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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09
CURIOUS FACTS.

The Esquimaux give the doctor his
zee as soon as he comes. If the patient
RECEIVERS he keeps 1t; otherwise he re-
turns 1t to the family.
The Coliseum of Rome was built 10
accommodate one hundred thousand
spectators. 1t covers five and one-half
acres of land. and was 12O feet high.
Florida is noted for its rivers and
lakes. The st. Johns river is nearly
four hundred miles long. The Indian
river is a salt water lagoon, 165 miles
long and from one to six miles wide.
and is famous for its oranges and pine
apples.
National flowers have been adopted
In various countries as follows: Greece
violet; Canada, sugar maple; Egypt, To-
tus; England, rose; France, fleur dc lis;
Germany, corn flower; Ireland, sham
rock; Italy, lily; Prussia, linden; Sax
ony. mignonette; Scotland, thistle;
Spain. pomegranate; Wales, leek.
1t costs more to send a ton OF goods
from London to the west of Ireland
than to Japan. A ton OF wooden goods
can be forwarded from London to New
York for 81; to Chicago. one thousand
miles inland. for 81. and to Japan for
$40. The same goods sent from Derry
to London cost s14. and from Gweedore.
seventy miles inland, S2i.
According to a prominent London
physician the dangerous habit of rmok-
Ing green tea cigarettes is rapidly grow
Ing and becoming more in use with tn.
women OF England. many OF whom IL
IS now claimed smoke their five O'Clock
.ea instead of drinking 1t. The effect
of the abuse OF the cigarettes upon
heir nervous systems 10 said 20 be er.
remedy bad
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09
Gleason Rated a Discovery.

Andrew Freedman, New Yorks
young president, and Arthur Irwin, the
new manager, have tried to get a real
ball team together for this season. They
have bagged an army of young players,
but could rake in just one man OF
standard worth and tried experience
Fred Pfeffer. And now they are trying
to give him the cold and icy hand. or
in ball parlance, administer unto him
the dinky dink. Pitcher Gleason, late
substitute of Baltimore, discarded
pitcher of several clubs, and now, after
eight years knocking around in the
big league, suddenly discovered to be
the best ball player in the profession,
is the cause of the cold shoulder given
Pfeffer and the new discords which
threaten to spoil the New York team.
When Freedman traded Doyle for Glea,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09
BLEACHED HER HAIR.
Now She Is Insane and May Never Re.
cover.

Now She Is Insane and May Never Re-
cover.
Confined in an asylum at Amityville.
l.. l., with small hope OF recovery, is
Dell De Forrest. the handsome vaude-
Vile actress. who has won fame in
many cities with her "whirlwind
dance" She labors under the halluci-
nation that her life is in peril from peo-
pie who are trying to chloroform her
or poison her by means OF her food. Her
condition was brought about by sev-
eral agencies, Of which peroxide of n.y.
drogen, used for bleaching the hair, is
said to form an important part. Eight
years ago. being then poular 1S-year-
old belle of Newark, N. j., Miss De For
rest, who had achieved considerable
success as an amateur dancer, took to
the professional stage, and almost i'm
mediately won pronounced success.
Contrary to the wish and eutreaty OF
relatives and friends, she decided to
bleach her hair, although the danger
of such course was pointed out by a
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09
Baseball Gossip.

Peter Cassidy, Louisville's new first
baseman, has had a splinter of bone
taken out of his wrist by means of the
X rays.
"Jiggs" PARROT was put out OF a
game the other day for calling an UNI
pire liar.
The Norfolk Cva) team shut out the
Bostons. in 9 .six-inning game, 6 to o.
Then the Virginians had the game
called. Duffy and his crowd stood out
In the wet for half an hour after the
hilarious Norfolk team had left the
grounds
A young man of IS. named Dexter, is
playing center field for Louisville, and
is said to be wonder. He will have to
be to keep up with Clark and Holmes.
two OF the best men. batting and base
running considered, playing in any out
field in the league.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09
VERY PRETTY. BUT WICKED.
Had Soft Hair snd Glowing Checks, but
Was Old In Crime.

