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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-10

remain to this day in as perfect state
as when | saw them.
Among the cane fifty yards from the
ingenio found the corpse of laborer
who had attempted to escape. His head
was completely severed from the body,
and the clothing, such as remained,
bore traces OF machete wounds and
were thickened and stifiened with dried
blood. The shoes and hat had been re-
moved, evidently by poor people living
in the neighborhood, who do not let
such relics go to waste. Another pa
ciflco." | was told, lay in the canes near
by. but did not have time to look for
him.
/ saw the grave of M. Duarte and that
of his secretary, for the Spanish ofli-
GERS had had the decency to bury them
near the ruins of their cottages. The
remains of eleven of the twenty-five
victims were as / have described them,
and will so continue until the Spanish
government sees ut to remove them,
or so long as the insurgent govern
ment preserves them as a relic of the
medieval barbarism Of the war.
Can you place yourself in the posi-
ton OF this ignorant negro woman?
Can you imagine yourself falling be-
fore this cyclone of weak, dirty, blood
thirsty little Spanish soldiers?
The case of the Duarte estate has
been presented to the French consul,
and prompt disavowment OF the assas-
sination of NJ. Duarte, with a comfort
able solace to the nearest of kin, Is like
ly to follow.
On the I'd of May rode with the
force of Major Manolo Menendez near
the town of Soledad. AT evening we
passed by a little hamlet OF half dozen
houses. The peasants recognized US
as insurgents and came out to meet US
In grea. excitement. This was ther
story: The Spanish guerillas OF Las
Rodas had passed through the town
that morning and, finding nc insur-
gents to fight with they halted before
the house OF Desiderio Vida, man OF
thirty. who supported his mother, his
wife and family OF small children by
his labor as a farmer. The captain OF
the guerillas entered the house with
three of his men and addressed Vida In
the presence OF his family with abuse
and profanity. "Thou art a Mambise-
Come, scoundrel, tell us what thou
knowest Of the Mambises." Vida pro-
tested that he knew nothing. Calling
him a traitor. shameless one and a
Mambise, they dragged him from his
house and took up their march. leadins
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in the French flag The troops purst
In the door, dragged NJ. Quartz OUTSIDE
and cut him to pieces with their ma
chetes on his own doorstep. The nag
was soaked with blood.
An indiscriminate slaughter OF the
plantation hands and their famiies
was now begun. Men, women ana
small children were driven from their
houses and cut down in the usual pru-
tai manner. The "ingenio' and all the
surrounding buildings, the storehouses
and the cottages of the plantation ne
yroes were set fire to- and the bodies
of the victims. dead or dying, were
thrown among the flames. only one
escaped. a Chinese coolie, who sue
ceeded in making the woods near oy
with six Mauser bullet holes in him.
This is the story of the Oyalita mas
sacre. as Il is told without variation
by peasants Of the neighborhood' None
of the "pacifcos,' as l have II from
officers who were there, took part III
the skirmish between the troops ana
the insurgents, but lay, overcome with
fear in their houses as long as the mr.
Ing continued.
On the 9Th of May | rode with the
cavalry squadron of Col. Robado and
Mai saenz over the field OF the massa-
ere. 1t was a hurried visit, for col
umn was then after us, and / could de-
vote but thirty minutes to study OF
the remains that still exist OF the
hatchery. The sites of the cottages ana
outbouses were gray heaps OF ashes.
OF the sugar house itself, tin roof
still remained. covering mass OF
rusty machinery and charred timber
In the trunk under the great driving
wheel | counted the charred remains
of seven of the victims; uppermost
~ all wedged between the wheel ana
the masonry, lay the body OF negro
woman with baby in her arms. Inc
clothing had been burned away, but the
charred flesh remained, with a portion
OF her leather slippers. Or the Dody
that had been most exposed TO the
DANES the bones were visible. The
negress lay in an almost natural posi-
ton, claeping the infant tight TO her
breast with a hugging, clutching EN-
hrace that death had only intensined.
The body of the child was but little
disiutegrated by the flames. Inc
other bodies in the pit were reduced to
charred skeletons. The negress ana
her child had evidently been the last
thrown In.
There were other bodies, they told
me- in the debris of the central part
NJ the building, which had fallen In,
but had not time to look for them.
MAS also told that the bodies OF two
other women and two little girls were
thrown into the burning cottages ana
entirely consumed.
beneath the "ingenIo' there 10 . Gel
lar. where we're the furnaces that neat
ed the great iron sugar boilers. Tne,e
WAS also a little bakeshop In 'h'S o''-
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Whom the car horses throughout Con-
necticut cities were retired few years
ago with the coming of the trolley peo-
nile wondered what would become OF the
500 cars that they had dragged so long.
No one would have guessed then that
a brisk demand for these old cars
would spring up in one season ana
would almost completely exhaust the
sunnly Yet such has been the case
this summer. The cars have been sold
For summer shelters in rural districts
,or hunters camps, for lodges by soli-
,srv lakes. for cabins on house boats.
and most OF all. for the homes OF
tanners on the coast OF Long Island
sound and its islands. A Norwich par
~ At scotchcap, on the Thames river.
have arranged four horse cars In the
sorw Of a hollow square. A canvas
sw,n,nr covers the courtyard made by
~. cars. and a tall nagstaff rising from
,hs center completes the pleasing estab-
,,shment. One of the cars IL used rs
: Kitchen and Workshop and the others
ore Ioupging, sleeping and reception
rooms.
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BARON Won zEDTWITz.
Recently Lost His Life In a Collision q
Yachts at Sea.

