Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 23, 1900, Page 3

News of the Rortbiwest BIG DAM IS BLOWN OUT. ¥armers Take the Law Into Their Own Hands. Stillwater, June 19.—A telegram was received here stating that the Chen- guatonna dam, near Pine City, had been blown out by farmers. ‘This will prevent millions of feet of Snake river } j logs from reaching here this year. Pine City, Minn.—Great excitement eated here when a number of proceeded to the Chengua- tonna Cam, two and a half miles from town, and blew up the structure with dynamite and let the water out of the la ‘The grievance of the farmers is hat the damming of the lake has ruined their meadows along the river. The dam v put in by Munch, St. Taul, for } ng purpos No arrests have been made. AN INCENDIARY. Big Auditorium at Des Moines De- stroyed by Fire. a nne 19.—The Des a conyen- ear ago at WORK OF ipied by the C t nd the T. W. P. Chase Amuse- ment company, the latter holding a lease and conducting a vaudeville show. All the seats, effects and hery were burned, amounting to »,000, raking a total less as now es- ated, of $40,000, with $27,000 insur ance. The origin of the fire is a mys- tery, and the belief seems to be that it was incendiary. The auditorium will be rebuilt immediately. CLARK BE # “VINDICATED.” Hie Beats Daily in County Conven- tions in Montana, Helena, Mont., June 19.—Ten coun- ties held primaries or county conyen- Saturday night and the returns eceived yesterday. They are se- lecting delegates to the Democratic state convention in Butte Wednesday 1d complete the list of counties. The t in all has been, between Senator , Who is seeking vindication, and Daly, who conducted the ark from the beginning. or Clark 261 yotes to 217 . With the vote of Granite which sends 13 delegates, in county, doubt. WITH TWO WOMEN Is an Iowa Man Said te Have Run Fort Dodge, Iowa tic woes of Webster City were brought to Fort Dodge in the person of a wo- man who came here in search of her husband who had run off with two »r Webster City women, and was Jed here by his late spouse. The assistance of the Fort Dodge police force was called in and the fugitive complied and returned to Webster . Legal proceedings may be in- uted, ARSENIC IN THE COFFEE. ‘Too Much Poison Saved the Family's Lives. son, Wis., June 19.-~. An attempt of seven persons of George Brin: farmer seven miles east of this city, putting arsenic in the coffee. ‘on it failed was that the would-be sin used too much of the poison it acted as an emetic. James a farm hand, was arrested by The only and Breland, and held in $3,000 bail. At Last Cleared Away. Seattle, Wash., June 19.—According to a dispatch received from Alaska the s nge disappearance of the sealing heoner Pioneer, last seen Oct. 4, ), when spoken by the Ainoke on been at last cleared ash Ranchos of Quat- d to have found the hull of the vessel tossing on the rocks fifty miles from the coast. The Indians are l to have found eight skele- tons, suppesed to have been those of Capt. Stone and his crew. Made Bald by Lightning. Sardvsky,' Ohio, June 19. — Albert Dawson, son of Thomas Dawson, who lives near Marsailles, was in an out- building during a storm when the place was struck by lightning. He said the room was ablaze at the time, d a few seconds later he became un- scious. When he recovered he was minus all the hair on his head, but otherwise was not injured. Mystery Surrounds a Fire. Chicago, June 19. — The Douglass school, located at Twenty-second and Forrest enues, one of the largest institutions of learning in Chicago, was destroyed by fixe. Loss on building, $75,000. The cause of the fire is a mystery. Several churches in the dis- trict have been destroyed recently by incendiarism. be Horse Thett Charged. Fergus Falls, Minn., June 19.—Cas- per Djernes of Bagley, Minn., arrived here yesterday and caused the arrest of S. L. Davis and George Butler on a charge of horse stealing. The men hired a team from him eight weeks ago, and as they failed to return it he set out in search of them, overtaking them here. Department Store Burned. Litchfield, Minn., June 19.—Fire de- stroyed part of the stock and building of McLaughlin Mercantile company’s department store. It started in the second story, where furniture is stored. Damage, $5,000; fully insured. South Dakota Brawn, Sioux Falls, 8S. D., June 18.