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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
DISASTROUS FIRE
Destroys the River Raisin Paper Co.'s
Plart.

Monroe. Mich, April 30.-The most
disastrous fire in Monroe in the past
decade occurred at o'clock yesterday
morning, when the River Raisin Paper
Co.'s plant was Quilted. The fire de-
partment responded promptly, but the
only thing they could save was boilers
and engine. The valuable paper ma
chinery is total loss, and the build
ing nothing but a heap of charred
wood and ashes. The loss is between
$4,000 and $4,000. Manager Waldron
could not be seen, but banks say the
insurance nearly covers the loss. The
Union Trust Co. of Detroit owned the
plant up to year ago. About $4,000
repairs were completed Saturday. The
fire is thought to have originated from
a cinder pile. 1t is a serious blow to
Monroe, throwing GO men out of work.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
Ceremony Was Brief and Simple.

Washington, May 1.-Cardinal-elect
Martinelli last night received from the
hands of member Of the papal guard
of Pope Leo KILL, Count Colaclcchi,
who had just arrived from Rome, the
consistorial letter formally advising
him of his elevation and the red zuch-
etto emblematic of that high Office.
The ceremony, which was brief and
simple, occurred at the papal legation
at 6 o'clock last evening in the pres
ence Of number OF church digni-
taries.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
January ard May United.

Prescott, Mich, May Mrs. Henry
p. Sheridan, of Reno township, 70
years old, was married to Tommy Fin
nigan, aged ~, the brides hired man,
who has been employed by her for the
last two years upon the farm. The
happy brides property is worth $780,
000, which, with an insurance of $1,000
received when her husband died, made
the match attractive. This is her
fourth venture, and as she has no chill
dren, wa Unopposed. Justice Franklin
Pierce officiated.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
A colt CT ELECTRICITY
Causes the Certh Of an Edison EN-.
glove in retrot

Detroit. April 30.-An accident hap
pened yesterday mo. ming at the sub
station Of the Edison Illuminating Co,
located at the Michigan Ce.-tral rail
road and Foundry street, resulting in
the death of Burr Lively.
Lively was standing on a ladder
painting a transformer, when his hand
came in CO with live wire bear
ing heavy current of electricity. The
poor man y IS killed almost instantly,
the electricity entering at the tip Of
the middle finger of his right hand and
leaving his boay through his feet,
burning clean holes through the soles
of his shoes.
The unfortunate man quivered for a
moment on the ladder and then fell
heavily to the asphalt floor.
He has been an oiler for the Edison
company for 10 years. At his home
are q widow and three children. He
was a member Of the Maccabees.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
A WOman's No,

"Learn to say no., my daughter" adj
vised the wise mamma.
"But why?" inquired the coy debu-
tante.
Because it is more fun to keep the
men guessing for awhile"
Thus we see that woman's "no"
means guess" in stead of yes" as
the proverb would have US believe
Baltimore American.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
Who Is This Woman2

Detroit, Mich, May 1.-The doctors
at the Emergency hospital are unable
to learn anything about a woman OF
apparently unbalanced mind who was
brought TO them last night. She was
put on the car at Pontiac, with orders
to deliver her to the first policeman
after reaching Detroit. At the hospital
she gave her name as Mrs. Trombiey
but could not tell where she lived or
who put her on the car. The asylum
for the insane at Pontiac was reached
by phone, but there were no patients
missing. The only word the doctors
at the hospital have been able to get
from her are entreaties for her baby.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
Locked in a Box Car.

West Bay City, Mich, May =
Ernest Cornwall, aged 10, and Melvin
Coggins, 6, whose homes are v Stand
ish, had railway excursion Monday
night which was purely involuntary.
They We're playing in box car near
their home when other boys shut them
in and left them. The car was attached
to q train and brought here in the
night. Men working in the railway
yards discovered the boys and the po-
lice sent them home on the first train
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
Grain Elevator DESTROYED,

Marshall, Mich, May 1.-The Cincin'
natl Northern grain elevator was de-
stroyed by fire at about o'clock last
evening. Loss, $1,000 fully covered
by insurance In the building was over
5000 bushels of wheat, oats and rye,
mostly owned by Ham Coleman, whose
loss is $1,000; no insurance. The fire
caught in the engine room, where a
railroad employe was filing switch
lamps with kerosene oil. A lamp ex.
ploded.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
TIE Old Salon Opened.

