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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-09-17

L'Anse,s Mich. Sept. Z, 1904.
An adjourned session of the com
mon council II tbe village OF L'Ans'
was called 10 order by Presiden
Philip voetsbh.
There were present: Trustees Bull
ger, Edgerth, Tfudeau, Seifert an,
Williams, aid D. D. Shea, clerk
Absent. Trqetees Gamache.
Minutes Of me- tings OF August 4tf
and Goth were read and approved.
The variots committees reported
reports accS pted
On motidh Of Trustee Williams
supported ~ Hgerton, that Dr.
walfred zenen be appointed health
officer for ! be balance Of the year, at
o salary at BE rate Of $25 per annum,
which was tarrisd by the following
vote: H
Yeas-Hblger9E dgertou, Truduea,
seifert an4 Williams.
Nays-Aone.
On mot ION Nd support, the fol-
lowing bill 5 wei allowed by the fol-
lowing vole:
J. B. Smt ID, repairing side
walk Wh. Betlry property.$ 4 38
Mason & Fent, hdse. -. 4 80
Louis MS bard, draying and =.
w. Van drden d b., sewer pipe II 30
Alex. Krqick. days labor.
crossw6l ks :. .......... 10 70
G. d. S4ea, q days labor,
crosswd ks H.. .... 4 81
Henry Sapds, ! days, team. 90
John st. enge, day labor. 70
G. p. Blaik enhor day team 2 90
David Bu4roe, h rse and labor 90
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-09-17
(.Daily. tDaily except sundsy.)

checked free on each full ticket and 70 pounds on
half ticket. All In excess Of such free allow
snce will be charged for in accordance with pub
lie hdtarif.
Always mark name and destination on bag.
gage, and make q note of the number of the
check, which will aid Identification and recovery
in case of Ices.
Fortickets, time tables and other In
formation spplyto
E. p. SCHULTZ,
Ticket Agent,
LAnse, Mich
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-09-17

L'Anse, Aich., Sept. /, 1904.
The council Epet and there not be-
ing quorumpsesent, on motion the
council adjour fed until the 7th day
Of September 1904.
3. D. SHEA, Clerk.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-09-17

open for free homesteads. Large areas Of
highly productive agricultural lands in
the Upper Peninsula Of Michigan,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-16

working for an artificial person. fiction Of the law
his enthusiasm wanes There is no longer the old
man" at the home Office, but board Of directors
most of whom know nothing about the business
The president of the trust is, perhaps, lawyer who
/ gives few hours a week to the business 1t is not
in human nature for man to be enthusiastic under
such conditions. Soldiers in the field will conceive
a fanatic devotion TO Grant, a Sherman or a
Sheridan, but who ever heard of an army madly
Ihurrahing for war department or board of
strategy or general staff, or any other institution
that lacked the personal elements True, the East
India Company was personifed by its civil and
military forces as John Company" and seemed to
excite a personal devotion, but John Company
was, perhaps embodied most of the time by some
the case of the East India Company, if admissible
at all as an exception, is unique.
The Iron Age, one of the most important trade
journals in the country, contains an interesting dis
sertation on the danger that threatens the trusts
from lack of the personal element. According to
partly due to the loss of this element of enthusiasm
on the part OF agents and dealers who had persuaded
themselves that the particular wheel they were han
ding was better than the rest and, further, the
chilling of the enthusiasm of the rider himself who
always spoke the name of his mount with conscious
pride. That journal adds: "The personal factors
of the selling equation cannot be ignored, and the
consolidation that neglects the personality of the
salesman on the fighting line is sure to suffer- Rather
should consolidation seek the more earnestly to foster
the loyalty and pride of the salesman because the
formation of the trust will make his abors all the
more difficult, as the average buyer has been edu-
Gated to the belief that every order he gives to a
trust or combination fosters monopoly and decreases
his power to buy advantageously Even though the
combination maintains as high standard of ex-
celence in its products as the best product of the
best constituent company which is not apt to be
the caseit viii be hard for the salesman to convince
the buyer that such is fact"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-16
GERMAN WoMEN's woRK-HoURs.

