Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 29, 1899, Page 1

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Satin Calf, in Congress and Lace Mens’ Work Shoes........000 i ea} & od & cs & & & esa bd FURNITURE: : TT as a‘large per cent of 1t comes in “knock down form.” IRON BEDS, BED ROOM SUITS, ODD DRESSERS, COMMODES, SIDE BOARDS, AEG i Re teteioi tate io ate ted doe dele iateie delaleaieg sete tele eat dee eae seat) dea tele adeae ae ea SEE EE Ee Re gE eat a ea Rea gen Balad Bed PAD Bel Gd Bd eS 2 REE AE Ee Me te Re ate ate ate ae ate te ate ae ae ate ate ate ate ate ate ae * # % a ER ‘TABLES, EXTENSION TABLES, KITCHEN TABLES, Our vastly increased furmture trade only shows that we are competing with ‘‘City | Prices’”—we aim to give yoy good, honest goods, at a slight ailvance over our | Competitors’ prices, you thereby save the trouble of putting together the furniture, We are amply supplied with FINE ASS’T OF CHAIRS, COUCHES, LOUNGES, MATTRESSES, springs. .COTS, (Canvas :and Wire.) e have a large assortment of GEN7S’ SOFT SHIRTS, which weare selling at $7.50—a good garment for the money. Gents’ Underwear, Mi Ladies’ Fine Shoes---We Have Them and There Are No Better. An Elegant Line ot Ladies’ Shirt Waists in all Colors. Remember “Thursday” of Every Week Is Our Bargain Day. If you contemplate purchasing anything in the Furniture Line, Come in and let us show you our Goods and figure with you. and Rapids, SS A ae a ae a a a a a ea ee en CRE ee oe a RR Se ITASCA MERCANTILE CO, @ 98 Mens* Cruising Shoes, from $2.25 Up. .$1.50| Boys’? Work Shoes, extra quality . 1.75| Ladies Oxfords,in Tan and Black 1.50 and 1,75| Boys’ Tan Shoes, extra quality be nnesota. 1.40 50 to 2,50 _.. 1.80 oo Prices Guaranteed Considering Quality of Goods ___._— Others at .50. OUR LEADER—A Fancy GOLD DERBY RIBBED GARMENT for 50 cents—a genuine bargain—only Two (2) :suits'to each person. Fancy Cashmere Underwear at '75 cents. 7.5, $1.06 and-up'to $2.00. SE EE STH HME Ae ae ae ape Ee A AE ae A ake ge ge a ae ate ae ate ae ae ate ath ae ae ae ath ate ae ate tt ae ae ate ae ae ae ae she a ak a ae ak ak ae ae aE a ah a a ae ea a ae Sa a fe Safe ag a ae eae ete ae ae ae ae ae ee tee ae eae eae ate i ae a ae ae a ae ae ae ae ae ae a a ae ae ae a a ae ae ae ee a ae aaa aa a ae a at ae ae ae ae se i eae eee a ae ae eae a ae a a ae ae eae a ee Re ee ae eae eae ae te eae ae a ea a ae ee eae eae ae te ae se teat tee ge ae te eae gee iki New Advertisements. BVCVVSV Don’t be a Farmer $ you're willing to be a good Not in the sense of mo- ense of effici- si u. A good farm- id insists on ha z or always like: the very best tools and imple He be sat ied with p it i the best is none too g * é iP pecially if it don't cost much: more than the other kind. ee JUDGE US BY THESE TOOLS; Deere Harrows, Acme Hand Potatoe Planters. "S. John Deere Plows, Planet Jr. Seed Drills. McCormick Mowers, sare willing to stand or fall on your judgment on se tools. We thiuk th © without exception the best tools in the world. cost about the same as other tools of the same class, but will prove much. chenper in the end. Ww.d & A. DB. POWERS ERS * i 2 SVa®SLSLSLSESSSIELES a MARKET AT-DEER RIVER. City Meat Market J. F. M izeer, Proprietor. seateeengare ‘Beste eae ae ae Re ae i ‘ Grand Rapids, Minn. i He ae ae ae ae aie ae ae ae ae ea ae a aH ( % Wholesele and Retail ‘Dealer in Camp Beef, Pork H and All Kinds of iFresh and Salt Meats, Fish, Etc. ‘OUR COUNTY DEBTS The Board of Commissioners -Consid- ers a Plan to Bond, TO REDUCE TAXATION. About Ninety Thousand Dollars .Now | Out as Floating Indebtedness Drawing Seyen Per Cent Interest. The matter of taking up the floating indebtedness of the county, which amounts in the aggregate to nearly ninety-thousand dollars, was con- sidered by the commissioners at their meeting this week. The plan of con- ducting the business of the county on a cash basis has been adhered to dur- ing the past year,e but unless some- thing can be done in the premises to save the incoming revenue the treas- ury ‘will be in bad shape in a very short time. All outstanding orders will :rapidly be put in judgment and the «whole sum will be presented for payment at one time. ‘I his condi- tion of affairs the tax-payers are un- able to meet. The late session: of the legislature passed a law granting power to county commissioners to issue bonds for tne purpose of paying oft the :floating debt of countie:.! ‘There is reason to believe that Itasca | county bonds would find