hsd sort Hair snd Glowing Checks, but
Was Old In Crime.
In the gloom of Yorkville police court
among the wretched group of prison.
ers and blear-eyed human wrecks hud-
died in vile pen, there stood yester-
day morning a girl of such pleasing
presence, such soft hair and glowing
cheeks that even her fellow prisoners
stood apart from her as IL they felt
instinctively that she was not of their
kind. says the New York Journal. AS
she stood there, weeping bitterly, she
presented such a forlorn appearance
and looked so utterly woe-begone that
you felt your heart fill with sympathy
for her. Surely. you thought, there
must be some mistake in this. The
ponderous machinery OF justice In its
evolutions must have slipped a cog
when 1t seized this young creature.
But there is danger in judging by ap-
pearances. This baby-faced young
creature was not what she seemed.
When her case came before the magis-
uate every one in the court room felt
shock OF surprise, which was quick
~ succeeded by a feeling OF grim sat-
isfaction when her punishment was
announced. Her name is Josie Plain
and she lives at SS7 East S7th street.
She is is years old. George oestreicher.
detective in Bloomingdale's dry
goods store, charged her with shoplift-
ing.
didn't" sobbed the girl ct didn't!
l didn't! l never stole in my life"
Magistrate Flammer looked sympa-
thetic and the court attendants
scowled at the detective. But that
functionary. grinning at the girls pit
iful appearance, said:
You're honor. she's a pretty bad
egg. She's been in our store on pre-
vious Saturday nights and always went
out without buying anything.
watched her last night and followed
her round the store. She took a lace
collar, fourteen yards of fine lace. a
leather boa, two pairs OF silk hose and
feather fan, all OF the best quality In
he store. They were worth about
i21.
L followed her out of the store and
aid: Come in and see the super Who
re your she asked me. An officer
aid. And what do you wantY You
'ot some fine goods Yes she said
nth laugh. Well. the best isn't good
nough for me- took her into the
tore and made her disgorge. she told
she was n cigarmaker."
The prisoner now looked up and said:
found the things on the floor your
onor."
But his honor had ceased TO look
'mpathetic and without even a spark
pity committed her in $500 bail for
ial.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09

borrowed a horse during the after.
noon and started for Rock Island. TAX.
Ing with him his wages, amounting "a
nearly $50. Two hours later the rider
less horse galloped back TO the house.
Bastian said he started out to look for
the rider and found his body half a
mile away.
There were several bad cuts on
kuschmann's head, caused. so Bastian
said, by the horse dragging him along
the road. kuschmann's leg was tan
gled In the straps of the saddle, which
lay beside him. Two hundred yards
away lay his coat, and stu farther
down the road 81 were found. Several
neighbors helped Bastian put Kusch-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09

. sns,'s BODY in his buggy. and II was
taken to Weigle's home. The coroners
Jury the next day returned verdict OF
accidental death. The dead mans rel
atives and Sheriff Hemenway were not
satisfied and began an investigation.
Large blood clots we're found In Bas-
tian's buggy. and the wounds on exam
nation were found free from dirt. The
doctors further said they were infiict-
ed with an ak. No trace Of the mans
money has been discovered.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09

deceased miners It was customary TO
place a brief inscription reciting some
virtue OF the departed. On one grave
stone were the words: II never drank
whisky Another inscription read: L
always paid my debts These and
other commendable characters were
outlined on the various stones tn the
cemetery, on one OF which, however.
was the following philosophic and
unique reading: James o'Brien, dup
my damndest.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09
G. S. STRATTON


