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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-31

down on Trenton and announced that
thereafter he would buy the merchants
out at their own figures, or thew must
take the consequences.
lie did not wish to injure any man,
ne SAID. On the contrary. he would
treat all as he would want to he trent
ed. Within a week he purchased .
ha1-dozen of the leading groceries.
hardware stores and three drug stores
ana mad leased the biggest building in
town Tor a department store and the
headquarters of the Western Co-opera-
tive association, which was the style
or his commercial company
He paid for everything in cash and
he paid excessive prices. He rented
the Trenton opera house and for three
months gave first-class plays by first
class companies, all absolutely free.
Before the end of the first months do
ings the people believed that vroo-
man had actually moved the promised
land right into Trenton.
AT all these performances Vrooman
or one of his staff lectured. They de-
scrlbed themselves as disciples of
Ruskin. Vrooman purchased a farm
of 1000 acres on the edge of Trenton
and there set gardeners at work rails
ing vegetables and fruits for canning.
He built large cannery and gave
employment to hundreds at excellent
wages. He established an ax-handle
factory and gave employment to many
more.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-31
The Crash Came,

The crash came a year ago when his
wife filed her bill for divorce and stat
had squandered at least a quarter of
a million of her money. The Western
Cooperative association went into the
hands of receiver and Mrs Vrooman
secured her divorce and returned to
Baltimore
NroOman disappeared. Somewhere
in his travels he married again and
with his new wife he has now sought
quiet and rest in Cambridge
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-31
POWERFUL FACTOR IN PENN.
SYLVANIA POLITICS.
Although Apparently Beaten Many
Times He Continually Came to
the Fore Again.

Like Plat, of New York, Quay was
on score of occasions, believed to
vate life. His political dirge had been
played, his passing chronicled and fl
mis-" written at the bottom of the page
by the same newspaper that almost
before the editions telling of his down
fall had found resting place in the
ash heap were reporting his renewed
lease Of power and supporting him in
the measure that he had adopted to re-
coup his falling fortunes.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-31
For Parker for President.

Have you any preferences for pres
ident?"
My own judgment is that Judge
Parker is the strongest man that has
been mentioned and that he ought to
be nominated by the democratic ma
tonal convention. He has been thor
oughly loyal to the democratic party
in all its recent campaigns and ought
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-31

to be satisfactory to every element in
the democratic party He is a tho
roughly representative American citi-
zen, of the best type. and. if he were
nominated, the country would be en-
tirely safe, whichever way the election
went"
What are the prospects of his NOM
nation"
1T appears to me now that he will
be nominated as certainly as Roose-
welt will be nominated by the re-
publicans.'
Then you think that Bryan's on
position will not be effective against
him.
L think that Mr.. Bryan will forego
his OPPOSITION TO Judge Parker If he
should be nominated. His opposition
to this time has been predicated upon
his objection to the New York state.
platform and the supposed adherence
of Judge Parker to that platform.
Whatever may be said about the New
York state platform. the party will be
so satisfactory to Mr.. Bryan and the
concurrence of Judge Parker in that
platform will be manifested so clear
ly in his letter of acceptance that
there will be no ground to oppose him
on the part of any good democrat and
as little disposition TO do So
Then is there no possibility of
Cleveland's nomination."
Il do not think there is any possi-
bility of it. l do not think Cleveland
would accept the nomination and am
quite certain that he could not be elect
ed if he should accept it
DO you consider Hearst out of the
running altogether"
Il recognize that Mr.. Hearst has
rendered valuable service to the demo-
cratic party and l have opposed his
presidential aspirati simply because
thought we ought to nominate some
man for president who could unity the
democratic vote, and l do not believe
he could do So
Mcbride Should Be Democrat.
Returning to state politics. Mr.. Tur-
ner was asked whether he considered
McBride's defeat in the republican
convention meant his final retirement
from politics.
Mr.. Mcbride is a very able man and
a very honorable man and is entirely
out of place in the republican party in
out state, but, whatever party he
chooses to belong to. he will be a strong
and influential factor in shaping it's
course"
He might turn up among the demo-
Gratis, them"
Il do not know anything about that's
| have no information on the subject.
l think he ought to, but l am afraid he
win no+
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-31

