Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 19, 1898, Page 1

~ Grand Rapids Uerald Review. Vo. VI.—No. 25. = ete Rete Don’t You Know? hat the Itasca Mercantile Company We have just what you want. (BE aR aE ee ae a ee ae ae te ae a ae ae a ae ae a ae ae ae: Are You Sick? Lotions, Sponges, etc. 30S AE AeA eae a ae ea a ae a ae a eae ae ae ae ae ae ate ea ee largest concern outside the large cities, and it is the placeto do your trading for we carry everything handled by general dealers. eae ea ae ae ae ae ae ae ae teat ae ea a ae as ae ae ee ee ae ae a ae ae ae ea aa ge geese gage te ate ate te ate ate ete ete ae eae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae aI ee ERE ea eae a END at once to our Drug Department and get the doctor’s prescription filled. also carry a complete line of Patent Medicines, Druggist’s Sundries, Toilet Articles, Soaps, (og Se a ete ee te te ate sae ae eae ae eae ae ae aes ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ee ee ea AE AE EAE ae Ea ea ae ah as ae ea ae a HE SS EE A is the 4 SE ee es ea ae ea ae ee aa a ITASCA. MERCANTILE Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MInN., SatrurDAY FEBUARRY 19, 1898 Two Dotiars a YEAR Lid EE ee a eee ee ae Re ae a Grand Rapids, We (EA EE Ea ae ae ae a ee a ee a ae a a ae aa veights at “blowing”. but s. We make no claims, ves consis- give your money back if you're Just like some busi when it cting. they except that we handle all by tent with the high quality of ss nnd omes t not satisfied. We aro Hardware Headquarters. We carry, at all times, the very choicest assortment of fine goods carried by ask prices; buy if-you uny inconvenience by est themselves to you. ¢ s, glass, paints, oils, lumbermen’s supplies. sporting goods. everything. : W. J. & H. D. POWERS. ° = | ft == SS ee o Reduce our Stock of Overecats Good Warm Heavy Coats We offer our line of Twelve Dollar Frieze Coats for trom $4.00 to $8.00. In all lines of winter goods. BARGAINS C.H. MARR. panies DEVELOPED A MOUSE, Our Fifteen Thousand Dollar Grand Jury Adjourns. ALL INDICTMENTS NULLIFIED. After a Trial of Three Cases, Resulting in the Vindication of the Commis- sioners and 4 Refutation of the Charges Preferred, Logan and Lydick Resign. The January, 1898, grand jury for Itasca County, held a session-of forty- five daysand adjourned Friday, Feb- ruary 18, and the people of Itasca county unanimously say “amen” at the cenclusien of the farce-comedy. Itasca county is’ between twelve and fifteen thousand dollars poorer than when the aggregation was convened on the first Tuesday of the first month ‘They succeded in discovering alleged irregularities by the county commis- sioners that aggregated the munificent sum of $560—if they had all been |proven. ‘lo do this the ¢ounty has been put to an expense of more than ten thousand dollars. Two ‘€ases of alleged fraudulent auditing, and al- lowing of bills were: tried against Commisssioner Lydick. -In ‘the first case the jury returned a verditt of “not guilty,” The second wasa disagree- ment. Con.missioner Logan was placed on trial on a similar charge. ‘The case was dismissed by the court aft:r a jury nad been empanelled, began to relize that the people were against him and he decided to take a change of venue and thereby compell the defendants to bear enormous ex- pense and a long, trial that wou “drive them to the wall.” Be At this juncture a’ prfposition was made that a resignation of office and the payment of $100 each would be satisfactory to the prosecution. Cone sidering their private.-business inter- ests, and in view of the.fact that each had been vindicated‘hy ‘a jury of their peers, Messrs Logan and Lydick did not consider that a continuatiomof the pohtical war was either for the best interests of the county or themselves, and accepted, whereupon Mr, Mc- Carthy n#ilifiec the indictmemts that remained untried. Attorneys C. O. Baldwin, of Duluth, and C. L. Pratt defended tor Mr. Ly- dick and Messrs. Baldwin amd Price were attorneys for Mr. Logan. County Attorney McCarthy and As sistant State Attorney Edgerton, of St. Paul, conducted the prosecution, On both sides the cases were ably present- ed and the attorneys challenged the admiration of the court, juries and spectators throughout the hearings. : Judge Holland. discharged the grand jury yesterday afternoon, and hearing a few tax cases court was ad- journed until the June term. The evidence of the witnesses both for the state and the defendents ser- COMPANY, Prosecuting Attorney McCarthy then Pr and their resignations were tendered |. - Minn. ved to develope the indisputable fact that