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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
IsITUATIoN AT LEAoVlLLe.
sIxty-Five Non-Union Miners Are Put to
Work.

Fulton. Ills. Sept. 2s.-Fire starting
passed without an attack on any OF
the mines. although the strikers are
very much excited over the importa'
tion of miners from Missouri by the
Small Hopes company. In the neigh
borhood of the hex mine, where a
guard Of thirty soldiers was stationed.
there was some shooting early Satur-
day morning but so far as knowl no
one was injured. The shooting was
started by men who did not approach
closely enough to be clearly seen by the
sentries and who fled when the guard
returned the fire.
The sixty-fve non-union miners
brought in from Missouri Friday were
put 10 work Saturday morning in the
Marian, Emmett and Small Hopes
mines. They will be lodged and fec
In the Emmet shaft house, which Will
be well guarded. w III. Shaw. who
produced these men I'm Missouri. said
Saturday there were 300 men registered
for Leadville at first. but that when
they came 10 take the train on
Wednesday night all but seventy-siN
had "hunked The cause of this he
said was fear. Last Sunday letter
supposed TO be from some member OF
| the Leadville Miners union reached
| Joplin and went the rounds OF the
| miners, who had agreed 10 take the
| places OF the strikers. II warned al
! Missouri miners TO keep away from
| Leadyille or they would be killed a;
| soon as they reached the depot. Oi
| the seventy-six who started for here
| eleven deserted during the night time
| The Missourians say they are to re-
| ceive SO and $3.50 a day here. In Mis-
souri their pay ran from $l.25 to sl.i'
| per day. Shaw says all of them are
| American citizens as he was instruct
| ed to hire no others.
| The success of S. w. Mudd, manager
| of the Small Hopes company. in re
placing the strikers on his properties
has encouraged other mine manager
10 do likewise. George Campion vii
start up the Bison mine with ful
crew. The men necessary to do TINS
are said TO be now in Leadville. bu
they are not members of the Miners
union. The Bison is the largest irol
producer in the district. An agent o
the mine owners is in Missouri hirin
| men. The mine owners hope TO kee
the troops here thirty or sixty day
and 10 resume work in all of the mine
that have been closed on account c
this can be accomplished withou
further destruction of property, an
probably loss of life, but IL is hope
: before the national guard Is withdraw
by the governor 10 rid the camp OF IN
men who instigate deeds of violence.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
BIG STORM IN EUROPE.
Germany and France Suffer from Gales
and Heavy Rain.

London. Sept ga Berlin dispatch
to The Standard reports great damage
to have been done. and many casual
ties caused by the storm. An Eng
lish bark with all hands has foundered
near Borkum island, near the mouth
of the Ems. A barge was capsized on
the Upper Elbe and six persons were
drowned. Warning guns are being
fired at Hamburg. The Elbe has risen
twelve feet and many small vessels
have been torn from their moorings'
Cellars have also been flooded. The
Ems has overflowed and the Town or
Ribe. containing about 1000 people and
situated in Jutland, has been SUD-
merged.
Paris, Sept 2S.-A storm equal IN
violence to a hurricane is raging
throughout France and on all the
coasts. Much damage has been done
10 property A schooner has been
driven ashore at Mieiles, near Cher
bourg. The mail boats at Marseilles
have been delayed. their departure pe'
ing impossible on account OF the tenn
pest. The men-of-war have been or
dered TO shelter until the wind sub
sides.
London. Sept. 2S.-Advices received
here from Spain, France and the west
| of England show that numerous
wrecks have occurred on the coasts
and that the gale has done much dam
| age everywhere.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
Iire al Mnncic. Ind.

Muncie. Ind. Sept. 2s.-The 5. c.
Goshorn & Son butter dish factory was
destroyed by fire Friday evening. the
loss is $4,000 with $500 insurance.
distributed in the following companies:
Philadelphia Underwriters. I,5oV; Pa
ci6o of New York. $1,000: Merchants
Of New Jersey. $1,000; Milwaukee Me-
chanics. $4,000. Ohio Farmers. $1,000:
phoenix of Hartford, $1,000. Three
million wooden dishes were burned. ;.
c. Goshorn was overcome by heat and
Is in a dangerous condition. II was
the only factory of the kind out of the
trust. and the destruction of the ma
chimes makes II impossible to rebuild
as the trust holds all butter dish ma
pbinaS
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
Steamer Hone sighted.