Over in Germany the public and the Lawmakers
would like to do something for the female factory
workers. and for year past the press and the pub
icists have been busiy discussing ways and means
Iof securing betterment in the industrial condi-
ltions of this class Of wageearners They desisted,
finally, for reason that will appeal to most Am
orleans as queer.
Women factory employees in the empire over 16
years of age now put in II hours day, with an
hour out for incoming that is they labor IL
hours day. 1t has been proposed to exact only
10 hours Of work, to give the women an hour and
half at noon, and to close the shops early on Sat
urday afternoons. Such a change would affect over
5000 workwomen in spinneries and factories of the
Freiberg district alone-and it would certainly seem
that the changes noted would be most desirable 1t
was feared, however, that the business OF these
women's employers would suffer by the changes
because Of the competition in such countries as
Italy, China and Japan, where wages are much
lower than in Germany and the number Of daily
hours Of labor larger.
And just then loud protest went up from the
German householders They pointed out that by
making the advantages of factory life too great,
there would be tendency to diminish the supply
Of domestic help.
That settled it! The cooks, nurses and house
maids in Germany must not be allured away from
their jobs. But imagine domestic in an American
family being attracted to factory bench by the
prospect of 10 hours of steady work and no Satur-
day half-holiday Domestic service over there must
be terrible drudgery if such thing could dimin-
sh the supply of house "help"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-16
..PERsoNAL ELEMENT IN TRADE.

Srewd observers of the phenomena of commercial
development in the United States predicted long ago
that the trusts could not compete successfully in the
long run against the individual manufacturer for
the rason that the trusts lacked the personal ee-
ment" In their management, says the San Francisco
Bulletin. Managers and statesmen employed by an
incorporated trust feel none of that intense loyalty
and enthusiasm which they feel sometimes for an
employer made Of flesh and blood. A merchant or
manufacturer of the old school, who had built up
great business from small beginning, was often a
chief and hero to the men in his employ. He was
acquainted with all his force from the errand boy to
the heads of branch houses. He knew every salesman
ON the road for his house 1t was he who commended
the men for good work and censured them for neglect
Of duty. The men admired him as one who knew
the business. They acknowledged him as master
Many Of them had learned the business under his
eyes. His name was a shibboleth to them They
were convinced and Jealous praisers Of his goods
They courted his appreciation and forced his re-
proof.
But when the od-school employer sells his busi-
ness to trust which acquires also the business Of
his ancient rivals, and the salesman finds that he is
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-16
THE NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM.

THE NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM
National bank-note circulation increased substan.
tally 100000 during the month of May. Pre-
sumably an equal amount of government bonds was
deposited with the United States treasurer as Sc
eurity for this circulation. The May increase in
circulation is at the rate of $1Os 100000 year.
Since the passage in March, 1900, of the amend
ment to the national banking act, permitting the
srganization Of national banks with a minimum
capital Of $4,000, banknote issues have increased
from $249, 100000 to $446000,000. Probably a
small part of this increase is due to the fact that
the amendment of 1900 also permits national banks
10 issue notes to the par value of bonds deposited
at Washington-many Of the national banks that
were already In existence at the time having since
then taken advantage of the privilege thus granted
In view of the fact, however, that about 1000 new
national banks, with aggregate capital of about
$120OO0O0O, have been organized since the passage
Of the amendment in question, it is evident that
pretty nearly all of this $200,0OO,000 of increased
circulation is based on an equal amount of govern
ment bonds that has been withdrawn from the mar
ket snce March, 19OO and deposited with the United
States treasurer.
The interest-bearing debt Of the United States
an May 81 amounted to 1896, 100000, and of this
sum $522,OOO0OO consisted of government bonds,
mostly 1880 ''twos, that have been deposited at
Washington as security for national bank-note cir
eulation and for government deposits in national
banks Thus there now remains outstanding, avail
able for banknote circulation, government bonds
to the amount Of only $373,OOOOOO
1t is obvious, from the foregoing figures, that
the rapid multiplication Of national banks that has
been going on during the last five years cannot con-
tinue much longer unless there is radical change
IN the character of the security that is required for
banknote circulation A large part of the govern
meut bonds that is not now deposited with the
United States treasurer is held by financial insttu
tiOns insurance companies and private estates and
individuals as form Of permanent investment, and
such bonds are not likely to be surrendered except
at a premium that would render it improbable to
take out bank-note circulation Moreover, the in
terest-bearng debt is being steadily reduced-the
reduction since June 80, 1900, amounting to $685.
8000O0y thus narrowing to just that extent the op-
pOrtunity for taking advantage Of the banking
amendment Of March, 1900
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-16
JUST FOR INSTANCE.
The Tale Of Jupiter Brown.