team. Stratton took part that year in
hity-iour championship games, in fifty
vi winch he filled the pitchers position,
again ranking high in that position, as
wen as standing ninth as batsmau, in
held OF one hundred and thirty-three
players. He began the season of 1891
with the Pittsburg club, OF the National
League, but finished IL with the Louis
ulles, taking part with the latter in
thlrty championship contests, in eight
cen OF which he officiated as pitcher.
and ranked second In that position in
tne oihcial averages of the American
association for that year. Stratton re-
NAMED with the Louisville team after
the American Association and National
League were consolidated, during the
winter OF 1891 and 1892, taking part
curing the latter year in sixty cham
pionship games. He was reserved for
tne season of 1898, taking part that
year In ffty-eight championship con-
tests, In thirty-five of which he occu-
pieu the pitchers position, and he rank
GU second In the official pitching aver
ages OF the major league. He began
.ne season OF 1894 with the Louisvilles.
uut hnished with the Chicagos, taking
part that year in thirty-three cham
pionship contests, ranking near the top
vi the list in the official batting aver
ages OF the major league. He began
'ne season of 1895 with the Chicago
.'uo' but finished with the st. Paul
cam OF the Western League, taking
part with the latter in forty-five cham
pionship contests, ranking high as a
patsman, and standing second as an
vuuneider In the official averages of that |
,eague. Undoubtedly STATIONS most |
successful year was in 1890, when Lou
swine under the able and efficient man.
s.nent OF John c. Chapman, succeed
" IN landing the American Association
rernant' That year Chapman virtual
= nau a team of untried and inexperi-
lieu players, but thorough discipline
anu clever team work enabled him TO
yoIa champions out of them, and de-
up SUCH noted players as Harry Tay-
NJ ana Hugh Jennings. Stratton is
re- earIy six feet high and weighs about
$50 pounds. Oo1'
|
s.ia anager Irwin Of the New York team
oa u IN speaking about the men he had
with him: Il never before in
- ,ong experience as a manager had
dr. .narge team Of players who con-
= we" themselves in so gentlemaniy
~ name. "a as did the New York players
- sne recent trip. Every man seemed I
r NJ unler into practice with the determi- |
owonD 10 do his best, and each and !
ny one trained conscientiously and !
honestly. I regret that we did not !
,., better weather, but the results at ,
stano.,e even under such adverse circum- d
tbors warrant me in saying that \
your. many a conner among the S
raw .S. AS for the old players can 4
'Here Is not a has been among c
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09
Depew's Latest story.

Chauncey Depew has picked up new
story which runs something like this:
I'm one Of the mining towns of the west
1t was customary for the miners to have
elaborate funerals. The more loxly
the miner, the more ostentatious was
the funeral. On the tombstones. Of the
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09

PITCHER GLEASON.
son people remarked that Hanlon had
been given a good bargain-he had
parted with fair, fast and lively little
man, and had received one 20 per cent.
better as player and 40 per cent. more
valuable to the Baltimore club. But
down in New York the scrlbes and the
maenates are exultant; they hold Glea-
son up as the discovery of the season,
the best player on earth. and make him
captain of the team!
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09
calumet Houghon County. Michigan Saturday.

them, and every one showed ,rn-ou.
ihent over his last seasons play Il,
70 that Keeling and spirit for team work
instead OF striving for individual excel-
renee and records that encouraged ma
more than anything else. and look for
W., ~vnueriui results as the outcome.
mere is not lame arm or Charley
morse In the bunch. Fuller Ia slight
~ lame; but that is the only ailment
me men-youngsters and veterans
showed up so surprisingly strong that
haruiy know whom to select and shall
rely on the outcome of the preliminary
series at the Polo Grounds to settle nv
nina as to the best team to select 10
represent the metropolis"
The old Cincinnati Red Stacking
prayed forty-three games during the
season OF 1868, meeting all the best
o,uos IN the country. winning thirty
SIX and losing seven. On June G they
met the Athletics of PHILADELPHIA. who
were on western trip, and the latter
won by 20 to Is. The Atlantics, Brook
iyn, visited Cincinnati that year, and
on June defeated the Reds by 40 to ~.
On August "A the Unions of Morr!sania
also defeated the Reds by - to 8. The
REDS took an eastern trip in Septem-
per OF that year and were beaten by
the olympics Of Washington, by % to
.; Athletics, of Philadelphia, by Is to
IL; heystones of Philadelphia, by "a
70 ~ and the Atlantics CT Brooklyn, by
81 to -.
A dispatch from Boston says that NJ.
D. Slattery, a well-known player, for
merly Of the New Yorks and other
clubs, was badly cut with a knife in the
hands OF Con Murphy, alias Charles E.
Burke. who was trying to escape APP
prehension for the theft of a coat and
waistcoat from clothing store in that
CITY, where Slattery is employed as a
salesman. Slattery caught Burke, and
despite his wound, held him until help
arrived. Burke says he lives at Chi
cago.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09
4 ATlNCT ANIMALS
F THE MAMMOTHS RETURNED
TO EARTH ONCE MORE.
dinosaurs and Dodos Would Cause Con-
s'ern"t'on Among Present Day AMI
mails Human ms Well as Brute-A
Realistic Picture.