the indiciments returned were all upon techenical grounds, and the re- sult is a complete vindication of the commissioners, who have laid aside their duties. Frank Madden, who acknowledged upon the witness stand that he had perjured himself in presenting a_ claim agaiust the county, was also indicted, but the prosecuting attorney nullified the case and he was allowed to go on ius way rejoicing without the incon- venience of standing tnal. This is all. But the truth has not half been told; neither has an intima- tion been made as to the real animus that imspired men to impose an ad- ditional indebtedness of more than ten thousand dollars upon the county. Time and space forbids an extended review of the evidence and the facts developed, but they are allin mind and the Herald-Revicw “will ‘take oc- casion from time to time, and espec- ially in the next issue hereof to print truths that will open the eyes of the real citizens of Itasca County.. In the meantime it is sufficient to an- nounce that the commissioners have been exhonorated of the vile culmin- ation that their political enemies have attempted to heap upon them. Doran-Ehle Nuptials. On Thursday morning last, at 7:30 o'clock, wn the Hotel Gladstone par- lors, Rev. C. V. Gamache, united in wedlock two of Grand Rapids, most prominent. society members, Miss Mary Doran, second daughter af Mr. and Mrs. Ly. W. Doran, of the Hotel Gladstone, and Dr. H. B. Ehle, of the Eble & Russelt Hospital. But a few friends of the contracting parties were resent. Miss Johnson, ot Lapraire, presided at the piano and when the bridal procession entered the room, played Wagners “wedding march,” executing the same with her usual | trueness of ren‘ition, ‘The earliness the hour was on account of the coup- les desire to take the morning train for the Twin Cities and Chicago on their homey-moon trip. The Herald- Review extends to the newly wedded couple its heartiest congratulations. We hope that their matrimonial life will ever be attended by peace and joy, and that Dame Fortune will deal kindly with them and give to them an abundance of the goods and good things of this life. Commissioner Robinson, The appointing power of. the First Commissioner district, consisting of F. L. Churchill, president of the village council of Deer River, Thomas A McHugh,échairman of the township board of Bass Brook and W. J. Kelly, chairman of the township ‘board of Deer River, met at the auditor’s office this afternoon and appointed C. W. Robinson of Deer Hiver to represent thatdistrict on the county buard. Mr. Robinsop is a gentleman eminently fitted for the important position to which he has been unanimsously chosen, and will toake a most intelligent, earnest and conscientious county legislator. His past experience on the village council of Grand Rapi has demonstrated his eminent ability to conduct pub- lic aflairs in a_business-like manner. The Herald-Review congratulates Itasca county upon his selection. [FUSION IS ADVOGATED. cache dhachachaalehathathashaslesieaieh dpsleaiciasheshshsabateadeshasbesledash sasaledsssasshaicah ch deeladlealslesheshsleaeddas “3 Are You Hungry? E carry, in our Grocery Department, a complete line of Canned Goods, Dried Fruits, Teas, Coffees, Spices, Vegetables, Pick- els—in fact everything one would expect to find infa first-class Grocery House. TOOTS SESS SETS HSS SHES ORHEO NOES ENE OKA H OREO E EE tee ee ee ee te hae me ee eae ee ea ae ee a ee eas Re Are You Cold? = & # J & & 2 H UST visit our Dry Goods and Clothing De- : partment where you will find all* kinds of Dress Goods and Wraps for the ladies, and kinds of Clothing and Furnishings for the gen- $ 2 tlemen, Also boots and shoes. SeeseneeseenessoeensenenseseronensreoneeoEseRoHessenes National Party Leaders Address Their Followers and Recommend Unity. SILVER ISSUE IS PARAMOUNT. The Democrats, Populists and Silver Republicans Must Pull Together. The addresses on behalf ot the democratic. populist and silver repub- lican parties, which are the result of the conferences that have been in pro- gress among the leaders of these par- tiesat Washington for the past few weeks, were issued on’ Tuesday last. They declare unreservedly for fusion, and appeal to the parties to consoli- date all along the lines at future elec- tions. The financial question is de- clared to be the paramount issue, and until this question is settled, demo- crats, populists and silver republicans must stand shoulder to shoulder. ATTENTION DEMOCRATS. Chairman Jones Says the Silver Forces Must Work in Harmony. The address to democrats 1s_ signed by Senator James K. Jones, of Arkan- sas, chairman