Recently Lost His Life In a Collision Of
Yachts at Sea.
Baron Won Zedtwitz, who was killed
the other day in the collision of En-
peror Williams yacht Meteor and his
own yacht Isolde, was a recent convert
to the sport of yachting. 1t was only
in 1898 that he Joined the Imperial
Yacht Club and became enthusiastical-
ly interested in the sport. His yacht
Isolde was a competitor in nearly all
the Baltic and English regattas of this
and of last season. While new as a
yachtsman the baron was widely
known as a diplomat. He entered the
civil service in Saxony in 1874 and four
years later he became attached TO the
diplomatic service of the empire. Since
that time he had held such important
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-10
JOSIAH CROFT

Chicago where he practiced his profess
bon for three years. He then moved
10 Moline, ILL.,, and was elected super
visor Of Rock Island county. He de-
slined a prolfered nomination TO run
Tor congressman and in 1880 returned
70 Vermont settling with his family in
the Human homestead, where his wife
vas born, in Derby. After leaving
Chicago Mr.. Grout abandoned the prac-
ice Of law and turned his energies TO
farming. He owns one of the largest
Arms in Vermont. He was elected 10
the legislature in 1872 and 1874 and the
latter time was chosen speaker. After
bis return from the west he was again
sent to the legislature in 1884, 1886 and
1871, serving as speaker the last two
terms. He was q state senator in 1892
and has been vice-presldent and presi-
cent Of the Republican League of YER
mont
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Money In Bicvcie ruvent,o,.

Inventions OF bicycle sundries are
,SS' now apparently the most profitable
@'ectlon in which mechanical ingenui-
ean be directed. All the really mer-
or'ous devices on the markets for
"aeels and wheelmen are selling well
~u return fine dividends to their own
40 And the most remarkable feature
ns 'ne case Is the fact that these prove
Ing Investments from the start, and
using system OF introducing them
necessary as In other businesses.
que Oh the most remarkable instances
'nis state Of affairs is the case of
popular saddle made OF aluminium
,uu leather. 1t was invented less than
w years ago and has been on the
Na'ket but short time. Yet this year
aSs sales nave already reached So
M, ana there are more to come. On
,sa A.. $1,000 the inventor realized so
ann mn" apiece. or $4,000. a tidy little
mah mn which would be considered a for
sa Ss oy some people, and does fairly
rns. an annual income on a bicycle
-Nhicago Tribune
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A former minister to the United
States from Argentina found great diff
flculty in learning the English Ian
guage.
ct make often many mees AXE" he
said, when l speak Americana. I
make a bad blunder the last time I
am received at the White House. A
beautiful ladee tell me something
which happened in your cival war. She
say she see II. Now. | think to myself.
I will be polite and make the sonora
a grand compliment.
cit is impossible that you see IT.
madam I say. You must have been
born many, many years before the
war
"All the time" he added, Il meant
after the war. But I made a meestake.
I say before. No. the lsdee was not
pleased. She felt much contempt. -
Washington Post.
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zANzlgAR's NEW SULTAN.
Mohammed bin seyyid seems Ia suit
the Island Population.

