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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05

"FIsHING FOR HIS SHARE"
Legend on Dummy Put Up at Owosso
limiting at "a scandal I'm Paw
ing Contracts.

Owosso, Mich, June 2.-Several men
on the west side had a joke on some
Of the aldermen suspected of having
become sOiled in the paving scandal.
In front Of Posts hardware store. on
West Main street. was large pool
of water, where some eXcavatng had
been done for the paving The jok-
ers lashed II dummy To hitching post
on the edge of the pool. and put a
fishing pole I'm its hands. ON the fig
ure's breast was pinned this sign:
"Fishing for His Share"
A waiting crowd was ripe for fun
when Alderman w. T.. Washburn
came along. The alderman smiled and
said:
"He ought to have silver bait"
''The paving company furnishes the
bait" said one of the jokerS
Must be he's a candidate for alder
man." again put in Alderman Wash
burn.
ooh. no. he's an alderman now, y
said another.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
LISTS OF THE DEAD AND HURT
Cyclone Strikes the Town Without a Mo-
ments Warning.

Among those who lost their lives
the following have been identified:
Mrs. Marshal Camp and child: Jack
Murphy, aged -. son Of Widow Muir
ply; Utah Jackson, +. Lyle. Annie
Garrett and Claude Shedd.
Injured-The wife and daughter of
W. Il. Sloan. lawyer. fatally: Mrs.
Tailey and daughter; Mrs Jones and
J. II. Logan, badly; James Simpson,
Maude Gordon. John Simpson. Anna
Schubert, Ola Miller, Edward Skinner,
Mrs. Doe Clarke, j. +. Summerville.
AloflZO Ford, Doc Stovall. Joe Schu-
bert, Milledge Hill, Willie Boone and
Perry Common.
The cyclone first hit the town be-
low the Southern railway station. 1t
dropped unnoticed. and before any one
realized what was happening il had
ripped down brick buildings frame
houses, churches and school buildings
as if they were structures of paper.
One of the first large buildings to fall
was the Gainesville cotton mills. a
three-story structure. The third and
second stories were shaved off smooth
ly, and it is believed every person
working in them persisted About 800
We're working in the mill at the time.
but the greater pc: tion of them were
in the lower story and escaped.
In the five brick buildings on tho
main street about eighteen people were
killed. most of them employees i'm the
stores a fire has started in this pile
Of wreckage and the fire department
is unable to get to it because of the
Instructions in the street.
As soon as the storm had RACED the
buildings those who were not disa bled
Immediately went TO work at rescuing
the victims. All the stores in the
business section that were not nit
closed their stores. and every male
citizen who could lend a hand prompt
ly joined in the work Of rescue
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05

Des Moines Begins to Feel Like Herself
ADMINISTRATION Elsewhere.

Des Moines. Ia, June Both the
Des Moines and the Raccoon rivers
continue to recede rapidly. The East
Des Moines business section is free
from water and conditions are rapid
ly resuming normal in the Wholesale
and manufacturing dist let The vari-
Gus relief bureaus are caring for all
the sufferers. Offers Of relief from
outside are being declined on the
ground that the city would be able
to meet the situation. Train service
has been resumed on all local rail
roads
Des Moines. Ia, June 2.-The est
of Iowa floods is rapidly moving south
east. Two weeks ago extreme north
west Iowa was visited by the greatest
flood ih its history. Now southeast
ern Iowa is experiencing similar con
ditions. The Cedar river at Cedar
Rapids was the highest in history is
declining. The Iowa. Skunk and
tributary rivers emptying into the Mis-
sissippi in the vicinity of KeOkuk ara
spread out over Il vast territory.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
VIII Build a Narrow Gauge Road.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, June ga
company. composed of Chicago and
copper country capitalists, is being or
gained TO build narrow gauge rail
road from Eckerman, on the South
Shore railway. TO Whitefish point, on
Lake Superior, distance of thirty
five miles The men interested are own
ers of large tracts of timber lands
along the route to be traversed
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
EGYPTIAN LEvEE BREAKS
Alexandria, Mo-, Inundated with Much
Bottom Land. and More Coming

