
20 people in the load IL were injured,
but none fatally.
Major Crewe's command was at
tackled by large force of Beers and
compelled TO retreat. The Beers are
becoming exceedingly active in the
vicinity of Cape .own.
The Southern cotton spinners are to
meet ut Charlotte, NJ c., Feb. l6 to
take measures to curtail production,
as they cannot manufacture at profit
at present prices of manufactured
goods.
A fire in a four-story brick building
at Boston. the upper floors of which
were occupied by families, resulted in
the death of three persons and the Sc
rious injury of four others, by jumping
from windows.
Men employed by dressmaking firms
at Paris, France, are on a strike for
an eight hour day and are endeavoring
to induce seamstresses employed IN
the shops to strike also. Four thou
sand tailors nave joined the move
ment.
John Duncan, wealthy farmer near
Mckay, Ohio, was robbed by six
masked men, who entered the house,
bound and gagged the family and tor
tured them by putting matches to their
feet until they revealed the hiding
place of $3.50. The robbers took the
money, stoie pair of horses and Il
sleigh and made their escape, leaving
the family bound.
Count Won Waldersee is dissatisfied
with the avowed intention of the
French troops to organize an expedi-
tion to take possession OF the province
of Shan 81 in spite of his protests. The
French commander says he believes
the wisest course is to nip incipient re-
bellion in the bud and show the Chi
nese the power Of the allies.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-02-15

Washington. r'eb. 13.--A report has
been received at the navy department
from Rear Admiral Kempff OF the Ash
attic station, who was sent from Manila
to Guam to investigate the effects of
the disastrous hurricane few months
ngo. The report covers details already
made public and concludes as follows
I'm regard to the loss Of the Yo-
semitic, the vessels bow appears to
have struck shoal spot while drag
ging from her original anchorage to
the reef under the bluff west of SUI
may, causing a heavy leak. here the
vessel struck stern first. When the
wind shifted suddenly from north to
east the Yosemite swung around on
her stern as a pivot. The vessel drift
ed to sea after losing ground tackle
and being blown off the reef near Sou
may bluff"
A later report in the shape Of let
ter, dated Dec. II, 1900, from the gov
ernor of Guam reads as follows:
"The island of Guam is doing as well
as can be expected. A considerable
number of TIMBER and nipa houses
have been rebuilt and the greater part
OF the population is now under cover
with a fair degree of comfort. The
reconstruction of the masonry houses
is progressing and tile and iron roofs
are being repaired and replaced.
There have been issued so far to the
needy about 100 tons of provisions, all
of which has been provided by the is
land treasury. The immediate neces-
sity of rebuilding houses has diverted
for the present large amount of la
Dor which could otherwise have been
employed in the fields and ranches.
ut is pleasant to chronicle that
there has not been a case of typhoid
on the island this autumn"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-02-15
Americans Outbid Them.

London, Feb. IA parliamentary
paper, issued last night, complies with
the house of commons request of Dec.
IA for the American and British bids
for 80 bridges on the Uganda railroad.
An American company agreed to erect
the bridges lin 46 weeks. The lowest
English bid for the delivery of the ma
terial on board ship at London was GO
weeks. The American company of.
fered to lay down the material at any
British port for five guineas less than
the average price of the British COM
panies delivery in London. The
American company agreed to erect
the bridges for els per ton, only
&C. los more than the average British
price for delivery in London.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-02-15

