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The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-04-25
\ BILL FOR LIBERAL PENSIONS
Mr. Picker Introduced u Measure ~
the House.

the House.
washington, April 22.-The contested
election case Of Goodwin VS. cohb u.,s
taken up, and the committee report adont-
ed oy vote of AS to S. and Goodwin wa
sworn in
On motion Of Mr.. Cockrell of Texas a
OIL was passed to organize the territory
heretofore known as Greer county. TEXAS
pronounced by the supreme court to be a
part OF Oklahoma), as Greer county. Ok
lahoma. BY an amendment adopted the
present county officers were continued in
their tenure until the election in Novam-
Der next.
Mr. Picker. chairman of the committee
on lnvalld pensions. called up his general
pension bill. The bill amends the existing
laws in several very important respects.
1t makes presumption of death of an en-
listed man proof if no tidings have been
heard from him for seven years; it pro-
yides that desertion or dishonorable dis
charge shall not be a bar to a pension
under the act of 1890 if the enlisted man
has served 80 days subsequent to such dis
charge; it provides that pensions allowed
snail date from their first application; it
fixes the maximum income of a. widow en-
titled to pension under the act of 1890
at $500 per annum; it provides that no pen
sion shall be reduced or discontinued ex-
cept for fraud or recovery from disability,
and that discontinued pensions when re-
| considered and reallowed shall date from
their discontinuance.
| Mr.. Picker made an extended speech in
support of the measure. 1t added no new
classes of pensioners to the rolls he urged,
/ but only liberalized existing laws and neu-
| tralized the hardships of some of the OK
| listing regulations and practices of the t,e-
partment. He criticised the administra-
ton severely. He spoke for three hours.
At the conclusion of his remarks the
| house, at 4:40 D. M, adjourned.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-04-25
SOUTH AFRICA REPORTS CoNFLlCl
one Saws BuluwayO Is in Danger
the Other Denies 1t.

London. April 22.-Oficials OF the Brit
,,h South African Chartered Company
received today the following dlspa1ch
from Buluwayo, dated April Il:
.The situation is most serious. Ihere
80, "A mn Matabeles within three miles ana
,15o friendly natives have arrived III
town" u co++o
disnatch to the Pail Mall Gazette
enoro Ruluwayo. published this afternoon
says: Both Buluwayo ana u"ei no , ~
absolutely safe. The Mataoeies az No.
disposed to make an ATTACK anu a.a 81
tent with cutting Off all the oaiiuo -
whites. It is believed 9oo Whites, 80
nectors or farmers, have been .nna
In seven fights nine whites ana iooo We
heles were killed. The reneis are 'H
ming short of ammunition
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-04-25
THE IOWA PoPULIsT CONVENTION
Weaver Platform and Weaver
Delegation to st. Louis.

Des Moines, Iowa, April 22.-The popu-
list state convention was one of the larg-
est in the history of the party in Iowa.
Chairman H. T. Taubeneck Of the nation
al party, j. S. CoXey of Ohio and General
Weaver Of Iowa were present. General
Weaver was chosen temporary chairman.
The platform was written by General
Weaver and consists of single resolution
in favor of the union of all the reform
forces in the country on the Omaha plat
form of four years ago, together with the
recognition of the initiative and referen-
dunn. Delegates at large to the st. Louis
convention were chosen as follows: Gen
eral Weaver, A. w. c. Weeks w. HI.
Robb. w. B. Emerson, A. w. Kicker, F..
F. Poe, DR. Fisk and + E. Anderson.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-04-25
fer stam George. Populists: PET

ter, stewart-2. 'puis's; Eel
.na 40 uistrlnution of the Cherokee moneys
nu Inc extension of the services If 80
Dawes commission occasioned q ,anath,,
0e"ale ana final action was not reached
- the request of Senator Hoar ba wa 9
given leave Of absence for +be ha,a We
the season. o'iaice ol
=. III. the senate adjourned
FILLED CHEESE BILL.
washihston, April 2.-The senate com
lni'.ee on agriculture today agreed to re-
port the 1illed cheese bill as it passed the
mousse with a recommendation that If he
'eierreo 10 the finance committee. on the
ground that it is a financial bill.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-04-25
Appropriations for the Canal.