Keokuk, Ia, June 2.-The Egyptian
levee five miles below heie has broken
in twenty different places, and water
is running through the streets Of
Alexandria. Teri tory ten by twenty
miles i'm the Clark county. Mo-. bot
toms. is submerged. Inhabitants on
the roofs are firing guns for help. "A
government boat and men have been
sent to the scene from here. No loss
of life has been reported. The levee
i'm the Hunt drainage district on the
Illinois sidesis liable TO give way soon.
st. Louis. June 2.-Bulletins from
the Missouri side of the Mississippi
river. west of Alton, indicate that
twelve inches or more of water will
send the Mississippi floods over the
levees, joining the two rivers and max
ing a watery eXpanse of fourteen
miles. This will cover 10000 acres OF
bottom land said by the United States
agricultural department to be the rich
est wheat land i'm the world.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
Seek "A Missing Financier.

Milwaukee. June 2.-IIengy Her.
man, alleged defauting financier OF
Milwaukee. is believed to be in De-
troit. The American Bonding COM
pany Of Baltimore. which may lose
$4,000 by the disappearance of Her
man, is making strong search FOL
him. An agent Of the company is now
held against it by the Plankinton bank
estate, for which Herman was as
xiCnpp
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
MANY THOUSAND IDLE
Carpet Viewers Strike Makes
Philadelphia Look More
Sleepy Than Is Usual.
MOST OF THE MILLS SHUT DOWN
While the Total OF Men, Women and
Doing Nothing Is Some
10000.

Philadelphia. June 2.-lt did not
need the assertion of the executive
board of the textile workers to carry
conviction that the greatest conflict
between employers and employees ever
seen in Philadelphia is now on. The
crowd of idle men, women and chill
dren that cOngregated on the streets
Of the city's textile mill districts
formed story without words. 1t
was estimated by leaders in the strike
that more than 10000 textile workers
refused 10 90 20 work 3s q protest
against the employers refusing to re-
duce the working time of the workers
from sixty to 1ifty-five hours a week.
Labor Leaders Prove Their Power.
There were two more firms added
to the list Of those granting the fifty
fve-hour week. making forty-eight in
all. There are about 600 firms in Phil
adelphia, and with the exception of
those which have agi eed to the de-
mands OF their employees they say
they will not make any concessions.
The situation at the close of the day
was summarized by the executive
board in Il statement which. in part,
is as follows: I'VE have proved what
we said all along, that we would close
every plant where our demands were
refused. The textile industry Of Phil
adelphia is practically at a standstill,
except i'm those mills that have signed
our new schedule"
Ingram Weavers Hold a Meeting.
The ingram carpet weaVers held n
big meeting and reaflirmed their dec
laration for a 10 per cent. increase in
wages. i'm addition to the demand for
the fifty-five-hour week. Representa-
tives were present from each of the
SiXty-threc ingram mills. numbering
1900 employees. whose action effects
1000 other workers. In reply to the
contention of the manufacturers that
because Of competition elsewhere in
the trade they could grant neither the
advance i'm pay nor the shorter work
week. the meeting issued statement
through President Settle. in which. aft
er showing that 50 per cent. of the in
grain carpet of the country is made
in the Kensington district in this city,
he asks.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
FLOOD WAS NOT so DEADLY
Thirty -Four Known tn Have Lost Their
Lives by the Topeka Cataclysm.

Topeka, Kan. June 2.-The water
in the Kansas river is falling rapidly,
and ii is now reasonably certain that
the waters here will steadily recede.
At this time there are thirty-four peo-
pie known to be dead. but the follow
ing are the only ones identified:
Henry Jordan, colored; Ward.
Forest KitZ. teacher: Mrs. Forest
KutZ: Louise Seahaven: - Story,
infant; Mrs. Jackson, widow, probably
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
Reliance Wins Again.

Matinicock Point. l.. L., May 90
The three cup yachts, the Reliance.
Constitution and Columbia started in
the fourth of the preliminary trials
over the Glencove course. The Reli-
ance won, beating Columbia about a
mile and three quarters. There was
an accident TO the Constitution. AS
she drew near IL was seen that the
top mast was gone. but that the main
mast was still standing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
IS AGAINST MICHIGAN
Ruling of the United States SUI
preme Court in Suit
for Money.
BIG DAMAGES TO A CRIPPLED MAN
Gets So 900, and the Company Will
Appeal-Details Of the Nc
Knight Arrest.