II.
who are you?" asked Julius Caesar,
Brown stated that he was student
of Yale.
Caesar stated that he never remem-
bered hearing of Yale in his travels,
and Brown took occasion to reply that
Yale was more generous 10 him and
even went so far as to read his books.
And then Brown remembered some-
thing.
There Is certain phrase In your
frizEled-up chronicle that should like
to have you translate" said Brown.
At that Julius Caesar became ex-
ceedIngly angry,
Away with hint" he cried.
The man armed with the spear ap-
preached Brown gingerly, He liked
not his duty. yet the mighty Caesar
stood before him, He put his hand on
Browns arm and was agreeably sur
priced to find that he was not struck
dead for polluting god with his touch.
Then he became the stern Roman you
read about and pulled Jupiter Brown
along the paved street by the nape OF
his coat.
Jupiter Brown. 'O4 Yale, spent the
night In the military prison surrounded
by heavy guard.
On the morrow he was led forth be-
tween a file OF men.
whittier away?' asked Brown.
The answer came In a sepulchrai
voice.
ITO the arenal"
Brown quailedl To be fed 10 wild
beasts, to be 'butchered TO make
Roman holiday. twere indeed a sad
fate for Jupiter Brown.
His guard conducted him to an
underground chamber beneath the
great ampitheater. Brown could look
through the bars and see the mass OF
people assembled TO do honor to his
death.
IF we could ever get mob like that
at q football game" sighed Jupiter
Brown. Brown was the treasurer OF
the athletic association and knew
whereof he spoke.
Presently he was approached by a |
gladiator who threw back the heavy |
iron bars and motioned Brown TO step |
into the open. AS he did so cheer
went up from the crowd!
Brown walked to the center OF the
arena, not knowing exactly what 10
make Of it. After time q door was
opened on the other side and lion
was admitted. Browns face grew
white. He suddenly remembered that
nc nh0 III nlo pdiito pcSA0b q tS'NsRSa' II
He looked again and saw that the
ion was ready TO spring. The beast !
,prang! Brown made a sudden move
nent with his hand. There was a
iash-a report! When the smoke
,leared away the lion was no more,
md the audience led by the mighty
Caesar, was prostrated before this man
this god--who could send forth the
lightning bolt from his hand and
jtrike down the king OF beastsl
Brown thought he ought 10 make a
peech. He stepped forward and told
he audience to rise. AS one man they
ose. Then Brown waved his arms, ad-
'anced to point beneath Caesars seat
md began the funeral grafton to be
by Mark Antony 20 years
ater.
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend
ne your ears"
McCULLEY. NJ
(Ta ha CaptfnuadN \
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-16

The number Of paid admission to the worlds fair
during the month of May was 43,028, while nearly
million went in on passes. At so cents per the man
agement must collect, until the close Of the fair more
than three times as many admission fees each month
as were paid in May, to repay the government loan
of $4,6OO,OOO, for which the government has lien
on the gate receipts
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-16
GONG TO THE FAIR.
What to Do If You Desire Practical
Information.

What to Do If You Desire Practical
Information.
II you contemplate visiting the st.
Louis Exposition, to secure reliable in
formation as to railroad service, the
lowest rates and the best routes. Aisc
as to the local conditions in st. Louis,
hotels, ETC., etc.
II you will write the undersigned,
stating what information you desire
the same will be promptly furnished.
II we do not have 1t on hand, viii
secure It for you If possible. and with.
out any expense to you. Address
B. H. TRMBULL,
Commercial Agent, 142 Third street,
Portland, Ore.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-16

If an American citizen is assaulted or kidnapped in
foreign country the United States government pro-
tects him at any cost, which is respect in which
American citizens are better off abroad than in one
of the United States
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-16

That follower Of the meek and lowly Man Of
Nazareth, who calls himself Elijah Third, is So
journing in Berlin in hotel rooms formerly occupied
by the Vanderbilts, and costing $40 a day Com
pare this with the time when "the Son Of Man had
not where to lay His head. "
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
COMES FROM WALL STREET.

