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The copper country evening news., 1897-12-27
CAN SEND RELIEF TO CUBA.
No Customs Duties To BE Paid on Contri-
butions-Story of IA Battle.

butions-Story of IA Battle.
Havana. Dec. 27.-Captain General
Blanco has cabled to the Spanish min
lister at Washington. Senor Dupuy de
Lone. that Americans have authority
TO send supplies to the reconcentrados
of the island without paying customs
duties. General Pando, the Spanish
comn,ander-in-c chief in the field. VINO
with an escort recently landed on the
south coast of Santiago de Cuba in or
der according to the official report. 10
reconnoiter that part of the island, has
not been heard from for five days. III
was announced that he had arrived
safely at the city of Santiago de CUBA
but the report was subsequently OH
cially denied and it was said that tne
| e,uetal had attacked the insurgents IT
| that province with strong columns o.
troops. the enemy accepting battle
! Still another report has it that Gen
| eral Pando has arrived at Baire, In th'
! nrovince Of Santiago de Cuba In ina
! vicinity and in the Bayamo department
| the insurgents are said to be In force
| we'll armed and supplied with ammuni
ton. They are under the command Q
| caIixto Garcia and Rabi
The copper country evening news., 1897-12-27
Col. Morrison's Retirement.

Washington, Dec. 27.--Colonel VIII
ion, Morrison will return to Illinois 10
live upon the expiration of his term as
chairman of the interstate commerce
commission. a position he has held ior
ten years He says he has no plans ioI o,
the future. and that he welcomes WIN
Measure the thought of private ci,i
ZEN Colonel Morrison has held pubic
oaiee the greater part of the time to'
forty-fiye years, having been first erect ''c.l'
"a clerk OF Monroe county In 1907
The copper country evening news., 1897-12-27
BROUGHT DEATH TO SIX
Destruction of the Great Coliseum
Building at Chicago.
FALLS TO PIECES IN SHORT ORDER
Structure Total Wreck Twenty Min
utes After the Alarm Was Given.

Manufacturers Exposition Going on at the
Time, but Luckily Only Few Hundred
Persons in the House-Might Have Been
Terrible Holocaust-A Score of Those
Present Hurt and Burned More or Less
seriously-Money Loss Reaches Nearly
Half Million.
Chicago, Dec. 27.-Eight persons are
believed to have been burned to death
in the fire that destroyed the Coliseum,
Sixty-third street and Stoney Island
avenue. and a score were injured. Had
there been thousands instead of hun
dreds in the building at the time this
story would probably have been one ot
such horror as to make the blood rur
cold. Those believed to be dead-ant
The copper country evening news., 1897-12-27
1,,,,e Outward Sign of Her Loss.
roop pIGEsTED WITHOUT TROUBLE
Patient Leaves Her Bed in Thirty-fve Days
"A Well Woman Now,

"The period following proved that the
sterilization had been perfect anu the
operation wonderfully performed Inc
natient although old and feeble. eN-
hibited hut few of the serious symptoms
that usually follow vital opera'ioh'
Minute quantities OF liquid ioou Mete
given to her at short intervals WIN
the exception of occasional voiiiitiii
this food seemed to be assimliateu'
despite the absence of food receptacie'
In the second week after the operalioh
she was given solid food. III was re
tanned and digested without discomfort
And even DR.. Schlatter himself marVel-
; cd at the almost unexpected success oi
! his hold work. He was handicapped IN
| Giving the patient solid food because
| she only had one tooth left In her heau
( "On Oct. IL. a month and hve DAYS
| after the stomach had been removed,
I Anna Lands left her bed. BY NOV "a
! sbe was feeling perfectly well ana was
u,ollsinp about. Her weight Increased
| and annarently she was in far oette'
health than before the operation III
Idmund Charles Wendt, of New Yorf
oity tho correspondent of The Meolca
pooord who obtained DR.. Schlatter
nersonal account of the feat. states ina
on the 9th of this month he saw Ahn'
Lands. and that to all inten's an
, purnoses she is a we'll woman she
stui under observation at the Zuric
county hospital, but is able to do ne
r full share of work in the wards.
5 "she has had many medical Visitoi
E from ali quarters of the globe ana
: this time has grown quite proud Oh rs
e depleted body. DR. Wenut cons'.uV ~
I from the successful removal Oh III
e stomach that the human stomach
= not vital organ: that the digesuN
e capacity of the stomach has been COZ
: siderabiy overrated; that gam gar >,
weight may take place despite the "a a.
sence of gastric activity; that vo'l'i.,i =,
NAV occur without stomach ana lh
= the chemical functions OF the hulna ..D,
. stomach can be satisfactorily periorm'
: hv the other divisions of the aliments
- | canal" %vk
The copper country evening news., 1897-12-27
pooK LOCKED on THE PEOPLE
while the Flames Roared Throug" '"'
Building--How They Escaped