Paris, April 30-The Old Salon was
practically opened yesterday with the
official visit Of President Loubet. The
general opinion seems to be that the
pictures, despite their immense num-
Der, are above the usual level. Among
those that attract particular attention
are M. Benjamin Constants portraits
Of Alexander and NJ. Leonnetts por-
traits of III. Loubet. The Transvaal
war inspired a number of the pictures
including several depicting incidents
IF Mr.. Kruger's visit to France.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
rIsAsTRous FIRE AT BAY MILLS.
Planning MIL arc Large Stock of Lum.
Der Destroyed.

Saulte Ste. arie. Mich, May IA
disastrous fire occurred at Bay Mills
Tuesday morning. The planning mill
and dry kiln. cut stock. sheds and lum-
ber sheds and large quantity Of lum-
Der were destroyed. For time the
entire stock Of lumber, sawmills and
The entire town were threatened.
In response to telephone summons
the fire department of this city de-
parted for Bay Mills on a special train
soon after the fire broke out. The
flames are now under control.
1t is impossible 10 estimate the loss
at present. bat il is fully covered by
insurance.
Bay Mills is located II miles west
of this city On the ID. S. S. & A. The
mills are owned by the Hall & Mum
son company. one OF the biggest lum-
Der manufacturing concerns in the up
per peninsula.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
Died from Eatinu Pills.

Jackson, Mich, May 1.-The 2-year-
old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
A. Ingle3 ate pills left on the table by
the mother at noon yesterday and died
soon afterwards. Ihe pills were pre-
scribed for the child's mother by DR..
Roberts, and were known as aiken
tonic pills, containing stryChnine. One
pill is dose for adults, but the child
must have taken four or five. The
father is q machinist, employed at Bay
City.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
Mother and Child Burned.

Muskegon, Mich. May Little s.
year-old Barry Baker had a narrow
escape from a terrible death. He, with
some other children, was playing with
a bonfire, when the little fellows
clothes caught fire. His mother saw
him running towards the house, his
clothing a mass of flames. She tore
the clothes off of him, being burned
badly cboCt the hands and arms her.
self. The boy was seriously burned.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
Old Newspaper Man Dead.

Niles, Mich, May Harry Denis
ton, founder of the Niles Daily Star,
died here Tuesday, having returned
home from Chicago several days ago.
He was well-known newspaper man.
f. w. Cook has been editor and pro-
prietor of the Niles Star for the past
10 years. He purchased the paper of
DenistOn.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
Mon strouS Bird Killed,

Prescott, Mich, May William
Schwartz and George Selmen, of this
place, caught crane yesterday in
Churchill township which measured.
from tip to tip of wings, 16 feet
inches, and from bill to claws IA feet
s inches. 1t was caught alive in
trap, but finding it inconvenient to
carry home alive, they killed it.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
Found the CoYhin ation

Jackson, Mich, April 30.-The post.
Office and general store of George d.
Shearer, at Francisco, was entered by
thieves Sunday night, and S61.4S in
cash and $50 in stamps taken from the
safe, which was found unlocked. EVi.
IDENTIFY the robbers discovered the COM
bination, as Shearer insists that he
locked the safe. Nothing else is miss
ing. 1t is supposed to be the work of
professionals.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
Carrie Nations Husband Robbed.

indianapolis, April 30.-A special to
the Sentinel from Marion, Ind, says:
David Nation, husband of Carrie Ma
ton, was robbed of SIS in cash, some
jewelry and his return railroad ticket
at Wichita yesterday. Mr.. Nation at.
tended circus and later, it is said.
visited a saloon, where, it is alleged,
he was robbed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
Bio Salmon Trout

West Branch, Mich, April 30
Frank Noble, while fishing on Big
creek, caught salmon trout that
dressed 61A pounds. The trout fishing
season opens the 1st of May. Lots of
men come from all parts Of the state
to fish in the fine trout streams of
Ogemaw county. The brooks are alive
with these fish.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
LARGE Lard Owner Dead.