—Alexan- der Mitchell, a thirteen-year-old boy living near Hecla, chased a wolf for several miles the other day, and after tiring out and capturing the animal, in the absence of any weapon, grasped it by the throat and choked it to death. Many Killed in a Wreck. London, June 19. — A collision be- tween an express train and a train filled with Windsor race-goers oc- vurred at Lough. Six persons were killed and sixty-one injured. ELKS’ BIG SHOW. it Is Formally Inaugurated at St Paul. i St. Paul, June 20. — Thousands of arching men ed through the cipal sereets Gown town yesterday oon to formally inaugurate the Elks’ fair and carnival and begin the twe weeks of amusement and pleasure hat wil last till the close of June. Perhz}s the inost numerous portion ot the pr de up of the secret s t cf the marchers were from 1, but there were hundreds that e from other places. Chief the Minneapolis eties from other neigh- The nted the . ‘ for they had come down from their annual conventi at Du- luth.to join the rf FOREST FI What Was Left of Virginia Is Now in Danger of Being Wiped Oat. erious as received ing that forest fi pz the lumber piles of the Moen & Kerr Lumber company south of the mill which was burned in the last fire. There was not much wind and it was from the south, but if it should rise in velocity and shift toward town the balance of the city would be wiped out. A request was made that help be sent from Duluth. A fire en- gine and gocd supply of hose was sent. A later telegram said that the fire was burning the lumber piles, and was raging, though it had not advanced to- ward town, which is still in danger. r in Kawagusaga Lake Indifferent Success. They Fish With the ‘uiomian if it had not y would have Charles pturing a left on r Bryan proved , and, in. fact, been for his skijl the pa returned with very few A. Town suceceded in aD Mr. Towre the 2 i and at 4 p.m. the entire party salied forth in quest of the ¢: skellunge. Col. Bryay took a unt of reading matter along in the fish were not biting well. The nds will run excursion trains for ht’s big meeting at which Mr. se STOCKHOLDERS PAY UP. Compelled to Make Up Bank's Short- nge to Depositors. Janesville, Wis., June 20.—M. G pa fte of the law firm of Methers, d Meat, went to Edgerton y to pay over to L. H. Towne, r ceiver of the defunct Bank of Edger- ton the sum of $54,000, the amount sed by the court to cover the liabili- s of the deposijors. Dividends ng to 80 per cent have already and when the depositors re- al amount they wih per cent on their JOHNSON F Ee Discharged From Custody Because of Lack of Evidence. June 20.—Ben John- sted June 9 for the he Wise family, was re the municipal court ny and dismissed on motion ot Attorney Hammens, there not uflicient evidence to convict. “was cengratulated by his friends, Shot by a Woman. vis., June 20. — G. fireman, oh ite as vounded at Maple Gatoee: <b of Seymour. The done by a woman who : to Le Smith's wife. Two shots cd, one entering the left lung. ic trouble is id to be the Croake Got the Decision. Des Moines, Iowa, June 20.—Eddic Crozke of Clinton, Iowa, last night whipped Johnny Graham of Des Moines in the tenth round of what was to have been a twenty-five-round go. The bout between Philadelphia Jack O’Brien and Jim Adams was de- clared no contest after five rounds of fouling and wrestling. Brakeman Killed. Ely, Minn., June 20. — Otis Willig: mann, brakeman on the logging road here, was run over and instantly killed. His body was shipped to his widowed mother. The accident oc- curred while Willigmann was attempt- ing to reach a brake from a load of logs piled on a flat car. His body was badly mutilated. ¢ Hizh School Banquet. Ellsworth, Wis., June 20.—The fifth annual banquet of the Ellsworth High School Alumni association was held at the Hotel Lane Saturday night. Coy- ers were laid for seventy and very elaborate viands were served. ‘A lit- erary and musical programme was ren- dered at the close. General Diment in Charge. Owatonna, Minn., June 20. — The postotiice changed hands, Gen. James M. Diment assuming charge. George D. Holden, ex-register of deeds, hus been appointed assistant postmaster. Free delivery, for which examinations for carriers were recently held, will be inaugurated July 1. Killed in a Ruaaway. Sioux City, Iowa, June 20.—Anthon Kaufsee, a packinghouse employe, was killed’ in a runaway here. He was thrown out of a carriage, breaking his neck. He was a member of Soo camp, Modern Woodmen. In Nick of Time. Madison, S. D., June 20—A fifteen- hour rain has visited this section just in the nick of time and will make grain at least a good half crop. Corn is do- ing finely and feed for stock will now be plenty. . CONVENTION: SECRETLY THIS TREMENDOUS MOST IMPORTANT FORCE IN TO SHOW THEIR HAND. THAT HANNA IS TAKING, BUT HE HANNA AND LITTLE MACK WILL MAKE A CALL. —National Watchman. MINNEAPOLIS TIMES PHILADELPHIA SPECIAL ON REPUBLICAN CORPORATE INFLUENCE IS THE THE GATHERING ORGANIZATION WHICH WILL MAKE UP THR REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. THE COR- PORATIONS WILL WORK IN SECRET UNTIL THEY ARE