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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
GAGE DEFENDS GOLD POLICY.
Takes Exception to Resolutions fasse" oy
American Federation of Labor.

Takes Exception to Resolutions fasse" ny
American Federation of Labor.
washington, Dec. 24.-secretary cage
takes exception to the resolutions
nassed by the American Federation OF
Labor. which declare that his fnanciai
nolicy IL adopted would more thor-
ouehlv fasten the gold standard upon
the country. In a letter TO Saihuei
Gompers he says in part:
let me say to you, and through you
IN the great body you so honorably rep
resent that if, instead of denunciatory
resolutions, which are not argument,
won or any one on your behail VIII,
show that the views | entertain anu
advocate are other than salutary 10 the
great economic body of which we are
all independent members, l VIII ADAM
don them without hesitation. MY pres
ant conviction, the honest fruit OF SIN
core study and reflection, is that
break- down in our present niohey
standard would be most ulsastrou'
h,ov TO all our commercial ana inuus-
,rial interests. and that upon the wage
,,,orkars as a class would be entaiieo
tbe most serious effects OF the disaster,
relieving this, must so bear Witness
1
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
NEW CABINET PLACE.
The President in Favor of Such a
Creation.
SCOPE OF THE PLAN OUTLINED.

The New Department Would Take Consid-
erable Business from Other Depart tments
Secretary Gage Takes Exceptions to
Resolutions Passed by the Federation of
Labor and Defends His Gold Policy in "a
Letter to GOmpers-CapitaI City Items.
Washington, Dec. 24.-Presldent Nc
Kinley will recommend the establish
ment Of department of commerce and
industry. The message urging con-
congress to provide for this is to be
sent in shortly after the holidays. The
establishment of such a department
was TO have been one of the features
of the presidents regular message, but
he forgot it, He has now promised to
remedy the oversight and the message
is being prepared. The new department,
as outlined by its friends, 1t not linn
tied by any specific confines The head
of the department is, of course, to be
a cabinet officer and is to draw sal
airy of $1,000 year. There is to be an
assistant secretary, whose compensa-
ton is to be $4,000 year.
The Departments Jurisdiction.
The department is to have general
Jurisdiction over the foreign and inter-
nal commerce OF the United States ex-
cept in so far as relates to the collec-
ton of the revenue and the administra-
ton of customs and internal revenue
| laws 1t is also to have jurisdiction
over all the matters relating to the
| int
| States. including the extension or for'
eign markets for such interests ana the
| increase of trade and trade facllltles
| with foreign countries. The new de
| partment will cut into several of the
| departments already established. From
the treasury department are TO ID
taken the life-saving, the Hghthous'
board. the marine hospital corps, IN
bureau of steamboat inspection, IN
bureau of navigation, the United state
coast and geodetic survey, ana III
board of statistics
( other Transfers.
The bureau of statistics of the stat
department is also TO be transferred |
this new department and consonuate
with the treasury bureau or statlstic'
The several consular officers OF IN
United States, including consul genel
ais consuls. commercial agents, thel
deputies, clerks, and all other oflcers
the government resident in forelg
countries. are to be transferred 10 u
denartment of commerce and industr
4 All these consular officers are to be vi
der the instructions of the secreta'
of commerce and industry, eXceptWhe
tbev are forced to act on diplomat
\ matters. The department OF lapo
4 which now stands as an indepehoe'
I bureau. is to be a part of the new ere
( tion. A strong opposition to the
4 tablishment of such a department n
q a1roodv developed on the ground of
d
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
ERWIN is ACQUITTED.
Another Chapter in the Globe Savings
Rnnlk EnilMrc.