while the Flames Roared Ihro"g" '"'
puilding--How They Escaped.
About 300 people were In the puiiuihs
a. the time. and at the first alarm they
rushed for safety. Fortunately the
aisles we're wide, and owing 10 'he
comparatively small number OF peopie
a. Tho building there was little difhculty
a. roacb,np the doors. Most OF those
anaeavoring to escape ran TO the iarse
door on the east SIDE OF ,he .,
which is wide enough to ADMIT .e~ir
of horses and a wagon. crown y
fully 200 gathered before inns uooi
which was found to be locked, anu DC
Are was roaring through the puiiu,ns
| with great speed 1t seemed TOT ie"
minutes as though none OF these WIZ
ha ahle escape. w. j. Wheeler F'ne
tcbman. saw the trouble ana ran -
80, the door. but the crowd Was
po,,ad in front of II so closely that h'
Pa GREAT difficulty, opening It, one'
=. s,,nne wide. however, the crowd WA
,..'the oY,en air in few seconds Du.
,,al lam at this point several peopii
@era @ hadlv crushed, but none, rsenousl'
,,,,rad, The balance Of the people mao
- u,av through the other doors, an
nuara, who, were caught in the oaiepn
wsre compelled to jump to the grouh
from the roof. .,,ansc
Tne balcony was lined with WINDOW
,sat SWING outward, and they had
,rouble getting upon the rooi' anu i'S'
.,are the leap to the ground was ~
-, The, firenleri were athano peioi
aa,,a wore out, and before the
made any effort to fight the ,ln',sa na,nes -, :,
devoted their attentioh 70 e'.ae .san we
hall of people, BY the Ilms .nex y.
The copper country evening news., 1897-12-27
.,o,nsr phase of Home Protection.

Marquette, Mich, Dec. N.-Merchah'e
are organizing a new system OF poy
colt. by means of which those RESIDENTS
who send out of town for most OF tneir
Iuxuries and many of their necesslties
NAV be punished. Every member Oh the
proposed organization will pledge MN
self TO buy all he needs at home Inc
league will demand the Withdrawn OF
ALI passes to railway employees and tne
discharge OF any employe of any cor
noration and the boycotting OF any one
running for an Office who does not pat
ronize home industries. Hat hit
The copper country evening news., 1897-12-27
STOMACH OUT OF DATE
Whole Organ Removed from the
Body of Woman,
AND SHE LIVES AND DIGEsTs FOOD,

Besides Doing Her Share of the Work, APP
parently as Well as Ever-Remarkabie
Operation Performed mt Zurich, switzer-
land-How and why 1t Was Done-whi
the Coming Man BE stomachless?- p
Doesn't Seem To Be at All Necessary.
New York. Dec. 27.-The Medical Rec
ord publishes the following account OF
the first successful removal OF human
stomach: THE feat itself is the most
brilliant and daring ever attempted In
recent surgical history, but the attend
ant discovery that the stomach Is not'a
vital organ is even more important
Hitherto it has been considered utterly
impossible for a person to live without
n stomach. With the fall Of this long
recognized axiom the old theories OF
| medicine and surgery may be entirely
changed and the field of possibilities
| which the discovery opens up is practi-
4, caiiy limitless The operation whlch mas
so startled the medical world was per-
formed in Zurich, Switzerland, by DR..
| Carl Schlatter on Sept. last. The SUD
iect was Anna Lands, Sc years old, ana
a silk weaver This woman had COM
planned for years of stomach trouble
DR.. Schlatter diagnosed the case ano
found that she was suffering from an
exceptionally large oval tumor In hei
stomach.
Her stomach q Hardened Mass.
"Iaparotomy was performed and DR.
: Schiatter found that the woman's entlr'
stomach presented hard mass. Thei
this daring operator, seeing that the OF
gan was useless, went to work ant
freed il from it's delicate attachments
cutting. twisting and clamping amon
the most vital organs with the coolnes
and deliberation of an expert dentls
drawing a hard tooth. The technica
! details Of the operation can only be ap
preciated by members of the meolcs
profession. When DIR. Schlatter had eS
cised the entire stomach he frml
y united a small coil of intestine to IN
IS oesophagus. thus making a direct cor
s nection between the alimentary cans
h and the bowels.
o Little Outward Sign of Her Loss.
e "The work Of joining the intestine ar
= the oesophagus was most delicate Tht
% were bound together with sutures III
Is organs were allowed to drop PACK III
1t their positions. the abdominal woui
d was sewed up, and all there was
a, show that Anna Lands had lost n
j. I stomach was a slight retraction iowa
ne , the diaphragm The operation last
in nearly two hours and half The &c
OF of blood was slight.
The copper country evening news., 1897-12-27
-I-.. 80. po,,.r Remember All Sin.