.ioha mined bin Seyyid seems To suit
the Island Population.
Hamoud bin Mohammed bin Seyyid,
the new sultan Of Zanzibar, Is a puppet
that will fall in with any suggestion the
English government of the islands has
TO make. He is better suited to the
purpose of the British conquerors OF
the country than Said Khalid would
have been. The latter entertained odd
notions of being real sultan, and the
British do not like real sultans. Dis
matches from the island say the people
are pleased with the new sultan, which
is quite easy to imagine, inasmuch as
the sultan has nothing to do with tho
people or the people with the sultan.
The inhabitants of Zanzibar were pref
ty well convinced by the recent bonn
bardment that whatever the English
thought good would be best for them'
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an. p...,., object.

The summer girl says that one to
sixteen Is about the ratio of the num-
Der Of kisses a man asks for compared
TO what he takes-but she doesn't say
this complsin'ngly. Somerville jour
nal.
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Calored Wisdom.

"Uncle Rasbury, do you think mar
ried people are the happiest?"
"why, dat ar depend altogether how
dey enjoy demselves." Washington
Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-10

Speaking OF hog cholera. Miss Blunt
remarked the other day, as she hung
to the strap: what a pity II couldn't
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-10

A prisoner In New York got eleven
years In prison the other day for steal
ing 81
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EOv. JOSIAH CIRCUIT.
v ELECTED EXECUTIVE OF
NV ".rN MOUNTAIN STATE

War Record. Aiso One NJ the
r.s .rd Has Lately become sn',
" y.rmer-He Was Once n West
amer
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.,hool In the winter anu iateI "ehl "
= academy. where he was pursuing
N smdies when the war OF the rebel
Nan broke out. He went to the front
!, Once enllsting as a private in Com
D,nv | of the First Vermont cavalry.
| n was elected second lieutenant when
hs company was permanently organ
bsd April /, 1863, he was made a
nDtaln and the same date was serious
| n wounded in action. He still carries
ma bullet he received in that battle.
IN 1864 he raised company for the
Frontier cavalry regiment. organized
| n repel the st. Adams raid, and was
,upOnted a major of the regiment. At
| Al the close OF the war Major Grout re-
turned home and resumed the study Of
hv in the Office Of his brother, General
CrOut. He was admitted to the bar in
1865, and practiced law in partnership
with his brother in Barton, VT, at the
same time assisting in editing the Bar
ION Standard. In 1875 ne moved to
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-10

Christ lived All the Truth he taught
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-10

OSIAH CIRCUIT, the
newly elected gov
ernor OF the Green
Mountain state, was
born on a Vermont
farm May 20. 1912.
and spent his early
years in the laborl-
GUS pursuits incl
dent to the life OF
a farmers son. He
attended district
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
SPANISH UNIVERSITIES CLOSED.
Minister Dupuy Deloms Trying to Smooth
Things Over.