Chicago, Dec. 24.-W. Berry Erwin, ex-
assistant cashier of the defunct Globe
Savings bank was acquitted OF the
charge of receiving deposits after ne
knew the bank was insolvent. A sealed
verdict, returned by the jury late at
night. was read in Judge Chetlains
court in the morning. A smile broke
over Ervin's face as the words mot
guilty" were read, and he received con-
eratulations of many friends VINO
crowded about him.
Senator Mason, who defended the eX-
bank officer, was not in court when the
verdict was read. He was represented
by ex-Judge Holmes. who thanked the
Jury for it's verdict and the court ana
prosecuting attorney for their courtesy
Erwin was indicted with Charles war
rem spalding, ex-president of the Giope
| Savings bank. and two other onlcers'
! He was granted separate trlal' on the
| ground that he was an officer In haHe
| only, and in his work at the pans
merely carried out instructions OF MS
| superiors.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
HUNTERS PERISH IN ARKANSAS.
Four Freeze tn Death i'm Newton County
Said They Lived In Chicago.

Little Rock, Ark, Dec. 24.--From pas
sengers reaching here ii is learned tnat
a party of four hunters were founo
frozen to death by the roadside near
Dawes creek, Newton county, carry
Monday morning. 1t is believed from
descriptions of the dead hunters that
they were w. II. Hughes, Il. II. Dol
phin. John w. Bright and Samuei Se-
vier. who Quilted here a couple OF
weeks ago. They claimed Chicago as
their home. and it is said. they passed
through Marshall, in Searcy county,
early last week, saying they were going
into the Boston mountains for game
IT is believed the party lost the way
IN the Jungle of Dawes creek bottom.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
BIG BANK GOES UNDER.
Chestnut Street National of Phiiadeip"i'
I'm Examiners Hands.

philadelphia, Dec. 24-The doors OF
the Chestnut Street National bank nave
heen closed by direction of Nationa'
Rank Examiner Hardt It's affairs are
now in the hands of the bank examiner
William M. singerly is president OF the
hank. The Chestnut Street Trust com
pany. which operated in conjunction
With the bank, also suspended MT.
singerly is also president OF the trust
company.
The liabilities of the bank ana tne
Trust company together VIII agsresa'e ga
about s3,OO0,0O0, represented py sLaOO' Oo
ooo of deposits in the bank and sl'SVV'
ooo IN the Trust company. OF the ST.
Zoo GOO in the bank about $l,2Oo'OoO was
70 the credit of individual firms ano
corporations in this city, while the re- re-
n,aining $500, 900 represented the ac'
counts of banks in other cities.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
Warrants Ont for Big Men.

st. Louis. Dec. N.-Warrants were Is
sued at noon yesterday against Eo-
ward Whitaker, president of the LIN
dell Railway company; Corwin III.
snencer. president of the Southern
Electric railway; John Scullin, presi-
dent of the Union Depot railway, and
Contain Robert McCulloch, general
manager Of the Cass Avenue anu T a.,
Grounds railway. The street ra,iwas
officials are charged with having lai.eu
TO provide vestlbules during the months
of November, December, January fep-
ruary and March of each year ior 'ne
protection of motormen, as required oy
statute enacted at the last session Vi
the Missouri Legislature.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
Murderer Killed by Pursuers.

Duhols. Pa, Dec. 24.-Stephen Spei-
Ian who killed Michael Roher, was
shnt dead while attempting to escape
h,s nursurers. Spellen took refuge In
n watershaft, but the steam was 'ui r.u me-
on and he was forced to uncover,
fore he was killed he fired seVerai smoes
at his pursuers, one ball taking elieo'
in the shoulder of Thomas carey. pro-
nrietor of the Central hotel, ana an
other passing through the coat OF tne
chief of police. The murder OF koner was
entirely unprovoked and 1t is thoush'
snellen was demented when he com
n,itted the deed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
mi. reverence Is Tastidious.

New York, Dec. 24:-Another Bap-
.,st minister has followed Rev. james
putnam in declining aid from ram
,,anv's charity fund. He is Rev. Hezia,
pastor of the Second German Daps,s'
church, at 407 West Forty-tnlru sliee.
The minister had opposed Taminany,
and felt that it would not be rignt iol
him to accept any of the money wnich
the organization had voted for cha''-
table purposes.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
AGED WOMAN ENDS HER LIFE.
Mrs. Jane Forrest Leaps from a Third
story Window.

