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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01
MIGHT HAVE BEEN SERIOUS.
Train ON the Famous Pixies Peak Cogway
Wrecked.

Colorado Spings. Col. Sept. IAN
accident occurred on the Pixies Peak
cogway Sunday evening that may have
resulted i'm loss of life. When a
train was coming down from the Peak
a connecting rod broke and the revolv-
ing bar broke a hole i'm the boiler that
is reported To have thrown two. engin-
GERS from their seats i'm the cab into a
gulch at the side of the road. The train
then dopped back with great velocity.
but was stopped by the automatic safe
ty brakes that caught i'm the double
cog rail that lies between the two
supporting rails or the side.
Details are meagre and messengers
have been dispatched To the scene of
the accident aboItc two miles up the
mountain from here in locality that
is inaccessible To teams The wrecked
train was a special conveying Freder-
lex Harrison. general manager of the
London and Northwestern Railway of
London, Eng, TO the summit They
were accompanied by the leading Off
GERS of the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad None of the passengers were
| injured This is the first accident that
has happened on the road since it was
| opened
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01
DIPLOMAT GOES ON A wARsHIP.
Italy Takes Action That May Mean Wa
with Brazil.

Rome, Sept Am official note has
been issued announcing that. owing to
the gravity of the situation, the gov
ernment has decided TO send Signor
Martino. formerly Italian minister to
Brazil on a special mission to Rio de
Janeiro on board the Italian war ship
Piemonte. supplied with precise in
structjons to demand and obtain all
the measures which the dignity and
the security of her subjects demand
After settling the claims arising from
the recent disturbances, which must
first be satisfied, he will arrange the
former claims. which were recently re-
,ected by the Brazilian congress.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01
Accident to an Aeronaut.

Denver. Sept. Ivy Baldwin. the
well-known balloonist, was seriously
hurt by falling from his balloon sun
day afternoon. Baldwin has been
making weekly ascensions and para
chute jumps at Elitch's gardens and
Sunday the wind carried him into a
tree i'm the gardens. His arm was
broken and he could not retain his hold
on the bar. He fell about eighty feet
His right arm was broken In tive
places. his shoulder dislocated and ne
was badly bruised about the head. II
Is believed that he will recover.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01
Thrown from a window.

Cincinnati. Sept. Mrs. Mary
Haney. aged go. is dying at the city
hospital from injuries supposed To have
been received from having been thrown
from tenement house. where she lived
with her husband and daughter. There
is mystery about how IL happened,
but the police theory Is thai some one
I'm the tenement house. In a quarrel
or disturbance OF some sort. must have
thrown her to the grovnd where she
was found about 2:SO a. m. Her own
room being on the ground floor, II is
clear that she must have been else
where when the quarrel took place.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01
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GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT.
Arrival OF Comm.nder-in-Ch Chief Walker
and His Stan

and His STAN.
st. Paul, Sept. Monday was an
ideal northern day for the opening OF
the thirtieth encampment Of the Grand
Army of the Republic. From sunrise
the evidence OF the coming hosts be-
came hourly more apparent until the
streets were crowded long before the
noon hour. and the strains of martial
music from bands and drum corps
could be heard on every hand. With
fifteen more regular trains from every
point of the compass and thirty-three
specials due during the morning. the
Union depot was the scene of the great
est activity.
Commander-in-Ch Chief l. N. Walker
and STAFF were expected on an early
train, and the local posts. accompanied
10y band. were at the depot TO greet
the train. but II was delayed. and not
till noon were the veterans able "a
welcome their chief He was at once
escorted to the Ryan hotel. where ma
tionsl headquarters were at once es-
tablished. becoming the center ofGranc
Army activities.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01
Con, Miner. Demand q Raise

Mascoutah. Ills. Sept. 1.-The coal
miners employed In this district have
made formal demand on the opera =
tors for "A raise OF 10 cents per ton.
A meeting has been arranged for Tues
day, and unless settlement is made
then the miners threaten To strike.
About 1000 men are employed In the
mines Of Saint Clair county
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01

Toxic. Japan. Aug. 10, via San
Francisco. Sept. An anti-Chrlstian
outbreak has occurred I'm Shantung
china. The rioters are members OF
society originally formed for the pur-
noses of mutual protection against
bandits. but It is said now 1t has be
come the bandit organization itself
-Four thousand soldiers have been dis
matched against the insurgents.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01
nl. MiII ,n CIn.r nnwn.