1t comes from Wall Street that Mr..
Cleveland will stick to his decision not
to be a candidate and that he is think
ing the election of Roosevelt the best
possible thing for the country" InGsmuch
as ne elected Mckinley in 1896 and helped
to reflect him in 1900, why should any
body be surprised to see him keep on
helping the Republicans? The Wall Street
Journal has the following:
eve are in position to state two
things with respect to Mr.. Cleveland and
the Presidency.
THE first is shat his determination
not to De a candidate is unalterable and
fixed against any and all contingencies
that can be imagined. Those people who
cherish lingering hopes that he may be
induced to reconsider this are doomed to
disappointment.
"The second thing is that Cleveland has
very slight expectations of the Demo-
cratic party nominating what might be
called a decent candidate for the Presi-
dency, and that he has expressed to
friends his opinion that under the cir
cumstances, and failing of a decent
Democratic candidate, the reelection OF
Roosevelt is the best possible thing Tor
the country.
Later.-The New York World quotes
Mr. Cleveland as saying:
II know absolutely nothing about any
such statement. ] have nothing more
to say about it,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
Senator Morgan Failing.

brooklyn Eagles Washington letter.
The ravages of Father Time are at last
beginning to show on Senator Morgan,
of Alabama. the gallant champion OF the
Nicaragua Canal route. The old hero S
physical powers are failing fast, but his
mentality remains undimmed and as keen
as ever. The Senator's voice has been
getting weaker and weaker ever since the
beginning of the present session, and yes
terday it failed him altogether. He was
compelled to call on a substitute to de-
liver part of his speech.
Senator Morgan capacity Tor work Is
prodigious. Those who are associated
with him say that he works until or )
o'clock every night in the preparation OF
material hostile to the Panama treaty and
canal. 1t is known that Morgan acts as
a sort of literary bureau for other Sena-
tors. and that he furnishes them with
prepared speeches in opposition to the
treaty. Although his voice Is entirely
gone and his strength has about desert
cd him. too, his mind is as active as IN
the days when he was physically in his
prime. He can dictate by the hour very
good, clear and logical arguments against
the pending treaty Morgan IS certainly
one OF the remarkable men OF the pres
ent generation.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
ENCAMPMENT AT WRlGhTSVILLE.
The Site Once Decided to the State
May be Reclaimed.
(sneciaI to News and Observer.


Wilmington, N. c., March lin pre-
santing the claims Of Wrightsvilie Sound
as favorable site for the forthcoming
brigade encampment OF the North Caro-
lima National Guard local military Off
Gals have discovered that the State is
in line TO reclaim real estate on Summer
Rest now valued at 5000 Years ago
citizens Of Wilmington by popular sub
scription raised So 500 and purchased 1G1
acres which was decided to Governor
Fcwla as permanent cncampmcnt site
for the State Guard. It was used one
or two seasons by the troops, but for one
reason or another it went by default and
reverted to the city. The titles arc now
being searched. and it is claimed that
by adopting tho site again the State can
reclaim the property which is SIR ideal
one in every respect and susceptible to
the highest Improvement An effort will
b., made to get the State to reclaim the
land for the purposes named
John Mitchum. 81 years old, car
builder 70 the employ OF the Atlantic
Coast Line, dropped dead while at his
work this morning IIo was a native
of Fayetteville and the remains viii be
sent there for interment today.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
"HE JUST LAUGHED.