Olympia, Wash, April Ex-Governor
McGraw has private dispatch from Sen
ator Wilson that the senate committee
on commerce has reported in favor of an
appropriation of 100000 for the Lake
washington canal.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-04-25

Says He Will he the New Governor
OF Louisiana.

New Orleans, April 22.-An Item bulletin
on the board contains the following:
"Pharr has been elected governor. The
Item will prove this fact by the evidence
of 20 Pinkerton detectives present yester-
day at the polls, where fraud was car
ried out.
Berwick, La, April 22.-I have been
elected governor by votes that were put
in the ballot boxes and will be inaugur-
ated the second Tuesday in May.
~ L. PHARR"
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-04-25
Respite for Murderers.

Jefferson City, Mo, April 20.-Frank
Harris and Foster Pollard, Kansas City
murderers. were granted further stay
of execution this morning until Friday
Nav Is. 1896. The time is extended to
give the governor time to examine the
application for communication.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-04-25
FIGHT WITH NEGROES.

New Orleans, April pa dispatch from
st. John Baptist parish states that a
crowd of negroes attempted to steal the
parish ballot boxes. Five whites resisted
and shooting followed. Several people
were killed. The governor has ordered a
company of Louisiana field artillery to
the scene of the trouble.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-04-25
Coli Shipments.

New York, April 2.-Heideloach' i.as -
g. "a will ship 100000 In goid 10
Europe tomorrow.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02
From Their Point Of view.

There's a good bit in being educated
mn" TO a thing after all. "Where be ye
poin to hang the little bats, ma amp ask
ell n maid of her mistress during post
housecleaning rearrangement of pictures
and furniture the other day. And upon
INQUIRY "tho little bats" proved to be
nothing more or less than Raphael's Sis
tine Madonna cherubs. 1t was another
maid who always referred to her mistress
cherished cast of the Parthenon's Three
Fates'' az s'them dogs" swell, don .
wonder. !" remarked the small boy OF the
family upon learning Of the misnomer.
"Smashed up old thing like that, that you
can't make head or tail of Idont see how
YOU can tell what they are yourself, auntie.
An irrcverent man In the Louvre supplied
the very tassei TO the cap Of the climax OF
this sort Of thing 1t was In that Mecca OF
all art lovers the world over, the alcove
sacred TO tho Venus of Milo, and every
body was attitudinizing In that worshipfui
way that IL somehow inevitable to the spot.
The man walked briskly in, at one sweep
inc glance "teok in''--as he would have
said-the statue and the eyeryhodies ara
then In loud, clear tones remarked, "Weii.
for my part, prefer woman with arms. "
New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02
A philadelphia Mrs. Maiaprop.

There is Mrs. Malaprop living up
town whose queer plumbers III her ev-
eryday talk would fill good sized vol
ume, and most of them are funny
enough to deserve publication. She was
telling a neighbor the other day about
a friend Of hers who had bought blcy-
Gle. HE went and bought the thing,
said she, ''for SO, and when he Went
out to ride it the first thing you know
it fell apart. why don't you go, SEE
to him. and get good wheel and pay
for it on the European plant " Yester-
day she went over to neighbor' house
for recipe for mayonnaise dressing.
She said: "How dye do, Mrs. Smith!
l want to make chicken salad tonight,
and thought I'd get you TO give me
recipe it in two sylla-
bles-''for Moyamensing dressing. "
Last winter her house caught fire and
was slightly damaged. To her friends
she explained that the trouble was caus-
ed by disinfected fiue. On another &C.
casion an accident occurred on the street
opposite her house. She and her cronies
were discussing the affair across the
back fence. 81 didn't know there was
an accident at all till l heard the ava
lanche a-comin down the street a-ringin
the bell" She also told Mrs. Smith one
day that she had read in the paper that
milk was a good ''anecdote" for poison.
philadelphia Record.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02
A Gigantic spanish Palace.

The "elghth wonder" as 1t Is usually
called. is the gigantic royal palace OF the
EscuriaI, which stands in tho ancient
Kingdom of Toledo, Spain. 1t Is confessed
" the most wonderful edifco in the world,
whether IN dimensions or riches. IL has
/. SEQ rooms, G, 200 windows md doors, 80
staircases, 20 fountains, As vino cellars, .
organs and 81 bells. Its circumference Is
4, 500 feet, or almost exact}ya half mile.
1t was dedicated to St Lqrenzo, the SAINT
who is said to have been btoiled on grid
iron, and on that account its foundations
we're laid off in imitation Of the shape OF
that kind of piece Of Kitchen utensii.-
ST. Louis Republic
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02
The Pace of the Camel.

