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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
Bicyclists Carried Their Point.

NILES, Mich. July p "A short time
ago the city council passed law COMPEL
ing bicyclists to carry bells and lanterns.
keep off the sidewalks. ride slowly and
sound the alarm at every crossing. They
rebelled A vote comes up next week on
the proposition to issue bonds, and the
bicyclists declare that unless the bicycle
ordinance is modified they will kill the
bond issue scheme As the town council
needs the money it has capitulated and
will change the ordinance TO suit the bi
cyclists if they will keep from killing the
hond hill
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
Dragged from the Ranks.

ADRIAN, Mich, July 22.-During the
parade of the salvation Army Monday
night Mrs Robert Baird seized her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Joseph Kaufman, and dragged
her from the ranks. The soldiers" Of
fered their captured comrade no assist
ance, but she managed 10 wrest herself
from her mother grasp, and, after being
restored i'm drug store, into which she
was led half fainting, she rejoined the
army at the barracks The mother OBJ
jected to her daughter marching in the
sfta
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
STONE 1HE MlllTlAMEN.
strikers at Cleveland Tempt the Soldiers
to shoot.

CLEVELAND, July 2s.-Another shoot
ing affray took place at the Brown Hoist
ing works late Monday night, caused by
strikers or their sympathizers throwing
bricks and stones at soldiers from dark
places of concealment One picket was
hit and knocked down. Getting up he
discharged shot i'm the direction from
where the brick came. On hearing the
report several soldiers came to his assist
ance and IA volley of lead was sent in the
direction from which the missiles had
come. 1t Is not known whether any one
was struck.
The order has been given by the author
titles TO arrest any person who yells "scab"
at either the non-union men or soldiers
Two strikers who had been indulging in
this diversion attempted to escape arrest
by jumping on fast moving motor car
The motorman, upon refusing TO stop
when ordered to do so, received serious
bayonet wounds
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
Lost BOY Is Found.

MARsHFIELD Wis July 22-Not fac
tory wheel turned here Monday and the
crowd that went out To search for the
Weber boy, who had been lost In the
woods since saturday, numbered nearly
10000. The search was IA most determined
one and through an almost impenetrable
forest, but the boy was found at 10 o'clock.
He was almost dead from exposure and
fright. He is too weak to talk much, but
says he slept under logs at night and sub
sisted on berries. He says bear came TO
him at night and growlcd, but when he
got up to run the bear took leave first
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
Costly r,r. ,t Henderson. Nv.

HENDERSON, July PA very destruc-
tive fire visited here at 2 o'clock Tuesday
morning The Pythian building, Park
theatre and Barrett house were destroyed,
together with number of other small
buildings. The fire originated in the
Wynne. Dixon drug store I'm the Pythian
building 1t is impossible to estimate the
loss, but wcll-informcd citizens put 1t at
not less than S2500o0.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
Centennial Celebration.

CmLLIcoTHE, o., July 22.-Thc centcn-
nial celebration Of the first settlement Of
the 5cioto valley began here Monday and
will continue all week Postmaster Gen
eral Wilson and Governor Bushnell will
be among the speakers The Central Ohio
Saengcrbund give concerts afternoon and
evenings The art aud loan exhibition is
quite elaborate. Chillicothe was the first
capital OF Ohio
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
Massacre of Christians.

LONDON, July 22.-An official dispatch
received here from Athens reports that
serious disturbances have taken place at
Gambia Several Christians, 1t is added,
were killed during the affair All the
shops are closed and the inhabitants have
asked the protection of the foreign war
ships Ten Christians have been massa-
cred at Heraklion, Island OF Crete.
French and English men-of-war have ar
rivo1 thpra
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
Fire at Chicago.

CHICAGO, July 29.-Fire destroyed
5000 worth Of matches and damaged the
four. story building at "a and 81 Michigan
avenue to tho extent OF 5000 early Tues
day morning While the property loss Is
comparatively small the combustiblc ma
ture of the contents of the building gave
the fircmen one of the hottest blazes in the
history of the department with which to
cnnfnnl
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
Sherman Has Not Declined.

