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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
MANY Foreign Money Orders.

New York, Dec. 10.-In the mall bags
which went out on the st. Paul were
5000 foreign money orders, amounting
to e24.554. These orders are Tor
Christmas presents and most OF them
90 to Norway and Sweden. This Is the
first large batch of foreign money or
ders that has gone out this year. the
first orders each year go to Norway
and Sweden. About week later those
intended for German friends are sent
and after go the orders sent to Great
Britain and Ireland The money order
certificates to France come last pres
ents being sent for New Year, accord
ing 10 the custom there.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
Death at the nritl.b Embassv.

Washington, Dec. 10.-Mr. Osborne
Mem Kavanagh, third secretary of the
British embassy, died here as the re-
suit OF an n ack of typhoid fever. Mr..
Kavanagh lived in Washington last
January, having been transferred to
Washington from Stockholm. He was
the son Of former well-known MEM
Der of the British parliament. No ar
rangements for the funeral will be made
until the arrival of the dead mans
mother. who is on her way to America
on the steamship Umbria.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
r..,,oed Against Her Husband.

bridgeport, Conn, Dec. 1O.-The pro-
caedinrs in the trial of Charles A.
goinay, charged with the murder or
George Marcus Nichols of Daniers
Farms. produced sensation equal to
that caused by the confession OF David
A Weeks, Boinay's alleged accomphce'
Mrs. Boinay, wife of the accused man.
took the stand and testified against
her husband to save Weeks. her orotn-
or. Cross-examinatio failed to shake
her evidence.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
Sub Committee on Cuba.

Washington, Dee 10.-The committee
on foreign affairs of the house of repre-
sentatives held it's first meeting and
outlined it's line of work on several i'm
portant foreign questions now pending.
Chairman Hit announced the following
subcommittee TO deal with Cuban al
fairs: Adams of Pennsylvania, Heat
wole of Minnesota. and Berry of Ken
tucky The subcommittee to consider
Hawaiian affairs is; Hit of Illinois,
Smith of Michigan, and Dinsmore OF
Arkansas
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
National Legislature.

Washington, Dec. 10.-In the senate
Hoar of Massachusetts presented pc
titlon signed by q ,269 native Hawaiians,
protesting against the annexation OF
Hawaii After a little early business
the senate considered private pension
bills. Gallinger chairman of the pen
sion committee. sounded warning
against inconsiderate pension leglsla-
tion.
The house considered the pension APP
proDriation bill.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
DATE SET FOR CHANGE IN CUBA.
The Provisional Government Is To lie In
stituted Monday.


Washington. Dec. 1o.-Next Monday
is understood to be the day set for the
institution of the provisional govern
mont in Cuba under the autonomy de-
crees Of Nov. 25 and rs. The state de-
nartment has been given to understand
that General Blanco has arranged to 90
this Immediately upon the ARRIVAL OF
tho DEGREES in Havana. where they are
exnected by Saturday or Sunday at the
latest This is in accordance with the
closing section Of the decree or NOV. 20,
extending to the Antilles the electoral
laws of Spain on a basis OF uniVersal
suffrage. and provides the new con-
,tition for Porto Rico and Cuba In these
words:
"In order to establish at once the new
raeime the governor general Will ap-
noint the secretaries of the insular
government, with whom he shall gov
srn the colony until the insular parlia~
ment shall be constituted.
The understanding is further that the
,rovisional appointees will be Cubans
md members of the autonomist party
simultaneously, the committee TO take
the census Of the provinces and make
me poll list for the first election VIII DC
constituted and the necessary machin'
,rv organized to choose the seventeen
| .o,,rciiIors of administration and tho
| nembers of the chamber OF representa-
| sves. the latter being authorized on th'
Iasis of one for every $4,000 inhapitahts
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
Endemic of Measles.

Springfield. o., Dec. 1O.-The epidemic
NJ measles in this city is admittedly
beyond control. A total of 1,lSS cases
have been reported in the last SIX
weeks. The quarantine has been decid.
ed useless because of negligence OF
parents and physicians In not reporting
cases and has been abolished. VI all
the cases reported, however, there mas
hnnr, hut one death.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
,,.,ner McKiniey's Condition.