j. .
vana, Cuba, Involving . loss OF ~
900, on'which was small insurance!
The labor war between the carpeX
tiers and Carpenters and Builders as
ISOLATION OF Chicago has been settled
by arbitration, after having existed
for over year.
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago. has de-
clared himself. He states that II Mrs.
Nation goes 10 that city she will not
be allowed to wreck saloons, as the
law protects saloon property
Some of the German papers still In
sist that the visit of Emperor William
to England was not without political
significance, as matters Of importance
must, In their opinion, have been dis
cussed.
The bill for an increase of the JUS
tices of the supreme court by two was
killed in the state senate, Senator
Helme moving to strike on. all after
the enacLing clause. His motion was
adopted.
The British war office has decided to
send large additional force to South
Africa, in view of the recent Boer ac-
tivity. Kitchener's forces will be rein
forced by 10000 mounted troops In ad-
dition to those already landed in Cape
Colony.
Two negroes, Will Wright and Sam
Williams, charged with being impli-
'uem 9lIqM oMl 10 IepInm eql uI p91Bo
were shot dead by mob of so men at
the county jail in Dade City, Fla. The
mob succeeded in breaking into the
JAIL but could not break into the cells
and shot them through the bars.
After wrestling an hour and II min
utes, the match between Ernest Roe
Der, the American champion, and Paul
Pons, the European champion. was de-
clared draw, the police of New York
refusing to allow the contest to con-
tinue after midnight. Roeber proved
a surprise to his larger opponent
The foreign ENJOYS at Pekin insist
on the punishment Of twelve Chinese
officials responsible for the boxer up
rising and murder of missionaries, and
they also insist on saying who shall
be beheaded and who banished. They
make specific indictments against all.
which is considered masterpiece Of
diplomacy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-02-15
GREAT GUSHER.
Discovery of Productive Oil Well in
Indiana.

Indiana.
Hartford City, Ind, Feb. 13.-Never
in the history of the Indiana oil field
has there been such excitement as yes
terday. Already the prices of every
thing in the little village of Dundee,
nine miles northwest of this city, have
advanced to a price that startles the
prospectors. Monday it was only a
speck on the map; Tuesday it was ap-
parently the center of the most won
derful oil field in the United States.
1t is the opinion of some oil men that
it will prove the most valuable in the
worlds history of oil operations.
The Dundee well, owned by the
Standard Oil Co., which has wrought
all this unexpected change, came in
Monday at depth of over 1000 feet.
1t was unexpected and like a shot
from a 10-inch gun blew away the oil
saver and casing-head and sent solid
stream or oil six and half inches in
diameter over 72-foot derrick. The
road scenes out of Hartford City were
reminders of an army wagon train eX-
cept tor the varied character of the
vehicles. Monday night and all day
Tuesday there was a line of specula-
tors, sightseers, leasers, pipe linemen,
accountants, civil engineers, field lore
men and others on the way to the oil
field
The remarkable gusher on the little
acre farm of Joseph Bird still spurts
thousands of barrels of oil daily. Dams
have been built and the oil is now be-
ing saved. 1t is pumped into pipes
from the dams AS fast as they can be
laid.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-02-15
Michigan Pensioners.

Washington, Feb 12.-Michigan
pensions were granted Monday as fol-
lows: Additional-Thomas W. Dough-
erty, soldiers nome, Kent, $40; James
w. Frazee, Riverside, $40. Supple
mental-Augustus H. Folsom, Paw
Paw, Sc. Increase-Norman A. Smith,
Pontiac, So; George Lambert, Hills
dale, $50; Lyman E. Bement, Ravenna,
$12; John Rhinevault, Flint, $12; Os-
car Neal, Grand Rapids, $40; Frank
Filble, Petersburg, $24; Joseph Ru-
bens, Escanaba, So; Peter Neetcher,
Prattville, So; Emery J. Yost, Frontier,
$14. Reissue-Elijah Halsel, Howard
City, $40. WIdows-Almeda Waiter
son, st. Joseph. $S; Sylvia H. Lamo
reux, Holland, So; Helen r. North, Dill
dine, So; Cynthia M. Ayers, Bancroft,
$12; Martha K. Haight, Mecosta, So;
Elnora E. Myers, Mount Pleasant, So;
Matilda Siggins, Burr Oak, $12; Ann
"a Boneman, Brooklyn, So; James e.
Lusha, Menominee, So. War with
Spain: Widows-Jane A. Gillespie,
Detroit, $12.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-02-15
FRIDAY.

