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The herald., 1897-05-09
Money Quotations

NEW YORK, May S.--Money on call easy
at 1AG11a per cent: prime mercantile paper,
3iaG41a per cent: sterling exchange, stsaoy.
with actual business in bankers bills at
4.S7Ad4S7ss for demand and at s6d T. s6A
for sixty days: posted rates, Ant ana 4.sS
G4.SS;; commercial bills. 4.S5A.
SAN FRANCISCO, May S.-Drafts,slgnt,
10; telegraphic, 121e.
LONDON, May S.-Consols 1925.
The herald., 1897-05-09
Exports and Imports

NEW YORK, May S.-The exports of
specie from the port of New York for the
week amounted to s2,517,249 in gold and
s977. 800 in silver. The imports were: Gold.
s91, ,541: silver. $50 SCI; dry goods, s5,34o,3I
general merchandise, $13,0H,64S
The herald., 1897-05-09
Silver Bullion

NEW YORK. May S.-Bar silver, 6oss;
Mexican dollars Az.
SAN FRANCISCO, May S.-Bar silver,
-: Mexican dollars. 49laG50.
LONDON, May S.-Bar silver. 27%4d.
The herald., 1897-05-09
Treasury Statement

WASHINGTON, May S.-Today's state
ment of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, $3.50, ,sS5 0l9
gold reserve, S14S COG. $50.
The herald., 1897-05-09
Boston Quotations

BOSTON, May S.-Atchison, 10ts; Bell
Telephone, 222; Burlington, 74B; Mexican,
7ss; San Diego, 8.
The herald., 1897-05-09

Northwest Con. .1ll1<
do 8 n deb g.. .1l3h
r @ y w lists. 1S
ST Paul Con -. 1914
do c q r w IS. .1l5M
st L g. I NJ gen IS 6915
st 1. & s. F gem 6s111
Texas Pac ISIS. SS7h
do 2ds. ........ 20M
u p lists of '96. .l02is
w Shore As. .109h
l. & N As. 70
The herald., 1897-05-09
Mining Stocks

SAN FRANCISCO May s.--The official
closing quotations for mining stocks today
nc fol
The herald., 1897-05-09

AT the San Francisco stock and bond
exchange yesterday Hawaiian Com
mercial sold at lo1a to 111s, Hutchinson
Plantation At - to 1875, Alaska Packers
association at 10o% 10 10O1a. Cortra
Costa Water at So, san Francisco Gas
and Electric at 93l4 and Market street
railway per CENTS at 1861 Mutual Elec-
trlc at 912 to 99s, and Spring Valley
Water at 9S
The coinage at the San Francisco mint
for the first four months Of the calendar
year compares as follows:
The herald., 1897-05-09
Closing Stocks

NEW YORK May S.-The following
are the closing stock quotations:
The herald., 1897-05-09
so, S35, 500 s1O,95g. 9S5

For the first ten months Of the fiscal
ear the totals Were as, follows:
The herald., 1897-05-09

H. w. Hellman. J. +. Sartori. W. L. Graves
Fl. j. Fleishman, C. A. Shaw. r. o. Johu
son, II. Shankland, J. A. Graves, AZ. L
Fleming, M. s. Hellman, w. D. Longyear
cent on ordinary deposits. Money Loant
real estate .
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
Ugh SUMNER IN THE CHILKAT PASS-FROM OUTING

the game laws prevent my killing them,
what am to do?"
"Do as l did, answered another. 81
Just squirted certain kind of liquid
over Il lot of my cabbage plants, and in
the morning | counted 22S rabbits sit
ting on their launches, dead. They all
had piece of cabbage clutched in their
paws, but they couldn't eat. "
Assemblyman Upper thought that
they had right to protect their proper
ty from rabbits, or any other pests,
without changing the law. This didn t
satisfy them, however, and before the
committee left they exacted a promise
from Mr.. Upper that he would intro
duce just such bill as they wanted in
case he was again sent to the assembly.
1t is fact that the number of rabbits
is increasing at great rate, and unless
something is done to kill them off they
will do any amount of damage to the
crops. Exchange.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
Now Ilse of a Magnet.