Supporters began to flock about the
plicit obedience. He selected his lieu
tenants carefully, placing one in each
county of the state and holding each
responsible for results for what he was
assigned. Through these aides. pa
tronage. was distributed. and under
their direction Quay, being in supreme
command, the plans Of the leader were
carried out.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-31

Kitty-Oh, Auntie, / am so happy!
Horace says there's nobody in all the
world like me. Aunt Jane-Nonsense?
You're not so eccentric as all that-al-
bit odd.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-31
MAN WHO TRIED TO REFORM
THE WORLD is SLOWLY
DYING.
Spent Wealth of His Wife in Effort to
Put His Theories Into
Practice.

CAMBRIDGE, Nd, May 3o.-A man
who tried to reform the world-and
snaut his wife's money freely in the
,+..mpt-is dying here, While his uto-
man dream fades fast away.
tt is said to be only a question of
. few short weeks at most when Wal
fer VrOoman, who made one of the
most singular attempts at commercial
cooperation on record, will pass away
Nrooman, dreamer as he was of a world
made over on sOcialistic principles
was thoroughly honest, and, though he
spent millions in attempting to put his
wild theories into practice, no one ever
accused him of trying to serve his own
selfish purposes in what he did. His
aIuuism was unquestionably genuine
Vrooman crowded into twenty years
more socialistic activity than any other
man i'm this country and in the furthe-
rance of his schemes, all of which fail
ed. has expended sums estimated to
amount to millions.
This included part of his wifes for
tune. His wife was Miss Alice Graffin
a member of a wealthy Baltimore fam
ill., and her marriage raised a storm.
Her fortune was in the hands of trus-
w
session Of it, and five years of costly
litigation followed before the courts
declared that the money must be hand
cd over to her.
Nrooman spent part of it in philan
thropc schemes. A year ago Mrs.
Vrooman obtained a divorce.
Vrooman first came into prominence
about the time the Chicago anarchists
threw the bomb in Haymarket square.
He was arrested for making incenda-
tory speeches protesting against the
conviction of the bomb throwers
Later he was heard from in England
where he announced the founding of an
Institution for the study of political
economy and declared that his school
was under the patronage of oxford uni
yersity. He was next heard of in
Australia, where he raised money for
a city he was to build on the plan set
forth by Bellamy.
Wife Believed In Him.
He finally showed up in Baltimore
and presented his plans for a commun-
istic city. 1t was at this time that he
married Miss Graffin. She believed
that he would be able to revolutonize
the world and that all his mission need
cd to make it a fact was her money.
Within a few months after the courts
decision in her favor, Mr.. and Mrs.
Nrooman appeared in Kansas City.
\rooman purchased stores right and
left to be part of a vast cooperative
whom he might explain his plans, he
rented the Century theater for an en-
tire week and gave free performances.
Between the acts Vrooman, or one
Of his lieutenants, explained his CO.
operative store scheme and invited peO-
pie to- invest $500 each. He finally de-
term.ned to give the world an object
..-~ou in how easy it is to establish CO.
operation. He chose Trenton, Mo, as
a.. scene of his triumph.
His Trenton Experiment.
Trenton is near St. Joseph and has
~".'" 5000 population. one fine morn
h- \rooman and his staff swooped
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-10-14
-oaG Z De tno7F.
J0thngS.