COMPELLED ITISONLY GUESSING AS TO THE PART HARDLY WILL RUN CONTRARY TO THE MEN WHO WILL CONTRIBUTE SO MUCH MONEY. OTTO GARMICHARL, ny MONEY: BY QUESTION How Shall It Be Treated by the Democratic Platform at Kansas City? Sioux Falls Plank Discussed by Hon. Geo. N. Lam- phere of Minnesota. State Welcome to Boers, and Other State and National Political Points. The following views on the money question, bearing on what should be che issue in the coming campaign, are trom Hon. George N. Lamphere, of St. Paul, formerly editor of the Moorhead News, and ex-member of the State Nermal School Board, and who was a lelegate to the recent Sioux Falls con- vention: The question of imperialism and crusts have of late assumed so prom- iment a place in the public mind as to obscure the question of money which oredominated in the presidential cam- oaign of 1896; but thinking men, who cok beyond the surface of things, realize that the money question is to- jay esisorione pad ‘ens 4p ' a, vemery <3 loudly 23 thea. The withering ef- ‘ects of a money standard that is con- stantly appreciating in value have been somewhat ameliorated by an increase n the gold production from the mines ind from the increased expenditures of che government in prosecuting war. (t has, however, only delayed the sure affects, which will eventually result ‘rom a standard whose volume is in- idequate for the redemption and pay- mert of the enormous obligations ‘harged against it, when the day for quidation shzll_arr‘ Thow it soil 2 fuund that the value of property wiil be reduced to the volume of gold ind the few who own the gold will »wn the property, thus bringing finan- vial ruin upon millions of people. We do not approve of extreme meas- ires. We believe that platforms should be adjusted so as to harmon- ze the beliefs of the largest number sf voters by a process of concession ind adhesion, arrived at on a friendly oasis, without surrendering any para- mount principle, and that while all yoints and questions of reform can- rot be included in a platform, these tan be second after the main ques- tions have been adopted and the suc- 2essful party has assumed the reins of government. For these reasons we would favor the framing of a plat- ‘orm which would not by any extreme jeclaration repress those who are in- ‘ined to co-operate with us on account of accord on other questions by them Jeemed of more urgent importance. Thus while we hold that the money question is at bottom just as im- dortant to-day as it was in 1896, yet by teason of new questions that have risen and threaten the very form of jur constitutional government, we are willing to place these uppermost in this campaign, and appeal to the pa- riotism of voters for their decision, oelieving that they will by a decisive najority sustain the Declaration of In- lependence and the Constitutiua. In our opinion the money plank vdopted by the Populist party in na- donal convention at Sioux Falls, has aot received the attention and has iot been discussed in the Reform press co that extent which its importance ind the excellence of its statement leserves. Let us reproduce the kernel of this plank: “We affirm the demand for the re- ypening of the mints of the United States to the free and unlimited coin- \ge of silver and gold at the present egal ratio of 16 to 1, the immediate nerease in the volume of silver coins ind certificates thus created to. be sub- itituted dollar for dollar, for the bank iotes issued by private corporations under special privileges akion by the law of March 14, 1900, and prior na- tional banking laws, the remaining portion of the bank notes to be re- placed with full legal tender govern- ment paper money and its volume so controlled as to maintain at all times a stable money market and a stable price level.” The above, it seems to us, admirably states the whole question. It declares for bi-metallism and does it squarely and without equivocation. It asks for nothirg new, but simply a restoration priceless rights of freemen? We doubt whether the ingenuity of man can devise a law frought with more baneful injury to the rights and interests of citizens than this gold standard and currency law will be sure to inflict. And ‘yet men doing busi- ness, men who must needs borrow capital to carry it on, approve of it and extol. it as a wise, just and bene- ficent measure. They will awake some day to a realizing sense of their lack of penetration and wisdom. Under such a law panics and finan- cial distresses are as certain to come as that the roll of years shall pass. At the present time there is great activity in the loaning business. Vast amounts are being placed upon land. When the day for the redemption of these loans arrives it