Chicago, Dec. 24.-Mrs Jane Forrest,
60 years old. ended her life by leaping
from a third-story window at the home
of her son. w. G. Ross. 1921 Wabash av-
enue. She was found in an areaway
by her daughter, Jane Forrest, shortiy
after II o'clock in the forenoon. She
died at o'clock at Mercy hospital. Tne
old lady had been watched closely ior
some time, owing to her strange actions
For few moments she was left alone.
Mrs. Forrest walked from the parlor
to the third floor, opened window, ana
took the fatal leap. w. c. Ross, her
son by her drst husband, believes his
mother got the idea of ending her hfe
as she did By reading the accounts OF
the suicide of Miss Leila Herbert IN
| Washington.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
xy;,t UnvoIye 81. Louis Property.

St Louis, Dec. 24.-It is announced
that the prosecution of +. 5. Dean q
70 Of New York. in the interests OF
thousands of investors, will involve tne
title 10 st. Louis real estate valued at
nearly $1,000, coo. This property is IN the
shane of valuable lots in the best ous,-
ness sections of the city. The recorus
show that 1t belongs to Mrs. Laura wen
Of New York, wife of Aug. j. Weil
president of the New York brokerase
arn, of A. ]. We'll & Co. Investors VIII
trv and have the transfer OF Wells ct
Iouis property to his wife set asioe'
as II was made after the failure OF H.
& Dean q Co.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
.nno,:,,onment Bm Passed.

Springfield, Ills, Dec. M.-Amlo
.oones of intense excitement the house
nassed the Republican senatorial APP
,p"rt,onment bill by a vote of 10 yeas TO
"A navs. There were but two votes 10
snare AS the senate had adjourned pc
snra the house took action, and as the
,nnar body is not likely to have quo
s,,,, until after the holidays. the re-
annortionment act will probably DC
described in the law DOCKS as naV.ne
been approved on some date IN 'anu'
airy, 1898. -.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
RIG PATENTS ARE INVOLVED
Harvey Process of Making Armor r'''e
NAV he Attacked.

Washington, Dec. 24.-Representa,ions
,o,,e been made to the navy depart
went in behalf of certain European IN
,,ontors which. If true. would invaiidate
W ,,atents now covering the Harvey
srocess of armor manufacture.
II is claimed the principle involved IN
nat,nr Harveyized plates is covered oy
,,,tm ,ntarnational patents taken out in Eng
ir ,aud italy, Germany and the United
sat- States seven years ago. This, If true,
n.", ,,o,,ld wipe out the royalty of Y
W. w. a Mound now paid by the United
en- S.ntos On all Harveyized armor ana
1ould 9IaI1 hold up about $4,000 due the Car, "
u,o woul1 and Bethlehem companies on
hes.9 ontracts. The navy department
sas sus" asked an investigation of the pat
"nt | office, but no decision has yet oeeh
reached.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
The Coming of General Booth.

New York. Dec. 24.-General Booth
ooronander in chief of the salvation
Arrnv will be in this city Jan. s. He
will consult with his son bape,.,', baillne. W.,
Booth and the conference Is eNpe..u -.
10 lead to important developments
in the affairs of the TWO armies,
He has requested this interview ol
Ballington Booth, who replied that ne
would willingly meet his father as a
father, but he would discuss no plans
or make any arrangements for return
,rg to the Salvation Army.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
-, r..,,z.d n, a prison Gate.

Joliet. Ills, Dec. A.-Almost neal'-
hrol,an and i'm tears James Rippetoe
Ga his wife arrived at the prison IN
a oharge Of sheriff Quinn of Harvey coun-
sav,ng been sentenced for fourteen
y Cor robbery. Their sorrow was
ya 60 low. however. when the sher-
if was met at the prison uoois W o.
order from the supreme eour' ~, 20
them to take the prisoners pacs -
Cambridge and admit them 10 pail
A supersedeas had been granted anu .
new trial ordered -------~----.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
s,..,,,y of Prisoners Denied.

washington, Dec. 24.-The statements
,eoentlv published about the shooting
Of r1litical prisoners in Guatemala are are
y, U,,,hout foundation, according 10 re-
WIZ WIZ received by the Guatemalan min
poi ~ washington. They are, ne
no,d ,s'v, repetition of the same stories
saiu, sactured by the agents of the reo-
',a n,s defeated last October. Instead OF
elS Uniting atrocities the government.
~ .oid has shown great iehleney
MA consideration for the rebels
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
,..v raj, OF for Dyca.