a good mar- ket aia less .rate of interest than the orders.are now drawing and the pay- ment of the bonds so regulated as to make the debt fall much easier on the property owners. The commission- jers talked over the situation at con- | siderable length and a meeting will be called in a few days for further con- sideration of the subject. The board of .county commission- ers held a meeting on Thursday and Friday of this~week, and transacted considerable business. The appoint- | ment of an assessor for the unorgan- ized portion of the county was _bailot- ed on and resulted in a tie between cose | J: A. Brown and Charles Milaney, Chairman Rellis not: being present. Apphcations were on file from Mi- ROEKER & WHITEAKER, lanhy, Brown, Charles Kearney, F. A. McVicor and B.C. Shuriliff. The matter was laid- over until the next eeting. The list of dehnquent personal taxes |for this year remaining unpaid has been turned over-to the sheriff for col- llection. The. list is about the same as that turned over during the past two ip | 4 Merchant Tailors, B®SVSSOLELSS0" years, and contains the names of jabout seventy-five property owners. ‘Lhe amount is not a.very large sum, as most of those whose taxes were has been woven so tightly about the ac- PRELIMINARY HEA RING. George Fergusson Having a Preliminary Trial Before Justice Kearney. There have been no new. develop- ments inthe case of the murder of Frans Naugles. The facts as pre- sented in the last issue of the Herald- Review have been largely substanti- ated by the evidence adduced at the hearing which has been in progress since_Wednesday. Several witnesses | have been examined, and the state hopes to close the case to-day, Cor- oner Storch and the jury which he empanelled gave very thorough search | of every clue that was presented and their verdict was to the effect that} Frank Naugles came to his death from | the effect of knife wounds inflicted by George Fergusson. The defendant admitted that it was ; he who cashed the check, and that he | had spent the money. But he claimed | two other parties committed the mur- der and robbery. The authorities, however, do not believe the story and finally give up that defense. entire! It appears that a chain of evidence | cused that he will havea difficult task to break it. County Attorney Dono- hue and Attorney C.C. McUartlty have:handled the case with admirable | skill on behalf of the state, while C. L. | Pratt.1s losing no opportunity to pro- tect theinterests of his client. P. P. Fergusson, father of the accused, was | here the:first of the week, but left for his home at Ashland before the case ; was called for a hearing. Before leaving he stated that the case looked | dark for his son. A Skilled Mechanic. There’s no citizen .more valuable to a community than the first-class mechanic in any branch of industry. This is especially true of the mackin-! ist and blacksmith. Last week the | Herald- Review news press. was ac- eidently broken, and in such a man- ner that repair was considered im- pos-ible. A newspaper press is a little more delicate in adjustment than alumber wagon, ‘To. do fine work it must be fitted to absolute perfect-| fess. Ihe Herald-Review publisher concluded that the only thing to be} done under the circumstances was to} delve deep into his inside pocket and | ; make-arrangements with the manu- facturer of some.first-class press for an indefimte stand-off—iong time and uncertain .payments. ‘Not so, how-} ever, when Blacksmith George Rid- dell sized up the situation. .He at once assured us that the machine could be easily and satisfactorily fixed. He was ready to guarantee his work or no pay. We were ready to guar- antee him no pay’ in any event. He went. at #t with his able assistant, .John De Shaw, and to-day the -press is 50 per cent better than it was when first turned out of the foundry. If you break a piece of machmery that can’t be considerable has. been: paid. For rent—7 room house near Ice dake. Inquire of Mrs..A.