will be in the power of the mortgagee to demand payment in gold as “denominated in the bond,” and then the crash will come. The bor- rower will lose his land and the lender will own it. The sheep will be shorn. Then the process will be gone over anew, men will begin again, borrow again and be fleeced again, and the hard working, indus- trious producer, who should have the just reward of his labor and a com- petence in his old age, will become the subject of charity, while the man who works with his brain and manipulates the channels of trade and industry by controlling the money or medium of exchange, will dwell in mansions and roll in wealth and luxury. ' KANSAS CITY PROPOSED MONEY PLANK. We would be glad to have the opin- ion of our editors and other friends upon the following proposed money plank, which will be powerfully advo- cated in the Democratic committee on resolutions, by eastern as well as or- iginal silver men. It is similar to the Sioux Falls declaration, and is ad- vocated as an addition to the re-affirm- ation of the Chicago platform: “We reaffirm the demand for the re- opening of the mints of the United States to the free and unrestricted coinage of silver along with gold, at the existing legal ratio, the im- mediate increase in the volume of immediate increase in the volume of silver coins and certificates thus creat- e d, to be substituted, dollar for dol- lar, for the bank notes issued by private corporations under special privilege granted by law of March 14, 1900, and prior national banking laws, the remaining portion of the bank notes to be replaced with a paper cur- rency issued by the government direct and its volume so controlled by rules laid down by Congress, as to maintain at all times a stable money market and a stable price level. The cur- rency shall at all times be kept at a parity with specie. “The silver coins and certificates and government currency shall be a lawful tender at their par value for of former conditions. It makes a di- rect issue between the parties. It proposes that the new coinage of silv skall take the place of fin équa? ail otiu | of national bank notes and it further | at to replace the remaining amount of such bark notes with gov- ernment paper money. Thus the plank docs not call for dangerous inflation of the currency, but aims to restore to the government the sole right of coining metal money and the issuing of paper money and forbidding the issue of such money from any other source what- ever. Such a demand made into law would result in great benefit to the producer and the debtor, while it would act wreng the ercvitor. It would pre- vent panits and financial stringencies, which under present conditions, are in- evitable, and can be produced at any time by the act-of the bankers enq money loaners. This plank in the platform of the Populist party is preceded by a severe and comprehensive arraignment of the Republican party for the enactment of *+s act of March 14, 1900, which it is claimed deprives the people of their constitutional right over the money of their nation and delegates it to a sigantic money trust. For making all money obligations payable in gold, thus enormously increasing the bur- dens of debtors and enriching credi- tors. For refunding coin bends which do not mature for years into long time gold bonds, making the debt perpetual. For taking from the treasury over $50,000,000 and presenting it as a pre- mium to bondholders to accomplish the refunding of bonds not due. Tor | doubling the capital of Denners by re- ‘urning to them the face valué of their Bonds in current money notes so that the bankers may draw one. interest from the government and another from the people. For allowing banks to ex- pand and contract their circulation at pleasure, thus controlling the prices of all products. For authorizing the secretary of the treasury to issue new gold bonds to an unlimited amount whenever he deems it necessary to re- plenish the gold hoard, thus enabling usurers to secure more bonds and more bank currency by drawing gold from the treasury, thereby creating an end- , less chain for perpetually adding to a perpetual debt. For striking down the ‘greenback in order to force the peo- ple to borrow $346,000,000 more from the banks at an annual cost of more than $200,000,000. It would be difficult to state the evil effects of this law in plainer or more convincing language. The denuncia- tion cannot be successfully met or ex- plained. If the act does not have the effects enumerated, then it will fail of its plain import and purpose to foster the interests for which it was enacted. The two strong points in this denunciation are tHe granting of the power to control the money of the people