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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26

five Inches or rain has fallen within the
last week, breaking the drought and
saving corn and other crops. Reports
from nearly every section of southern
Illinois indicate that while the yield OF
wheat is below the average, the quality
is unusually good St. Joseph Mo, SUI
fered especially from the wind. Big trees
were uprooted. and small buildings
crushed
Telephone and telegraph service was
suspended for some time, but so far as
learned no lives were lost The other
points throughout the state where the
storm was especially severe were Mo-
berly Alexandria. Fayette. Trenton. and
California. Several lives were lost
through lightning. Mrs. Reuben Ricka-
baugh. wife Of a farmer. was instantly
killed while sitting at the window or
her house, two miles from Albany. AL
bert Rouster farmland living near
st. Charles. Mo. also suffered death in
the same way, while a number of farm
ers in both Illinois and Missouri had
barns and crops burned by the light
ming The immense Advance elevator
a. in East ST. Louis, in which was
stored 100000 bushels Of grain. was
struck by lightning and set on fire. but
fremen saved IL from destruction.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
ASSISTANCE DELAYED.
Negro Murderer Strung Up in
Mississippi.
SHERIFF HAD ASKED FOR TROOPS.

Governor McLaurin Was Absent and the
Lieutenant Governor Could Not BE Com
municated with-When the Troops Were
Finally Ordered Out the Lynching Had
Been Accomplished - James Pollard
Hanged at ST. Joseph, Mo.
Jackson. Miss. June pa negro
named Moseley. who killed Farmer
John Strong near Crystal Springs, Miss.
few days ago, and who was arrested
at that place Thursday and confined
in Jail, was hanged by a mob there at
$3.50 o'clock Friday morning. The ne
gro had been guarded by 100 armed
men since Thursday and two calls for
troops from this place had been sent,
but owing to the absence of Governor
McLaurin and the fact that it was i'm
possible to establish communication
with Lieutenant Governor Jones, who is
at his home i'm Woodville. the troops
did not start for the scene until Friday
morning. when the moving order was
received.
The troops received orders to stop as
they were boarding the train.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
wEvLeR BEGINS HIS MARCH.
Departs for Santiago de Cuba with an
Army of 10000 Men.

Key West. Fla. June 26.-General
WeyIer has left for Santiago de Cuba
province and 10000 men viii be at his
command. He said before he left: 4
shall pacify that province, as l have
the rest, and l will return then to Ha-
vana." Many soldiers have been with
drawn from Pinar del Rio and Ha-
vana provinces. One of the severest
fights occurred near Managua. Ha-
vana province, where 1000 Spaniards,
after nine hours of hard fighting, had
70 retreat to the town Of Managua, leav-
ing on the field many dead and wound
ed. The Cubans were under the COM
mand Of Castillo and Juan Delgado.
They used artillery.
There seems to be little doubt that
General Ruis Rivera and Colonel Ba-
Gallo will be executed very soon. The
last meeting of the directors of the Con-
servative party was a very stormy one.
Santos Guzman said Premier Canovas
had asked him to explain to the Con-
servatives in Cuba why they must ac-
cept the reforms and that they must
make up their minds to accept auton-
omy later. and perhaps something else
independence. This made Dr. Jover
and the rest of the members angry and
hlovs followed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
WOUND MAY BE FATAL.
Fred wilde shoots Jerry Riordan i'm an En-
counter at Ironwood.

Ironwood, Mich. June 26.-Jerry Rior-
dan was perhaps fatally shot by Fred
Wilde in Main street Thursday after
noon. The men are switchmen in the
employ Of the Chicago and Northwest
ern road, Wilde being night foreman.
Wednesday evening Wilde requested
Riordan TO work few hours overtime,
but Riordan refused and was reported
TO headquarters. Thursday morning an
order came for Rordans discharge.
When Riordan heard of this he made
threats against Wilde and a switchman
who overheard them told the foreman
he had better arm himself. as he was
in danger. Wilde procured a revolver
and put ii in his coat pocket
After dinner Wilde was passing down
the street to work when he was assault
ed by Riordan, who struck him several
times, finally knocking him off the walk.
Wilde then drew his revolver and shot
his antagonist. The bullet entered di-
rectly under the heart. Wilde imme-
diately gave himself up and Riordan
was taken to a hospital
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
THROUGH With WOOL.
Schedule Suggested by Finance
Committee Adopted.
AMENDMENTS BY VEST DEFEATED.

Senator Harris Pacific Railway Resolution
To BE Favorably Reported-Further
Consideration of the Corbett Election
Case Postponed Until the Next Session of
Congress - California Man Nominated
for Minister to Peru-Capital News.
Washington, June 26-The resolution
of Hale relative to restricting the privi-
leges of the eX-senators on the floor of
the senate TO those not interested in leg
islation and claims, was referred with
out comment to the committee on rules.
Consideration of the wool schedule of
the tariff bill was resumed at paragraph
$40, relating to Aubusson, Administer,
moquette and chenille carpets.
Vest moved to striks out the specific
rate. The vote was II to "a, four short
of quorum. There was some delay
in announcing the result, owing to the
anxiety to secure a quorum, but Vest
insisted on a speedy announcement, re-
marking that the suffering country could
not wait while Republican senators
mustered a quorum. When the want of
q quorum was announced Vest deris-
lively said And this, with the country
just wallowing and dying while the bill
waits"
Through with the Wool Schedule.
The senator is out of order" inter-
posed Chandler. jocularly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
COMMITTEES DECLINES TO ACT.
Corbett Election Case Postponed Until
Next Session.