Not long since, while washing clothes,
a young laundress thrust broken nee
die into her hand. A surgeon who was
consulted few days afterward refused
to operate, as the needle had disappeared,
and feared the necessity of making a
number of incisions. After two months
the girl lost the use of her right hand,
a slight movement of the fingers causing
intense pain. A feeble electro magnet
was then employed to draw the needle
to fieshy portion of the hand. Before
the third trial the girl complained OF a
pricking i'll the palm near where the
magnet had been applied At the ninth
sitting the needle came out, broken end
first, and fixed itself to the magnet.
There was no pain or loss of blood. -
Chicago Inter Ocean
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21

paid out in gold by the subtreasury of
New York about 500, 900, 600 1t came
back in part through the same channel;
but, owing to deficient revenues, the
available treasury surplus of all kinds
of money ran down from $95, 600, 600 to
500, 900, 900, the low point being touch
ed Just before the first bond sale of $50,
600, 900 in February, 1894. In 1898 the
treasury was driven to gold payments
by the exhaustion of supplies of all other
kinds of money. If it should be forced
again to the same performance, it will
be for practically the same reasons, but
the treasurys condition will be differ
ent in one important particular from
what it was four years ago-it will be
nearly 500, 000,0 600 stronger i'll gold
now than it was then.
The treasury is doing all it can quiet
ly do to discourage the sending i'll of
gold by country banks for small notes.
1t would much prefer to take i'll paper
of larger denominations than to take
gold when called upon for supplies of
81 and So bills 1t is because the treas
ury has more gold than it wants that
Secretary Gage has rescinded Secretary
Carlisle's order under which shipments
of gold to the treasury Were encouraged
to the extent of the payment of express
charges on such consignments. Here
after shippers of gold will have to pay
their own charges for transfer. Chicago
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
A Fir Walnut Tree.

Tho largest curled walnut tree known
to exist in eastern Kentucky was sold
by Will Combs of Rockhouse to II Gin
cinnati firm few days ago. He received
$500 for the tree 1t is 30 feet to the
first limb and nearly 6 feet i'll diameter
at the butt, tapering very gradually 1t
was sawed down close to the ground,
and by counting the rings it was found
that the tree was nearly 400 years old.
1t is estimated that it will cost more
than 81, 600 TO get it across the noun
tains to Norton, Va, which Is the near
est railroad station. 1t will have to be
cut into small pieces, so it can be hauled
through Pound gap. When manufac-
tured into furniture and veneering, it
is estimated that it will be worth from
s15, 900 to $50, 900. Exchange.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
The NEWS IN BRIEF.

Nrs. Maria Pleva. charged with mur.
derirg her husband at Kencsha. Wis.
has revoked her confession and pleaded
not guilty.
The London county council has under.
taken 10 reform or abate noises in the
streets Of that city so far as the shout
Ing OF newspapcG are concerned.
William Waldorf Astor Is about 10
erect huge Neapoltan marble foun-
tain at Cliveden, his magnificent estate
on the Thames, formerly owned by the
Duke of Westminster.
Sherman Reynolds and his wife Of
Clarksville, o., were arrested on a war
rant charging them with inhuman treat
ment of 6-months-old child.
Miss Eliza Kelso, % years old. of
Charlotte, Mich. died from poison which
she took supposing it was headache
powder.
monster oil well has been drilled in
the Hume field, near Lima, o.. by the
Standard Oil company.
Nj. c. Howard, formerly Of Rockford
us. drowned himself at Cedar Rap.
ids, la.
Colorado is greatly excited over the
nail'tHS loI Hald or nOnOr to the
queen Of Denver's fall festival. The con
test has already caused several shooting
scrapes and one suit for Islander.
Lever Bros, limited one Of the great
est soap-making firms in the world. have
decided to, build factory ard tov n
for their employees in this country be-
cause Of the Dingl5y law
The Paris municipal council is debat-
ing a scheme 10 furnish cheap baths in
small buildings erectsd on the side
walks.
Miss Laura Trarmel was awarded
$500 damages against Edward Vaughn
In the circuit court Of Mexico, Mo. She
sued him for $4,000 for breach Of prom
ise.
The Milwaukee board Of education has
shortened the school day to five and one
half hours.
w. S. WALES and G.. S. Wakefield, two
prominent farmers Of Centerville. Ia,
got into a quarrel in which WALES shot
Wakefield, and afterward beat him with
a club lie is i'm a dying condition.
Polly Brannum. the Oldest woman in
Tennessee, died the ether day at the age
OF 109 She was the daughter of a Rev
olutionary patriot.
The First National bark, Commercial
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
ON A HIGH WHEEL.
A Back Number Cyclist and His Primitive
Ideas OF illumination.


