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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06

The Kickapoo Indian Rene ~ company
will close their Houghton engagement
Monday evening with big doubIe-bill
and an exciting prize contest for the Ia
dies. Manager Kenyon and his company
have amused host OF people during
their three weeks stay in Houghton and,
of course, succeeded in their primary OBJ
ject, the advertising of Indian Sagwa
and their other remediesfor the ills OF the
flesh. All OF them are quiet gentlemanly
fellows, versatile in the art OF entertain
ing and therefore make a good impress
sion where they appear. The Hancock
engagement will open at st. Patrick
Hall Tuesday evening.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06
A Competent witness.

A little girl was in the witness box,
and, as usual, before she was allowed
to be sworn, she was examined by the
presiding judge, Mr.. Judge Maule, as to
her understanding the nature OF an oath
and her belief in future state.
"Do you know what an oath is, my
child?" asked the judge.
eyes, sir; ! am obliged to tell the
truth. I"
"If you always tell the truth, where
will you go when you diea"
"Up to heaven, sir?"
"And what will become OF you II yor
tell liesf"
II shall 90 to the naughty place
sir.
care you quite sure Of thatF
Eyes, sir; quite sure" 49,
"Let her be sworn" said Maule. II
is quite clear she knows a great dea
more than do. "-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06
The 14-year-old son in the Simmer lam
;lv Of Hancock, is i'll with diphtheria.
Manned Painter.

Tepnyson's line, And breasts the
blows Of circumstance, finds plctur'
esoue illustration in this paragraph
from The Literary Digest:
The right hand Of the Russian painter
varescbaaiu is thumbless. His right
thumb was bitten by leopard some
years ago and had to be amputa'ed. aH 10
middle finger also OF his right nana 10 10
famed and useless as the result OF u sno'
wound which the artist received Oh 'n 40
battlefield. More than this the smai,
bones of the center of his right nano
were also partially shattered by fail on
the Russian steppes, and his right arm
was broken in the same accident Nev.
ertheless it is with this damaged rlen'
hand that vereschagin paints sas won
derful pictures.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06

The Young Mems Catholic Institute
will give an entertainment N st. Pat
rick's Hall tomorrow Sunday evening,
the proceeds of which will go to aid the
fitting up OF the rooms in the basemert
of St. Patrick's church. Capt. Jack, OF
The Irish Outlaw" will be repeated by
the cast from the Hancock Dramatic club
which recently produced the pie'e so sue
cessfully. and three members OF the Kick
apoo Indian company will give some o.
their best specialties. they having kindly
offered their services gratis.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06
ANGELS EYES.
Beside my window kneelins,

Beside my window kneeling,
watch the stars appear.
A silver mist is stealing
over the meadows scar.
IT'S said that the stars which at eventide
Sparkle and smile and peep
Are the eyes Of the dear little children
Who are sleeping their endless sleep.
II this be true, oh. tell me. pray.
Which Of those stars so bright
Are the eyes Of the little laddie brave
Whom the angels called ono night
Leaving a vacant little chair,
An empty little bed,
And mother who seeks 'mong the stars
each night
The eyes of Bonny Ted?
Archibald V. McCarroll in Chicago Post.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06

Papa (busy with his accounts)-Iwish
Won wouldn't read aloud, Rachel. You
disturb me.
Miss Rachel-This is the morning pa
per. papa. I'm reading Notes ON So
ciety."
Papa-So am /, child, and I've got
some here that are awfully hard to COL
lect. Chicago Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06
Butter Packing.

A system of packing butter which
does away with cold chambers is being
tried in Australia. The butter is being
hacked in cubical boxes made OF glass;
the Joints being covered with adhesive,
oreaseproof paper. The boxes vary IN
size. holding from pound to 200 pounds.
When box is filed, it is covered with
a ouarter of an inch Of plaster OF paris,
and this with prepared paper or canvas,
The plaster. being a nonconductor 0,
heat. preserves the hermetically sealed
butter.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06
A DOWNFALL.