Detroit, June ga dispatch from
Washington says: THE United States
supreme court has overrlued the de-
mufrer of the state of Michigan In a
case brought by the United States to
compel the state to transfer to the
United States $6S,000 i'm money col
lected as tolls and in the sale of lands
originally donated by the United
States for the construction of the ca
nal and lake at St Mary's Falls.
Says It Was Trust Case.
Leave was granted 20 the state TO
make AZ sy.cr by tie nrst day of the
next term of the court Justice Peck
ham said that the money was clearly
held in trust and that a surplus aris-
ing from the sales of lands and from
the tolls over and above all cost Of
construction, repair, etc, after the
formal transfer of the canal, belongs
to the United States"
Awarded "a Fourth of His Claim.
Detroit, June "a telegram from
LaPo:te, Ind, says: Robert Melrose,
of Battle Greek, Mich, who was en-
gineer on the Grand Trunk fast pas
senger train No 6, which was wrecked
April 26 last year, at Haskells Station,
Laporte county, by crashing into a
box car that had been blown upon the
main track from a siding by a strong
wind during a severe storm, and who
lost his right leg and part of his left
foot in the wreck, has been awarded
damages in the sum of S21,170 by a
jury in the Laporte circuit court lie
sued for $4,000. Brick was his at
torney. The railroad company will
carry the case to the Indiana supreme
court.
Hits short Stop EIberfeld Hard.
Detroit. June 3.-Manager Barrow,
of the Detroit American League base
ball team. has fined Short Stop Nor
man Elberfield 5000 and laid him off
indefinitely for disobeying the club
rules and careless playing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
Dinner without Meat.

Music was furnished by Il chorus of
several hundred voices under the lead
ership Of Professor Edwin ! arncS. A
special dinner was served TO the hun
dreds Of state and city officials and
other prominent guests at p. m. OF
course. there was not the slightest
trace Of meat. Later, at the Taber-
nacle the largest church in the city,
union services Of all the denOmina-
tionS of the city were held. and the
leading pastors expressed their pleas
ure because the phlanthrOpic work
of the sanatorium was resumed.
Though the Tabernacle holds $500
people. it was crowded TO the doors.
Takes tho Place of "A Burned Building.
The building takes the place of the
old buildings which were destroyed by
fire on the morning of Feb. IS 1902.
Such Il fate cannot Overtake the pres
cnt building, for il is fireproof.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
He Recommends a Combine.

"Why should One-third of the coun-
try fix the price for two-thirds. and
256 looms control 3.400? believe that
if the ingram manufacturers of Ken
sington would form n combination and
adhere to a uniform selling price much
Of the complaint of injurious COMPETE
ton of outside mill districts would be
done away with. There is no bitter
ness between the ingram carpet manu-
facturers and their weavers.'
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
His Bribery Was Only a Joke.

Grand Rapids, Mich. June 3-At-
torney Gerrit Albers, one of the five
men indicted by the grand jury in
connection with the Grand Rapids
water supply scandal. has been de-
clared not guilty by the superior court
jury. He was charged with Offering a
He said he did it for fun and the jury
believed him.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
babu Costs Too Much

When the price paid is the mothers
health and happiness. The father
doesn't realize as he romps with the
child what years of wifely suffering
must be set against the baby's laughter.
Chronic invalidism is high price to
pay for the painful JOY of maternity, yet
it is at such a cost that many woman
becomes a mother Such a price is too
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05


writes Mrs. Wesley Guy, of Kemptville, Ont,
Box 6. rFor eight years after my little boy was
born suffered with female weakness, also sore.
ness in ovaries, especially on my right side, and
pain in back. Was so miserable sometimes did
not know what was going to do. Tried several
doctors but derived no benefit until / began
using DR., Pierces Favorte Prescription. Had
only used four bottles, also some OF DR.. Pierce's
Antiseptic and Healing Suppositorles, when
felt like another person. i recommend Dr.
Pierces medicines to all my friends, II anyone
wishes to write me will gladly answer"
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription con-
tains no alcohol and is entirely free from
opium, cocaine and all other narcotics.
The dealer who offers substitute for
cFavorite Prescription does so to gain
the little more profit paid on the sale of
less meritorious medicines. His profit
is your loss; therefore, accept no SUBJ
stitute.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
the bowels.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
Lost -Four Men i'm a Gale.