As a matter of fact, and in spite OF
its having carried Mohammed In four
leaps from Jerusalem to Mecca, seven
miles an hour is the camel's limit, nor
can it maintain this rate over two hours.
Its usual speed is five miles an hour
"a slow pace, beyond which it is dan
gerous to urge it, lest, as Asiatics say.
it might break its heart and die literally
On the spot
When camel is pressed beyond this
speed, and is spent, it kneels down, and
not all the wolves in Asia will make it
bulge again. The camel remains where
it kneels, and where it kneels it dies.
A fire under its nose is useless. Times
of India.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02
JUMPERS DEFEAT.

He Invaded the Kitchen and Then Fled
Before the LDemy.
bridget has been so Cross and hate
full and impudent that there's boen no
living with her today" said Mrs Juni-
per when her husband came home the
other evening.
"Impudent, Mrs juniper" he re-
piiod. "You don't mean to tell me that
You allow that servant girl to be impu-
dent to your"
ALLOW her, Mr.. Juniper? That girl
would be impudent to an angel II she
happened TO be on her high horse. +"
"Well, I'm not an angel by long
shot, but I'd like to see her be impudent
to me, and if she's been saucy to you
she IL have to apologize for it. ="
Don't you go near her while she's
in her present mood. You'd better keep
out of the kitchen"
"Well, think see myself keeping
out Of my own kitchen if ! want TO go
into it. / will go into the kitchen, and
I'll yank Miss Bridget 'Calligan down
| from her high horse. +"
Needless of his wife's protests, Juni-
per went boldly out into the kitchen
and said:
"See here, girl, hear that you
been impudent to your mistress
"Impedent to me mistress, Is 1t? Be-
dad, an who are you TO make hin huz-
Nv av yersilf, comm out into me kitchen
10 talk to me as ye talk to your wife.
Impedept, is it? Begorry, an yer "a foine
birrud to say 'impedent' to amy wan,
an if Oh
"Look here, YOU
"Oi'm lookin here all roight, sor
Dim lookin yeez roight in de oye, al
it's Bridget O'Calligan who'll take dc
opporchewnity av sayin to yer ugly oulc
face phwat she's had in moind to say
liver since she KEN into this house, fol
Or
"You impudent"-
"Aisy, now, aisy, me foine gintel
min, or yell lave me kitchen wild dip
per av scaldin wather aroun your bacl
an the feet av Bridget O'Calligan assist
in We out. Whin man has the divil'
own tongue in is head as ye have Will
things don't go his way, he's no call I
use his word 'impedent' to amy wan
an whin he filings at me he'll git 1T sin
back again, begorry, for it's not IN
that's afeard av any two legged thin
that walks the green airth, an so"-
81 tell you that
| "Oi tell ye TO kape yer tongue sti
, an not chip in whin your hetters hf
the fure! Open your jaw agin WIN
Teddy is talkin, an Oil mop up N
0 kitchen fure wild ye an pitch ye out
: windy afterward. Oh will that! OIL
not wan TO take that! Dim not one
take impotence from the loike av ye.
0 | Oi"-
j But Juniper had lied up the baC
It stairs, where he nearly went into an a
oplectic fit when Mrs Juniper, wi
had been listening at the head OF Il
u stairs, said between her giggles:
Z "Well, how did you come out, Nj
i Juniper?'-Detroit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02

Ahout half Of the pupils OF the Han
= nnhlic schools were absent yester-
Sav; kept at home because OF the diph-
.S.r;o scare The board was divided as
70 the closing OF the schools, but decided
s0ollv not TO do 80 for the reason that
those who desired to stay at home could
40 40 without the boards Intervention
and the keeping of some in school Tor the
usual hours would prevent them being
exnosed in more dangerous places. For
good many children the hours IN the
nublic schools is the only restaint put
upop them and keeping the schools open
will keep them safe for six hours day
anyway.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02

Three cases Of dlphtheria were report
ed yesterday morning from "A tenement
house on Franklin street. Four families
occupy the house. but the cases are all in
the family OF Mr.. Schurz. One OF the
men coming home from night shift found
Waterman stationed at the house who
warned him il he went IN he would be
obliged to stay. lie went down town
and got whskey and sulphur and went
back to take chances with his family.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02
Political Prophecy.