to private corporations, whose interests are absolutely selfish and to accomplish which men would have to be more than human to refrain from doing; and compelling the people to pay two interests on money, the one by taxation, the other by way of com- pensation for use of money borrowed. The burdens of this method of finance are so heavy and exacting, all for the benefit of a small privileged class, that they appear like a great mountain heaving up on a level plain. While the benefits of the methods proposed by the platform are so great and solu- tary to the great mass of the people, that one might see them though iis cally and intellectually blind. is it possible that intelligent men can be so blinded by partisan prejudice to extol an act that deprives them and their fellow citizens of one of the most all debts public and private, except thenceforth it shall be uflawful to con- tract fer any special torn of money.” Pe POPULIST MONEY ‘PLATFORM. Attention of our editors is specially called to the “silver” plank. of the Sioux Falls convention, the fact that so little comment has appeared, ccn- firming the impression that our edi- tors have been mislead by the Repub- lican press manipulation of the con- vention reports, in that the true plank adopted on that subject was Barbled or omitted altogether. Read the full platform, and Gon will sée that it was not merely a 16 to 1 declaration, but a declaration for gov- ernment money, redeemable in gold and silyer equally coined at the ex- Jisting legal ratio, such soundest of meney to be substituted fer the “rag money” of national baak corporations. Note also the declaration as to main- taining by money issues, a stable price level. This part of the Siovx Falls plat- form was the result of work by Hon. George H. Shibley,,of New York,.and we are informed that this plank and declaration is acceptable to Eastern men like Gorman, and that it is more than likely to be put into the coming Demecrabie platform. | T4E our state papers spent out'their views on the subject. STATE RECEFION TO BOER EN- VOYS. Governor Lind’s weleome:—“Outside of the United States of America I could count the republics of the world on the fingers of my hand. Two of these, professing the same principles which we uphold and framed on the same general lines, are now engaged ina eath Struge:e with a powerful foe. Their representatives are here. Dr. Abraham Fischer, 4 mémber~of the cabinet Of the Orange Free State, raad of the Free State. They have not come to ask us to embroil ourselves on their behalf im the present struggle, but to learn for themselves the truth of the reports that these United States are in sympathy with England in this conflict. ((Cheers, cries of “Never.”) “We welcome these patriots from another section of the world in your behalf, and I know that our hearty re- ception is that which extends also the welcome of nine-tenths of the people of the state. I have only this to say concerning their visit, that they had a right to come to us, to come expect- ing a royal welcome and the sympathy of a sister republic, the sympathy which we could expect and would re- ceive from them were we in their po- sition. (Applause.) “The life of nations 1s at stake. These sturdy republics may not win, but their valor, their patriotism and their bravery will bring them the vic- tory which they deserve at some future day. Our sympathy, plainly and mod- erately expressed, may some day aid them in their struggle. (Cheers.) My friends, the integrity of two republics of South Africa is not all that is in- volved in this struggle, but there are other questions of significance and im- port. The right of those aliens who occupy the soil to exploit its treasures for the benefit of a favored class; is not the least of them. Would that every nation of the world could only take the true significance of this conflict to heart. Would that all might learn the true facts as we shall hear them, with- Raped beat distortion and without exaggera- “I again extend the greetings of the people of Minnesota to our guests and with them our ae welcome to os where 6therwise specified in existing GL halal ext fall,” cofftracts, and it shall be declared ae F Mr. Wessels, president of the Ral Oy Paris cab drivers are on strike. city, and to the great state which we represent.” (Applause.) Following were the resolutions adopted:—Whereas, the State of Min- nesota and its capitol city, St. Paul, . have been honored by the presence amongst us of those eminent Boer citi- zens and envoys, Messrs. Fischer and Wessels, Resolved, that we, the citizens of St. ; Paul, in assembling to extend to our South African friends a hearty wel-/ come, assure them of the strong and’ continued sympathies