Dennis Cooper is seriously i'll.
G.. Il. Taylor's young son lis seriously
i'll.
Mrs. l. B. Conner is visiting in De
troit.
Thos. Bostwick of Bangor was in town
Tuesday.
Ed. Finley of Hartford was in town
Monday.
L.. Lewis of Bangor was in Paw Paw,
Monday.
Frank Sowle is spending the week in
st. Louis.
FIR. Clarson is spending the week in
st. Louis.
b. Sisson of South Haven was in Paw
Paw, Monday.
&c. Penoyar of South Haven was in
town Yesterday.
f.. q. Story of Benton Harbor was in
Paw Paw, Tuesday.
F. p. Grimes is seriously i'll, having
an attack of appendicitis.
A. L. Moulton of Decatur was in Paw
Paw the first of the week.
r. G. 1yner of Lawrence was in Paw
Paw the forepart of the week.
Mrs. NJ. A. Pepper aud Mrs. Sherrod
leave to day for Los Angeles, Cal.
p. II. Lewis and G. j. Sykes of Benton
Harbor were in Paw Paw, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Flanders of Three
Rivers visited in Paw Paw, Monday.
Mrs. A. II. Dodge is visiting relatives
in Kalamazoo and Portage this week.
Regular meeting of Paw Paw lodge No.
%, f. & A. NJ, next Tuesday evening.
Attorneys Hendryx and Sweet of Do
wagiac were in Paw Paw, Wednesday.
Miss Bessie Morrison is still confined
to her bed, though somewhat improved.
Maple Grove lodge, X. of p, will have
work in the first rank next Monday even
ing.
w. b. Cooper has sold his bakery and
grocery to f. A. Butterfleld and Emory
Ball.
Miss Ada Shreve of Lawrence visited
at the home of Miss Ada Hawley over
Sunday.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-10-14

For Sale-76 acre farm at Gobleville,
Van Buren, County, Mich, within one
fourth mile of school, postoffice, bank,
churches and M. g. X. Il. depot; good
buildings, excellent fruit land, desirable
for plating. Address, j. l.. SEBRING,
t2 Kalamazoo, Mich
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The Wolverine Nursery. A complete
line of guaranteed stock at moderate
prices. q. f. PRATER, Jr., Prop,
2499tf law Paw, Mich.
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| am prepared to do all kinds of build
ing moving, raising and contracting.
FRANK LANDPHERE,
3mo Paw Paw.
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Maple City Orchestra--11 Pieces.
Music furnished for balls, receptions,
weddings and other occasions. Prices
reasonable.
G. +. Snow, Manager.
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My team of Morgans- and IL years old.
Good general purpose team, true in every
place. [t3l ii. SHEARER.
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For Sale Cheap.

] good two horse tread power and drag
saw and buzz saw combined. Inquire of
t3* j. G. GOULD, Paw Paw.
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Gilbert X OcobocI< Bus Line.
When you need bus call or phone the
Dyckman House, where all calls receive
rompt attention. tf
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Farmers.
wanted.

Oats, rye and beans. See me before
selling. Highest market price.
If f.. s. STEVENS, Paw Paw
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Geo. l.. Bruner.

n. w. McCabe, Auctioneer.
Paw Paw, Mich. Services always satis-'
factory. Terms reasonable.
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Dewberries

We will have few thousand Lucretia
dewberry vines for sale next spring, guar
anteed true to name. This fruit paid a
net profit of 500 per acre this year.
Order now; first come, first served.
ROWLAND Il SHAEFER,
If Paw Paw.
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Pensions.
Having recently been admitted to
practice before the department of the
interior, l shall hold myself in readiness
to transact any business before the de
partment that may be intrusted to me
Especial attention will be given to pen
sion claims.
03tfl .. w. ROWLAND.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
FOUND MANY ARCTIC FLEAs.
From the. New York Sun.

Quebec, Dec. S.-An Arctic expedi-
ton for the sole purpose of making.
collection of>tieas has just returned
from the far north after an absence
from civilization of nearly four years
The expedition sailed in the schoon-
er Bluebell, and was fitted out by
Charles Rothschild of London, whose
chlet hobby is the collection of these
rare chronological specimens. The ia
NOUS naturalist and capitalist has a
museum at Irving Park which contains
thousands of specimens, all labeled and
classified and packed away in hermeti-
cally sealed walls.
He was well aware of the fact. how
ever, that there were many specimens
of these insect parasites to be found
upon the animals inhabiting the Arctic
regions of America which were virtual
~ unknown to science, since no speci-
mems of them We're in any existing
collections. The skipper of the Blue
bell, f. G. Simpson of Grimsby. Eng
land, was chosen to secure specimens
from the polar bear, the musk OK, the
gray wolf, the blue fox the huskie
dog, and the other denizens of the
region.
The Bluebell located in Frobisher
Bay one of the great fiords that run
back full 20i miles into the heart
of Batfinland. Capt. Simpson is I'M
able to detail the distinguishing fea-
lures OF his numerous and varied Arc
tic finds of the flea tribe, but he be-
jieves that they include many unique
specimens. The polar bears killed
proved veritable mines, owing to their
thick, hairy covers, which conceal my
riads of the parasites. The musk OK
also yielded many specimens, but be-
cause of the comparative rarity of the
Arctic fox it was difficult to obtain an
adequate assortment of the insect
domiciled in its fur. But this was
eventually done, and so far as it was
possible to do so in the time at his
command, Capt. Simpson believes that
his collection of Arctic fieas has been
made very complete.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20