MAssLLoN, o., July 22.-Senator Sher-
man sends this letter TO an inquiring
friend at Massllon
Your note Of the 18th is received 1t
Is not true that | have declared that |
would not again be candidate for the
senate. have noticed such in the papers
but regard even the consideration of the
subject as entirely premature. The leg
islature which elects my successor will
not itself be nominated until next sum-
mer. When spoken to on this subject l
have made that reply. / thank you heart
lily for your kind opinion"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
signs Tn. amaIgamatcd Scale.

PITrsBURG, July 22-Over 1000 men,
employees of the National Rolling mill at
McKecsport, have been granted the Anal
gamatcd scale, and all the mills of the
company, IL is expected, will soon he at
work on double turn. The scale price Is
based on an increase for pudding from a.
to $3.50. The increase To puddlers raises
the wages for puddlCrs accordingly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
WIN support Bryan and sewaii.

ATLANTA, Ga, July 22.-The Atlanta
Journal which led the fight in Georgia
against the free and unlimited coinage
of silver, and which had not heretofore
declared what course II would pursue in
the present campaign, said in its leading
editorial Tuesday that while it cannot
approve all of the Chicago platform IL
will support Bryan and Sewall.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
MURDERED BY MUTINEERs.
Captain. wife and First Mate Chopped to
Pieces

HALIFAX, y. b., July 22.-The barken-
tine Herbert Fuller Captain Nash, from
Boston, put into Halifax Tuesday morn
ing. There had been mutiny on board,
during which the captain, his wife, and
the second mate had been killed in their
berths. This occurred in the night. The
first officer was on watch and knew moth
ing about the affair The murderer or
murderers crawled aft to the cabin and de-
scended, and with axes chopped their vic
tins to death
Upon the arrival of the barkentine all
her crew were taken of the vessel and
locked up in the police station to await
trial
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
.K,d" L.v,sne Meet. M. Match.

NEW YORK, July 22.-"Kid" Lavigne,
the lightweight champion Of the world,
and Charlie McKeever. Of Philadelphia,
fought six rounds 90 draw at Madison
Square garden last night. Lavigne had
an eas, time until the last rouno, when
McKeever woke mp in a wonderful man
ner and went at his man like cyclone.
His o-handed fighting was excellent and
he was wildly chccred
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
Iipem.n Instantly Killed.

CAIRO, Ills. July 22.-Charles Munro.
n telegraph lineman, was instantly killed
by electricity here Monday afternoon
while on n telephone pole stringing a wire
across the street IL broke and fell across
the trolley wire of an electric street car
company and the full force of the current
passed through his body. He would have
fallen To the ground, but was caught 10y
wires below him and hung suspended
head downward until rescued
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22

Democratic ticket in this state, has an
nounced his withdrawal Mr. Barton,
who Is "A prominent lawyer in this city,
has always been regarded as being one Of
the stanchest Democrats i'm Maryland.
He supported Hurst i'm the late guberna.
torial campaign and has never been
known To vote any other than the Demo
cratic ticket. He declares now, however,
that he cannot accept the currency plank
in the Democratic national platform and
II Is his intention 20 vote for Mckinley.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
VIII Ap,e.i 10 the President.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 22.-Edward B.
Webster, the young navy paymaster who
was recently court.martialed at Mare ISL
and and found guilty of charge Of EN-
bczzlemcnt, does not intend TO abide by
the Judgment OF the court. He will ap-
peal to President Cleveland for clemency
before the navy department shall have
had an opportunity 10 pass upon the re
cently found verdict
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
End Of the Wisconsin Turnf.,t.

FOND Du LAC, July p. The twcaty-
ninth annual state turnfest came to
,lose in this city with the awarding of
prizes In class turning The Norwitz so
siety. Of Milwaukee. takes first prize I'm
tho first group. In the second group Fond
Du Lac stands first Third group. New
Holstein first The veteran class In turn
ing resulted-Bahnprci first; Sheboygan,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
To Investors:

The attention Of conservative investors invited the
STOCK OF the Detroit Telephone Company limited amount
OF which is offered The charges for telephones in De-
to heretofore have been extortonae and almost prohb
tory ranging from $50 to 5000 and per year This
has been the because telephones necessarily
pnsive but being controlled by monopoly and without
competition II has been possible to charge much for the
use OF telephone mechanic pays rent for his cottage
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
Was once Cieveiand's Secretary.