A country bicyclist excited enthusi.
assn on the Boulevard in Now York on
recent evening. He sat astride high
wheel made in the Sixties and for bi.
cycle lamp had lantern slung over his
left shoulder.
The driver of milk wagon slowed
up in crossing the avenue, and the man
on the high wheel, striking the rear OF
the wagon, was spilled into the street
In falling the lantern struck the pave
ment and was demolished. The wheel.
man, however, again assembled into the
air and continued down the avenue. He
was halted by a bicycle policeman, who
yelled:
Hi, there! Where's your lamp"
The man with difficulty descended to
the pavement and explained matters.
but that makes no difference" said
the policeman lyon can't ride hero
without lamp. That's the law, you
know.
"Well, what am / to do?" said tho
owner Of the antique wheel, gazing
helplessly around ut the crowd which
had collected Il can't walk home eight
miles pushing this wheel. "
Buy IA lamp, suggested some one
in the crowd. Acting on that inspira-
ton, the old time bicyclist went into a
hardware store near by and bought Il
lantern with red globe. He assembled
his wheel once more, and, looking down
into the crowd, said Much obliged.
So long!" Then he pedaled away down
the avenue.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
WORKS WITH HIS HANDS.
A Supreme Court Justice Who Makes a
Fad of Manual Labor.

Judge Guy G.. H. Corliss, chief JUS
tice of the supreme court of North
Dakota, does not esteem it above his
dignity to labor as harvest hand.
On his recent vacation from the bench
he followed reaper in his field
from sun up to dark and kept up
with the best among the hired men. He
holds to the theory that every man
should know how to earn his bread by
the labor Of his hands. With him this
is no fad. 1t is deep seated conviction.
He is now intoxicating the doctrine in
the case of his oldest son, lad OF 10.
Harold wants bicycle. Earn it first, !"
is the fathers decision. So he taught
the boy how to milk cows and made ar
Engagements to buy and pay for the fam
ilys milk during the fall and winter.
At the price agreed on the youngster
will have earned his wheel by next
spring. Judge Corliss owns fine home
at Grand Forks, cultivates his own veg
etables and flowers, plays the violin and
does as much work ON the supreme
bench of the state as any associate. -
Chicago Times Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21

and Carvings baLH and others began a
foreclosure suit in Racine, Wis, against
the Hotel Racine company for 100000
Reorganlzatio is planned.
Miss Winifred Long Of Birtley Fell,
Durham, is 107 years of age. and though
almost blind, preserves her memory and
hearing. She recently lost a sister. who
died aged 109.
The passengers on board the sleeping
car Of the night express leaving Vienna
for Carlsbad were chloroformed without
their knowledge by some clever thieves
ard robbed Of nearly all they possessed,
the amount stolen amounting to some
$4,000 to $50. OO0
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
Association Declared u,.o,,

topeka, Kan, Sept. 21.-United States
D 1us'lt Judge Foster made a sweeping
.sloh Monday morning when he de-
lleu me organization known as the
nsas Live Stock association illegal
ruuer the provisions of the anti-trus.
." %"' Inc exchange is an organization
ot w., men who control the sale
wh, i've STOCK in Kansas City. All stock
,b ~' n enters the city must pass through
E %e hands Of this organization. Judge
~ster enjoins the commission from do
business and declares 1t an unlawful
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
A PLETHORA OF GOLD.
UNCLE SANS GOLFERS BURSTING
WITH THE YELLOW METAL.

Great Increase In the Gold Reserve Em-
harnesses Treasury officials -Government
May Soon BE Compelled to Pay Out Gold
Instead of Paper.
The United States treasury is actual
ly threatened with an embarrassment of
gold. The gold reserve now amounts to
$l45, 600, 600, and in the natural order
OF events the stock will be increased
during the next six months very ma
terially by importations and 10y receipts
from our home mines. At the same
time the national revenues are falling
short of expenditures and the total avail
able surplus is being eaten into at an
intentionally rapid rate
If the expectations of the trainers OF
the new tariff bill are realized, the rev.
enues will overtake the expenditures by
the list Is January, but meantime the
availabls supply of money in the hands
of the treasurer Of the United States will
diminish. In free silver, greenbacks and
treasury notes there is an apparent
available surplus of about $50, 600, 900,
this Is really available for tie ordinary
needs of the treasury. Therefore if the
deficiency in our revenues should con-
tinue at the present rate for three or
four months and the gold reserve should
be increased as anticipated there will
come Il time in the no distant future
when the government viii have to pay
out gold instead of paper in its current
transactions
The great outlet for government mon
ey is through the subtreasury in New
York in its daily settlements with the
clearing house. These settlements are
made i'll paper money. The country had
an experience i'll 1898 of doing business
with the government on a strictly gold
basis, and those who had to handle the
metal day by day have no desire to re-
turn to that method of settling balances.
Between July 1, 1892, and Feb. l, 1894,
a period of seven months, there was
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
WORKING UNDER PROTECTION.
Plilitia Guarding the Miners Who Have
Gone Back.