Wanderer-Yes. A few years ago l
was just rollin in wealth.
Kind Hearted Housekeeper - Poor
mani Here is a shilling. Drink did It,
I SUPPOSED
Wanderer-No'm. Religion.
Kind Hearted Housekeeper - Reii-
gion?
Wanderer-Yes'm was one of the
most successful burglars in the country,
but got religion and couldn't work at
me trade no more. Thanks l-London
Tit Pits
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06

The boys OF the vested choir OF Trinity
church. Houghton, have engaged the Ar
mory Opera House for Friday evening"
February &c, where they will give a
dancing party. The proceeds OF the
affair will be devoted by the boys to pay
ing the expenses Of their annual camping
trip next summer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06

Rags for paper making are boiled I'M
der steam pressure. A hundred pounds
of rags are mixed with from . 70 10
pounds of carbonate OF soda and haii as
much quicklims.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06

The four podded lotus, in an exposed
situation. makes q cover for its flower
by drawing one or more OF the leaves
over the blossom and keeping them there
during the heat of the day.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06

1t is only justice to the Houghton town
clock to note that the hands on it's east
face now indicate the correct time.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06
Tho successful One.

$50 Miss Keene Is marrieo' ~
one young man. ,sou, ,over
'and to another" vorv
"I thought she regarded you very
kindly" ,..oa overv at.
tention ON her. l took her 10 tne op ..,''
every night. and then she married my
rival. mopev
than you. u.,,an,t belr
but have after ] took her 70 'no o
s'.sx,, night. u-Washington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06

The heather mythology not only was
not true, but was not even supported a.
true It not only deserved no faith but
a. demanded none. Whately.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06

II is stated by some authorities that
the wood of the American poplar MAKES
the best variety Of wood paper.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06

The '97 Gu OF Hancock will indulgelin
an informal dance in st. Patricks han
Monday evening from 8 to II O'Clock.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06

Lieutenant Governor Dunstan arrived
home Monday evening and will remain
until Wednesday morning. He is home
on private business and to take look
around and see the boys, as he said. The
governor looks as though the life at the
capitol agreed with him and the breeze
created by the appointment OF senate
committees was only bracer after all.
Regarding the refusal OF the supreme
court to grant the mandamus asked for
tocompel the council OF Detroit to call a
special election.to fill the Office Of mayor
detroit, which Office the asker for the
mandamus considers to be vacant, Mr..
Dunstan said that the action OF the su-
preme court was simply taken in order
to have the motion for the mandamus
come up In the proper place, the circuit
court. THE opinion OF lawyers" said
the governor, ''is that Governor Pingree
cannot hold both Offices" ait
Mr.. Dunstan does not think the talk oil
flngree resigning the governorship in
preference to the mayorality is well
founded, though he admitted that the
latter had said nothing to him about the
matter.
People up here who depend on what
'Oe Detroit papers say about politics are
very poorly informed, said Mr.. Dunstan
agreat deal more than hall you see ID
urawn from the lively imagination o.
newspaper writers.
with two pronounced Pingree men In
Tue senate. one from Wayne county anc
one from Houghton county, and with q
hundred and fifty committee places to 81
would have been pretty hard to spread
'nem around, wouldn't it7" asked TIT
governor. II have stated BEFORE" sale
ne' the prec dent followed in putting
senator Thompson ON the committee OF
.'''es and villages, and anyway Pingre
uoes not care great deal about it,"
Mr. Dunstan says the legislature ba
now gotten down to work and a goo'
BUSINESS session will result.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06

90 last moves our modern civilization
."a' a person speaks OF the x ray, dis
.o,ered by Professor Roentgen, as tamil
AIRY as OF the electric light. Yet, year
" so ago, IL anyone had announced that
- Tue iabratory Of the Hancock high
''nooi there was an apparatus that
"ou'd enable one to see the bones Of his
S"n nand he would haye been fit sub
'''''or New berry, In the mind Of every
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06

"Doctor, I'm so nervous that toss
ali night What's the best remedyr
"Just take nap when you feel that
way. Detroit Free Press
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06
.Daily. Daily except Sunday.
PASSENGER Trains on 4. & c. R. r.

sDany. .Daily - ant Sunday.
A. 10 carry him home,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-22
ABOLISH Z. C. OFFICE.
Union Avenue Ticket Offices to Go
Santa Fe No Longer Opposes.