Canton, o., Dec. 1o.-when DR.. Phil,
Inns visited Mrs. Mckinley he FOUND
no material change She has continued
70 grow weaker and is so low as TO
make prediction even for few hours
in advance impossible. The doctor saio
she might live throughout the day. put
there was no hopeful tone to his words
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
rxnlo.ion of Sewer Gas.

Iondon. Dec. 10.-An explosion OF
sewer gas, which tore up the street
shattered windows and damaged
house adjoining that OF the onI.eu
states ambassador. Colonel John hay
caused much excitement amcns the IN
habitants of Carlton House terrace
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
sn,o,d. nefnre Arrest.

Lebanon. Pa, Dec. 1O.-Luther l.. MIL
Ter. a prominent business man OF MY
erstown. committed suicide rather than
submit TO arrest and face a charge OF
forgery. Miller was accused OF havins
forged the name of Henry B. Loose Oh
Mverstown as indorser to a note OF 700
ON ths PEOPLES Bank OF Lebanon.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
Fora Federal Building at Elsin.

Washington, Dec. 10.-Representative
Hopkins of Aurora has introduced
bill appropriating 100000 for a govern
ment building at Elgin, Ills.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10

portant amendment This provides
that hereafter no woman who marries
IN old soldier will, in the event OF the
soldiers death, be entitled TO a widows
pension.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
More Wages for Minors.

creede. Col, Dec. 1o.-After Jan.
wages for miners will be 80 day In
stead of $25o. The increase was maos
voluntarily by the mine owners.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
widows Are Cut on.

washington, Dec. 1o.-The pension
.nnropriation bill will contain an In
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-06-10
Welded on a Trolley Car.

The conductors and motormen who
run on the electric cars which ply be-.
tween Council Bluffs and Omaha looh
nowadays with suspicion upon young
couples who seem only casual acquaint-
ances. They don't know when they are
likely to get roped in as witnesses to
marriage, says the Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph. Conductor Thorne and the
motorman of car No. IS had this exper-
fence several days ago. A young man
and woman boarded the car at Broad
way and Pearl street in the morning,
The fare to Omaha was paid by the
man. Neither the man nor the woman
seemed to take much interest in life
until the car neared Omaha. When the
car reached the crossing near Twelfth
and Douglass streets the man looked
out anxiously, and in few minutes the
Rev. Mr.. Overton of Omaha came inf.
fling in. There was a big crowd or
hand and as the electric car sped back
to Council Bluffs the nuptial knot was
tied. At Broadway and Pearl stree
the car stopped and the husband an(
wife disappeared in the snowstorm
The minister carried back to Omaha ;
good-sized fee, nor was the car crew
| forgotten. @"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-06-10

In the presence of a few persons the
Holland submarine torpedo boat was
launched at the Crescent shipyards,
Elizabeth, N. j., the other day. The
vessel was christened 1.-THE Holland"
by Mrs. Nixon, wife of Lieutenant Lew
is Nixon, the constructor Inventor
Holland says there will not be any at
tempt at submarine evolutions for sew
eral weeks.
The boat is cylindrical in shape, fiji
ty feet three inches long, with four
foot screw-protecting extension. The
diameter is ten feet three inches amid
ship and the nodded diameter is the
same The boat can travel under wa
ter eight knots an hour for eight
hours and ten knots on the surface.
The power comes from gasoline en-
CINE and a dynamo, the former to be
used when the boat is sailing along
The surface and the latter when she is
submerged. 1t will take less than a
minute to submerge the boat and about
The same length of time for her to rise
20 the surface. Six men will constitute
the crew. The armament consists OF
three torpedo tubes, one at the upper
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-06-10

tory. It is only since the beginning of
the present reign that the duty of de-
Gliding upon the merits of the cases
worthy of royal pardon has been left
in the hands of the secretary of state
for the home department.
Before Queen Victoria came to the
throne this prerogative was exercised
exclusively by the sovereign, who like
wise signed all the death warrants of
criminals, the home secretary merely
acting in an advisory and secretarial
capacity, seeing that the monarch's
orders were carried into effect. H.
But when Victoria succeeded to tho
crown as girl barely Is years old it
was felt that it would be unjust to ask
so young and innocent mind to as
sumo the responsibility of sending to
or holding from the gallows criminals
convicted of capital offenses. Accord
ingly it was resolved in council that
the secretary of state for the home de-
partment should take charge Of the
matter himself and should sign the
warrant in the queens name without
consulting her or taking her wishes
upon the subject. It was in this way
that the queen and the British mon
archy lost forever that constitutional
prerogative of mercy and pardon
which has always been regarded as the
most priceless jewel in the crowns Of
the old world monarchs. and it is
doubtful whether today. with thu
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-06-10
On the HOuaa.