of our people for; them, their people and the sacred’ cause of liberty that they represent. Resolved, that we exhort them ty! stand steadfast in their glorious de-! fense of their liberties, to meet with} fortitude such temporary reverses as/ may occur, and, like the fathers of the! American Revolution, continue in the prairies and forests the struggle for} that liberty which is their due and’ birth-right; Resolved, that we ask our honored j guests to carry back to their fellow cit- izens and to Oom Paul, the Lion of the! Transvaal, to President Steyn, of the} range Free State, and to his younger} conferees, the best sympathies andi wishes of our people and the prophetic} hopes that soon their efforts will be! successful, and that human freedom in} South Africa will be placed safely ont the deep and enduring foundations on} which our Revolutionary fathers | placed it in this republic; Resolved, that we give to our trienas| the solemn and sacred assurance that at no time, at no place and under noj circumstances will the people of the) United States ally or associate them- selves with any morarchy or aristocra-} cy, or directly or indirectly aid in any, attack upon the liberties of the people, and particularly upon the republics of: South Africa; but on the contrary, will on alland every occasion that may of-| fer itself, protest against such attacks! as they do hereby protest against the! unwarranted attack that has been} made upon the republics of South’ Africa; Resolved, that a copy of these reso- | lutions be presented to our guests and{ forwarded to the president of the} United States and our senators and congressmen.” Said C. D. O’Brien, who was also the author of the resolutions: “The story which the people of South! Africa are telling to the people of this) country is the same old story. It has been told in Ireland and in other coun-} tries by the Irish for more than 700 years. You have before you now, gen-_ tlemen, the living witnesses of the) truth of our assertions about British} oppression. They come to you from} the scene where it is being carried out! to the satisfaction of the British gov-| ernment. And they don’t come here; asking you to take up their cause in! your own thoughts, to hear them andj to give your judgment to your neigh- bor and your friend. We will write, our verdict in no uncertain words S, ee cearerti ca “SOUND MONEY” CAM- id PAIGN. Twin City old soldiers have received! REAL the call of the The Old Soldiers’ Bryan Silver Club of Denver for a con- vention of old soldier Bryan men, to meet during the G. A. R. encampment at Chicago, Aug. 28. The call says:— “BRING YOUR FLAGS, TRANS- PARENCIES, BANNERS, TORCHES, MOTTOES, BADGES, FIFES, DRUMS, BUGLES AND GUIDONS, FOR USE IN THE HALL AND UPON THE STREETS. E ARE GOING TO WHOOP IT UP FOR BRYAN, AS WE DID FOR LINCOLN IN THE DAYS, OF GOOD OLD 60.” Bs ‘ THE POLITICAL PENDULUM. Much of the hope for carrying New York is based on the fact that in 20 elections since 1872 the Democrats have won 10, to the Republicans 9 The menrner in ee Rch the vote has shifted from de to side is shown by the following: 3 Majorities by ae Democrats— 1872—President . + 53,528! 1879—Governor . « 42,72 1880—President .. 21,033 1883—Secretary 18,583 1888—President 13,002; 1893—Secretary 24,484 1894—Goverpor 7156,108" 1296—President 268,400" 1898—Governo’ 17,868} Majorities by the ‘Republicans— a 1874—Governor . » 50,317 1876—President . + 2,818, 1882—Governor . 1884—President . 1888—Governor . 1889—Secretary 1891—Governor .... 1892—President . . 45,518 1897—Judge ...... 60,889 ‘luus the pendulum is how DUE ta swing to the Democracy. - SSS, = a The bubonic plague is increasing at Rio Janeiro. The famine in India continues to grow worse. Sudden tension has developed between Japan and Korea. The German reichstag has voted for an increase in the navy. Colombian government troops hayo been defeated by the insurgents. Moors in Algiers have revolted and are massing for a fight with the French. , British are said to have had a hard fight with Ashantis and suffered a se- vere repulse. Advices received from Japan say the, cabinet, p-es:ded over by Marquis Ya-! magata, has resigned. Japan has protested against the land- ing of alarge force of Russians in China and is apparently preparing to resist the move by the use of force. Wheat advanced 3 cents on the Chi- cago market Friday. Hail stormsin Kansas haye caused great damage to grain. Grain dealers predict the price of wheat will go up to $1. July rete has touched 74 cents as Chicago, u highest point reached since last October, The steamer City of ara has ar- riyed at Port Townsend from Alaska with $400,000 in gold dust. Helen honor at Rega, at Three Oaks, Mich. ioe