Kansas City, Jan. 22.-LOcal paSSen-
ger men now generally concede that the
branch ticket offices on Union avenue
are bound to 60" Their abolition was
again considered at a meeting of in
terested lines in Chicago Wednesday,
and it was found that all were in favor
of the proposed change.
There are few difficulties in the way
satisfactorily. Nearly all the roads
having offices there hold them by virtue
of leases and are therefore liable for
the rent. The Pittsburg & Gulf and
the Chicago Great Western railways
maintain offices on the avenue, al
though they do not enter the union de-
pot
They are willing. however, to close,
If they can put their tickets on sale
in the union depot. They further agree
to pay their proportionate share of the
expenses of the union depot ticket of
fee
The Santa Fe railway, which has
heretofore opposed the closing of the
Union avenue offices, is now said to be
heartily in favor of it. 1t is Furthermore
stated that the business of the Union
avenue offices has been steadily de-
creasing and the uptown business in
creasing.
The proposition will come up again
next week, in all probability, and it is
believed decisive action will then be
taken. In this event Union avenue will
then become a depopulated thorough
fare, devoted to eating houses and
ticket scalperS' offices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-22
NICARAGUA CANAL CORPSE.
Turpie Says United States is Asked to
Pay $1OO.OOO.OOO for e Corpse

Washington. Jan. 22.-In his speech
in the Nicaragua canal bill yesterday.
referring to Mr.. Morgan's statement
that there was race between the Uni
ted sta ties and Great Britain as to who
should build the canal. Mr.. Turpie said
it was Il very languid and indolent race.
1t was a race in which the books had
been open $50 years and there were no
entries yet.
1t was one of the delightful features
of this subject that the Nicaragua ca
ral company would die in 80 days by the
eXpira ton of the terms of its concession
from Nicaragua. That was the reason
this scheme of confiscatiOn made a final
and desperate charge. Would the Brit
ish parliament consider for a monument
the purchase of such n cpOrse, as had
been suggested by Mr.. Morgan? The
idea of one hundred million dollars for
a corpse.
Mr.. PETER, Populist, of Kansas. spoke
briefly in opposition to the bill Mr. vi
las, Democrat of Wisconsin, urged Mr..
Morgan not to adopt any unusual course
to advance the bill to a vote. There
should be no snap judgement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-22
TROTTERS SELL LOW.
The Sale at Madison Square Garden
Develops Little Interest.

New York. Jan. 22.-There was a fair at
tendance at the sale of trotting horses in
Madison Square Garden yesterday. ana
occasionally there would be burst of
spirited bidding, but for the most part the
trotting horsemen present We're slow to
make offers Some of the sales We're:
Nellie McCrory. b. M. Z. Legal Tender
Lucy, to A. H. Gilmore, Canada 81 300
Germaine. bh, 9. Membrino King-Ver-
dant, Henry Fleischman, Vienna, Aus
tria, S1.575.
Jubilee. CHI. m. Melbourne King-un-
traced. Carl Schurch, Brooklyn, $500.
Clifford. bg. g. Ormonde-Nina, w. H.
Baggs, Springfield. Mass, $3.50.
Blue Bird, nm. 6, Eagle Bird-FIelment,
L. S. Grant, Providence. r. L. 81. 225
Don L.. br g. 6, Col. Tom-Valotta, Hams
iton Busby. New York, 81. $50.
Marie Wellington br +, I. Gen. Welling-
ton-RussellviIle Maid, John Mcguire,
New York, 81 900.
The evening sale opened with a con-
signment from United States Senator
Stewards establishment in Nebraska.
They We're an Indifferent lot and fetched
low prices Later some high class ami
mails were brought out and more salts
factory prices obtained. The best sales
were Red Lady BIN. S. Red Wilkes-Sev-
eren, to J. H. Osterhoult, Troy, n. Y,
Winnie Baron. m. 5. Baron Wilkes
Winnie Davis. to W. H. Titus, Spring.
field, Mass. 81, 100.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-22
CUBANS NEED ARMS.
Three Thousand Insurgents Have No
Guns.

Cincinnati, Jan. ga special to the
Commercial Tribune from Tampa, Fla,
says:
Emanuel Silvero, a wounded Cuban.
arrived here tonight from Key West,
having escaped from Cuba on fishing
vessel. He comes from the field near
Artemisa- He states that General Ri
vera is sadly in need of ammunition
and arms. The machette is the only
weapon that hundreds are armed with.
In ambuScade the nachete IS the Gu
bans ready weapon and is a terrible
one. He confirms the story of Janu-
airy 8, " hen a Spanish band came upon
a Cuban hospital, near San Cristobal.
containing 500 wounded insurgents. and
put to death all of them, even the at
tending physicians.
Colonel San Martins troops are raid
ing all that section, though very sell
dom going into the hills near Rivera's
camps. One of his bands was am
pushed two weeks ago ami out of IS
men in it only three escaped. They are
bloodthirsty and are credited with more
murders of women and pacif5cos than
any other band.
They raided a small town 20 miles
from Palacios on New Years day and
abducted all the women in the place.
some so in number. Only 10 of them
have been seen or heard from, and they
were captured by a Cuban band Janu-
airy 10.
Silvero urges the Cuban leaders here
to send an expedition at once as the
army in Pinar del Rio needs arms i'm
medfateIy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-22
WELLINGTON NEWS.
Short Items of Interest Along South
ern Kansas Railways.