Preparations are now being made for
the entertainment Of the delegates to
the national convention of the Travel
ers Protection Association which
meets in this city next May. The time
for the meeting of the convention is
Of course nearly five months in the flu
ture, but. as the event is going TO be
one of unusual interest, it is none too
soon to begin preparing for it.
AS is well known this is one of the
largest and most important Of the
many conventions that meet in this
country every year. Every city
wants it, not only because the dele
gates are men of great influence in the
business world. but also because it is
in the power of the association to do
the city, in which its annual meetings
are held, a great deal of good. 1t helps
to make a city known. That is what
city that has advantages for home
| seekers and investors wants
Our Chamber of Commerce under
standing how great the benefit to the
city the holding of a national conven-
tons of the T. p. A. in it would be,
invited the association to meet here
next year. The invitation was ac-
cepted, and there will be between six
hundred and seven hundred delegates
present, many of whom will be ac-
companied by their wives and daugh-
ters. They will come from every state
in tho Union Pacidac 4basa national
delegates there will be large delegaL
tions present from all the cities of the
state in which the association has
posts. From this brief statement it
is apparent that the occasion will be
one that will be worth Savannah's
best efforts in the way of entertaining.
She has never yet failed to meet ex-
pectations in this respect, although her
reputation as an entertainer is second
to that of no other city in the coun-
try
To do what ought to be done, what,
in fact, every well wisher of the city
would like to have done, the local post
of the association will have to have
considerable assistance. That this will
be freely given there is no room for
doubt. Besides individual contribu-
tons from business men and citizens
generally the city doubtless will lend
a helping hand. 1t is the custom, it
seems, for the city in which the ma
tional convention of this association is
held to recognize in substantial man
ner the associations Importance, and
the benefits it derives from being chos-
en- for an annual convention. There is
no doubt the local post will have all
the assistance it needs from both the
gates will have such a good time that
they will never forget their visit to
Savannah.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
DILEMMA OF THE COTTON FARM
ERS

Cotton farmers are having brought
home to them the fact that when the
cotton crop is a large one, the price
is pretty certain to be low. and Mr..
Stevens, Commissioner of Agriculture
of this state. in an interview in the
Morning News yesterday, said that If
they will plant only half the acreage
they planted this year they will get
II to Is cents per pound for their cot
ton. There is not much doubt of the
truth of the statement. Last years
crop was a rather short one. and at
one time the price went as high as II
cents. Ba.
But if the farmers should plant for
a little more than half a crop the
European spinners would set to work
at once to develop new cotton fields.
just as they did last year. The cot
ton associations in England, France
and Germany all began experimenting
in the growing of cotton in Africa and
other parts of the world where cotton
isn't now produced as a regular crop.
%~RSANS AAOii tilNSC experiments
have, in some instances, been prom
ising. But it is probable that all Of
these experiments would be abandoned
II cotton could be obtained in this
country for about cents a pound.
that is If it could be obtained at that
price at the farms.
The cotton farmer seems to be be-
tween the devil and the deep blue sea.
Ii he grows big crop of cotton he
gets practically nothing for it-that is.
after the cost of production is paid
there is nothing left for him.
On the other hand, if he grows
a small crop. he is threatened with
the opening of cotton fields in countries
where land and labor are. so cheap
that he would have to produce cotton
for almost nothing eventually or aban-
don the planting of cotton altogether.
1t would be fortunate for the cotton
farmer II he could strike a happv
mean. If he could regulate matters
so that he would produce a crop that
would satisfy the worlds demand al
a price that would give him a fair
profit he would be fortunate. but 1t is
impossible to do that. So the situation
Will remain as it has been these many
years, namely, when the price is high
everybody win go to planting cotton
and every available acre will be cult
waited in cotton, and when the price is
low some lands will be abandoned and
many viii turn their attention to other
crops or to other means Of gaining 4
livelihood.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PREsEsTs.