Burke has credit for political prophecy.
No great foresight was required TO surmlse
that anarchy would end in military despot-
ism. The example of Cromwell was sug-
Qestive. Burke fancied ut one time that
the military power Of France would do
mart. He fancied that the departments
would become so many separate republics
aud throw off the yoke OF the central gov
eminent. He fancied that there would be
a domination of bankers. The sphere in
which he is a real prophet is not the polit-
zeal, but the ethical. He did discern moral
tendencies and consequences discernible
by no ordinary eye In passage of his
letters he traces with admirable skill and
truth the connection between the loose
sentimentality of Rousseauism and the in
diligence OF murderous passions in the
reign of terror.
That Burke, when he wrote the "Refiec
tiuns on the French Revolution" though
the victim of "a temporary frenzy, was IN
no other sense mad Is proved, II proof were
needed, by tho appearance two years after
OF the letter To Sir Hercules Langrishe on
the removal of the disabilities or irish
Catholics, production as sane, as liberal
and as wise as anything he ever wrote
His conduct in championing the Catholic
claims was the more chivalrous because
his Catholic connection had through hfC
exposed him 20 calumny and suspicion.
There is some reason for believing that ms
arguments at the time made favorable
impression upon George III, whose mlno
perhaps was opened TO them by his all
ance with Catholic monarchies against the
atheist republic. In the end other infu
ences unhappily prevailed, and the countr!
rues at the present hour the rejection o
Burke's policy of Catholic emancipation
.-Cornhill Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02

Condemned Murderer.
"Some years =. vail on the bench In
q Nebraska circuit" laid Judge A. r.
Simmons of Omaha.
"a murder was committed under rather
peculiar circumstances. A man named
Bill Chadwick and man named Tom
Plummer wero enemies, and had been for
some time, each having threatened the
life of tho other A reconciliation was
effected. and one day the two men went
hunting together. Plummer returned
alone and said he had bought Chadwick =
horse and the latter had gone to Kansas.
"Considerable suspicion existed, but
Chadwick had no relatives, and there was
no way of disproving the story. Several
months later the bones of q man were
found where IL was known Chadwick and
Plummer had been together on the day
the former disappeared. BY means of the
boots and popularity of the teeth the re-
mains were identified as those Of Chad
wick. Plummer was arrested. tried, con-
demned and sentenced to be hanged.
"Three or four days before the time fixed
for the execution u man entered my office
and saluted me:
"'Howdy, judger
"'Bow are your I answered. What
can do for your
e"s Il reckoned you'd know me, he said.
SIN Bill Chadwick-the Teller Tom Plum
mer was convicted Of KILN
Il was naturally greatly surprised and
somewhat doubtful as TO the truth OF his
story. But he stuck to 1t under the most
rigid cross examination.
"'I don't like Tom none too we'll, HI
said, but sold him the boss all right ant
/ went to Kansas Ididnt hear about tn,
trial till after it was over, SO when 1 die
hear thought it would be shame to 10
Tom hang, and 1 come back
at took the man to the prosecuting at
torney, who had known Chadwick slight
ly, and no identified the man as the ont
supposed to be murdered. We took tn
first train to Lincoln, reaching there jus
in time to secure the pardon for Plummer
"Both Plummer and Chadwick disap
peared as soon as the former was released
and / had ceased to think about tn
strange affair when l changed circuit
with another judge, and while sitting d
| the hotel saw Chadwick pass. Gale
| the landlords attention to him and aske
| IL Chadwick lived there.
| "'Bill Chadwick? No, no don't ly
| anywhere. He's dead. That mans nam
| Is Plummer. He does look enough lk
| Chadwick to pass for him. His brothe
was the man who killed Chadwick an
then got pardoned some way or other,
don't know how And 1 did not to
him. "-Washington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02

At the meeting Sunday evening OF the
Young Mems Catholic Institute it was de-
termlned to go ahead and fit up the en-
tire basement OF st. Patrick's church as
club rooms, A reception room and read.
Ing and smoking room will beestablished
and large room for games, bowling
alley being anticipated. The Y. M. c. 1.
has now a membership OF 127.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02