Wellington, Jan. ga car load of
creamery butter was shipped from Har-
per this morning for Chicago.
I. G. Lawrence, ex-cashier at the
freight depot, left yesterday for Car
rolton, Mo.
A. E. Wallace, Santa F'e bridge in
spector, went to Attica this morning
and will inspect all bridges between
that point and Wellington.
Ben Sharpstein and F. J. Hart will
make immediate arrangements for
sinking new piles beneath the bridge
near Alva, across Salt Fork They left
for there this morning.
The Rock Island would need more
side track here if the present amount of
business should continue throughout
the year. They have had trouble side
tracking their trains to allow a clear
track for the passenger during the last
few mornings.
A. H. Smith, car auditor for the VI.
K. & T., is here checking up his cars in
the freight yards.
Conductor Beckwith and family left
last night for Chicago and Danville,
Ill, to be gone ten of II days.
Five cars of cattle came in from
WynnewOod, I. t, last night and were
taken to Medicine Lodge on the local.
They were feeders.
The Wellington engineers who are
running out of Arkansas City at pres
ent are: Pryor, Snyder. Carpenter,
Lupher and Mccarthy. Fireman Kei-
lar and Fountain are also over there,
and Blake goes over in the morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-22
CHICAGo's FIRST CASE
Under the New Law Against Expec-
toration in Public Places.

Chicago, Jan. ga. Forlan. chief en-
gineer of the Grant locomotive works,
enjoys the distinction of being the first
man taken into custody under the new
heath department rule against expec-
tOration in a street car or other public
places. The police did not lock him up.
but merely secured his address that he
might be arrested on warrants if the
street car company sees fit to push the
case
Forlan left his home last night to go
to a friends house and boarded a JEFF
fersOn and Urban electric ear. His Gng-
er nail was broken and he bit off the
rought edge with his teeth, afterwards
ejecting the particles to the floor Con-
ductOr EreSneOn warned him to deSist
and he repeated the opera ton. Police
man Swenie was summoned and escort
ed the passenger and conductor to the
police station Desk Sergeant Martin
wanted to protect the city against pos
sible action for false Imprisonment and
the street car company from the loss Of
its defendant. SO he made certain Of the
prisoners residence and turned him
loose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-22
SCHOOL SWINDLE.
Districts i'm Franklin and Ad-
joining Counties
Are Yictimized BY Shrewd
Chart Agents.
MAPS NEVER CAME.
Now the Districts Go Into
Court and Protest.
Vouchers Turn Up In Banks
For Collection.

Ottawa, Jan. 22.-Sometime last summer
a smooth gentleman who gave his name
as w. H. Harrison drifted around through
Franklin and adjoining counties, claiming
to represent the firm of Workman & Co.
Defiance, O.. publishers of certain school
supplies He carried d most desirable
school chart. which he succeeded in sell
ing to various school Enthusiastically
districts No. 9, Al. 81 and 50. of this coun-
ty- In the sale he simply took the order
of the district, receiving & voucher for
the amount. payable when the chart was
delivered, which time was placed at Aug
ust Is.
Time ran on and the charts never turn
ed up-but the vouchers did. in the hands
of a bank which is now pressing for pay
ment Certain of the defrauded districts
have thought the easiest way out was to
pay the vouchers, but others will make 9.
fight. Mr.. Green Richardson, an official
of district No. was in the city this morn
ing to confer with the attorney as to
what course to pursue. He claims that
the Workman company has repudiated
the agent. claiming that he was unau-
thorized to act for them and they. there
fore, decline to send the goods. The
bank that holds the vouchers appears as
an innocent purchaser
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-22
CoRPsEs NOT BAGGAGE.
Action of General Baggage Agents at
Richmond, Va.