-N. Phillips. @ fixed take it to George Riddell and be are of the opinion that Fergusson will | jand whatif any assistance | personal or partisan purpos ; Republican majority, ‘THE REFORM RECORD Presented in Review of the Late Un- lamented Republican Legislature. SINS OF COMMISSION. The Record Laid Bare--Gioyernor Lind’s Pre-Elevtion Pledges, and His Administrative Recommen- dations Ignored. Reform Press Bureau. The late and unlamented legisla- ture having departed, it is -titting vo | pass in review and see how the record unds as to what was pledged by the reform administration of the state, has been | rendered, in the main, by the Repub- lican majorities in house and senate. The pledges of Governor Lind and the reform forces were thus expressed {in Governor -Lind’s .speech at exposi- tion building, Minneapolis, Oct. 10, | e task that we have set for us jin this state, by the, platform adopted by our forces, is toso.reform the ad- ministration of the laws and conduct of the affairs of the public as to se- cure to the producers of the state a more just proportion of the products of their toil, to save to the public what is left of the public riches of the state; to see to it that taxation shall be as just and equal as possible, and that every penny collected from the people shall be lonestly expead- ed and devoted to public and not to s; to give the people an efficient and economi al admiuistration of our state insti tutions, and to confer upon the citi- zeu’s direct voice in legislation.” fore the assembled legislature the suggestions necessary to meet these pledges, and to care tor the needs of the people ascertained .by painstak- ing investigation, he furmulated them .into more than twenty specific recom- mendations. The principal of them, and the result at the hands of the may thus be condensed: Reduction of the tax levy of .at of 1.5 mills Result on five recommendations for increase of state’s revenues: To reach, by tax a. commission or otherwise, all the taxable property of the state—no acliou, Taxation of franchises and of for- eign incorporations—no action. on former; latter adopted. convinced that you don’t know any- thing about whether it can be repaired lor not. Taxation of Express, | interests Wheu Governor Lind, in discharge | jof his constitutiona: duty, laid be- least 3-10 mills—left at former rate} Telegraph, | Increase of gross arnings Railroad companies—killed by road lobby in the senate. : Increase of 2.per cent tax on Great West railrord, to equal ether conr- panies—defeated. Detailed reforms in administration of present sam Normal schools—re~ sponse an chool at De- tax of rail- additional s luth. Free text books, as means for checking School Book Trust—de- feated. Increase of binder twine facilities —aecepted and law passed. Specific reforms in management of insane-hospitals, shown to be —response -¢ ion of additional hospitals at noka dnd Hastings. The veto saved extension of presé system, and creates needed as) ad of hospitals. Encouragement of Agricultural.cdl- leges and Experimental station—no action. Liberal treatment of the Dairy Food department—not a cent appro- priated for enforcement of the laws, and the department — espeeci snubbed. estry protection and extension— defeated. Abclition of fee system—defeu ‘Telephone comy under state super To legalize records of Railway com missiouer’s hearings, as to the record on appeals—no action. Protection of timber and mineral lands—no effective action. Action touching-state swamp ‘laad nothing effective » Bsa Abolition of passes for public of- ficiais—d. ively defeated. Suppression of the Lobby—the lobby ruled supreme. Direct Legislation—offensively and derisively defeated. Expeditious completion ef the state capitol—adopted. * In the several hundred bills that passed, the search is vain to discover a single offset for this shortcoming. The reduction: of the rate of-interest; } the constitutional amendment to au- thorize loaning of the state’s funds on county and municipal bonds; a board tof grain appeals; traveling librarie ated nies to be placed sion—defeated to prevent railroeds from raisifig rates without, the consent of the railway Commission, and for the election of the commissioners: re- storing the Soldiers’ Home reiief fund appropriation of 0,000; pro fora bird or arbor day, “and for payment of volunteer arrea comprise the chief of athe new Tae made that are wore than ordinary or local interest. ; Theanti-trust law is absolutely all demption frem its But it will not be even suttici throw dustin the peuple’s will go to join the previous mal bine laws »which have been passed, either not te be enforced, or knowing that they could not be, be fooled. aE LO bub recommendations for retrenchment and for increase of, revenue, the ap- Telepbone and Sleeping car compa- ‘nies action on one only. propriations couid not be cul dowe apy more than the tax leyy. . | that the legislature relies on for. re-, shorteqmings. No .oue, will - Having ignored Governor Lind's ~ it