of the democratic na- tional committee, and is endorsed by the “democratic congressional com- mittee, and in part is as follows: “To the people: The surrender of the republican party to the advocates of the gold standard and monopoly is at last complete. The present admin- istration, called to power on the sol- emn pledge of the republican national convention at St. Louis to promote bi {metallism, has formulated and sent to congress a bill, the leading purpose of which, the venerable secretary of the treasury avows, is to commit the country more thoroughly to the gold standard. The country has al- ready, for twenty-four years, been so thoroughly committed to this standard, partly by law and partly by the usur- pations of the executive branch of the government, that its effects are seen and felt on every hand. Wages are reduced, work is harder to get, the weight of debt is doubled, the value of land and other property is reduced one-half or more, until the lives of the people are ‘made bitter with hard bondage.’ It is certainly not in the interest of humanity to have this con- ; dition of things more thoroughly es- tablished. “Tbe continued rise in the value of gold, or whichis the same thing, con- tinued fall of prices, must inevitably transter the property of all those en- gaged in active business, the actual creators of wealth, whether by hand, brain or capital, to those who, avoid- ing the nsk and eftort of active busi- ness, only draw interest. The in- crease of 145 per cent. in the value of money caused by its increasing scarcity from 1809 to 1849, as admit- } Seneetoonsansesoensonssenee ted by leading advocates of the gold standard, tound expression at that time in extremely low prices and con- ditions of unparalleled distress. From the hour of the consummation of the crime of 1873 mankind has_ suffered commercial disaster and social distress in almost constantly increasing measure. “The suppression of life and happi- ness, which is inseparable from a long course of declining prices, has now checked development, and if continu- ed will ultimately stifle civilization. An eminent American, President An- drews of Brown university, some years ago said: ‘Our national debt on Sept. 1, 1865, was $2,750,000,000; it could then have been paid off with 18,000,- 000 bales of cotton, or 25,000,000 tons of bar iron. When it had been reduc- ed to $1,250,000,000, 30,000,000 bales of cotton or 32,000,000 tons of iron would have been required to pay it. . In other words, while a nominal shrinkage of about 55 per cent. had taken place’ inthe debt, it had, as measured in either of these two world staples, actually been enlarged by some 50 percent. ~ g “Although more than half the prin- cipal of this enormous debt, and every cent of accumulated interest hac been paid by the labor of the United States, the holders of she bonds still hold a claim tor more of the labor of the peo- ple than they held before these en- ormous payments had been even be- gun. This cruel confiscation of the lives and hberty of the laboring mil- hons of this country 1s the most stu- pendous crime that has been com- mitted in the annals of civilization. Unless a government of the people by the people, and for the people, has perished from the earth, surely the present boldly avowed scheme, not only to continue but to increase these evils, will not be permitted, In ad- dition to this purpose of more thor- oughly establishing the gold standard, the administration plans to retire the paper money of the government, to issue gald bonds, to increase the power, privileges and profit of national banks. “The retiring of the government paper money must reduce the volume of circulation, and while the secretary admits that the contracting of the currency would be more rumous in two years than interest on a lke amount of bonds for 4o years would be, he calmly informes us that the national banks will probably issue a sufficient amount of money to prevent this enormous suffering. ‘The national banks are not to be required to re- deem their nates in gold, but it 1s arranged that the United States gov- ernment shall do so on demand; and, after having done so, the government must be content to have the national banks reimburse it in ‘any kind of, legal tender money, at the option of the banks.’ “We are frankly told that lawful money will be made ‘relatively scarcer than it is now,’ and that it is intended that under the operation it will be ‘easier to get gold than lewful money.” Practically all money in the harids of the people, now, as the secretary (Continued on Page 4.) wnoweaee = Ce “tRarTy is vo