Mr.. Roosevelt is out in gushing let
ter thanking Postmaster General Payne
for what has beena accomplished in I'M
earthing postal frauds. AS a matter of
fact, Payne did all he could, decently,
and almost indecently to prevent a
thorough investigation. Here is what he
said, speaking of Bristow's report, to the
fifty newspaper correspondents on the
first of May, 1903, when the in
vcstigation had been forced by the news
papers;
''There are three pages that may need
attention and forty-seven pages oil hot
air. They are a mass of glittering gen
eralities. They remind one of a stump
speech. This man Tulloch is a wind
bag.
Say that the Postmaster General was
asked about it and that he just laughed"
investigation-he "just laughed, called
one of the witnesses "wind-bag and
the testimony shot air. Four men in
high places have been sentenced to the
penitentiary upon what Payne called "hot
air." 1t is an insult to national intelli-
gonce to write fulsome letter to Payne,
giving him credit for the punishment OF
his subordinates when they piled their
trade under his nose and when the evil
dence disclosed there corruption 'he just
laughed called the evidence hot air.
and material witness a ''wind-bag.' >
But that is Rooseveltian to the core.
It would suit honest men better if
Roosevelt and Payne would demand the
trial of Perry Heath. Why has he been
handled so gently while men less guilty
arc put in the pillory? Is it because
of his pull? or does he know too much
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
COST OF WAR NEWS.

The war imposes heavy. burdens on
A cablegram from Maya
saki, Japan, to San Froncisco costs fifty
certs word, and two to five cents from
San Francisco to the Atlantic coast The
New York Commercial says that col
umn STORY straight from the seat of
war to New York newspaper costs all
the way from $500 to $1,000 in telegraph
tolls, according to the extent of the
skeletonizing and the use of a .'code.''
Meme but millionaire newspaper can
alone pay such tolls. The full reports
printed daily in the News and Observer.
are made possible only by the service of
the Associated Press. 1t has the best
corps OF correspondents in the world, and
it spares no pains or expense to get the
freshest and most reliable news. 1t costs
money, but the cost is divided between
many papers who share in the expense.
Today its worldwide news facilities con
stitute the greatest of modern achieve
rCnts.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
WOULD LEAD TO COMMERCIAL AN
ARCHY.

The Morning Post, organ of all grafters
and railroad hooters, frankly said in its
Sunday mornings issue that ''the appli-
cation for the appointment of a receiver
may have been precipitate, but it was,
in view of the disappointment Of late in
connection with the efforts to lease, the
only recourse etc.
This is exactly it. Capt. McBee came
down to Raleigh to get the lease in a
valise and take it back in a jiffy. The
Governor asked some questions and waited
to give other parties a chance where
upon Sin view of disappointment in
connection with the efforts to lease" h
induced Liquid Air and Wireless Teleg-
rarhy Finch to hypnotic a Federal
Judge who, without delay or hearing,
turned the road over to him. II he
couldn't lease, by gum, he would show
the Governor he would grab the road
anyhow! In order to prevent any delay
the Federal Judge was persuaded to APP
point him twice-once in Virginia and
once in North Carolina, and IN the ap-
plication of Finch it is expressly asked
that receiver be appointed that the
property of the corporation defendant
MAY BE LEASED upon such favorable
terms as to your honor may seem
proper
Up to this date not single private
stakeholder has declared himself IN favor
of the receivership, except Finch, and
the records of the company show That
no does not own a single share OF stock.
Three-fourths of the private stockholders
have notified the Governor that they
stand with the State in the effort to
Gust McBee and to permit the owners
cf the property to conduct their own
property as they desire, without an i'm
pcrted receiver or Federal Judges die
tation. Is it unreasonable to ask that
four-fifths of the owners OF the stock
shall decide what to do with it?
Ii one stockholder of corporation, who
SAYS he owns few shares and who pur-
chased them in order to injure the prop
ertv and have his friend given a good
job can put a railroad, WITHOUT A
HEARING AND WHEN NO CREDITOR
REQUESTS 1T, in the hands of receiv-
er. what corporation can be assured
| that it will not any day meet like
| fate? Suppose, taking this as a preced-
ent, some corrupt Federal Judge should
&C into the business of putting corpora
lions into the hands of an agent named
as receiver in order to divide the big
allowances, how long would it be be-
fore we would have commercial anarchy?