Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 19, 1898, Page 4

| = Grand Repits WheraltcReview| [Published Every Saturday. By E, C, KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Six Months .....$1.00 | Three Months........50¢ Entered in the postofice at Grand Rapids Minnesota, as secoud-class matter. SNe Chairman L. A. Rossing of the state democratic committee, -has called a meeting of the committee to be held in St. Paul on Wednesday, March 30. At this conference the date for the state con- vention will be: discussed and-it is likely that a call may be issued. The Chicago Inter Ocean is greatly worried over the question; ‘What constitutes a democrat?” Up this way an anti-republican is received into full fellowship without a very severe examination. In fact, lines are getting so crossed and mixed thata good many republicans will be dem- ocrats to all intents and purposes next fall.—Minneapolis Times. MAGNETS MAGNANIMITY. “Tndiana is not the only state that bogsts a Bob Wellingford. Our own fair Commonwealth has one already in the person of H. H. Hawkins of Carlton county. His patriotism differs from “that of the «Hoosier youngster, however, in that he does not offer any forty-eight cents, but is quite willing to tight, providing he is commissioned captain. We have heard some mean folks iu- sinuate that perhaps the fact that Mr. Hawkins has been prominently mentioned asa possible candidate for the state senate on the democratic ticket had something to do with this premature outburst of patriot- ism, but we should very much dislike to believe that such was the case. However, we thought it might bea good idea to sound the man who it is conceeded will be the political op- ponent of Mr. Hawkins and find how he stood on the question, and accord- ingly struck upa conversation with County Attorney McCarthy, who is something of a Cuban patriot bim- self. We have all reason to believe that he had not seen the offer of Mr. Hawkins, and therefore think we give his unbiased sentiments. “In case of war would you enlist?’ was asked. “I most certainly would,” answered Mr. McCarthy. ‘Would you expect or demand -a commission as captain?” tnen asked the curious scribe. ‘‘No sir,” he answered, “Of course, if a commission was tendered me, I should accept, but I would neither expect, nor demand it unless my conduct in the field entitied me to promotion.” Qf course, we would not publish this inteview did we think that it would detract one iota from the admiration that Mr. Haw- kins’ offer to sacrifice himself as a captain on the alter of his country entitles him to, but do it simply to show that there are folks who would fight for their flag even if the gov- ernor did not offer them special in- ducements to do so.” The Magnet’s magnanimity as dis- played in the above article is probably excusable to a certain exlent on ac- count of its ignorance regarding the facts contained in Capt. Hawkins’ letter to Gov. Clough. His letter was simply an offer of his service as a volunteer soldier in case of a call to arms by the United States just as Mr. McCarthy or any other true American would. and in conclusion stated that if a commission was ten- dered him as captain he would raise a company here in very short order. Furthermore, Captain Hawkins does not baveto ask for. acommissions” or honors of that of nature. His bravery and gallantry inthe late re- bellion entitles him to the highest military{rank, and being -among the first to offer himself as a volunteer soldier for the cause of chis country bespeaks for Mr. Hawkins a true, patriotic spirit which must certainly command the approval and respect of his tellowmen.—Carlton Vidette. pssviahidbcs be sis: ence, The Land of Christ. Under this title, the Passenger Department or the Chicago, Bur- lington & Northern Railroad has issued @ splendid series of views made by the half-tone process from photographs taken in Holy Land. The subjects embrace people, scenery and cities, as they exist today in that famous country. The work is published in sixteen parts, each con- taining from twelve to fifteen views. Each picture is fully explained by descriptive reading matter. A sam- ple part will be sent to any address en receipt of two cents in postage, and the complete set will be forward- ed, postpaid, on receipt of ninety-five eents. Postage stamps will not be received for the full set, but remit- tance must be made to the under- signed by draft, posta: order, express money order, or registered letter. This is @ rare chance to secure more than two hundred views of the Land of Christ: for less than one dollar. & "Address Guo. P. LYMAN. G. P. A, 0. B& NLR. R., ort St. Paul, Minn. - OBLIGATIONS OF WEALTH. DeLalttre, of Aitkin, a Senatorial Aspirant, Is a Tax-Dodger of the First Class. ‘The subject of the need of tax re- form has taken a tirm hold on taxpay- ers of the country