Springfield, ILL.,, April 30.-Hon. Gin.
ton II. Moore, one of the largest land
owners in the west, died yesterday at
his home in Clinton, Ill. For half
century he had been a leading lawyer
in Central Illinois, and in early life
Travelled the circuit with Abraham Lin
coin. His estate is valued at $1,000
900.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
Rhckless RicvcIiets-

Muskegon, Mich, May 1.-Two small
children of Lee Deaner and Capt.
.O'Connor were playing on the side
walk, when they were knocked down
and run over by two bicyclists, who
Immediately mounted their wheels and
rode on. The children were badly
hurt. and the men were caught and
failed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03

From Manila TO Australia Is "like 60
ing down river, for one is out of sight
of land only two days" The voyage
lasts 81 days, but the course is through
the south sea islands, which accounts
for its resemblance to river navigation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
OF His Abundance.

''Your neighbor has just given me an
old coat" said the tramp. Can you
give something's
"Yes," replied the clergyman. Il will
go through the collection box and find
some buttons to match the coat
Philadelphia Record.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
Coal Mine Disaster.

South McAlester, l. t., April 30
Five miners were killed outright yes
terday, seven others were burned seri
ously and one is missing, the result of
an explosion at the coal mines at An.
derson, owned by the Choctaw, Okla
homa & Gulf railroad and operated by
the McAlester Coal Co.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
u. s. Treasury Statement.

Washington, May Tuesdays
statement of the treasury balances in
the general fund, exclusive of the
S150000,000 gold reserve in the di-
vision of redemption, shows: Avail.
able cash balance, s15S ,o67,149; gold,
$95,994,769.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03
Jell-O. The New Dessert.

Pleases all the family Four havors:-Lemon, or
ange, raspberry and strawberry. AT your grocer's
cents
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-03

Bad blood and indigestion are deadly
enemies to good health. Burdock Blood
Bitters dertroys them.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-23

dent Roosevelt recognition of northern
colored republicans who have been
Systematically ignored. 1t is claimed
by all administrations. The grievances
are that the Southern republi cans get
all the Offices and cannot cast an cleo
torial vote. The contention of the
Southern republicans is that, while
they cannot cast an electoral vote,
they can send delegates to every ma
tiOnal republican convention. which is
more than northern republicans can
do. Northern republicans are against
the retention of Recorder Cheathsm
and Register LyO 5. For what pur-
pose no one knows. Both Of thes c
men have rendered valuable Servl &C
to the race and the party. The South
ern republicans claim that it is no fault
OF theirs If they cannot cast an honest
ballot, They Cannot combat the shot
guns and winchesters, viii they are
perfectly willing to vote. New York.
Ohio, MisSOuria, and Maryland and
two other states have requested the
President 10 appoint other cOlOred
men in the places ofLyOns and Cheat
ham. 1t would make ns difference
what places were held by South
ern colored republicans. Northern
republicans would apply for them
just the same. Just what move
the Northern COlOred Tepubl cans vii
The Washington bee., 1901-11-23

and COMPEL them TO drink water like
an oxen, while they dress extravanant
lY and lead their husbands by other
extravagancies not tending to our we'll
being to bankruptcy depriving them
OF the pleasures Of this world. Yes
driving them to suicide. O Lord have
mercy upon them. they wear not
even the color of the face Thou has
given them, patiently accept all this
without not content with nature, paint
their faces. o Lord, Thou canst also
perceive that their figures are not as
hou has made them. but they wear
humps on their backs like Camels and
thou . Lord. perceive that their head
dress consist Of false hair and when
they open their mouths Thou seeSt
their false teeth. And O Lord, just
make note OF their spiral spring and
cotton batting contrlvanCes they wear
IN their blossoms for no other purpose
than to make themselves voluptous
and excite i'll man a much worse pas
sion than the use of wine, and for this
same reason they have a number six
loot plnched in a number three shoe.
and forty waist squeezed into a uum-
Der seventeen corset . Lord these
woman want men who patiently &C
cept all this without using the pow er
Thou has given TO zaan, that all women
shall be subject to man. They will
The Washington bee., 1901-11-23