I Is a good thing.
on the whole, that
the extinct animals
are extinct. because
a dinosaur. a dodo,
or a megatherium
returning to earth
at the present time
would create more
trouble than he
would be worth.
NOh0dy wou1dkpow
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09

having been born October 2, 1869, at
Campbelsburg, KY. and is looked upon
as one of the best educated players In
the profession. At an early age his
parents took up their residence at
Taylorsyille, that state, and 1t was
while attending school there that he
began to play ball. He first tried his
hand on first base, and also did little
catching. but finally took to pitching
only. In 1888 he went to Louisville. and
was given a trial as pitcher by John
Kelly, the once noted ex-umpire, who
was then managing the Louisvilles. He
Immediately took to the front rank as
a pitcher, fielder and batsman, taking
part that year in sixty-five champion
ship contests, in thirty-four Of which
he filled the pitchers position, and in
the remaining games he played in the
outfeld, ranking high as a batsman,
while he stood seventh as a pitcher in
the official averages of the American
association. He was re-engaged for the
season of 1889. taking part that year in
sixty-two championship games, in nine
teen OF which he ofliciated in the pitch
ers box, while the remaining games
were played in various positions on the
team. He remained with the Louis
villes during the season of 1890. which
was made one of the most memorable
In the history of the game on account
of the revolt of the players from the
National League. and the organization
OF the illfated Players League. and in
cidentally was the only year that Louis
Vile ever had champion professional
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09

Calve could draw check for 800 900
that would be honored. She possesses
much landed property in France. is
heavily interested in stocks and bonds.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09
DONE IN COLD BLOOD.
SEVEN MURDERS CHARGED To
HENRY r. BASTIAN.
He Lived Double Life and Was n
Member of the Church ut tho Time
the Finger of Suspicion Was Directed
at Him.

HE crimes OF Hen
ry +. Bastian have
startled the people
OF Rock Island and
a large section OF
Illinois.
On b a s I 1 a ms
farm on M IL !
Creek, ten men un-
der The direction
of Sheriff Hemen-
way have dug sew
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09
BASEBALL GOSSIP.
CURRENT EVENTS AND CON-
MENT ON THE DIAMOND.

r scott stratton of the 81. Paul Club
of the Western League-Thc Old Gin
slnnati Red stockings-Irwin on New
York PIsyers
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09

S c o 7 T STRAIT
ton, who was for
several seasons a
very clever pitcher,
but is now one OF
the leading bats
men and outflelders
Of the Western
League. Is a true
b orn American,
coming of good
old Kentucky stock,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-01