st. Johns. Nd. June 2.-The United
Statesan fishing schooner, Helen +
Written, of Gloucester, has arrived
here and reports having lost four meh
in last weeks gale.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05

Traverse City, Mich. June 3.-Della
Colwell, aged II, domestic In the
Hotel Douglass at Lake Ann, commit
ted suicide with chloroform. An I'M
happy love affair is suspected to have
been the cause.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
Was "showing His Wife,"

Coral, Mich, June 3.-While Repre-
sentative Shook was showing his wife
new revolver, it was discharged ac-
cidentally and the bullet entered Mrs.
Shocks left cheek. The wound is not
dangerous however
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05

much because
it is more than
nature asks.
BY the use of
Doctor Pierce's
Favorite Pre-
scription ma
ternity is made
practically
painless, and a
quick GONZALES
ence is assured
in almost ev-
cry case.
CT am pleased
to give my testi-
mony and wish I
could find words
strong enough TO
induce other suf-
ferers TO use DIR.
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription,r
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
Floods Are Abatiug.

Kansas City. Mo-, June ?. - Dis
patches from scores of towns in Kan
sas report the floods abating, though
the rain is still falling in some places,
but the outlook is for better weather.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
Waitress Found Dead in Bed.

Grand Rapids, Mich, June 3.-Grace
MediIl. a 21-year-old waitress in Smiths
Canal street restaurant, whose home
is i'm South Haven, was found dead in
bed In the Giant block.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
Farm Hand Killed NV. Train.

Morenci, Mich. June 3.-Orrin Dun
bar. aged 50, a farm hand employed
by William Burgess, was killed ny a
train on the Toledo and Western cleo
trio road near Lyons, o. The body
was brought to Lyons.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
SANATCR|UM REBUILT
Dedicated a. Battle Creek to the
Doctrine of No Meat for
Humans.
PROMINENT CITIZENS TAKE PART
Follows the One Burned Down More
Than Year Ago-Hint at
Boodie-Notes.

Battle Creek, Mich, June 2. =
A milYon dollar monument to the
Battle Creek Idea" that cereals are
better than meats as a diet for the
human race, was dedicated in the
presence of 10000 spectators. This
structure was the sanatorium, owned
by the Michigan Sanatorium and Ben
evolent association. the parent Of all
health foods" II is the largest sana.
forum i'm the world. and vastly differ
ent from any other institution Of the
kind
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
rs Well as the Waters; He Swoops
Down on Georgia
Town.
EIGHTY-FIVE PERSONS ARE KILLED
Many of These Are Little Children
Mill Workers.
Topeka's Death Roll Shrinks Very
Considers bly-Kansas City Fig
ures Hers at Fifty-Much
Suffering i'm the Flood
Belt.

Gainesville Ga, June AT this
writing the casualties resulting from
the cyclone are totaled as follows:
Dead, 50; fatally hurt. 40. The prop
erty loss is about 100000.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
Prominent Men Were Speakers,

The exercises were in charge Of Au-
ditor General Perry +. Powers A
speakers stand was erected on the
front steps and thousands of people.
including Il brigade of 300 nurses from
the institution. were gathered on the
twO-acre lawn. Among the speakers
were Governor Bliss, Private Secre-
tary II. f. Johnson, Representative
Gardner; Judge Lowrey. Of Chicago;
Professor O'Shea, Of the University of
Wisconsin: Professor Fred " Scott,
of the University Of Michigan; +. G.
Nichols and Mayor Webb Of Battle
Creek.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05

Impure or poor, impoverished blood is a sure
sign of internal disorders. there is something
wrong, there is lack of life and strength,
bition the skin is sallow, in some cases there
pimpes eruptions, others feel lsnguid and lazy,
have pains in the side or back touches ofrheuma-
tism, furred tongue and no appetite.
We want you 10 know that have absolute
faith in and recommend you the use of the
great blood purifier
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05