North sydney. c. b, Sept. 2S-The
peary expedition steamer Hope is just
ma ssing i'm here. She left st. Johns, y.
r July 10 last. touched at Halifax on
July l6. and latter passed sydney on
her way north with Lieutenant PeaIy'
Professor All Burton and George IL
Burton. OF the Massachusetts institute
of Technology; G. y. Putnam assist :
ant i'm the United States coast ana
geodetic survey; Professor Ralph =
Tarr Of Cornell university: Professor
A. c. Gill, and others on board. The
main object of the cruise was to brins
home a forty-ton meteorite which was
discovered by Lieutenant Peary al
Cane York
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
LONG And SHORT NAN
Another Daring HoId-Up Accom-.
plished in Chicago.
SIXTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS TAKEN

DhNnEht OF hohty ihtg ihtehuSu ~ ~
Their Employes-In Escaping the Men
Shoot a Nilkman In the Leg aud Drive
on with His Wsgon-Attempted safe
Robbery,
Chicago. Sept 2s.-Two robbers
walked into the Office of the Western
Foundry company at Albany avenue
and Thirty-ninth street just before
o'clock Friday afternoon, held up five
men who were in the office. took $1,000
from the treasurer's desk and got
away, firing at their pursuers as they
went. Policemen i'm three patrol wag-
ons and eighty workmen from the
foundery followed the robbers. who
were in a buggy. but the pursuers were
too far in the rear at the beginning of
the chase. The buggy of the robbers
was broken by a collision with post
at California avenue and Thirty-siXth
street. Then the ran across lots and
seized a milk wagon. fired bullet IN
the milkman's leg and sped away In
the vehicle as fast as the horse could
go. The milk wagon was afterwarc
recovered at Thirty-third place and
Oakley avenue. where the robbers left
it.
More than a dozen shots werefired
by the robbers and at them, but no one
was hit but Frank Nyholt, the milk
man. The police were too late 10 gel
sight of the robbers or take part in the
shooting. The robbery, flight and pur'
suit is accounted one of the most thrill
| ing events in the history of Brighton
Park. These robbers were a long anC
short man. But they differed in ap
pearance from the famous long anC
short pair who held up many stores las
| spring and summer. These men wor'
| masks i'm the shape of false boards ant
| one Of them Is known TO have worn
| wig. Two boards and a wig were foun'
| in the buggy which they abandone'
| after wrecking 1t i'm the collision. The,
| also left two soft hats in the buggy
| They were the hats the men wore whe
| they made the five men I'm the found
| cry Office stand up in line while the
took the stacks of money and wen
| away
The Western Foundry company In
tended paying off it's force of men FRI
day afternoon. The 1.600 the robber
got was the cash which had just bee
drawn ont OF the bank for that pui
pose less than an hour before. AS
consequence the eighty employees
the foundery went home without the
wages for the last half of the montl
The robbery took place at S:4j o'clocl
Fifteen minutes before that ID.
O'Nen. president Of the Wester
Foundry company and a. NJ. Rourk
secretary and treasurer, returned to II
office with the money which they DIRE
out OF the Union National bank at
O'Clock 20 make up the semi-month
payroll The money was all in bills e'
cept $50. which was in silver dolla
and fractional currency. 1t made
. bulky lot and the two men divided
10 carry il TO the office more easily.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
pouble Tragedy at New Orleans.

New Orleans. Sept. ga double
tragedy occurred in a Bourbon street
boarding house Saturday morning
Harry Goldsmith. a solicitor for de-
benture company. and Joseph Gold
stein. a clothing drummer. board In the
house. Recently they have been play
ING FRANKS on each other. Saturday
morning they quarreled about joke
that Goldstein had perpetrated on Gold
smith The latter secured his revolver
and asked Goldstein to his room ana
shot him twice In the head lnhle,ins
mortal wounds. Goldsmith then
turned the pistol to his own head ana
blew out his brains. Both men are
Young and unmarried.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
r,,.n,v.Four Hour Bicycle Race.