Richmond. Va. Jan. 22.-The Ameri-
cas- association of general baggag e
agents. in convention at the Jefferson
hotel, decided by a vote not to allow
corpses to be checked as baggage, but
to let the existing rule, requiring a
passenger ticket, remain.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
G. E. Sipp1e, general baggage agent
Delaware q Lackawanna, Hoboken, N.
J., president: S. F. Wood. general bag
gage agent Chicago, st. Paul, Minneap-
oils g. Omaha road. ST. Paul, vice pres
ident; J. Z. Quick, general baggage
agent Grand Trunk, Toronto, secretary
and treasurer
The executive committee are w. A.
Smart, general baggage agent North
ern Pacific. ST. Paul, chairman; H. H.
Towle Maine Central Portland. Me.
A. Traynor. Union Pacific, Council
Bluffs.
The body adjourned last night to
meet in Denver. Colo, Oct. Is, 1897
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-22
BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT.
Statistics From Leaven worth ofBirths
Deaths and Marriages.

Leavenworth, Jan. 22.-The secretary
OF the board of health completed his
annual report yesterday and submitted
it to the city council last night. During
the year 1896 there We're %; maria ges
462 births and 3z3 deaths, which. based
on a population of % ,0OO makes the
death rate between IA and Is per cent
per thousand. OF the deaths 81 were
due to heart troubles; consumption
claimed 25, pneumonia %, diphtheria H.
cholera infantum Is and old age IA
Other complaints claimed from l to II
each. Unmarried persons died more
than twice as fast as married people,
there being 80 deaths of the latter to
21S of the former. The deaths among
the whites was more than five times
greater than among the blacks, the fig
ures being, whites, 27O; colored, So.
OF these deaths 1888 were adults, 135
minors, &C of them being under : year
of age. Diphtheria entered into 1O1
houses during the year and there were
123 cases. II of which proved fatal. The
statistics for the month of December
place the marriages at %, deaths 20
and births 40.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-22
Not to Solicit Traffic For the
C. Il. Convention
OR MAKE CONTRACTS,
Until Chairman Announces
Methods and Rules.
Union Avenue Ticket Offices at
IL. G. to Be Moved.

Chicago, Jan. 22.-Orders have been
sent out to all the passenger officials
of the western roads to keep their hands
off the traffic for the Christian Endeav-
or society to San Francisco
This was in accordance with a reso-
luton adopted by the ns-continentaI
passenger association, provinding that
pending announcement by the chair
man as to methods and regulations to
govern in the division of this business,
all the lines pledge themselves to make
no solicitation or effort to contract for
the business, and that no concessions of
any kind or character be printed in
connection with the business
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-22
BUT ONE MAN ESCAPED.
Two Members of Benin Expedition
Living on Plantains and Dew.

Living on Slant2lQS ana Dew.
London, Jan. 22.-Out of $50 carriers
with Consul Phillips expedition, only
one escaped, and brought the news to
the coast. A relief party sent up the
river in a canoe found Boisragon and
Locke. who had been hiding in the
bush for five days, living on plantains
and drinking dew.
Six men of war are now lying off the
Niger coast protectorate and troops are
massing at Brass. A steamer has gone
to Sierra Leon to fetch the West India
troops.
A late telegram from Lagos, received
last night, gives still further detail of
the massacre at Benin on the Niger.
The expedition, it is said, was greeted
in a friendly way at every town along
its course, and received peaceful mes
So ges from the king. But upon approach
ing Benin City, the members were fired
upon from an ambuscade. Acting Con-
sui General Phillips, DR.. R. H. Elliott
and Mr.. Powers fell dead on the spot.
Major P. w ]. Copeland Crawford, was
wounded. Captain BOiSragon and Mr..
r. F. Locke carried him off, but he was
wounded again, so that he died in few
minutes. after imp1oring his companions
to seek their own safety and leave him
to his fate. Mr.. H. c. Campbell. of the
consular staff, was captured and taken
to Benin City, but the king had him ia
ken to an adjacent village, where he
was killed.
No authentic news has been received
as to the fate of Mr.. Gordon, one of the
civilians with the party, but he is be-
Heved to be dead.
Mr.. Locke, who escaped, had a revolt
Yer in his possession and shot several
natives who attacked Capt. Boisragon
and was himself shot in the arm while
beating back party of natives with
stick. The two eventually came to a
friendly village, where their wants were
attended to and they We're sent down a
creek in covered canoe, being met on
the way by the relief launch
All the Europeans who were killed
were afterwards beheaded and the king
has sent the finger rings belonging to
Acting Consul General Phillips back as
an act of defiance