MoJAvE, Cal, July Mrs. j. II rol-
free, who WAS Grover Clevelands secre-
tary while he was mayor Of Buffalo. COM
mitted suicide here Monday night by
drinking carbolic acid. IL is supposed
that she was temporarily insane,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
Tne DEATH RECORD.

Bishop ARTHUR CLEVELAND COKE at
Clifton springs, y. Y.
JOHN T. MENSIs, well known newspa-
per man, at II. Louis.
JEREMIAH BEAN, first inventor Of the
steam Gre engine, at Boston,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
business Men for Mckinley.

PHILADELPHIA, July "a business
mems campaign committee to promote
the election of Mckinley and Hobart was
organized in this city Monday. with j. II.
Converse, president of the Baldwin Loco
motive works, as chairman, Hundreds OF
men enrolled themselves as members, and
il Is expected that before the week closes
the committee will have membership Of
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
TRAGEDY IN MICHIGAN
Farmer Kills Three of His Chill
dren with Knife.
THEN SETS FIRE TO HIS HOUSE.

Insane. Shoots Himself Through the
Heart-Mutiny ON shipboard In which
the Captain, His wife and second Mate
Are Kiiied-The Criminal Calendar.
ATT1CA Mich., July 22.-GorInan Swain,
farmer, living one mile south Of this
place early Tuesday morning killed three
Of his children with n butcherknife. set
fire to his house, and then committed sui
eide by shooting himself through the
heart. Swain was about ~ years old and
was in comfortable circumstances He
had violent temper and for years had
threatened to kill his family and himself
His wife died last spring, since which
time Swains outbursts of temper have
been more frequent and Of a more violent
nature than heretofore. Last Sunday
evening he had trouble with three Of the
older children. Fred, aged 10 years; Anna,
aged II, and Birdie, aged Is.
Went to - Neighbor's House.
He whipped them severely and they
took refuge in neighbor's house. Mon
day he tried to induce them TO return
home but they refused, and probably
saved their lives. Neighbors were aroused
by the burning Of SWANS house shortly
after 3 o'clock in the morning. When
they reached the place horrible sight
confronted them. Lying on the roadway
with their throats cut from ear TO ear
were Frank Swain, aged II years; Lucy, Q
years, and Jimmie, years. The father
lay near them with bullet hole above the
heart. Bv his side were the weapons with
which he had ended their lives and his
own. 1t is supposed that Swain was tenn
pOrarily insane
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22

DEs MONIES. July 22.-The Mississippi
and Missouri Valley Hardware Dealers
association, in session here, adopted reso-
lutions declaring themselves unalterably
opposed TO the free coinage of silver.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22
r,ec,or at Large withdraws.

BALTIMORE, July ~ Randolph Bar
ton, one of the electors at large on the
The Dickinson press., 1896-09-05
Rich and the Poor.

Here now comes up this thoroughly
un-Amcrican question Of the rich against
the poor. Some criticism is already lev
elcd ut this movement because those en-
gagged in it are representatives of proper
ty in their respective localities. 1t is
characterized as the rich mans move
ment. Property is banding together to
carry its ends. and those ends are mimi
cal to the wage-earner and the farmer.
This simply is criminal nonsense. There
is not the slightest warrant in reason for
any such statement. The paramount is
sue of the campaign is n business Issue.
1t rclatcs to the very life blood of busi-
ncss-whether that blood shall be puri-
fed and kept pure, or vitiated and i'm
povcrished. Surely that proposition
reaches and interests everybody. And
another point. What authority is there
own interests the business man is mov-
ing against the interests of other men?
Under a free government all interests
are allied. The business man cannot
prosper if the wage-earner and the farm
or do not. 1t is impossible. If the crops
fail and the mines and factories are idle,
so that the farmer and the wngc-earner
have no money, how can the merchant,
or the banker. or the manufactured
thrive? Where is business to come
from! On the other hand. if times are
good and confidence prevails. all feel the
benefits alike. Not all in equal degree,
of course. That could not be. That
never has been. That never will be- But
to the extent Of their stake in the game,
when the winnings are large. the fnrmcr
with the business man.-Washingto
The Dickinson press., 1896-09-05