since ex-Presi- dent Harrison sounded the note of warning in his address before the Union League Club of Chicago, on the occasion of its Washington birth- day banquet, and the more the matter is discussed the more the people see the necessity of sweeping reforms in our present unjust method, which unquestionably make the greater tax burden fall upon the poorer classes, while the rich derive the greater benefits therefrom. Thousands have taken up Mr. Harri- son’s theme, with the result that there are being brought to light case of tax evasion which are so flamboy- antly unjust that even those who are prone to let such topics of discussion pass by unheeded have been set to wondering whether are we drifting? The democratic party of Minnesota has repeatedly demanded a radical change inour present tax methods, and for so doing in the last compaign were called “anarchists,” but now that the republican ex-president has voiced the demand our republican friends will have to seek other me- thods to quiet the discussion, and we doybt if they can succeed, so firmly has the matter taken a hold on the people and so thoroughly interested are they becoming therein. Mr. Harrison’s topic was “Obliga- tions of Wealth,” and he paid his re- spects in vigorous terms to that s of our population known as ax-dodgers.” In the course of hi- remarks he said: ‘The special pur- pose of my address stoday is to press home this thought upon the pros- perous, well-to-do people of our com- munity, and especially of our great cities. that one of the conditions of the security of wealth is a propor- tionate and full contribuioa to the ex penses of the state and local governs ments, * 7 *...* = = ig The duty of the state to protect life, liberty and property is condition- ed upon a contribution to the cost of government. A full and conscien- tious dicharge of that duty by the citizen is one of the tests of good citizenship. To evade that duty isa moral delinquency, an unpatriotic act.” The Herald-Review recently hada conversation with a well-informed citizen of Aitkin county, which turn- ed upon the subject of the ex-pre*i- dent’s address, and our Aitkin friend exclaimed: ‘Why, we have a notable example of the tax-dodger right in our town. Heretired from the me!- cautile business a year or two igo with $20,000 in gash, is now loaning money and doing a thriving chatvle mortgage business, is vice-president of our bank, and his personal taxes, which I presume he has paid, amounts tothe magnificent sum $2.88. The man is C. P. DeLaittre, and he is a candidate for the republican nomina- tion for state senator from this dis- trict.” 2 The Herald-Review could scarcely credit the statement, although the authority was unimpeachable. We therefore determined to either verify or disprove the statement. with the result that the story is proved true in every particular. The Aitkin auditor’s records show that Mr. De Laittre’s assessment list as made out by himself is as follows, Sewing and knittin Watches and clock Household furnitu Silver and plated ware Jewelry... Goods and mere! Total...... sats $149 The board of equalization raised the last item (goods and merchandise) from $30 to $50, making the total valuation $169. ‘hen after deduct- ing the $100 which is exempted by law, we find that Mr. DeLaittre is paying taxes on his personal property in Aitkin county valued at $69—$2.88. Is this ‘‘a full and conscientious dis- charge of that duty,” which ex-Presi- dent Harrison gays “is one of the tests of good citizenship, and its evasion a moral delinquency, an un- patrotic act?” And this is thysenatoral timber of which the nop ican party of this district may bably avail itself. The naturalinference is that it wants aleg- islature that wil) pass a law which will enable the tax-dodgers to escape even the slight remnant which now stands asan evidence of his pretense of citizenship. Palsees On Wheels ‘The Burlington’s new Minneapolis and St. Paul-Chicago and. St. Louis train consists of: A buffet library car. — A combination sleeping car. A Standard sleeping car. A compartment sleeping car. A dining car. A reclining chair car. A day coach (high back aie The most costly, beautiful, luxrui ous six care on earth. Steam heated. Electric lighted. Wide vestibuled. Ne extra fares. Leaves Minneapolis 7:20 p. m., St. Paul, 8:05 p. m. daily. Tickets at 306 Nicollet Ave., Min- peapolis 400 Raberé St. (Hotel Byan,! . Paul. made with a piece of ordnance was at Portsmouth, England, says Invention. A stage was erected in the harbor within the tide mark; on this an Arm- strong gun of the 110-pound pattern was mounted. Tire gua was then load- ea and carefully aimed at a target— all this, of course, during the time of low tide. A hours later, when the gun and the target were both covered with water to a depth of six feet, the gun was fired by means of electricity, ‘We eaid “aimed at a target,” but the facts are that there were two targets but only one was directed for this spe- cial experiment, the other being the hull of an old vessel, the Griper, which lay directly behind the target and in range of the ball The target itself was placed only twenty feet from the muzzle of the gun. It was composed of oak beams and planks and was twenty-one {nches thick. In order to make the old Griper invulmerable a sheet of boiler plates three inches thick was riveted to the water-logged hull, in direct range with the course the ball was expected to take if not de- flected by the water. On all of these —the oak target, the boiler plates and the old vessel hull—the effec! of the shot from the submerged gun was really startling. The wooden target was pierced through and through, tho boiler iron target was broken into Pieces and driven into its “backing,” the ball passing right on through both sides of the vessel, making a huge hole through which the water poured in tor- rents. Taken altogether the experi- ment was en entire success, demon- strating, as it did, the feasibility of Placing submerged guns in harbors it times of war and doing great dam- Gee to the vessels which an enemy might dispatch to euch points for the purpoee of shelling cities, GIGANTIC REVOLVING TOWER. French Ingenuity Is Again to tho Fore. France started the ball with the Eiffel tower, says London Invention. England endeavored to go one better with the Wembley, which is still in an embryo stage and appears likely to re- main so, while our American cousins struck a bright and novel idea in the Ferris revolving wheel, which was af- terwards introduced into England, and last season went merrily round, ex- cept when it occasionaly stopped and required more or less coaxing ere it resumed its “daily round.” As a fact, our readers will remember it once had “a night out” on its own account. Now, French ingenuity ts once again to the fore and this time the idea is to construct a lofty building that will spin slowly, like a majestic top, The festive Parisians are? ig stated, to have this novelty ‘in their midst, the site ohose_ being mear the sumanit of Morcmartre, the highest point within {ne fortifications of the gay city. The, conception of this big revolving’ tower (about half the height of the Hittel) is credited to M. Devic. The motivo power for turning the strueture, a com- plete revolution of which would occu- py about two minues, would be hy- draulic force. The upper part of the building would be occupied by a public ballroom, in which dancing would teke place from 11 p. m. to 2 a. m., while below this it is intended to con- struct an artificial ice-skating rink. A Great Telescope. Some idea of the remarkable charac- ter of the proposed telescope for the great Paris Exposition of 1900 may be gained by comparing the size of its fifty-one-inch object lens with the most wonderful yet constructed. Thus, the largest instrument of this kind now in existence is the Lick, having an object glass of thirty-six inches diameter; the second largest is at Pulkewa, Rus- sia, with a glass of thirty inches; the third is at the University of Virginia, its glass being twenty-six inches; Har- vard has the fourth largest, with @ twenty-four-inch giass, and the fifth in size belongs to Princeton College. The famous Yerkes telescope glass, the largest of the celebrateé productions at Cambridge, Mass., is rated at forty inches diameter. And so, by some eleven inches, the Paris instrument is In excess of all others, and thus able it is anticipated, to bring the moon within one mile of us. The telescope ‘Western Generosity. ‘The cold flag is up again and we are promised a genuine blizzard from the west. We are glad to state that the most eordial velatione exist between g that sectien and the south. When the. west hus anything out of the ordinary ghe fa always willlag to divide with aa. Msny of our adopted citisens have had tree transportation coath on west- crm evtiones.—Atlanta Constitution. Uniale Advantege. “But is was decided in regular meet: | ing,” said tho tarantula, “and you and] @ the rattlesnake and the mosquito were | in favor of the motion; why didn’t you 9 earry #7” / “The ehairman called for @ show of | % hande,” bitterly replieg the scorpion, “and the centipede threw himself on jG hie back a6 outvoted vs.”—Ghicage | 2 Tribene. 9 Griy Throe Trains on Earth Burlington’s ‘Minneapolis and St. Paul-Chicago Limited.” One in Eu- ope; two east of Chicago—none west. So beautiful, so luxurious, so costly a train has never before been at the disposal of the traveling public of the Northwest. The ropes of the court of inquiry | @ on the Maine disaster was made known to congress yesterday. A 6 % OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. | mer ‘oole A. B. Clare Coroner. -H. B. Ehle School Superintendent. ‘Mrs. O. H. Stilson County Commissioners: District No. 1. Gi District No. District No. Treasurer . Hughes Attorney L. Pratt THE CHURCHES. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — Rev. D. A. MacKenzie. pastor. Services every Sab- path at 1La.m.and8p.m. Sabbath School atl. Junior ©. E. at 3:30 p.m. Prayer- meeting Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Seats free. Strangers and all others cor- dially invited. METHODIST EPISCOPAL—Rev. J. Treloar, pastor. Services every Sunday morning at Sunday school at 12:00 o'clock; ser- Laprdirie every § o'clock. Prayer meeting every Tburs- day evening at 7:80 o'clock. “Epworth Lea- gue, 6:45 Sunday; preaching, 7:3) Sunday. Strangers cordially invited CATHOLIC—Rev. Father Gamache, pastor, Services every | Sabbath morning and evening. Sunday school at 2p. m. EPISCOPAL—Rev. Mr. Allen. rector. Ser- vices every fourth Sabbath, morning and evening. & “2G BREE RE aE Roe Rete ERE RE RE RE Rote RE READ ae Ret ete Re RE RE Re ea eae te Re RE Manufacturers of Sash, Doors and Blinds. ‘Turning and Rte ae eae a ae a ae ae a ee a ae ate ee a te ea he ae a a a eae aa ea a a Lumber, bath and Shingles. Scroll Sawing Done on Short Notice. ESTIMATES FURNISHED. mS W. V. FULLER &; CO. Grand Rapids, - r Minnesota, sssaneuscecuanesessunteccessennsevensunnesenensosensy W.V.FULLER&CO TTT titi iit HESHECES SECRET-SOCIETIES. ITASCA LODGE A. F.& A. M. NO. 208, meets the first and third Fridays of each month at K. P. hall. Visiting brethren fraternally invited. E. A. Kremer, W. M. J. 8. Berney, Secretary. GRAND RAPIDS LODGE IL. 0. 0. F. NO. 184 meets every Wednesday night at K. P. hall. Visiting brethren invited to_ att JNO. MCDONALD, N. G. Jno. DESHAW, Rec. Sec. ARBUTUS LODGE, DAUGHTERS OF RE- BECCA, meets the second and fourth ‘Tuesdays of each month at K. P. hall. Mrs. E. N. G. Miss MaGare ATHERTON, Re every se the month at K. P. ball cordially invited to at 7H UBERG, Com. CHARLES MILLANEY, R. K. ITASCA HIVE, L. O. T. M., meets every second and fourth Fridays of the month in K. P. hall. Mns. M. Brooks, L. Com. Mrs. Jennie Bua’ L. kK. Kk. LODG: K. or P. ‘y Thursday evening in K. P. . Visiting Knights cordially w AS. KEAKNAY, © E. A. Kraemer, K. R. 8. [TASCA DIVISION, NO. 10, U. B., K. meets first Monday of each month: hall. M. L. Tooue. CHARLES KEARNEY, Re’ NORWAY PINE CAMP, NO. 33, WOOD- MEN 9F THE WORL Meets every sec- ond and Fourth Wednesdays of the month atFinnegan’s hall. C. T. GLoveR, Clerk, MISSISSIPPI LODGE, NO. 236, A. O. U. W. M Mondays of each week at Finnegan's hall, J.J. Decker, M. W. F. MeVicar, K. cf R. B. F. HUSON POST G. A. R. NO. 10. Meets the last Friday of each month Post hall. ting member: rdially vited to attend. H.S. Huson, Com. P. Mauberrr, Adj. ©. W. HAsTInGs. ¥. P. SEELDON. Cashie President. er £.4. SHELDON, C. E. AITKEN, » Vice President. Asst. Cashier Lumbermen’s Bank Of Grand Rapids. Minn. AGetteral Banking Business Transacted Benton & Lawrence : Haye just opened a ‘ b? : == BETTER CIGARS ARE MADE THAN THE . . - Pokegama Boquet “Cup Defender Manufactured in Grand Rapids By tttt GEORGE BOOTH. GAb for either of these brands and you will get Bone but the finest an excelient armoke, stook used. at the Head of the Lak pay cash for the Pianos we sc ied. they siopped: They aceepted b ¢ Holiday wade was over, and 4 wp thei We our offer ‘Uhis was just before invoicing and ck the time to buy Jarge WHOL give you the-benefit of the bry dike. E When we show you that we cin take. of one-third from. the prices that other dealers ask you ter you will see what a bo: it with you. A greater st fore at the head of the lakes. Duluth Music Co. E. G. CHAPMAN, Mgr. ORS and prepose ‘to same grade of Piahos -ct irom than ever offered be- 1 we propose to share | books for the year. That-is. xave the Pianes. in our BsrSss Cor. Lake Ave. and Superior Sr. t e2SeS2S525 25555 SSS NEW Sample Room With a FINE LINE of Wines, Liquors and Cigars. In the Sawyers’ Bldg, Leland Ave. Grand Rapids, Minn. Johnsons’ @ % | 6 While you are thinking of buying a new suit, don’t forget to call on me and get. (FASHIONABLE ] prices. Icarry a complete line of sam- ples to select from, and Guarantee Every Garment I make, in workmanship, fit and dura- bility. There are none better than the suits Imake. Prices reasonable: AUGUST JOHNSON. Sample Room Has always on hand a full line of Foreign aud Domestic Wines, Liquors na: Cigars. Fine Liquors for Medicinai Purposes a Specialty. THE ONLY BILLIARD AND POOL ROOM IN TOWN. “A Good Suit” is always a winner. “Clothes mi is an old saying well worth considering. has obtained positions and made a star’, fe by peing well dressed. A neat fitting tailor-made suit will <a’e yot look better and feel better. We guarantee the 26, msterial and workmanship. Lowest Prices, Pers Wer'eiraa-'n. ee Broeker & ¥" eke the man,” Many “8 youve man “itegler. § > { | 4 { ° ‘ t — a Ww ~~