The directors of the Building K Loan
Association found the demand for loans
Yesterday greater than the money on
hand would satisfy and the 81 600
loaned, therefore brought aIpremium. The
directors authorized the issue OF 1000
shares of Investment stock and 100
shares OF paid up stock for the quarter
commencing. The stock authorized at
the beginning of the last quarter was
nearly all taken by investors, an amount
equal to that authorized yesterday.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02
-, clerk Shields
LTD "o,d court" Yes
terday
70, . homestead Contest
..s.t was Almost sescnea
mo, Court was Adjournea
Until To-day.

o..,v Clerk Shields held court yester-
ooun' 49,. hearing OF testimony in
Day -, adj contest between Erick Haik-
lsasp and stanislaus Dluoala. a1 sn., :,
BOD u,iu q, testimony among them
'n l''. 'ar ont IN the corridors and upon the
ss. I,.s settlement was several times
sum- sunni the morning imminent, but some
lnlu IA cot the whole crowd by the ears
sSsin, And all the time Bob was hold.
asa 80, y Finally IL developed that
.ss dstendant was not present in person.
s .u his supporters having agreed TO a
ou' - :, .ettlement, court was adjourned
untjl today to obtain his acluiesceI Co.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02

The grand opera. Bohemian Girl. !"
will be presented at the Armory Opera
House on Thursday evening, December 3.
The troupe is an excellent one, every one
oil the east enjoying a most favorable
vocal and dramatic reputation. Thefine
orchestra is one OF the leading features.
1t to be hoped that large audience
will greet Mr.. Won LEM and his galaxy
Of artists on Thursday evening.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02

Nearly four ifths of the submarine
cables of the world are in the hands OF
British companies. who own q length
Of more than 100000 miles OF CABLE
laid 1t cost of over $50. 600. 900. OF
Il cables across the Atlantic 10 America,
France hes I and Great Britain 10,
while 70 popular are the British cables
that out Of every 10 kilograms are dis
patohed over Dritish linsA
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02

Emil FRANKIE still remains in care OF
deputy Sheriff Thomas. 1t seems to be
'nat when there is nothing in the way Il
getting the boy his Chicago accusers are
not anxious for him, but when resistance
was made their desire was rivaled only
by their present Indifference.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02

II IL clear that tobs eco and tobacco
smoke are antiseptics and germioides OF
considerable power, and fthat their action
on the pulmonary ciroulsh ion 10 usefui IN
relieving o. preventing lhny tendency 70
chronic congestion Of I'D lungs Many
0outors In various oountrifl have remarked
~ 'oomparntivs immunl from puimo-
say dlssae enjoyed b. We fss' IN s'ose's
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02

o ye whose unrewarded eyes
Forever watch the oceans rim,
Your ships perchanco meath friendlier skies
Rest far beyond your vision dim.
Perhaps in some sweet bay they wait
where bides the primal, perfect day.
Where airs from springtime linger late
OR never perish quite away.
In some faroff. diviner land
Where never garnered wealth grows DID,
Safe harbnred they may wait your hand
To strike their sails and yield their gold
Henrietta Christian Wright in 5cribner's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02

lhe Masons Of the county will assemble
a. the lodge room OF Quincy Lodge this
evening to meet Grand Lecturer Arthur
NJ o'ark. The third degree will be
worked and instruction given on the
work by Mr.. Clark.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02

Inc concert Saturday evening for the
benefit OF the Baptist church will occur
~ the I. M. Z. A. Hall, not in the church.
me church is not used on account OF the
heaters being out OF order and also from
probable insufficient seating capacity.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02

a. M. Schultz and Miss Moralee arrived
nome from Lead City, s. d., yester-
u's' accompanied by Mrs. BalIantine
anu son. Madison. The latter will spend
so,ne time at Dollar Bay with Mr..
schulte's family.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02

special Christmas poem by Harriet
rrescott spoiiord, illustrated with fine
reproductions Of irescoes by Melosso de-
coln, VIII Do one Of the features Of the
Christmas McClure's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-02

james 3. Loonsy he's isturnsd 70 Han
.'cS and is again filing his position b
Tue once Of Gray I Loossy. +.