remember in 1864, after his dreadful
wound, we did not suppose we would
have him with us again-we have with
us today that brave soldier comrade, Col.
Russell B. Hastings. [Applause.l !
was glad to note in the eloquent speech
of my comrade, Capt. Ellen. that the
old Twenty-third Ohio stands In 1893
the country's flag. iGreat applause and
cries For Mckinley. too" Nobody
could have doubted that. knowing the
metal from which this old regimecf wss
made.
My comrades. you are just as loyal T.
country now as you were loyal to country
then, and as you stood from 1851 to 1895
for the preservation of the government
of the United States, you stand TO-DAY
government and the preservation of Ia
credit and currency. [Chcers.]
Protection and Sound Money.
do not know what you think abort
it, but l believe that it is coed deal
better to open up the mills of the Unit
ed States to the labor of America than
to open up the mints of the United
States to the silver of the world. [Great
cheering and cries of 'You are rightly
that there was nothing so important
to preserve as the nations honor. He
said that the most important source Of
strength was the public credit, and that
the best method of preserving it was to
use it rs sparingly us possible. No gov.
ernment can get on without it and pre-
serve its honor. No government is great
enough to get or, without it. In the
darkest days of the revolution, Robert
friends in Philadelphia after he had in
volved himself as debtor for large
sum of money on account of the gov.
ernment and said to him: II must have
81 100000 for the continental army"
His friend said; What security ..s9 can
yom give gna RobeT Sono He %nc ny Ny
reply: "Robert. thou shalt have it."
[Applause.] And from that hour until
now the country's honor has been our
sheet anchor in every storm.
Lincoln pledged it, when, in time Of
war. we issued paper money. He said:
Every dollar of that money shall he
made as good as gold" And it was left to
as President of the United States, to ex.
specie payments in 1870 [Cheering and
applause.l When Robert Morris said
that they had nothing to give but their
honor there was behind his word 3,OOO,-
600 t of str1gglng patriots oC Today %n9 behind
tuc hutIuu y HoIlOF ufc lO.VU.OOO Ol Tree
men, who mean to keep this government
and its honor and integrity and credit
unquestioned. [Grent applause.l
! thank you, my comrades for this
call. Nothing has given me greater
pleasure. Nothing gives me greater
pride than. to have been private soldier
with you in that great Civil war. lap
plause.] bid you welcome to my home.
You already have my heart; you have
had it for more than thirty years. [Great
cheering.] 1t will give Mrs. Mckinley
and myself much pleasure. assure you,
to have you come into our home. Zap
plause and three cheers for McKinley.]
The Dickinson press., 1896-09-05
guarantee it legal tender with gold ur-
4cr il. 1t would take S4OO. .OOOOOO to

Ter It. It " would ] take 500. Nt,o .oo5. 500 go to
DO this-16 to 1. Can we do it?'
"How about Mexican and India sill
ver?" asked the Populist.
"Ah, that would come to us like q
deluge! We have no tariff against sii-
yer; It would pour in upon us; ,20o,-
600. There has been mined during the
last 400 years 10000, 100000 worth Sf
silver. The world mined 5000, 165. .OoD
worth of 50-cent silver last year. This
would come rushing in upon US. We
would be the dumping ground of the
world. We could not coin it, and , when
silver would fall back from JIG to to
80 to 1. We would have the 50-cent
dollars of China and Japan, with no gold
in our treasury. and be the laughing
stock of the world"
"Well, who would be benefited by free
coinage?" asked the Populist.
There are Z 5000 Of them. Their work:
men are paid in silver, paper or gold
dollars worth 100 cents in gold. The
mine owner is working for silver
worth So cents. The farmer is getting
money as good as gold for his wheat
and cotton now. With free silver he
could get no more for his produce nor
And, by and by, if we went on coming
silver ad libitum. silver would 90 down
like the old grcenbacks in 1868. That
went down to 35 cents on dollar,
while gold stood still. You could buy
wheat then for $3.50 in greenbacks or
s. cents in gold. You could buy farm
IN 1868 for $50 an acre in greenbacks or
The poDulist was silent.
The Dickinson press., 1896-09-05
"Poor Mans Money"