nlilitia Guarding the Miners Who Have
Gone Back.
Hazleton, Pa, Sept. 21.-The strike
Situation again assumed an uncertain
kaase. An attempt to resume work was
2 >de at Pardee's Lattimer mines Mon
day, but only 800 out Of 1,SO0 miners re-
turned to work. These were mainly
Italians, with a few English-speaking
fnen During the night the Hungarians
|paraded through the settlement, beat
|ing tin cans and kettles and raising a
pig racket. This was done to notify
Nose OF their race that they must not
back to work. The warning was OBJ
krved, and Monday morning a band of
|Hungarlans LED Ivy women, were mass
ing threatening to march on the mines
ater in the day. The Thirteenth regi-
nent is keeping close watch for fur
lher trouble. News Of disturbance at
lEckley reached brigade Headquarters
Nut o'clock Monday morning. The
mixers there had fixed Monday for the
|ueclslon whether or not to strike. The
|sulKers attempted to return and the
o'hers gathered about the mine in a
|nehaclng manner. Companies c and f.
~ she Fourth regiments were sent over
anu gave the would-be workers protec-
.,on' Inc men at Drifton and Jeddo i'm
same district did not go out. The
~ miners at the Lehigh and Wilkes
Odrres McAdoo mines kept their word
anu anu returned to work under heavy mill
tary protection.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
Rig Ample Crop.

John Miller of Berkeley county, w.
Va, has just sold his apple crop for a
little more than $40, 900. This is the
product of "a acres of mountain land,
the assessed value of which is less than
So per acre. AS side issue Mr.. Miller
realized between $4,000 and $4,000
from his peach crop. His father, from a
much smaller apple orchard, realized
between S.. 600 and $4,000.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21

Wired JUS Sept. PA collision oc-
ltweer "a the Union station Sunday
In lncon,,ne outgoing Wabash train and
coloraan st. Louis, Kansas CITY and
Charles passenger train. Conductor
serous Williams Of Moberly received
'ersiled and capsrsed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
Snow ON sl,nrnnu rran

fr oan Francisco, Sept PA snec,al
arst Suieau' dated Sept. 10, says: The
layer , .s Of the season swept
. law ~ toy mountains last night. The
'Skagrane.l' one ard a half feet deep ON
not Ss LAY trail Further progress can
llgbmen,.. aue on that trail, and the cs:ab-
gur on,y OF winter quarters must be be-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21

.thgrcbao Colo, Sept. 21.-Al Of the
~ con Is ~ The city Sunday night took
PkInsrs s''c.ons for the SUFFERING coal
he Ma the east The amount viii
that no. ~ the hands of a committee
and lsh as oeen acting with the trades
them 10 ~, assembly and will be sent by
W me relief committee
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
Shooting of That Negro pos,u,..or

Atlanta, Ca, Sept. 2O.-A postonce in
vos,,o mas finished a three days in
pos,r,ah OF the shooting Of the negro
said ,Ss, at Hogansville, and it is
u'a' as a result OF his work two of
w. most prominent business men i'm the
char" WI ne arrested this week on a
Postmaster. " 'ssasslIlale the
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
ODDS AND ENDS.

Eight tomatoes on one stem, the
whole weighing five pounds and five
ounces, were presented to q quincy
mich man.
Boys of Golden City, Kan, are kept
busy catching frogs at cents dozen
for a man who is stocking several ponds,
with the intention of raising frogs as
business
Charles Moore, 70 years old, and his
wife have arrived at Annapolis after q
drive of 1000 miles from Denver, which
they left on May Is.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
Mr. MAKING Big GUNS
! a,ions of Money To Be Asked
from Congress.
. ,xs FOR WAR IN TINE OF PEACH