st. Joseph. Mo-. Sept. 1.-The Buell.
Wooden mills, one OF the largest man
ufacturing establishments OF the kind
I'm the west. will close down next Sat
urday for an indefinite period. General
dullness of trade is given as the cause
of the shut down. while the uncertain
" Of the financial situation is said tn
have contributed to the result. About
200 employees will be thrown out Of
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01

New York, Sept i.-Alexander Felix
Joseph Ribot. a leading statesman Of
France. aud prime minister and min
lister OF finance during the early part
Of President Fauer's administra .'on
arrived i'm this city on the La Bretagne
Sunday The ex-minister Is accomrs-
MED by his stepson. Marcel Demare -
The wife OF NJ. Ribot is an Ame,i,@n
woman She is the daughter OF l.
Burch Of Chicago. M. Rihot and son
have Gene to America to visit relatives
In Vermont
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01
UNIFORM RANK x. OF p.
Great Demonstration and Encampme mt al
Mime eapolis.

Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, Mimi. Sept. 1.-The ad-
vance guard Of the knights OF Pythias,
Uniform Rank, who hold their great
demonstration in Minneapolis this
week. appeared early Monday morning
in half dozen divisions OF the Min
nesota regiments. AS each train APP
peared IL was met by detail Of the
Minneapolis regiment. who escorted the
visitors To Camp Yale. where they were
assigned their places i'm the big city of
tents. The city Is already in gala at
tire and crowded with visitors, at
tracted by the low rates, the encamp-
ment. and the carnival features ar
ranged for every night this week by
a citizens committed
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01
roth Committed suicide.

Cincinnati. Sept. l-The nhuihg OF
OF the dead bodies OF MISS Jennie
Bowles and Mrs Henry Nennemeyer
sunday started sensational reports
again similar to those surrounding tne
f,nding OF the bodies OF women IN this
vicinity recently. Both committed SUI
eide and there was no muruer "ss-
,arv I'm either case.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01
poun,e Tragedy at BOSTON.

Boston. Sept. l.-Michael Heenan
60 Years OF age, quarreled with his wife
pelia, at their home in dorchester,
Monday morning about some money
and Heenan settled the dispute by
crushing the women's skull with an
ax He then cut his throat WIN y
razor Both viii die
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01
summoned by the Car.

st Petersburg. Sept. Following
tho death OF Prince Lobanoff- Ros-
tovsky. the Russian minister for for
eign affairs. the czar has summoned
the deputy Of the Russian minister for
soreien affairs. NJ. Chichkine. to kief.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01

Cleveland. Sept l.--Ieading whole
sale liquor dealers and distillers from
all parts of the country are In session
here for the ostensib Z purpose OF
forming a national organization. The
meeting is behind closed doors and the
delegates are very rsticent about ths
exact purpoo&
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01
s,an,sh Troops Incensed.

Tampa. Fla. Sept. Passengers
arriving on the Cuban steamer Sat
urday afternoon assert that spanish
troops held hostile demonstration
before the American consuls residence
I'm Havana They were incensed over
the recent landing Of expeditions on
the island.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01
DELEGATES ARRIVING.
indianapolis the Mecca OF the
Gold Democrats.
FLORLDANs ARE roR CLEVELAND.

Thsy Create Comment by Ordering . Ban
nerwith "A Portrait Of the President Up
ON It-If Any body Besides Wstterson
Is Nominated the Indications Are That
Buckner VIII Get Second Place-soms
Ante Convention Gossip.
indianapolis. Sept. 1.-The city has
more the appearance of convention
town than II had before. Delegates
came in on the early trains Monday
and the hotel corridors have some
thing Of a lively air. Arrangements
are being made for state headquarters
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01

Beaver Falls. Pa, Sept. IA meet
ing of the employees Of the Rochester
rumbler works was held in Freedom
yesterday afternoon, and by an al
most unanimous vote IL was decided
not to accept the 20 per cent. reduction
proposed by the firm.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01

Atlanta. Ca. sept. 1.-Sunday even
ing at s o'clock Max. the ls-months-old
son Of Il. O. Burlington. wandered from
his home TO a neighbor's back yard
and fell into tub of water. setting on
the back walk. and was drowned
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01

Scranton. Pa. Sept. 1.-The six-story
coal exchange once and store building
caught IRE and before the flames could
be controlled the building and contents
were damaged TO the extent OF $l5o,ooo
Insurance 100000.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01