1.ondon. Dec. 27.-China VIII not give
- Chou to Germany without a.
s,r,sgle lOfall places which the kaiser
.,ust -, have seized along the 1000 miles
of coast, none is held In greater sen.,S 'h -
ton, 1t is here that Confuclus u,ss So,,. 20
located and Kiao-Chou Is to the Sh'sess ssss
what Mecca IS to the Mohanni',euans 'a..
and Jerusalem used to be TO 'tne oni'. -
tians. The Chinese will give "u'h "
nraserve IT, .,,,r IA 3t if'
The copper country evening news., 1897-12-27
IS HE A DOUBLE MURDERER
Confesses IL Peculiar Crime, Which Is ,he
Second of the Kind at 1t. Louis


ST Louis. Dec. 27.-Tuesday afternoon
Jacob Wenand. aged SO. was found
brutally murdered in his home. A wad
of hair cloth had been forced down MS
throat and then he was bound ana
straneled with towel. Friday after-
noon William Roberts, alias Doyle, alias
Dublin. a levee roustabout, was arresteo
and confessed the crime He said ne
knew Weinand had some molsy
in the house and laid plans to comml'
the robbery. Weinand fought so ferce-
lv that he killed him. Roberts is an
Irishman He laughed while teihng hi'
story.
In 1893 a similar crime was committed
| . ma soldier of Jefferson barracks here
the same sort of a wad being force'
| down his throat The question now
| did Roberts kill him, too. or is Rooe..
confessing a crime he did not corn'hi'
The copper country evening news., 1897-12-27
Wal. TIL john ruil develops.

Berlin, Dec. 27.-TThe neWspapsis .,,,',as Ia.
are keenly curious to learn IVY rs,uase
Of the United states on the .,,,eLs
question. The Cologne Ha@e''e ,,, ," side
II probable the United states VII ,n,ns @
with Russia, Endlana
r.riandidlv Isolated
The copper country evening news., 1897-12-27
TILE CHICAGO COLISEUM.

the belief is almost a certainty, as at ,
this writing none has been heard Of
are: Two women dancers in the midway !
exhibit seen in the building just before |
1t collapsed Two men seen in the CEN
ter of the building during the fire by |
the firemen. Howard Geyser and Jo-
seph Byrnes, decorators. Geyser ana
Byrnes were decorating one OF the
booths in the balcony when the fire
broke out. The manager of the exhibit
ran to the booth and called to
the the men that the place was on fire
and for them to save themselves. They
were apparently in no hurry and when
last seen were still at work.
Long List of the injured.
A score of persons were injured as
follows: Peter Foote, Waterman,
burned about the face and hands, Har-
| ry Parker and c. A. Loyns. slightly
burned; Mrs. c. A. Lyons, severely
! burned: M. j. Morley, lacerated by an
! explosion Of Crookes tubes used in the
| X ray exhibit and burned about head;
| William Robertson. face and hands
burned; M. j. Wheeler, watchman,
( hands burned: James Maher, fireman
| burned while cutting live wires Roo-
ert Harley. fireman. severely bruised by
! debris during the collapse or a wall
! Miss Helen Conver shocked by i've
! wire and severely burned on the rlSnt
arm; George Leereke, proprietor ot the
! street of Cairo exhibit. jumped from
a window of the burning building ana
was severely bruised; Louis weiss,
ianitor. burned aucut the race ana
hands Frank Murphy. severely burned;
| Harry Hamilton. burned about the race
1 w Fl Wright. burned about the arms
| William Allaby. fireman. thrown IRON
FIRE engine in collision with a Lake
shore train at Cottage Grove avenue
and Forty-flrst street; Albert Chamoer
Iain burned about the face and hands
| I,urene DuCgan burned about the hea'
and side.
Roentgen Ray Caused the Disaster.
The fire originated in the booth Whicl
was used for the exhibition OF y rays
, | the booth being managed by Nj. D. MOT
lev and William Robertson The wv
men were examining their Roentge
/ machine when they were startled py
eizzIinp noise behind them, and upo
turning saw part OF their eHhip
ahIaze Crossed electric wires whlc
we're over the exhibit, 1t Is though
caused the flame. They first trieo
smother the flames, but before they 81
cured water the fire spread througho'
= the entire booth. Morley, realizing th'
he and his partner would be unable
cone with the flames, made an endeaV
IN save some of the most valuable pa
- onbernalia. Running to the machine
, grasped the two Crookes tuoes anu ~, ~,
with Robertson began hghtins MS
out of the building. Before ne rea'.
the exit the tubes exploded from
heat
The copper country evening news., 1897-12-27
R,ssia Preparing to House Troev