10 Re Manufactured for Twenty
s,,ins which Are in Need of Them
c.,ain o'NeiIl VIII Recommend In His
p.,ort of the Bureau of Ordnance ih"
NJ Appropriate 100000 Year
Tor Gun Making
vosbineton. Sept. 2I-Congress will
led at its coming session to make
large appropriation for the manu-
3ochre of modern high-power guns TO
Installed for service on board auxil-
cruisers of the United States navy
| 1.-TWO If war. Captain Charles O'Neill.
4 ,of Of the bureau of ordnance, proposes
| make a recommendation in his forth
orine annual report that at least $780,
Ioo be appropriated for this purpose.
H. tho opinion Of Captain O'Nelll this
-, e not too large to be authorized
I, ore time. It is estimated that So,
ka0OO viii be required TO equip with
81 ,sern batteries the twenty eight
{toaners nov enrolled in the govern
aont service as auxiliary cruisers.
WIN Take Fifteen Years.
At the rate which congress has fol-
owed for the last two years in drib-
I,ling out appropriations, fifteen years
koust elapse before sufficient money
all have been obtained 90 supply the
ins now subsidized with the guns
Rbich their tonnage and structural
[trereth call for This period, of
Iourse. is greatly reduced if congress
Ebould adopt Captain O'Neill's recon-
Inendation and make an appropriation
IN half a million each year. Under the
Aaws of the United States American
9ssels drawing subsidies and foreign
fuilt vessels which have acquired Amer
can register are available for impress
Inent into war service. At the present
lime the largest number Of the subsi-
Eized steamers belong to the third
Ilass. Only four vessels are rated a.
krst class and two fourth class. There
kre no auxiliary cruisers of the second
First-Rate Cruisers.
The list OF first-rate cruisers is com
Iposed Of the st. Louis, st. Paul. Paris
Elnd New York. the property of the In
Iemational Navigation company Of New
York The battery which each Of these
khips will carry i'm time of war viii be
Night G-inch guns; four 6-pounders and
x machine guns. The batteries of the
Yaris and New York will be heavier
Each of these ships will be equipped
with twelve 6-inch guns, six 6-pound-
ers and six machine guns. The only
other auxiliary cruiser which will carry
6-lnch guns is the City of sydney This
steamer belongs TO the Pacific Mail
Navigation company and connects San
= ancisco and Panama.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21

Nothing sharpens the arrow of sarcasm
so keenly as the courtesy that polishes 1t.
No reproach Is like that we clothe with
smile and present with bow.-Chester-
field
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21

A swarm of African locusts, brought
across Europe by southern gale, settled
In the eighborhood Of London In l74s and
devoured every green thing.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21

One of the sweetest pleasures of domestic
economy is poet blacking white stock
ing 30 that IL won't show through the is
sure Of his boots
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21

The gillyflower is symbolic Of lasting
beauty. In some localities this flower -
tains its freshness for many daya
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
RABBITS DESTROY CROPS.
They Eat Cabbage and Corn and Farmers
Complain OF 1t.

Complain OF 1t.
A committee of farmers called on AS
semblyman Topper of Binghamton
n. Y, the other day and requested that
he introduce u bill in the next legisla-
ture for the determination of rabbits,
which are doing hundreds of dollars
worth of damage to the crops One of
the farmers in presenting the case said:
81 have had two acres of cabbage en-
tirely eaten up by these pests, and as
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-27
DEATH OF MISS FLORA SMITH,
 AGED NINETY.

Miss Flora Smith, a most estimable aged lady, passed away at the Center church home on Wall street Sunday after an illness of about ten days, dy- ing of neuralgia of the heart She was a sister of the late J. Lowell Smith, an estimable citizen, who passed away last fall and who was for years assistant teacher at the Lowell Lancasterian school, and who was named after Mir
 Lowell She was a daughter of Luther Smith, who resided in this city about sixty-five years ago, and built and re- sided for many years in a house on Grove street, near Orange on the site of which a brick block was erected five or six years ago. Miss Smith resided there the greater part of her long life
 She leaves one brother who resides in the west. She was one of the oldest members of Center church and was a devoted member. She enjoyed remark ably good health for one of her years, and up to the time of her last illness
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-27
PERSONAL JOTTINGS.

Dr. s. D. Gilbert has removed from No. 20 to No. 27 Wall street.
 Miss Mary Twitchell has returned from weeks visit in Washington, D. c.
 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Howe have returned from a six weeks sojourn at Danielsonville, N. Y, where they have been having very pleasant stay.
 Mrs G. B. Bunnell, who has been tour. ing with friends in California since the last of January, is expected home in about a fortnight. The party decided to extend the time sufficiently to in- clude trip into the famous Yosemite valley.
 Mrs. Minotte Chatfield and her two children and maid have gone to New town for a fortnight's tarry at Dicks hotel. The five-year-old son of MT. and Mrs. Chatfield has been in delicate health all winter. He went with his father to Florida in early March fol months trip and returned much inn proved in health, but malaria has seized him again and a change of air is again sought.