New York. Sept 1.-THE Kings
County Elevated company, operating
IN Brooklyn. has been placed In the
hands OF a receiver. General Jourdan.
president Of the company. was nar,ed
as receiver.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01

Amesbury. Mass. Sept. Miller
Bros.. one Of the best known carriage
firms of this place. have made an as
slgnment. No statement OF assets and
liabilities have - yet been given out
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01

Hannibal. Mo. Sept. 1.-The Herri-
man Curd Lumber company has failed.
Liabilities approximate $4,000; assets
nominal IL In impossible TO obtain an
accurate statement Local banks are
caught for a large amount.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01
nather Irish PrIsoner Insane

London. Sept. lit is reported that
Iohn Duff. another of the Irish polit-
ical prisoners has become dangerously
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01
NV yorh cold Democrats.

Syracuse. n. Y. sept. 1.-THE state
convention of gold Democrats met here
Monday. Daniel q. Griffin OF Water
town was chosen temporary chairman
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01
Here Are Some Facts
You Ought to Know.

l. The Detroit Telephone Company has nearly
FIVE THOUSAND subscribers. Every subscriber for
telephone has signed legal contract. Nearly
THREE THOUSAND have signed three-year contracts
2 The Detroit Telephone Company has THIRTY
YEAR FRANCHISE from the city, and is the only tele
phone company owning franchise in Detroit
8 The Detroit Telephone Company is now building
the conduit in which to lay it's cables Sixty miles
of duct feet of conduit are required. Nearly TWEEN
ty-fve miles already laid.
The Detroit Telephone Company is building the
most modern and perfect telephone plant ever
built in this country. The conduit will last hun
dred years and the cables will be practically inn
perishabe. You can imagine the perfect service
telephone subscribers will receive.
D. The Detroit Telephone Company has enthusiastic
public and popular support. Think of a metallic
circuit telephone in your house for % dollars year
or in your office for 40 dollars year! No wonder
the telephone subscribers increasing at the rate
of nearly 100 week Do you know any reason
why there will not be 1000 Detroit Telephone sub
scribers within three years?
The Detroit Telephone Company's stock is all full
paid and non -assessabe. Telephone stock has al
ways been huge paying investment The time
to buy is when the company is started.
The Detroit Telephone Company's prospectus, a
copy of which can be had application, shows that
Tie stock of the company can pay ten per cent
dividend the first year and still leave five per cent
lor surplus. Every additional 1000 subscribers
VIII add over twenty thousand dollars to the earn
ing power of the stock. How much will Detroit
;.eIlephone Company stock be worth Ill l9oo when
IT has 10000 subscribers?
me me Detroit Telephone Company offers limited
aount m OF it's stock to the general public confident
oeieving that no investment so profitable or
ni safe has been offered to the people OF
nchlgan The stock is in 500 shares NO man
vi woman can afford to invest dollar before H.
Cesugating the stock of the Detroit Telephone
Company
JOHN T. HOLMES.
'0' Calumet Hotel CALUMET, MICH.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-01
GREAT NEWS FOR CUBA
Philippine Islands in Rebellion
Against Spain,
A STATE OF SIEGE IN MANILA.

Next to Cuba the Philippine Islands Are
the Chief Colonial Possessions of spain
Turkish Mob In ConstantinopIe Beaten
by British Troops-sudden Death of the
Russian Minister OF Foreign Ansirs-Oid
World News of Interest.
Berlin, Sept IAN official dis
patch received here from Manila. capt
tai of the Philippine islands. announces
that a revolutionary outbreak has oc-
Cured there and that state of siege
has been proclaimed Next to Cuba
the Philippine islands are the chief
colonial possession OF Spain The
same greedy. tyrannous methods OF
government that have forced Cubans
70 revolt repeatedly have at last
/, spurred the Philippine islanders TO rev.
olution. This rebellion is the one thing
which, more than all others. Spain has
feared for more than year past 1t
Is the best possible news .;for Cuba,
since ii means that SPANS troops must
be divided between two rebellious pro-
vinces instead OF being concentrated
on one.
Naluble to Spaiu.
The Philippines are group of large
and small islands, more than 100 in
number, lying directly southeast of the
Chinese coast, and northwest of New
Guinea. The seat of the Spanish gov
ernment of the islands is at Manila. in
the southwestern part of the great ISL
and of Luzon, $1,000 square miles in
extent Manila has population of
100000. The islands have altogether -
100000 population, or nearly twice that
of Cuba. on about 10000 square
miles of territory.
The islands have been a very valu-
able colony for Spain. producing great
quantities of sugar. hemp. tobacco.
coffee and cocoa. The news of the re-
bellion in the Philippines will inspire
the Cuban patriots to make still great
er sacrifices for their liberty, as 1t so
greatly enhances the prospects OF
fhafr nj 10
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-05-03
IRON THURSDAYS DAILY
sALsiAGUNDI.