I,ondon, Dec. 27.-Russia' accpre'n'Y
a special dispatch from Soe4E
nreparing temporary heaoq41
10 600 troops at Port Arthw
obtained a half promiss IT,
council at Pekin to..d's
Hart director of cninfV
time customs. and
ofIicials. in additior
way officials aha
and instructors.B
dispatch says.e
notice that tbs
the terminati
Contrary to-e
asserts thatt
lneve Great
| the Russian
I ern China
IiNniihA tN
lplD.y El
| Lowers
San Fr
ser's aged
the works
q half at
under ar
-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-22

that the bill would not raise sufficient
revenue.
Not ono in administration circles has
denied the statement that Attorney
General Nckcnna is to have the vacancy
made by the retirement of Justice Field
from the I. ). Supreme Court on Deccm-
Der !, although there is enc ccial and
particular reason why Mr.. Mckenna
should never sit on the Supreme Court
he is too friendly to the bic corporations,
TIL. was known before he came to Wash
ingt"n, but additional proof was given by
his avidity to r&tify the bargain made I'M
der the Cleveland administration for the
sale Of the Union Pacific Railroad t. the
Huntington reorganization committee,
under conditions which practically shut
out competition in the bidding. An at
tempt is now being made to get Mr.. Nc
knlcv to intcrposc his authority in some
way to stop the sale of the l. p. at least
until the conditions of the sale can be
changed so as to make them as fair to on;
set Of bidders as to another, but there
seems to be some doubt of bis authority and
more of his inclination to interfere after
Boss Hanna had told the Huntington ring
that the sale should be put through under
the old agreement, although the govern
men will lose millions of dollars by the
sale under present conditions.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-22
CAN THESE THINGS BE?

We publish on our first page this
week bit of local political history.
\ careful perusal of it must cause
every conscientious man to think seri-
ously. The right of free ballot is one
of the dearest and most precious priv
ileges Of American citizenship. Local
selfgovernment has always in this
country been guarded with Jealous
care. Wherever true manhood exists
an outrage upon that right is quickly
rcbuked. There was time when the
good people of Southern Maryland
held their honor as high, and maintain
ed their Just prerogativcs as bravely ac
any people in the world. This was a
region in which hospitality, one of III,
most beautiful and commendable Of
human characteristics, abounded. The
dispensing Of hospitality betokens a
generous disposition and an upright,
honest and noble heart Our people
ought to be by Inheritance innatcly
honorable, and believers in fair dealing
and honest methods in all things. And
we are glad to know that there are
many such to-day dwelling in our fair
land. But they allow their citizenship
to be imperilled and their honor to be
insulted, when the right OF local self
government becomes, through their in
difference. a mere shadow and prctCnce
and a usurper from abroad is permitted
to shape events according to his own
sweet will
The primary meeting is the fountain
head of all civil government in this
country. If. by fraud or corruption
or force, the will of the majority is
thwarted, when voters meet to take the
first step in choosing who are to make
and administer the law, the essential
principle OF government OF the people,
by the people and for the people is de
stroyed. And they who dare do this
arrogate to themselves a power that
should not be tolerated for one moment
in this free land.
We are not dealing in generalities
The narrative OH the first page is not
drawn from the imagination. 1t tells
of stern, cold facts, the memory o.
which cannot be blotted ont.
The coming election in this county
means more than the choice Of indiyid
uals. 1t involves the sacred right o
citizenship, and the priceless privilege
of local selfgovernment.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-22
MIR. DANA AS AN ED.TCk.