CHEYENNE. wyo.. Dec. A-The PACK
,ra,n Of the department of the Platte
re left for Dyea. Orders were received
h,, tho ouartermaster general and Tom
Woonev the packer-in-chief. got things
ready inside of twelve hours. me Inc
.ra,n consists of ten expert packers ana
eighty trained and Grillcd rack mules
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
Russia Backing Up China.

London, Dec. 2.-The Pekin CORE
.nondent of The Times says: The Chi
nese are provisioning Port Arthur anu
will reconstruct the forts there Russia
sunervising and furnishing the money
T., the face of this indication of perma-
nent occupation the necessity Of safe
guarding our position in the far eas'
Increases. The Russo-Chinese pank'
which is the agent of the Russian gov
ernment has offered to China lzo'VOV
Rerdan rifles. with payment hve years
hence China has accepted the pro-
posal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
Warship fJr Japan.

San Francisco, Dec 24.-Work on the
1anonese war vessel Chitos, In course
of construction at the Union iron workS, ',;
Is being pushed forward and she vii, vii,
he launched early in January. she WIN
20 81 once to Japan, where she Will re-
so,,,a ber armament. The japanese
government use the English Armstrong
enns ON all their ships. hence she VIII
not be equipped in this port
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
,,..a prisoner Recaptured.

p,ralo. N. Y, Dec. 24.-James A. mo-
LAWYER of Topeka, Kan, who es-
caped ar from the Kansas state asylum asylum
ehout two months ago. was arrested
% a. this city. and is being held for the
Kansas authorities. ---------
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24
,.,,u WIN send a squadron.

London. Dec. PA special dispatch
from Rome says that at meeting ol
the Italian cabinet 1t was decided 70
d,snatch a squadron to Chinese waters
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-20
ALPHONSO XIII.
How a Boy King is Trained

How a Boy King is Trained.
The frail, delicate child has developed
into a bright healthy lad of nearly
eleven-he was born on May II, 1856
thoughtful beyond his years, and well
alive to the dignity and responsibilities
of his position. His mothers devoted
training has been thoroughly success
full, and though the king has his own
military governor and household, the
queen regents influence is still para
mount. At first there was some danger
that the child was a little over-educa-
ted for his strength, so studies were
replaced by outdoor exercise and sports,
with the result that the young king has
almost outgrown his delicacy. The
summer being spent at San Sebastian,
he has plenty of sea air, and greatly
enjoys trips to the various Spanish
war vessels along the coast. He
learned riding very early, taking daily
lessons in the palace stables at Madrid,
where his favorite mount is handsome
pony bred from the royal stud at Aarn-
juez.
But the kings strongest bent leans to
military matters, and as wee fellow of
four, just getting over dangerous ILL
ness, he would insist onsstanding at the
window to see the Palace guards
changed and salute with the utmost
gravity. When, therefore, he went later
to San Sebastian, a child regiment was
organized for his amusement. 1t proved
the greatest delight to the young mon
arch, who inspected his seven hunderd
boy soldiers with much zeal, and duly
shared their drills. On his tenth birth
day Alphonso was allowed to don his
first uniform-that of a pupil in the In
fantry Training schooland his goven-
nor, General Sanchez, is very careful
that he should become a well-practised
soldier. The young king is very sat
isfactory pupil. Besides the ordinary
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-20

representing four rivers, the Delaware,
Hudson, Potomac and Mississippi. on
the sides each of these fountains is
guarded by typical American animals,
eight In all. AT the front and back of
the pedestal are two allegorlcal groups.
That on the front represents America
seated and holding in one hand a cor
nucopia, in the other g. trident, and
having at her feet chains just cast Oft.
She is in the act of receiving from her
victorious sons the trophies Of their
conquest. Below this group Is an eagle
supporting the arms of the United
States. The group in the back repre-
sents America arouslng her sons to
sense of their slavery. Below are tic
arms of Pennsylvania, On the sides of
the pedestal are two bas-reliefs, one
representing the march of the Ameri-
can army, the other a Western-bound
emigrant train.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-20