The weather seems to be settled.
Oliver Rife 1me in from Mound
Valley yestcr Iw.
Miss Myrtle oulorkirk returned
from Starr Valley TO LAY.
Nothing new was developed in the
Jones trial Mt Carson yesterday.
y couple more trains OF Eastern
hotelmen passed east last night.
Supt. Agler passed through in his
private car on No. / this morning.
Dat OF l7G passengers on this
mornings east bound train, only four
took breakfast.
Henry Il. Rule, well knownin Elko.
is business manager OF the Tribune,
Reno's new paper.
Burglars TIRE entering houses in
Carson. Some heavy hauls have
lately been made.
DEC. +. Moors departed on No. 4
to-day for Reno to attend the meeting
Of the Nevada Den .al Association.
j. +. Triplctt re .urned last night
from a trip to Butte Valley. He re-
ports heavy storms III that section.
About the first OF !Iay G.. w. Pei
tier will move here from Lovelock,
where he will reside during the sum-
mer.
Reno's col cleaned out that town Of
the tramps, hobos and thieves. who
burglarized everything i'll sight last
week.
Ford and Wheeler have finished
shearing their bands OF sheep and
most of the shcarers have left for
other fields.
Miss Matte Keith, who has been
engaged to teach the White Rock
school, will depart for the scene OF
her labors tomorrow morning.
J.. p. Boone, who killed Antoine
Bac"ch in Esmeralda county last fall,
was tried for murder last week at
Hawthorne and acquitted.
There have been 81 many divorces
and remarriages in the Vanderbilt S
that the children cannot tell whether
they are playing i'll their own back
yard or not.
The proposition OF forming n BIZ
cycle club vas considerably discussed
by local cyclers last evening, and we
have been requested to call a meeting
at +. II. Kcyser's rooms on Saturday
evening next at S:l5 o'clock for the
purpose Of forming a club. All
cyclers are invited to attend.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-05-03

LoNpoS. April ~. First Lord Of
tho treasury, A. j. BalfOur. replying
to Sir William Vernon lIarcuurt tho
Liberal leader, said in tho House OF
Commonns to day. that arrangements
Tor II condition Of urbitrn ION respect.
ing tho Venezuelan and other qucs
tons aro matters that Great Britain
and the United States Ind in view in
the recent ncgutia iuus. Biliour al.
ded that the last cOmmunica ION Cron
tho United States arriyod Fdiay and
was now under consideration.
Balfour said Tho government wuuld
deal with both tho general question
Of arbitration md also the special
question connected with Venezuela.
md 1t was confidently hoped hat lbs
patience aud tact on both sides q
peaceful and satisfactory solution Of
tho matters would bc obtained.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-05-03
School Election,

The election OF school trustees in
the various school districts will be
held OIL Monday, May 10, 1896. Tho
two trustees elected mt this time will
take their Office OH the first Monday
in July next; the one elected for tho
long term will hold Office for fonr
years, and the II elected for tho
short term will hold Office for two
years. Under the law the present
trustees are required to post notices
in three public places in the district,
Of such election, not less than. ten
days before the election. and such
notices must specify that mn election
will be held at the school house Of
the district, the day on which held.
tho hours between which the polls
will be open, and that II long and
short term trustee will be voted for.
Tho present trustees will also up
point judges and inspectors OF clcc
ton, and II those appointed arc not
present Mt tho opening Of tho polls
tho voters may appoint now ones,
The judges and inspectors must
keep u poll list and tally list aud re-
turn them to the trustees.
Tho ballots may be written or print.
cd and the name OF tho party voted
for should indicate whether for long
tcrm or short term. Seton I OF the
school law, page IL, shows how voters
may DO challenged and the oath 10
DO taken by the challenged voter.
Certificates of election will DO sent
out by the County Superintendent
and tho judges and inspectors should
mako ont these certificates in dupli
cato and give then to tho parties
elected.
Trustees should soc that tho cleo
tion DO held, IA required, and that
trustees arc elected, otherwise com.
plicaticns may arise in making up.
poiptmcnts by the County Superin
toDdent,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-05-03
(FRoM WEDNESDAYS DAILY.
AIiMAGUSDl