of this attractive number are a play by Sir
Walter Besant and Walter Herries Pollock
IN collaboration, and a short story by Mrs.
Deland. the latter containing a forcible
lesson TO philantropists engaged IN social
reforms. James Lane Aliens serial. But
ternies, is a series Of charming pictures
OF rural life.
Something new in the line OF periodicals
is Cosmopolis, an international Review.
issued simultaneously in London, Paris,
Berlin and New York, and composed in
equal parts of English, French and Ger
man text by leading writers. No transia-
lions will be given. each contribution APP
pearing in its original language. The maya
zine is intended for the especial use Of those
whose acquaintance with modern languages
enables them to follow closely the various
literary, political, artistic and scientific
movements shaping the life of foreign coun-
tries. The English department of the Re-
view contains the first chapters of Robert
Louis Stevenson's unfinished story, Weir
or OF Hermiston,' a paper by Sir Charles
very interesting review of Hardy's Jude
the Obscure" by Edmund Gosse. A feature
of especial interest is a critical summary
OF literature by Andrew Lang, to appear
In each number. The English stage viii be
discussed by A. Il. -Walkley in the same
manner, while Henry Norman, who has at
tanned some recent celebrity as war"
correspondent, will offer political chroni-
Gle. French and German writer's will keep
readers in touch with the literature. drama
and politics of their countries. Among the
Anatole France, Francisque Sarcey, Theo-
dore Mommsen and Frederick Spielhagen.
Whether a sufficient number of people of
cosmopolitan tastes and lingual accomplish
odical remains to be seen, but at least it is
an enterprise worthy OF note. ..t
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-01

State. but ii contained just enough Of
the double district" evil to bring It I'M
der the rule OF the court. The rigid rule
applied TO this act was, of course, fatal
to the far more fragrant one of 1893, and
both go by the board AS those of 1891
and 1879 have been held unconstitutional
in previous decisions, that Of 1885 be-
comes the only existing valid sppor-
tionment law of the State.
The political BEARINGS of the decision
are of far less consequence than its
moral results. Whether an election I'M
der the apportionment of 1885 will re-
turn Republican or Democratic Legis-
lature is of small concern compared with
the Importance OF having it settled that
the Legislature cannot violate the Con-
stitution and that gerrymandering in In
diana is at an end.
The line of argument pursued by the
court in declaring its right and duty to
apply the test of the Constitution to all
laws is similar TO that used in recent
decisions by the supreme courts of other
States, and will materially strengthen
the weight of judicial opinion in favor
of that view. The moral effect of the
decision is a victory for honest politics.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-01
THE FOLLOWER SENATOR'S.

The Supreme Court, in it's decision,
practically holds that the Legislature of
1895, elected upon an apportionment
which 1t has declared to be unconstitu-
tional, is a valid body. 1t has declared
that Legislature can be elected Under
the provisions of the apportionment act
of 1885. Under the provisions of that
act, in 1886, but twenty-five Senators
were elected, twenty-five holding over
under the Constitution, which declares
that 'one-half, as nearly as possible,
shall be chosen biennially forever there
after" If a Supreme Court should un-
dertake to declare that the part of the
Senate which holds over is not con-
stitutional and legally elected body it
would make it impossible to elect a Sem
ate without open violation Of the Consti-
tuition. Furthermore, the Senate is the
sole judge of the election and qualifica-
tons of its members, and Senate hav-
ing passed upon the elections and quail
fications of the hold-over Senator'S, it
would seem a palpable violation of the
Constitution for a court to interfere to
say that they are not Senators.
In this connection a few pages of re-
cent history may be instructive. The
Legislature of 1898 was elected under the
apportionment Of 1891 In December.
1892, few weeks after it's election, and
more than two weeks before the as
sembling- of the Legislature, the Supreme
Court declared the apportionment law
of 1891 unconstitutional. Did any one
raise the question of the invalidity Of
that Legislature? If any one did it at
tracted no attention. The Legislature
of 1893 met with the knowledge that it
was elected upon an apportionmsnt
which, after the election, the Supreme
Court declared to be unconstitutional
and organized. Governor Hovey, and
Governor Matthews after him. recog-
nized its constitutionality, the latter by
approving its acts and carrying into
effect its laws. The Supreme Court
recognized the body of 1893 as valid
Legislature ~ passing upon the consti.
tutionality of several OF it's acts. The
Legislature OF 1898, elected upon an APP
portionmeat declared unconstitutional
after its election. passed an apportion-
ment act which Governor Matthews ap-
proved. Moreover. this Supreme Court