shool of economies TO talk of making
the best of any situation without max
ing the best OF whoever is III the situa-
ton. AS to the part of this situation
which asks how much the Negro
should be educated in order TO make
the most and best of him, the answer
should be that that depends on the
particular Negro. As long as that
self evident truth is denied the Negro
question will remain with US.
1t IS not always remembered that
Booker I. Washington is the pro-
duct of Northern Missionary college
IN the South. If Booker T, Washing.
ton should be compelled to limit his
education TO the learning of trade the
thousands and tens of thousands o
Negroes who owe their mechanical
training, their decent homes and their
modest cOmpetenCieS TO him must have
gone without them. A people can
never be elevated by giving all OF them
the same degree of education.
The statement of Governor Chand-
Ter of Georgia in this symposium, that
the Presidents social reception of Mr..
B. I. Washington will not effect the
! Negro question in any way. will be re
ceived with pleasure by thousands OF
Northern men who love their Southern
brethern, right or wrong. For scarce
/ ly anything else has so beClouded that
question as the belief tnat that estab-
lishment of the Negro in his political
and civil status, as defind in the Con
stitution would some how operate to
| thrust him arbitrarily into the white
mans private sOciety-and that the
/ Northern white man so desires il to
Operate-a very good answer to which
mistaken belief is that, even in Boston
/ itself, no such result of social Confu
sion takes place and nobody is trying
TO make 1t take place,
And yet the Governors statement
is not absolutely accurate.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-23
How the Japanese Smoke.

The japanese smoke in a very Pc
culiar manner. The pipes have very
small metal bowls, with bamboo
stems and metal mouthpieces, and
only hold enough tobacco for three
or four whiffs. They use a tobacco
which is cut extremely fine, and
looks more like a light blonde hair
than anything else. 1t is of a good
quality, however. The Japs take
Whit of smoke and inhale il, letting
it pass through the nostrils. They
rarely smoke more than one pipeful
al a time.
oome J1me ago the eat OF the st.
Paul post Office made a record by
slaying 125 rats and mice in one
month. In recognition of her abili-
ties the postmaster wrote to Wash
ingtcn, asking an increase in her sal
ary, and she now receives S1O.40 a
year. Soon after she showed her
gratitude by presenting the govern
ment with five kittens, each of which
entered the United States service as
soon as it was old enough to tackle q
: rat
The Washington bee., 1901-11-23
DOES NOT PRACTICE WHAT HR
From the National Baptist Union.

If there is a Negro in all this coun-
try who should be admOnished to
practice what he breaches that dis
tinguished parsonage is Prof. Booker
T. WashIngto ton, of Tuskegee fame.
While the celebrated Professor is
urging other Negroes TO crowd their
children into the industrial school
which he is manipulating, and insist
ing that they content themselves with
what he is pleased to call training
of the hand, he is educating his
children in Northern white colleges,
wherein they receive the highest de
gree Of intellectual culture. as evi
denCe of this assertion, the fact is not
ed that Press reports a few days ago
contained the following:
A few days ago a report went out
from Wellesly College, in Massachu-
sets, that much prejudice was
shown against Booker T. Washing
tons daughter, POrtia, in the placing
of her in the school. The college
authorities made haste to deny that
there are any Determinations Of color
in the school. The character and re-
putation of Wellesley are such that
they do not need to make any such
protestations.
Observant Negroes would like "a
know why it is that Prof Washington
does not content himself with that
character Of training for his own chill
dren that he vOuchsafeS unto others.
Why should not his daughter "Por
tia" be taught 10 cook good biscuits
and to knit marketable hose, instead
of seeking a finished education in a
white college where now and then il
becomes a question largely in debate
whether or not she is wanted on the
campus We do not assume to die
tate to the Professor but it is our undis-
puted privilege to call his attention
to the fact that if a first class eduCa-
tion is desirable for his children, 9th.
er Negroes possessed with the same
degree of parental love for their chill.
dren are partial to such training
In the days TO come when Mr..
Washington poses as the advocate oi
the utilitarian idea, other members
OF his race will find serious tempta.
ton to suggest GO thou and dc
likewise. "
The Washington bee., 1901-11-23
SIMPLE AND C0URTLY
Affective Applied to the New Ameel
of Afghanistan.
,.v native FIatterers, hut by an
rr-Ii~h Lady Physician, Who
ras Known Him Ever Since
Childhood.