The death of Charles A. Dana has at,
tracted the widest attention and sympa
thy and awakened anew the strong feeling
of admiration that Mr.. Dana has always
commanded among journalists.
The New York Herald, which in times
gone by has tried many a fall with the ag-
gressiye but fair-ti Citing editor of the Sun,
treats his death with sincere expressions
of egret-publishing with his portrait,
some four columns of an obituary, in
which all the high qualities of the great
editor are recognized and declared.
The New York Press is equally generous
of its space and just in its praise giying
editorial space to pay tribute to his fame
and high place in journalism.
The New York journal furnishes two
pages of obituary, written in the best
spirit and kindest feeiin and presents
some nine or ten pictur j, + Mr. Dana at
different periods of hisIs ~ The editorial
leader is also devoted to thu same subject,
in which it gatheEs M its conclusions IN
the following teams: "Cn;srles y. Dana,
the editor of the Sun, whc, died yesterday
was a man Of whose intel iectual qualities
it would be Impossible to speak in too
eulogistic terms. He was man of the
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-22
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, D. c., October 18th.
Mr.. EpIToR-The Platt Mckinley deal
first shown up in ,his correspondence, has
been fully proven by the actions of the
administration, public and private, with
in the past few days. 1t was to whip all
administration republicans into line FOX
Platt's man Tracy, that Mr. Mckinley had
Secretary Bliss writes that gushing letter
in Tracy's favor and announce his intcn
ton to personally take part in the New
York campaign. The fate Of other natlo-
nal administration candidates in New
York should have warned Mr.. Mchin
ley
According to private letters received
from those who move in diplomatic circ-
les in London, M Mckinley became very
much afraid about the time the Cover
nor of the Bank Of England made that
silver bluff, that his own bluff, the inter
national bimetallic commission, was being
seriously taken by the British govern
mcnt and caused it to be unotficially init
mated to Lord Salisbury that this govern
ment had 70 real desire that any steps
| should be taken that were likely to lead
to international bimetallism, rs it was
slowly but surely paving the way to make
| the single gold standard permanent in the
| United States.
| Senator Germans manly open letter to
the publisher of the Baltimore Sun 5,
! offering to Withdraw from the leader
ship of the democratic party of Maryland,
| if the Sun would show its loyalty to the
democratic party, by honestly supporting
its candidates, and its publisher would
take the engagement of the present cam
paingn, has been the most absorbing topic
Of conversation in Washington since it
was published. Inasmuch As the Sun" has
claimed Senator German To be the only
obstruction to its support Of the nominal
tons of the democratic party in Maryland
Senator GUrman's offer las placed it
where it must present some better excuse
for ignoring the offer that it has vet done,
or run the risk of losing the confidence
of many democrats. Democratic scnti-
ment in Washington is practically unani-
mously on the side of Senator German in
this controversy. In that open letter
towards the Civil Service Law: Il am
unaltcrably opposed, except in judicial
places, to life tenure of Office. It is in
compatible with our free institutions. |
| lot 10 iph tan I.,TI
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-22
SHORT CROPS OF WHEAT.

Estimates made by the government stat
isticians Of the United States and Austria
Hungary place the deficiency in the world
wheat supply for this year at 202 ,o0o,o0o
bushels. The tota! crop of last year fell
$50, 900, 900 bushels short of the average,
so the net deficiency of the two Yeats
agwre gates 3332 ,000, 900, or move than one
sixth Of normal years supply. This is
sufficient to account for the advance in
prices. when taken in connection with the
fact that the consuming population is
constantly increasing. Reports from the
whcat-cNp0rtiny counties of the Southern
Hemisphere promise good average yield
from the next harvest, but the outlook for
next years American winter wheat is bad
cuuu.h to more than balance the good
promise of Australia and Argentina. On
the whole. the outlook is for no better
supply next year than this, including
India.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-22

As announced elsewhere the Demo
cratic candidates will hold district
meetings in the county next week
The people should turn out and man.
fest their enthusiasm for the cause
There is much at stake in this cam
paign-more than is usually the case
Besides voting for two important State
officials, our people will have to elect
judges for term of fifteen years, and
an important local ticket. An election
is always matter that should interest
the public. With us this year it i'll
wolves issues that have never arisen
before. We hope our pcople will real
ize this as they should, aad act accord
ingly