Gainesville. Ga, June 2.-Just aft
er the noon hour the city was struck
by terrific cyclone, killing proba-
bly, 100 persons, unroofing the City
hotel and other large buildings. and
destroying the Gainesville cotton mills
The greatest loss of life is reported
In the destruction of the cotton mills,
where about eighty persons are re-
ported killed and scores injured Eight
cen persons were killed in the city
between the center of town and the
railroad station. where four large
stores We're blown down. The storm
had driven many persons at VOL in
the cotton mill when the cyclone
struck.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05

This great remedy has proven itself most sue
cesstul because il acts upon every of the vital
organs, invigor ating them and building them up
enabling them to properly perform their natural
functions
It tones mp the ston ach nsuring good appetite
and proper dige stIon thus nourishing the body.
1t invgorates IN e kidneys they can remove the
impurities from the system
Regulates the liver o it may aid in the digestive
operation and Ike ep the bowels in order.
Regular size 90. Trial size soc.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
Terrible Wreck of the Mill.

The mill was three-stOry building
The first story was left standing. but
badly wrecked. The second and third
floors were completely demolished. and
the employees were caught under the
wreckage and mangled 1t is esti-
mated shat there are at least seventy
five bodies under the wreckage of the
third floor and ii is not known how
many persons on the second floor of
the building were killed. The roof of
the electric car barn was lifted and
the building badly damaged. The rail
road depot suffered also.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-06-05
Other Havoc OF the storm.

The Southern depot was blown
down. The Gainesville Iron works
were demolished and several people
persisted in the wreck The Gaines
vile cotton oil mills were blown down.
The old Piedmont hotel. now used as
a school and apartment house, was
RACED and half a dozen or more people
We're killed in it. The Richmond ho-
tel was wrecked, and seve al persisted
along with ii. One hundred and tweu-
ty-tive cottages. n school house and a
church were blown away in the negro
section of the town. Five brick stores
on the main street of Gainesville were
swept away. In all 200 buildings are
demolished here. The cyclone went
from Gainesville to New Holland and
1t is believed many people are killed
there.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-11-07

sion til, he is i'll but whose COM
plant is diagnosed by his physician
as love. In the second act this same
old gentle fellow still drinking from
the fount of love seemingly attains
eternal youth, bouyancy takes the place
of lassitude, energy and vivacity will
push aside inertia and woeful forget
fulness, and in the heart that has
been crusted with crabbit thought
birds will sing their roundelays- and
the flowers of Youths eternal spring
time will blossom again in all their
brightness and beauty. To accomplish
all these changes in the gamut of
emotion requires the work Of an ar
fist such as Mr.. BeresfoId will be
found to be. The expressive mobili-
ty of his countenanco will be found
wonderful and his rich and melodious
voice will pouf forth the words of
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-11-07
GOLD FOUND IN wISCONsIl
gtOckridge the Alleged Seat ola NJ
liable Ell Dorado In the
Badger State.

A find of gold that may equal wv
pie Creek or Ell Dorado has been
Gated on the farm Of George Howe, I
Stockbridge, Wis. For the past I
years a gravel pit on his farm has Ds's
open to the town Of Stockbridge ~
road making purposes. This spnA
Mr.. Howe picked up a piece o. ioA
that had dropped from one OF the N.Y.
ons being loaded at the pit ~ e.
served q number of minute makes =
a DULY shining substance, and tnlna
ing it might be the precious me'A
took 1t to Oshkosh, where II VA Y
sayed.
The test showed the presence o. tos
In a quantity that justifes me nOy
that a mine of wonderful wealth. w ".
be developed. The sample ran W
to the ton, and there are, It Is ~
thousands Of tons Of the same w.
in the pit. Howe is man oVel 4
years of age, without capital, anu y.
less he can interest others win mus Y.
enough to test thoroughly the lous "
covered, nothing will be done. 81,
The formation of the land about Y
mine shows plainly the work q
former watercourse or lake, Inc y.
dirt was found at a depth Of ~
feet.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-11-07

production, or the exceptional excel
lence of the cast in the revival of
Twelfth Night" which will be seen
at The Grand on Thursday next, with
Miss Wainwright as Viola. Criti-
cisms and reports from all cities in
which Miss Wainwright has appeared
are unanimously erlogistic. Some
dwell upon the charming part of the
actress, her exceeding beauty, and her
perfect symmetry of form Of which
glimpses are revealed in the scenes in