"Talk about trained dogs" said Lar.
ry Phillips recently as he was STANDING
before downtown mixed-goods res
taurant, they amt in it with Mike,
Come here, Mike!" he shouted, and
Mike, three-legged bull terrier, wall
eyed and lopsided, with an upper liz
like County Kerry squire's, sauntered
up. His owner walked into the saloon
and laid quarter behind cuspidor
mike" said he, when he returned, 81
left quarter in the room yonder. &C
in and get it." Mike looked up intelli.
gently and ran into the room, comine
back presently empty mouthed. "That's
the first time he ever failed me- saiG
Larry, with some chagrin, as he walked
in and picked up the coin. Then, look
ing at it closely: ''Why, no wonde,
the dog wouldn't touch it. The blamed
things counterfeit. Who changed
that quarter?" But the bartender onl,
remarked: Guess they're on tn
house, Larry. p hilad elphia Record.
~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-06-10
A Rare Book by Mrs. Browning.

The discovery is reported from
Sandwich of another original copy of
Mrs. Browning's 1.-THE Battle of Mara
thon," which was printed by w. Lind
sell, 81 Mimpole street, Cavendish
square, in 1920. It was bought at a
local sale with number of other
books for a few shillings. Up to the
year 1891 but three copies of this
scarce work were known to exist, and
the only one that has ever been sold
by auction realized $3.50 at the Foote
sale held at New York a couple Of
years ago. This may have been one
of the three copies already mentioned,
but in any case only five at the most
can be accounted for at the present
time The book is consequently scarcer
than "Pauline'' Mr.. Browning had
neither seen nor heard of a copy up
to short time Of his death, and. when
his attention was called to it, expressed
a doubt whether it might not be .
on.-Anthenaeum
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A; R&GE!E!1@!A M!
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and cut deep burrows in the side of
the boat; and when the fish turned and
made a side rush the force and power
of the creature were almost irresistible.
But gradually the struggles became
less and less, and final effort brought
a huge body of rich color alongside. I
caught a momentary flash of great
eyes, then a ponderous tail again
drenched me with water, and the fish
made a last and futile plunge, then lay
on it's side pounding and beating the
water with it's tail and rolling about
from side to side. It was finally hauled
up so that it's head was out of the wa
ter-a magnificent creature fully six
feet in length and bulky in proportion;
a black bass in general shape, elab-
Grated and grown out of all semblance
to itself, so that it weighed nearly five
hundred pounds, a type of power and
strength among fishes.
"You want see homeless cod?" said
one of the fishermen; that's him."
So, then, the secret was out. Boneless
cod was neither cod nor homeless, but
the famous Santa Catalina black sea
bass that was caught by the wholesale,
cut up into great slices or steaks, and
sailed down as coda very good decep-
ton.
Our first capture was, after it was
killed, fastened astern, and later sew
eral other fish were hooked, some of
which must have weighed several hun
dred pounds, as they carried off the
lines and Strengthened out the big iron
hooks. Sometimes they would follow
up the small fish that were being
caught for bait, and would strike heav-
lily against the bottom of the boat We
had struck school of these giants of
the bass tribe, and nearly dozen OF
them were taken, ranging from one
hundred and fifty to five hundred
pounds in weight.
Late in the evening the heavily
laden craft came to anchor in the little
bay, and the great fish were towed
ashore, cut up and sailed down without
their bones, to be sent out later as
homeless cod.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-06-10
THE POPULAR IDEA,