Plague prevails in nearly every part
of India. In Bengal there is a weekly
mortality of $500, and in Bombay the
death rate is "a per cent.
A train on the Erie road jumped the
track at Greenville, Pa, killing five
men and seriously injuring a score of
others. Spreading rails are thought
to be the cause of the accident.
Eight hundred emigrants have
sailed from Ponce, Porto Rico, for
New Orleans on the steamer Califor-
MIA, and 500 more are awaiting a
steamer preparatory to embarking.
The Colby bill, to do away with po-
litical conventions in Wayne county,
was killed in the state senate, Senator
Holmes, of Detroit, being charged with
being instrumental in the killing.
Jules Verne, the French novelist,
has declined to become a candidate
for the French academy. He said he
has just completed his 73d year and
does not at that age aspire to the acad-
envy.
A bursting steam pipe on the new
steamer Ventura during her voyage
from Philadelphia to San Francisco
TeSulLeu III the uedIn VI I'VE VI uCl
crew, who were literally cooked to
death, and the injury of five others.
The work of securing jury at Min
neapolis for the trial of Frank Fl. Ham
ilton for the murder of Leonard Day is
proceeding slowly. Nine jurors have
been secured in four days. 1t is
thought the trial will not commence
before next week.
VIM. A. BRADY, manager of the JEFF
fries-Ruhlin contest, has left New
York for Cincinnati. In spite of the
opposition brady thinks the fight will
take place, and does not think the
prospects of the fight are as bad as re-
ported.
German papers compare naval con-
struction of Germany and the United
States. They declare that Germany
is constructing IS warships at cost
of 100000 marks, while the United
States is building 80 warships at a
cost OF l40,000,000 marks.
The wedding of Queen Wilhelmina
of Holland. and Duke Henry of Neck
lenburg- Schwerin. was made the occa-
sion of great rejoicing at The Hague.
Duke Henry has now become Prince
Heinrich of the Netherlands. All Hol-
land that could went to The Hague
on the occasion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-02-15
SATURDAY,.

The edict presented by the Chinese
plenipotentiaries to the foreign ENJOYS
was not satisfactory to the latter and
have been altered and referred back TO
the Chinese for correction.
The Duke of Cornwall and York will
not be created Prince of Wales until
after his visit to the continent. Def
mite arrangements are being made for
the dukes trip.
The senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation of Carroll d. Wright to be COM
missioner of labor and Oscar Marim-
ros, of Minnesota, to be consul of the
United States at Colon, Colombia.
A large number of Mohammedans
are congregating in Pekin for the pur-
pose of creating disturbances during
the Chinese new year. 1t is thought
spring campaign by the allies may
be necessary.
The twelfth juror has been secured
for the trial of Frank H. Hamilton, a
Minneapolis newspaper man, charged
with the murder of Leonard Day, and
the taking of testimony has COM
menced.
At the cabinet meeting at Washing
ton the Cuban constitution and spe-
eial session of congress were the ques-
tions discussed. Unless congress takes
some action regarding Cuba an extra
session is believed to be inevitable.
C. II. Murfin, aged 10 years, resi-
dent of Ann Arbor, Mich, who was
preparing for a West Point cadetship
at Braden's preparatory school at
Highland Falls, N. Y, died of heart
disease while snowballing. The re-
mains will be brought to Ann Arbor
lor burial.
The Gillian claims commission has
decided that the claim of Alsop & Co.
against Chilli, for property destroyed
during the war between Chill and Bo-
Iivia, is not in their jurisdiction. Al
sop & Co. are Americans, and the
claim, involving about $1,500.000. is
now matter of diplomatic negLtia-
ton between the United States and
Chilli.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-02-15
No Official knowledge.

Washington, reb 12.-The state de-
partment knows nothing officially of
the reported organization by the New
York company of a military force in
this country to protect it's own inter
ests in Venezuela. With the latter
country the United States is on friend
ly terms, and it could not allow our
territory to be made the base of oper-
ations against Venezuela, if it should
be disclosed to the department that
these were of hostile intent. But if
'$he Venezuelan government does not
make complaint against the departure
of the reported expedition it is i'm
probable that any action will be taken
here.