Train No. 1 vas four hours late to-
LAY
Roht. Tucker. Of Ganta Creek came
in yesterday.
Ed. Carvillc and son, OF Mound
Valley, came in yesterday.
There are $50 voters registered in
Carson City for the coming city cleo.
ton.
Steps have been taken to build a
rcctory i'll connection with st. Paul's
church.
Mr.. Fogel. OF he firm of Fogel &
Gross, has just arrived from :he East
with a large stock OF goods.
Miss Cora Shaft, "a well know and
popular young lady of Reno, died III
San Francisco Sunday Of typhoid
fever.
The first train containing the East
ern hotel men who have been making
an extensive tour OF the West, passed
east last night.
See the nd. OF the Boston store else
where, read the prices, aud call at the
store and inspect their goods.
Willie Biggs, a very estimable
young man Of Reno. IA instantly
killed yesterday by being run over by
s,,.,A MARI In ,-.a r,uf,I,ipp
fogcl Il Gross OF the Boston Store
will start Il team for DeLamar with
aSi,000 stock 81 goods about the first
OF May.
Mr.. Woodruff, Of Ogden. arrived
last night and is making arrange
ments to day 10 make and burn the
brick for the high school building.
Rev. John Dawson desires to thank
all those who 50 kindly helped HIM to
locate the grave OF David Wilkie
Greer, who died of small pox i'll Elko
IN 1869.
Remember that on May 10Th at
noon the +. T. NJ. Co. will give away
the choice OF Il number OF articles or
Il lady or gents bicycle to the per
SOD guessing nearest TO the number
OF coupons in a box ut their store.
Little Jamie" will be given by the
choir OF ST. Paui's church on MAJ
18th. We understand that consider
able practicing has been done, and it
ought 10 lie the entertainment OF the
season. Admission % cents.
w. -. Duyall came down from
Island Mountain yesterday. Mr.. Du
vail says there is plenty Of snow il
the mountains in the Iorthcrn coun
try and that the prospect FOR a goo,
supply Of water the coming season j.
splendid.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-05-03

Three people were killed by a
clohdburst at Cranberry. Delaware,
Yesterday.
Albert RleuliT blew out the brains
OF his wife and then committed sui
eide i'll Seattle, Washington. yester.
day.
The Democrats of Michigan met at
Detroit yesterday. The silver and
gold men both claim to control the
convention.
Four hundred cloakmakcrs ON Il
strike ut Cleveland, Ohio, attacked
and severly injured several non union
men yesterday.
The sentence Of death imposed on
John II. Hammond, the California
engineer. for treason in South Africa
has been committed.
The Republican State Convention
OF Vermont has adopted a resolu-
ton expressing Il preference for Ma.
jor Mckinley ms a Presidential cam
didate.
y scene Of wild enthusiasm was ere.
atedm the Democratic Convention OF
Pennsylvania yesterday when ex-
Governor Pattison was named rs the
conventions choice for President.
Senator Teller Of Colorado, in the
Senate yesterday afternoon, announc.
cd that he would not support the
Republican party on II gold stand lrl
platform or with Il gold standard a
didatc.
At the annual meeting ~ the
stockholders OF the Union Pacific
held at Boston yesterday the
old Directors we're ro elected nxcept
Alex Miller, Secretary. and Assistant
Comptroller, was chosen to succeed S.
Endicott Peabody, and Geo. q. Can.
non of Salt Lake CITY was elected in
piGce Of james Sharpe. ns Iepresen.
tativc of the Salt Lake interests.
AT a meeting OF the Republican
delegates Of the Twenty second Con.
grcssional District, of Illinois. Buck
Mccarthy Of the Chicago stock
yards became involved in II quarrel
with WIN. Webb, OF the District Cen.
trail COMMITTEES. about seats at tho
Convention. Buck pulled Il cling
shot and attempted to strike his
opponent. and II free fight cnsued
Deputy Sheriff Morris Harris tried to
use his revolver but was prevented.
Scarcely Il man came out without a
battered head