Chicago. Sept. 2s.-The twenty-four-
hour race at the Coliseum was won
Friday night by Louis Gimm OF Pitts
hurp who rode 4s6 miles and l,lol
vards breaking his own American
rscord Of asa miles LIS yards by 81
niles 43s yards. and coming within 4'
miles s42 yards of Rivierres wor,u
record of $50 miles l'4sS yaras ior ,ne
same time. He beat FRANK Wsiei'
who rode i9O miles at Agriculture, ha.i,
London. by miles l5S yards Waier
was second, and Schinner oil TINS cry
third. with 462 miles 56I yaros 10 ms
credit. c. w. Miller. who In the oe-
ginning OF he race broke the amer ,
lean SO and 100 miles records nhisheu aa
fourth, having ridden ios miles |S'
yards
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
Nearly roualed a worlds Record.

Milwaukee, Sept. 2S.-Edward j. Bach
Of Milwaukee won the great Evening
Wisconsin road race from Pewaukee 10
Milwaukee. a distance of twenty miles.
His time was 53:ll. The time winner
was Anton Stoltz OF Milwaukee. who
covered the distance in 1880. This IS
within a few seconds OF the world
record for that distance on the road
Herman Lock Of Lyons. Wis" who
started from scratch, finished two Sec
onds after Stoltz. and gets second time
prize The race was the event OF the
season i'm bicycle circles and the mn
ish attracted an immense crowd on up
nor Gran nNnnue.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
Fonnd SO, 900 i'm Gold.

Port Arthur Ont, Sept. 2S-A ter
,,lla hush fire is raging in the vicinity
of Fort william. The flames have en-
tered the town. Browns terrace on
Archibald street has been burned ana
the Roman Catholic church has been
several times on fire. The residents
are moving their goods. The wind is
blowing a gale and unless 1t subsidies
u will he impossible to save the town
and the immense grain elevators OF the
Canadian Pacific railway. The steam
FIRE engine has been dispatched from
thte town.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28

Denver. Sept 2S.-The washouts on
the Rio Grande and Western railroad
west OF Grand Junction. Col. are much
more severe than was imagined possi-
BILE when the news first reached the
Headquarters OF the railway IN TINS
city. The latest reports show that the
Rio Grande and Western road VIII
have TO be practically rebuilt for a dis.
tance OF fifteen or twenty miles. and
great hills OF mud must be removed
before the track in other places.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
Excitement on a Train.

Madison. Wis. Sept. 2s.-Henry Rorh-
er of Madison. while trying 10 arouse a
sleeping passenger on Chicago and
Northwestern train coming into this
city Friday night. was severely handled.
Rorher was taking a straw vote OF the
passengers on the financial question.
and attempted TO arouse a man asleep
in the smoking car by shaking him vio-
lently and exclaiming Gold or sill
ver?" The passenger sprung up and
attacked Rorher. causing intense eN-
citement The parties were finally sep
arated Rorhcr was somewhat the
uorsa FOR the encounter
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
N,ch wanted Man Arrested.

Kansas City. Sept. Csc w L.
Heaton, a man with dozen ahases
and said TO be wanted in severai parts
NJ the country for forgery and other
crimes, has been arrested here, charged
with swindling a Colorado JeweIer'
Three months ago Heaton hnlsheo
term in the Missouri penitentiary lot
forgery. He Is an associate OF w
Ash. with number of aliases, VINO Is
-......oa In the west for forgery.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
rouud Dead in a stable Yard.

Mascoutah. Ills. Sept 2S-Fred sic
her. a young man of good appearance
who came here from East ST. LOUIS
was found dead in the stable yard OF
hotel Friday morning His skull was
crushed in. lie had been making Trips
through the country selling goods To
farmers and the supposition is that he
came in late at night, and, while at
tempting to unhitch, was kicked TO
aoo,t hx- his horses
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28

Wilmington. Del Sept. Ex-senator
Gray will speak at the ratihcaiioh
meeting Of the gold standard Demo
Gratis on Oct. !. lie VIII FAVOR Palmer
and Buckner. This Is the hrst dehnite
announcement OF the senator mat ne
viii support the third ticket
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28

y on suIpIooov-'sc ldeS SinqsllId
the floor I'm log cabin mat s'ahos on
the Maumee river several miles south
of here. formerly occupied by hermit
by the name of Fosdick Hutchins' so =
600 in gold was found. Hutehins, who
died several months ago. was though :
to be a pauper. as he begged food
"a clnthinc from the people.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
Min. Bushes. Houses Hurned.