Washington Maj lch Minister Dupuy
Delome received an official dispatch to-
day announcing that the government had
closed the universities at Madrid BARGE
Iona, Valencia and Granada, the Cadiz
medical school and the college of sur
geons at Madrid in the effort to prevent
further outbreaks against the United
States, all the disturbances hitherto hav-
ing been confined to or led by young stu
dents. The government, he declares, s.
exerting it's influences in all possible
ways to prevent any insults to this coun-
try, and harsh measures are necessary
because of the strong feeling engendered
by the speeches made in the United
States senate.
1t is said that If belligerency is to be
recognized by the United States the ad-
ditonal duty will be forced upon Spain
of maintaining a rigid and effective
blockade OF Cuba. The cable reports In
no instances convey the impress on that
vessels have been secured with any ar
mament which would fit them for offen-
sive uses against the United States.
They appear to be altogether merchant
vessels adapted only for blockade uses
and for the transportation of troops.
'The Spanish government" Minister
Delome says, "can surely be relied upon
to do only what is proper and to take
every precaution for preserving Its honor
to all other countries. and cannot doubt
that the government of the United States
will appreciate this and be always anil
mated by the same high sense of public
honor Spain may be relied upon to pre-
vent her people from being carried away
by their impulses, but it must be admit
ted that the provocation for excitement
has been very great. Americans have
heaped insults upon the Spanish people
because of misinformatlon and the eli
max has been reached through speeches
made by several senators in the discus
sion of the Cuban resolutions which were
well calculated to enrage any self
respecting people"
Senor Delome says that all the sensa
tional remarks in the senate debates
which aroused his countrymen were those
misleading or altogether false, as, ac
cording to his belief, most of the things
which have been printed broadcast in the
last year about the cruelties of Spanish
authorities in Cuba and the tyranny of
the military officers there
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
FIRST GUN IN GEORGIA.
The Silver People Get First Blood in Their
Fight for One Convention Before the
Executive Committee.

Atlanta, March THE democratic ex-
ecutfve committee of Georgia met today
in Atlanta, pursuant to the call of the
chairman, A. s. Clay. Thirty-three MEM
bers were present, this being the full
membership, except one, he being prov
identially detained. 1t was the most in
teresting meeting of the committee held
In years. The topic of most interest was
the question of holding one or two state
conventions, 1t having been the custom
of the party since 1875 to hold two state
conventions in presidential years-one
before and the other after the national
convention, By vote of ~ to IL the
committee today decided to hold one
state convention for the election of dele
ge ties to the national convention, choice
of electors and nomination of governor
and state house officers. Thursday, the
25th Of June was fixed for the day of the
convi ntion and Macon the place. The
gene ~ state primary for the election of
deleg ates to the convention was ordered
for the first Saturday in June, and the
various county democratic executive
committees requested to consolidate the
other primary action on the same day,
thus nomina ting the party's candidates
for the general assembly and county Of
ficers. > The proposition for one conven-
tion was vigorously opposed by the lead
ers of the gold standard wing of the par
ty, though the vote on 1t cannot be ac
cepted as a test, as several members of
the committee who have been favorable
to Mr. Cleveland's financial policy yield
ed to the argument of the other side for
one convention and one primary on the
ground that 1t would bring out the full
democratic vote and allow a concentra-
tion of party energy and a settlement of
the differences and thus avoid a contin-
ued party contest until August.
A letter from Congressman c. F. Crisp
was presented to the committee, suggest
ing that he would like to have the demo-
cratic masses to vote on the question of
the senatorial nomination for the senate
in the approaching primaries He argued
that the submttal of the election of SEN
ators to the people was on the line of
the action of the democratic party as ex-
pressed in the votes on the proposed con-
stitutional amendment in congress An
effort was made on behalf of the sena-
torial opponents of Crisp TO table his
communication, which the committee de-
cliped to do and a'resolution was adopt
ed which in effect refers the matter of
senatorial primary to the independent ac-
ton of the several county democratic ex-
executive committees, each of which can
order primary or not for their respec-
tive counties If so desired
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
Louisiana Democrats Surprised.

New Orleans, March IA Daily States
dispatch from Winnsboro, La, says:
News received here of the declaring of
the seat OF Congressman Boatner vacant
and ordering that there shall be a new
election created much astonishment
among he democrats and much jubila-
ton among the popullsts. The news
came IN a telegram to Governor Foster
from Congressman Robertson
Governor Foster said IL was too early
for MIN to be quoted on the subject OF
the date when he would order the cleo.
tion to be held.
Mr.. Boatner is in Monroe. He Is great
~ astonished al the result, being satisfied
he would be Quieted I'm hIs seat
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
There Will Be No COMPROMISE.