But They Are Not All Innocent Men
Who Go to Siberia.
Ihere was popular idea that the
wastes OF Siberia are peopled with men
who have been unjustly exiled from
Russia and that the criminal is really
as difficult to find as the traditional
needle in the bunch of hay, says Tit
Bits Facts, however, do not substan-
tiate this theory any more than they
do the large majority of popular i'm
pressions. i:
A great sensation was created two or
three years ago by the finding of seven
Russian exiles or prisoners who had
made their escape from Siberia. They
were in an open boat in the Pacific and
were taken to San Francisco, where
they became the objects of popular
commiseration as we'll as the text for
the denouncing of the Russian meth
DDS of dealing with political offenders.
The Californians, ever ready with
sympathy, gave them clothes and
found them work to do. 1t now ap-
pears that during the interval that has
elapsed between their arrival in San
Francisco and now every one of them
has been punished by the law of the
land. The last of the party has just
been sentenced to twenty years impris-
onment for burglary, while one of his
comrades only a short time ago was
hanged for two murders which he had
committed.
Investigations which have been made
show that every one of these men had
been sent to Siberia for reasons which
would have earned him a correspond
ing period of exile from the haunts of
his fellow-men if not absolute deporta-
ton from the country in any other part
of the world.
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bow Of the boat being an aerial tor
pedo thrower, with a range of one mile.
Six projectiles weighing 1870 pounds
each, with charges of 100 pounds of ex-
plosives, are to be stored for this gun.
Almost directly beneath the torpedo
thrower is an explosive tube for White
head torpedoes. Only three of these
torpedoes will be carried, as each one
weighs $50 pounds. At the stern of the
boat is a submarine gun, which, with a
100-pound charge of explosive, can hurl
a 400-pound projectile 100 yards or
more through the water. Five of these
projectiles will be carried. Mr.. Hol-
land was asked by the United States,
British and Spanish governments to
allow representative on board during
the trial trip of the boat, but he re-
fused the request. After trial trip
he says he will allow an engineer from
each government to see the workings
of the boat, which it is believed will
revolutionize warfare. Several foreign
nations have bid for the vessel, but it
is likely that Mr.. Holland will sell it to
the United States.-From the New
York Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-06-10

civil cases, in the house of lords. over
which the lord chancellor presides,
composed of the members of the High
court of Judicature known as the lord
justices, who are not peers, and like
wise OF those peers who have held Of
lice IN the past as chancellor Of Eng
land or as lord chancellor of Ireland,
as lord justice general of Scotland or
as merely lord justice. These ex-
law lords take their places on. the side
seats, arrayed in ordinary morning
lress, while the lord justices of appeal,
arrayed in wig and gown, occupy the
cross seats, the lord chancellor, like
wise in his robes, directing the pro-
;edure from the woolsack. But moth
ing OF the kind exists for criminal
cases, and there is at the present mo-
ment no means of quashing and re-
versing the decision of a criminal
court except by the grant of a pardon
in the queens name to the prisoner.
In Instances where the innocence of
the latter has been brought to light
after the conviction this is obviously a
most unsatisfactory method of dealing
with the affair, since the concession
IF the act of grace in the name of the
crown implies that a crime has really
been committed which needs forgive
ness and mercy.
Moreover, judges, no matter how
eminent and how anxious to be i'm.
partial and just, are, after all, but
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-06-10
The Bellman's Little Joke.

Kirriemuir, in Forfarshire, the
"Thrums" of Mr.. Barrle's delightful
studies of Scottish life and character,
once possessed humorous bellman.
On one occasion he was instructed to
make the following announcement on
the day of the local fair: Notice! All
persons driving cattle through the
lands of Logic, to or from the market,
will be prosecuted with the utmost
rigor of the law" Then, seeming to
be sorry for the harshness of the or
der, and anxious to clear himself in
the eyes Of his neighbors, he added:
Eye medina mind a. this, lads; it's
only a hayer (nonsense) O the grieye,s
(the farm overseer).''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-06-10
HE DIDN'T DESERVE THE GIRL
Was Aosent-NIin led to the Last De-
gree.