Essex. Ia, Sept 2s.-Five business
houses were entirely consumed ana the
contents of four others praetlcaily iu-
ined by fire Friday night. The town
has no facilities for lighting hre' ana
shenandoah and Red oak were called
on for assistance. which was sent.
The losses will aggregate $1,000. In
surance not yet known
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
x,.con.,n Christian Endeavor.

Madison. Wis. Sept 2s.-There was
q largely increased attendance at the
Wisconsin Christian Endeavor union
Governor Upham in his
address OF welcome TO the delegates
saturday morning. took occasion to de
clare himself I'm favor of woman sur
frage. He said that the women hold
the greater share Of morality and there
Is no reason why they should not vote.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28

Cleveland. O.. Sept. 2s.-At the Ma
tional Carpenters and Joiners conven-
tion a sum Of 81 900 was voted TO assist
the carpenters Of Buffalo I'm carrying oa
their fight for an eight-hour work day.
The blue label of the National Union OF
Tobacco workers was approved by the
convention and the boycott against the
American Tobacco company vas IN
iorsed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
cnllern Dcstrnred hy Firr.

Fulton. Ills. Sept. 26.-Fire starting
at 1880 Saturday morning totally de-
stroyed the Northern Illinois college.
entailing a loss OF 100000. Much OF
the apparatus was saved. Thirty stu
dents who were in bed escaped with
slight injury tc one of the number
one fireman was hart by falling walls
and the whole crew were forced TO hght
.bafr vnN ont
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
ru.,v. un,dred People Made Happy.

Lawrence. Mass. Sept. 2S-Agent j
I. Miniken OF the Everett mills. posted
a notice on the min gates stating that
the mill will resume operations on Oct
g. The mill has been closed since July
10 and employed 1900 hands.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28

New Orleans. Sept 2s.-General Eu-
cid Borland. treasurer OF the city OF
New Orleans. died at Norfoik, Va,
Saturday morning General Borland
had been ailing for several years. lie
was elected 10 the office OF city treas
urer last April but owing To vi health
had not been officiating since his cleo
ton
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
,,,.r,c.n Narchioness Decorated.

Havana. Sept 2s.-The queen regent
has decorated the Marchioness de
Apeztegui. an American. with the order
Of the Noble Ladies Of Maria Luisa
The marchioness Is well known for her
-. u, rita LII. works.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
ts, the sheriff Be More successful.

Ava. Mo-, Sept. 2s--Al b. Gibson, a
,.oung farmer living ten miles from
sore shot and killed his wife Friday
~ ,hen made an unsuccessful at
~, u mon his own life. Gibson ee-
o, ousad his wife Of being too free WIN
another man
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
WARRNG RELEGATES.
Exciting Time at Massachusetts
Democratic Convention.
SILVER MEN CAPTURE THE HALL.

ain Possession All Night aud the
Cold Men Decide to Hold "A Convention
of Their Own In FanueiI MAILMAN Kill
ed by Electricity During the Night and
the Event Causes Much Excitement
Among the silverites.
Boston. Sept 2S.-One of the most re-
markable political incidents in the his
tory Of Massachusetts was enacted In
Music han Friday night and Saturday
i; ming Acting under the direct ad-
w OF Hon. George Fred Williams.
r. Ifree silver leader of the state, his
friends seized the hall and took pos
session of it after the adjournment OF
the rally, at which Candidate Bryan
had spoken. Their purpose, as openly
announced, was to remain in posses
sion Of the hall until the Democratic
state convention assembled Saturday
forenoon, the determination being the
result of the charge made by Mr.. Will
Jams that the state committee leaders
intended to pack the hall in the in
terest of the men opposed TO the Chi
cago platform and candidates. When
the silver men announced that they
intended TO remain in the hall until
the convention was over. a large force
Of police began to form on one side OF
the hall and ON the streets nearby and
1t was rumored that the delegates
would be elected by the officers.
Police Instructed to Withdraw.
But representatives Of the silver men
conferred with General Martin of the
board of police. and in spite of the ef-
fort OF the gold men TO secure an order
for the election of the opposition dele
gates, the blue coats were instructed
to withdraw. and the waiting silver
men proceeded to kill time by speech
making. card-playing and singing
Then the manager of the building
requested them to disperse, and when
they refused policemen were stationed
at the doors under orders to allow any
one who wished to go out but not 70
permit any return. Caterers bearing
a lunch ordered by the silver cohorts
were refused admission, and then the
tired and hungry politicians began tc
exercise their ingenuity in an effort tt
| smuggle refreshments into the build
| ing. The most tragic and serious In
| cident of the night resulted from these
persistent attempts to secure supplies
| James Hughes. delegate from Somer
| VILE losing his life in an effort 10 ge
| out of the hall by fire escape in TN
rear. Hughes was preparing TO juml
to the ground, fifteen feet below wheI
his foot slipped and in trying to saw
| himself. he seized wire dangling nea
The wire was live one. and with al
| agonized cry, Hughes fell senseless ol
| the fire escape and then tumbled TO tn
ground. where he died before any on
/ could reach him.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
..,,.r Declines tho Nomination