AFIEE JNE NORM PoLE AGAiN.
Engineer Peary, the Arctic explorer,
Is going after the North Pole again and
this time he means to bring back at
least a splinter of it with him. His
plan Is certainly good one and as he
is going to have $15O,OOO to carry it out
with he can give 1t fair trial, He pro-
poses to go this year on a preliminary
expedition to the Whale Sound country
in order to arrange with the EslSimos
living in that region to meet him in the
summer of 1898. He says that 1.-The only
feasible plan for reaching the highest
altitude, is to utilize these people who
are Injured by generations of life there
to the Arctic conditions that prevail all
the way to the pole. ! propose to pick
out perhaps ten families of them, all
young and hardy, the hest fitted to go
upon such an expedition as is pro-
jected.I want to engage them this COM
ing summer, and have them prepare the
walrus meat and fur clothes, canoes
and sledges, and train the dogs between
that time and the following summer,
when they will be prepared to meet me
at some point fixed unon, ready to sail
as far north as we can get the ship"
Next year he will sail again with an
abundance of supplies, pick up his Es-
kimo friends, go as far north as posi-
BILE, and establish colony, sending his
ship back to New York. He will ex-
pect to go through Robson channel
and to the head of Sherard Osborne
Fjord, If possible. He is going to take
the wives of the Eskimo men along, be-
cause he says that Greeley's Eskimos
all deserted him in order to get back to
their families They went back three
hundred or four hundred miles over the
ice, and Peary thinks that a mild form
of insanity aff1icts the men when they
are long separated from their wives.
After establishing his colony at the
farthest possible point to the north Mr..
Peary will make his squirt for the
pole He will probably take only one
companion with him, an Eskimo to
drive the dogs If the first expedition
is not successful he will "lie over" one
winter and try it again. He thinks it
is possible that by the end of 1899 he
will have his bold task done. Perhaps
If he succeeds he will be bigger man
than Nansen.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-20
THE WAR.

Although the war which has broken
out on the Grecian frontier undoubtedly
seems big enough to those engaged IN
it, the rest of the world so far seems to
concur in looking on it as little war
that is not likely to make widespread
disturbance. OF course It Is understood
that if the big Powers want to fight this
is their chance, but it is believed that
their interest lies in not fighting, and
that they will do almost anything be-
fore they will fight. 1t is also believed
that they will not allow either Turkey
or Greece to gain much out of their
war. Time will tell what is to happen.
At present the situation is much mixed
and ominous. When the Powers have
been heard from it may be clearer and
less ominous, and it may not be.
There was brisk fighting yesterday,
and the Greeks seemed to be holding
their own and also some that the Turks
had claimed.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-20
A WAY THROUGH.

In County Sligo there is a small lake
renowned for its fabulous depth. a
professor happened to be in that part of
Ireland last summer, and started out
one day for a ramble among the noun
tains, accompanied by a native guide.
AS they climbed, Pat asked him if he
would like to see this lake, for it's no
bottom at ell, sorr," But how do you
know that, PATE" asked the professor.
We'll. SORT, I'll tell We; me own cousin
was shown the pond to a gentleman
one day, sorr, and he looked ineredu-
lous like, just as you do, and me cous-
in couldn't stand it for him to doubt his
word, sorr, and so he said, 'Begorra, III
prove the truth of me words and off
with his clothes and in he jumped. =
The professors face wore an amused
and quizzical expression. Yes, sorr, in
he jumped, and didn't come up again,
at all, at all" But" said the profess
sor, II don't see that your cousin
proved his point by recklessly drown
ing himself" Sure, sorr, it wasn't
drowned at all he was; the next day
comes a cable from him in Australia,
askin' to send on his clothes. "-Argo-
naut.