Was Aosent-NIin led to the Last De-
gree.
There is something at once amusing
and pathetic in the fact that Robely
never married, says the Detroit Free
Press. He was bright, healthy, cheer
full young man twenty years ago. I'm
der these conditions it was inevitable
that he should fall in love and his af-
lection was reciprocated by beautiful
young lady, who was as happy as he in
building air castles. In everything they
were fitted for each other, unless m
the fact that Robely was the most alb
sent-minded young man that ever went
a-wooing
Occasionally he would start to see
his girl and wander in some other d.
rection, forgetting his dereliction un-
til it was too late to make amends.
Twice he called for the special purpose
OF proposing and left without attending
to the matter. Even when the time
came to appeal for a parental consent
and blessing the matter escaped his
mind until the indignant old gentleman
dppOluLeu special conference and
CURLY insisted that failure to meet the
date would prove disastrous. Theater
engagements and parties were over
looked in the same way, and it was all
passed happily over because it was
Robely. 1t was not expected that he
would comply with any special code of
conduct.
But when the church chimes were
pealing the bride was in a flutter of
anticipation, the bridesmaids and
groomsmen were on hand, the minister
was ready, the families were there and
the wedding festival needed but the
presence of the bridegroom. He was
missing. This was different. There
was no way of doing without him. He
had been urged, warned and cautioned
but he was allowing that absent mind
of his to drift him down the river in
rowboat unmindful of the penalty
fate would exact The pitcher ha6
gone to the we'll once too often, anl
the wedding was never celebrated.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-06-10

In former years a singular fishery
f1ourished on the island of Santa Cat
alma, Southern California, known as
the bcneless cod. Scores of Italian
fishermen, who could not speak word,
or but few words, of English, made
the attractive island their headquar-
tiers, and any one familiar with the
bay of Naples or Pelermo might have
thought that they had been trans
ported to those places, as here were the
same -double-enders, low in the
water, thick and heavy, with pictur-
esque lateen sails, which lodged in
and out of the bays in suspicious way
that suggested piracy, or at least
smuggling. But all these boats were
fishing for the Los Angeles market,
and the homeless cod constituted an i'm
portant item.
The first time I saw the meat of
this cod l was struck with it's fine ap-
pearance; and the evident size or bulk
OF the fish and a desire to see one
caught induced me to take passage on
one of the fishing boats The fishing
81 ouuu Was Oh the southeast emu VI
the island, near a huge bed of kelp
that stretched along shore, forming
perfect barrier against the heavy sea
that came pounding in to break and
wear away the rock-bound coast.
Instead Of anchoring, the men hauled
aboard a long branch of kelp and made
1t fast, and by this seaweed cable the
craft swung in the tide. Small lines
were then thrown out, baited with
'crawfsh. I soon hooked a fish, and
had it fairly at the surface when I dis
tinctly saw some large black object
dash upward from the depths below
"A violent wrench, and my fish, hook
and line were gone. The fishermen
laughed at my confusion, and handed
me another line. A few moments later
my nearest companion jerked in fish,
when the same big object appeared,
:9linging itself partly out of the water
lin it's eagerness to capture it, then,
turning as it descended, literally
drenching me with water, at which the
Italians laughed uproariously.
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mortal and Just as much subject to
tdiosyncrasies as their felloW-crea-
lures. These idiosyncrasies are some
times manifested in an exceedingly dis
tressing manner upon the bench, ana
when they take the form of imposl-
lion OF the sentences which, while per-
mitted by law, are altogether out OF
proportion to the gravity of the Of
Tense, it stands to reason that some
means should exist of repairing the
wrong thus inflicted upon an unfortu-
nate fellow-creature. Sir Robert Reid;
who was the encouragement OF the
last liberal administration, did not
hesitate to declare the other day In
the house Of commons, during the
course of a discussion on the subject,
that stferocious and cruel punishments'
were sometimes inflicted from the
bench and cited the incident where
certain judge had been "guilty of the
awful wickedness of increasing pris-
oner's sentence by several years for
impertinence to himself during the
course of the trial" Moreover, the
quarter sessions of the various coun-
ties-tribunals which are composed OF
county gentlemen and territorial mag
mates are renowned for the terrible
severity with which they punish petty
offenses against property and the game
laws. while manifesting an extraordi-
nary leniency where crimes of VIC
Ile1ce are concerned. AS the matter