Albany. y. Y. sept 2S.--John Boyd
Tnaeher has declined the Democratic
nomination for governor IN his state
ment 70 the notification committee.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
Declared IL Was Murder.

The news Of the accident reached the
delegates in the hail. and they were
aroused TO the highest pitch OF eN-
citement when Hon. j. II. Mullen an
nouced IL from the platform and de-
clared that 1t was a murder for whlch
the gold members of the state commit
tee were responsible. There were sew
eral speeches in criticism of the COM
mittee. and resolutions on the death OF
Mr.. Hughes were finally agreed upon
70 be presented to the convention. The
gathering soon quieted down again.
and while card playing was resumed py
many. the majority went 70 sleep.
A few minutes before ii O'Clock Hon
George Fred Williams, with Secretary
Dennison OF the Bryan -Sewall-Will-
Jams club and a number of delegates
left the American house for Music hall.
They declared that all the delegates
holding credentials should be admitted
m the hall. About the same time the
gold men at the quincy house were
nreparing to march to the hall. the
| GOLD men at the quincy house sent a
| committee of two members to Music
| hall TO ascertain IL the gold delegation
| would be admitted when 1t appeared az
| the doors. The committee reported thal
| they could not get near the doors, aho
| the gold delegates then decided -
| march TO the hall at noon and deman
| admission IL they We're not notlnedpe
| fore that they could get in
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28
Two Conventions Held.

Williams announced that the people
outside who were unable to gain admis-
sion to the hall would soon be permit
ted to occupy another hall and ratity
the action Of the delegates locked In
Music hall. Hon. j. II. Mullen OF
Worcester was elected temporary
chairman of the Music hall delegates A
committee was then appointed TO look
for another hall
The Music hall convention nominat-
ed George Frederick Williams for gov
ernor. =,
The state committee decided to hold
the regular" convention in Fanueil
hall AT 1 o'clock About 1000 delegates
headed by band. marched to the hail.
George Fred Williams was nominated
| for governor by the Faneuil nall con-
| vention. Christopher T. Callahan oi
| IIolyoke was given the nomination tot
| lieutenant governor. The convention
| indorsed Bryan and Sewall and the
Chicago platform by large majority
| and the gold standard members OF the
| state committee. together with the golo
| standard delegates, withdrew IN
| body
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-28

More Business Being Done In staple Line,
In the East aud south-Bcttcr Feeling IL
Jobbing Circies-Improved Demand for
Wool IContlnues-Exportso of Wheat and
Fiour-The Week In Wall Street Re
verses in Business,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-05
TRIMBELLE.

G. M. Leuthner came down from
Hammond, where he has been all
winter, last Wednesday.
VIM. Oellrich had the middle
finger of his left hand badly torn by a
horse nail while trying to shoe a
vicious horse.
Frank Danforth went to Mime
apolis last Monday on business.
While Van kcezer was riding on a
load of bed Stats to Red Wing the
other day, one of his horses got to
kicking and hit him on the shin,
cutting an ugly cash. He had TO
have, five stitches taken in the wound.
Henry Denger while at work in the
woods the other day, made mistroke
with his AK and cut off the artery in
the left wrist. He had to have it at
tended to by physician at once.
News has just reached us that Mrs.
David Barringer of this town COM
nitted suicide last Monday, by
drinking Carbolic Acid. Suicide
seems TO be contagious as diphtheria
this town lately. Where is the
board of health? Why don't they get
out and put stop to it?