Tho accession of Habibullah to the
-...--..n of Afghanistan is subiectina
-.. character of the youth to the
...-a-r scrutiny upon the part of in
..-.--.a powers. Whether he will be
..-..r enough to follow out the pol,
... .s his father, Abdur Rahman, re.
.....- FL, be- seen. 4 weak man. OF
,.r. turns to Russia, is likely
...r p. prrcipitate the long-threat-
...# conflict IN the far east.
Extracts from a recently published
.-.-.l written by DR.. Lillian Hamil
..r who for several years was the
.......an of the late ameer's house.
s... are herewith reproduced:
r rr-,~. when The father set out for
,....a Tarkr,g.n TO punish the re.
r....a of his cousin Ishak, Prince
r..M..h Khan, his eldest son
+... "a bow of only 16, was left to
ra..r-r during his absence, and the
....r .t his rule in Cabul was
marked a- one of special prosperity
... r.Do-r. Many causes may have
contributed to- this happy result, but
... .f Do. chief undoubtedly is the
r-.r..- uuu disposition. He has.
-...r. -u far seemed to combine in
his ..r-.n most of the best qualities
.. his Immediate ancestors without
r..r faa.ss-the shrevd common
s.-. simplicity and courtly man
r.r- .. nast Mohamed without his
U..zu., chlyalry, the piety and re
lgo.- SEPARATIONS of Mohamed AfzuI
without his weakness, and the ready
wit. tact and keen perception of Ab-
dur Eaamau without his violence and
cruelty. The one question that stili
remains Unanswered is that Of pow
sr is he also strong? Popular he
certainly is at present, but without
strength I'm such "a country no one
eaa even hope to remain in favor. At
present IT is impossible to answer
This with amy authority.
~Efucat.0u." he has said, sis the
cause of the prosperity of England.
WHY. the commonest workman in
England becomes a master when
transported TO this country" Prince
Ua#a..ah is not only the eld-
e-- -on but has already acted
tr his father, not merely during
The Washington bee., 1901-11-23

II seems to me important that any
one trying just now to say word for
the Negro should begin by stating as
state here: | believe in the value and
duty of keeping the white race white,
and | believe the best way 10 keep the
white race white, pure and pre-sminent
is to do all that can be done to elevate
the Negro in mind, morals and every
true aspiration.
Educate him. Treat him Justly and
let the risks we take with hIm-for in
this, as in all things, they who risk
nothing gain nothing-be on the side
of freedom and human brotherhood.
Some men say there is but one way
to get rid of the Negro problem, and
that is to get rid Of the Negro.
But there is but one way to get rid
of the Negro problem honorably and
that is 10 get rid of the Negro honor
ably.
There is but one way to get rid of
the Negro hOnOrably, and that is to
make him a different and bettsr
Negro.
There is but one way to make him
a different and better Negro, and that
is to make the best of him, individually
and collectively, and there is but one
way to make the best of him individ-
ualiy or collectively, and that is to
make him as good citizen as we can
make him.
He must be made, as far as can be
made a taxpayer,
Not poll-tax payer but taxpayer
on property, There is the tap root
of safety
All Negroes cannot be made tax
PAYERS all white men cannot be made
taxpayers. Many Negroes and many
| white men insist on remaining penni-
| less and worthless. But We try 10
| make this number as small as possible
and the number of taxpayers as large
as possible by making education both
OF the head and of the hand as free, as
necessary, as obligatory and as useful
| IS possible.
RESULTS DEPEND on .KTICULAR
NEGRO.
II is zoo late in history Of the world:
p -ogress for any political party o.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-23

not bear the burdens of the married
life and obey Thy commands to multi
ply and respinish the earth. But they
are too lazy 70 raise their children, and
o Lord Thou knOwest the crimes
they cemmit, o Lord have mercy upon
them and take them back 10 Thy
Bosom. Take folly out of their hearts
give them common sense and grant
that tn ey may be good citizens Of this
community. o Lord we thank Thee
for blessings Thou hast bestoed upon
US and ask Thee to deliver US from all
evils, especially hypoCritlcal lying
women, and Thine shall be the glory
Amen.