Washington. March 7.-Senator Harris
OF Tennessee, who is the official head of
the democratic free silver organizat ton,
says that so far as he and those whom
he represents are concerned there is to
be no compromise whatever with the sin
gle gold standard party.
we are going to make the issue at
Chicago next July. We propose to force
the fighting. We believe that the people
have been duly educated. am sure that
we will have majority Of the delegates
to the national convention / say this
because of the correspondence my com
mittee has had with prominent demo-
Gratis in all the states of the union. We
are busily engaged in circulating our lit
erature and there is no doubt whatever
in my mind that we will control the de-
claration of the next democratic con-
YentiOn upon the financial question"
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
RELIEF FOR THE FARMERS.
Dunraven Re-elected-A Compliment to
Mary Anderson.

Dunraven Re-elected-A Compliment to
Mary Anderson.
London, March THE long pending re-
port of the committee on agriculture mas
been made public. The radical minority
on the committee sign a separate report.
They declare that the result of the adop-
ton of the suggestions of the majority
will mean that f3,000.000 stelng shall be
annually given as state relief. Land
owners, they declare, should bear their
share of local burdens.
Lord Dunraven has been reelected
president of the Solent Glasses Racing
association.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, chancellor OF
tationthe exchequer, has refused to re-
ceiye a deputa nDn who desired to visit
him in the interest of the gold standard
The members of the ca binet do not want
to hear anything about the currency Tor
the rest of the parliamentary session.
Nevertheless the Bimetallic league Will
ask Lord Salisbury to receive an immense
deputat tion, comprising representatives
cf chambers of commerce. trades coun-
ellis and other Industrial bodies. On
March IL the house of commons will de-
bate a motion urging the government to
become a party to an International mon
etary agreement
Mrs Navarro, formerly the well known
American actress, Mary Anderson, has
charming personal note introducing her
autobiography, which has just been pub
lished. She writes: II am content to be
forgotten except by such friends as I
hope will always keep a place for me in
their hearts, She expresses the hope
that the book will be useful to young
girls who think of going on the stage and
says her experience may show that the
glitter of the stage, even to the success
full, is not all gold, but that stage life Is
really a life of hardships
The chief commissioner of the Saliva
ton Army here still maintains the hope
that the American seceders will return.
He says that when Ballington Booth
comes to England to see his father the
influence of old associa tions will have
great effect in altering his resolution.
In the meantime the chief commissioner
F,does not expect that there Will be ser:-
Gus split in the army,
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
FOOLISH SPANISH STUDENTS.
They Created Panic in Church Yelling
fViya Espana''


Madrid, March THE students of the
university at Saragossa today entered
church which was filed with ladies at
their devotions and shouted Viva Es-
pana" and Death to the-Yankees." Their
actions for a time created a panic, and
most of the ladies left the church with all
possible haste. There was excitement IN
the streets throughout the day. The
governor of the province, the mayor of
the town and the rector OF the university
mixed with the groups of excited people
and tried their best to calm them Cen
darmes are now patroIling the streets
and all the public buildings are strongly
guarded strong guard is stationed
about. the American consulate at Cadiz
Today number of medical students
hooted and stoned the gendarmes guard
ing the building. The latter charged
upon the mob and soon scattered it, The
queen regent drove to church this after
noon. Crowds lined the streets through
which she passed and loudly cheered her.
The egraatest enthusiasm was manifested.
General Azzacarraga, minister of war
has received from an English gentleman
an offer to supply 10000 ex-soldiers for
the Trsnish service on condition that he
himsslf be given the command Of them.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
Governor Atkinson Springs a Surprise.

Atlanta, Ca, March IA sensation
was created here today in political cir
cles by report that Governor Atkinson
would not be a candidate again. The
story went that the governor had been
offered a business connection which
would pay him several times the salary
of governor. A great procession poured
in on the governor all day, and he was
urged not to withdraw this year, but to
take another term as governor. This Is
to prevent a fight between the two wings
of the party for state house offices. 1t Is
probable that the governor will be can
didate for the goyernorship again.