The public school authorities of New
York have deemed it wise 70 send out
notices to the various schools to the
effect that there should be no ex-
change of presents between teachers
ana pupils during the Christmas holi-
DAYS. That the notice is timely and
perfectly correct there can be no ques-
ton. And the rule of mo presents
should hold good in all other cities
as well as in New York.
The salaries of public school teach
ers are not princely. The average
teacher works for a living and needs
every penny Of the income for neces-
sary expenses. If the practice of
giving gifts were to become a custom
in the public schools, the income Of
the teacher would be seriously impair
ed during December. And then again
the parents Of all pupils are not SINH
larly situated with respect to incomes.
In probably a majority of instances it
is about all the workingman can do
to provide his child with the books
that the state authorities have order
ed for public school pupils in addi-
ton to paying his other necessary ex-
penses 1t is not possible, therefore,
for the child of poor parents to give
a gift to the teacher at Christmas;
and when other children bring their
offerings, the poor child is wounded
and disconnected because 1t cannot do
likewise. And when there is the Civ
ing and taking of gifts between teach
ers and pupils, there is more than apt
to be favoritism. 1t may be that the
favor is unconsciously shown, but it
is naturally and inevitably shown
nevertheless. The teacher who had re-
ceived a present worth $40 from pupil
would be more than human if he or
she could refrain from Partially to
that pupil as compared with the pupil
who had given nothing.
The safe course in public schools is
to have no presents, and no collections
for any purpose. That puts all of the
pupils on the same footing and pre-
serves the self-respect of those who
cannot afford to give.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-20
quitting M NEW TUNES.

This is the season of the year when
many an Italian organ grinder takes
his instrument to the place. where he
can sgetta the new tunes in" There
are several of these workshops in
New York; whose sole business is re-
pairing and refitting the 'carrousel or
gans, as they usually call them. Two
or three are in Park Row In this
city particularly do the grinders seem
anxious for the latest popular airs.
Many a grinder comes with his organ
on his back for the new tunes. For
the small organ he pays S. a tune
and the operation takes half a day,
II the establishment isn't particularly
rushed. Usually he wants a tune that
IS lar more up-tO-date than common
repute would guess. Last week such
a grinder came to one of the Park
Row establishments to have "Please
Come and Play in My Yard" and "a
Bit of Blarney" put on his cylinder
in place of "I'H BE Your Chauncey
Olcott' and ''Hfawatha." This par
ticular man was a cripple, whose
headquarters were at Bridgeport, Conn.
He came to the city, playing his own
way through Mount Vernon.
The piece is Transcribed by ear from
piano music, the chief workmen in
the shop being musicians by training
which has an attachment for showing
the equal divisions of the cylinders
circumference. and with diminutive
chisels, each in the position of a par
ticular note of the scale, they punch
the space that each staple is to occu-
py. The mechanical process of insert
ing the brass staple is performed in
another part of the little shop. The
usual charge for putting eight new
airs in small or hand" organ, is
y25. Such an organ originally costs
perhaps $50. Something very lively,
such as a sailors hornpipe, is usual
~ wanted. So, too, are patriotic airs,
suited to the grinders clientele. FIRE.
quently he asks for "St. Patrick's
Day." saying that at many places his
hearers will demand that he play that
air, and will smash his organ if he
hasn't it. 1.-THE Marseillaise," The
Watch on the Rhine and Dixie" are
wanted for certain parts of the coun-
try. Yankee Doodle too, is a gen
eral favorite. Latter-day believers in
the transcendant value of being able
to write the songs of people ought
to get a corner on this market.