Among the transparencies carried by
the shouters for Bryan at Des .Moines
Friday evening were some bearing the
words, "Silver is the poor mans money"
"Vote for the poor mans money" and "A
2OO-cent dollar is dishonest dollar"
Such sentences show the drift of the
public mind and reveal only too plainly
zion is one of prejudice rather than one
of reason. What is the meaning of the
phrase, "Silver is the poor mans mon
ey?" We doubt very much if the man
who carried that transparency could
have given an intelligent answer. Under
present conditions a silver dollar of the
United States will buy just as much at
home or abroad as gold dollar. 1t
makes no difference to the workingman
whether he receives his weekly wages
in gold or silver coin. The amount of
goods he can purchase is the same. I'm
til the agitation of the silverites drove
the gold of the country into hiding places
workmen were often paid in gold and
when this silver craze is squelched they
will again receive gold as part of their
wages.
There is one way, however, in which
silver can be said to be the poor nuns
money. In those countries where the
coinage of silver is unrestricted the wage
aITUcTS are pOOl' "A AoS
Of those countries is printed in another
column this morning and the wages paid
% skilled and unskilled laborers given. As
was shown by the well-authenticate let
ters from Mexico published in the Re-
publican OH Friday and Saturday the
price of the necessaries of life in these
countries is double the price paid in the
United States. Is this "the poor mans
money" that the wage-earners of the
United States are to vote for? Are they
willing to sink to the level of the MeXi-
can peon or the coolie of India? If so
the way to do it is to vote for the free
and unlimited coinage Of silver. If a
free coinage law such as is contemplated
by the silverites he passed, one of two
things must happen. Either the silver
Of the entire world must be lifted to a
parity with gold or the silver dollar of
the United States must sink to the level
of Mexico and other silver countries
In that case the wages of the working
man will be cut in two and he will in
deed have cause to talk of "poor mans
money"
Why should not the laborer continue
to lie paid in good money?-Cedar Rap
ids Ronuhlic1n
The Dickinson press., 1896-09-05
Japan and Mexico.

"If silver is such an abominuble curse,
prosperity ?"-J. K. Amber. Mich.
No one says that silver is an
"abominable curse" The project Of 60.
ing to the silver standard is one which
would bring on an era of panic and
financial disaster; but to say this
project is bad is not to say silver is n
''c,rse." Try to apply reason to the
subject, not prejudice and emotion. The
question is plain one of business and
only common sense is needed to settle Il
rightly.
You say Japan and Mexico are "boom.
ing with prosperity" How do You
know this? Prosperity is an extremely
relative term. In both countries the
wages of the working class are SO low
that an American workingman would
deem them starvation wages. He could
not live. Mexico is far more prosperous
Than she has been for many years. but
it is because. under President Diaz
there has been peace. The country has
not been the scene of chronic revolution
as it was up to a few years ago. Wages
are very low. and manufacturing is
profitable. Japan is just adopting the
use of machinery in manufactures. and
il yet far behind US in everything
Toledo Blade.
The Dickinson press., 1896-09-05
Who Control Silver Mines?

docs Wall street own or control any Of
all the silver mines Of this country? II SO.
what is her object In being SO still about
it:'-H. j., Dresden. Kan.
You seem to think Wall street is
woman. We doubt if the majority of
the Populists who talk SO glibly about
aWall street" know what it is. The
United States subtreasury in New York
is on Wall street; so are a number of
hanks and brokers' Offices. When prop.
erly used "Wall street" is simply gem
eral name for the dealers in New York
in stocks. bonds and other securities.
The silver mines are owned by COZ.
uorations, and their stock is dealt in By
New York brokers, the same as other
stocks. "Wall street" is not keeping
still about it. The fellows who are
keeping still are the great silver barons,
who are pushing free coinage. and spend
ing money like water to make it win.
They don't want the voters to know
thst free coinage at 16 to 1 would. .r
id,tt.ng the country on silver basis.
make the value of the dollar depend
on the market price Of silver bullion.
which they. by speculation. could run
an or down. and really put the entne
money of the country at their mercy. =
T3:edo Blade.