Washington, June 26.-The senate
committee on privileges and elections
Friday considered briefly a report pre-
pared by Senator Hoar in the case OF
Hon. II. w Corbett. recommending
that Mr. Corbett be seated as a senator
from Oregon. The committee declined
to act upon the report ordering that it
be printed for the use Of the committee
together with any views which might
be submitted by members opposing Mr..
Corbett The result of this proceeding
will be to postpone further considera-
ton of Mr.. Corbett's claims until the
next session. There was no formal ex-
preston OF the committee to this effect,
but there is a general understanding that
such Is the case.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
Email, Killed Himself.

Chicago, June 26.-After two unsuc-
cessful attempts to commit suicide, Will
lam Clausen cut his throat with knife
Friday morning. dying short time aft
erward. He was a stonecutter and lived
at 367 Clark street. Shortly after
o'clock he was found lying in the yard
in the rear Of John Sachs saloon at 29S
Clark street, bleeding from wound in
his throat. Close beside him lay the
weapon he had used, an ordinary pock-
etknife. He was removed to the county
hospital, where he died. He was 40 years
old
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
Body Cast Up by the Lake.

Buffalo, n. Y, June 26.-The body OF
a well dressed, middle-aged man, whose
features are unrecognizable, was picked
up on the Lake Erie beach near this
city Friday. The body was dressed in
a blue serge suit. In the vest pocket
was a gold watch and chain, attached to
which was a Masonic emblem Gold
spectacles bearing a Denver stamp were
found in one pocket. The police believe
the body TO be that Of a Denver man
and have telegraphed description to
the police Of that city
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26

~And so is the country" added Gray.
A call of the senate brought fifty-two
senators to the chamber and Vests
amendment was then rejected-21 10 26
The consideration of the wool sched-
ule was completed at ! o'clock. Vest
offered a number of amendments but
was defeated in each instance the
schedule being adopted as suggested by
the finance committee The silk sched-
ule was at once taken up.
The silk schedule precipitated quite a
lively debate. the western and coast
senators contending that the committee
rates were excessive. prohibitve and
burdensome." They claimed the rates
ran from 20 to 700 per cent.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
chairman ont for the Mayoraity.

New York, June 26.-Captain Chap
man. king of the Tenderloin,' is out
for the mayoralty He has had buttons
the size of silver dollars made. THESE
buttons bear the captains FEATURES
whiskers and all. Captain Chapman
raided the famous Seeley dinner The
aspirant for mayoralty honors Is the
recipient of good deal of good natured
guying. but he is playing tho modest
role and refuses to admit that the many
bushels of buttons that are being given
out. are distributed with his sanction.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
Two Old Residents Die.

Kansas City, June 26.-The two oldest
men of Jackson county died Thursday.
James Monahan. who celebrated his
Tooth birthday in March last. died at
Independence. He had lived at Inde-
pendence for fifty years. lie was super
intendent Of the city cemetery at 1nde-
pence, in which he had dug more than
'3, 900 graves. John Crutchfleld, who was
SO years old in May last. died at West
port, where he had lived fortyfour
years.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
Jim Williamson Executed.

Houston, Tex. June 26.-Jim Will
iamson, who was convicted of compile
ity i'm the murder of the Crocker family
in 1895. was hanged shortly before noon
Friday at Wharton. The murder was
the result Of feud over some land in
which Mrs Crocker first killed a men,
Der of the Williamson faction named
Day. Crocker and son., small boy,
was then murdered by a mob led by
Williamson. who afterwards hunted
down Mrs. Crocker and cut and beat her
to death
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY.
Senator Hnrris' Resolution To BE Re-
ported FavorabIy.

Washington. June 26.-The senate com
mittee on Pacific railroads Friday
agreed to report favorably the resolu-
ton Introduced by Senator Harris of
Kansas expressing the sense of the sem
ate that the United States should re-
deem the Union Pacific railway from
prior liens and take steps to foreclose
the government mortgage The resolu-
tion was amended by the addition OF a
provision at the instance OF Senator
Morgan, requesting the president to
suspend proceedings to carry into ef-
feet the agreement alleged to have been
made to sell the interests of the United
States in the Union Pacfc railroad and
in the sinking fund until further action
of congress is had in reference thereto"
The action of the committee was
unanimous. Senator Harris was author
iZed to make the report.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
Sale of Michigan Horses,

New York. June 26.-At the Ameri-
can Horse Exchange Thursday after
noon fifteen horses brought on from
Michigan by Messrs. White e. Bros. Of
Lapeer, were knocked down for total
Of 1912. an average of a little over $l3l
a head.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
Execution of Clark Lewis.

Fayetteville, w. ", June 26.-Clark
Lewis was hanged here Friday at l2:4O
p. M in public before a large and or
derly crowd in natural grove. The
condemned man sang on the scaffold.
There were no disorderly demonstra-
tions. Lewis was hanged for the murder
of Charles Gibson, whose death ap-
peared TO be desired by Mrs. Gibson to
enable her TO continue uninterrupted
her carousals with Lewis and one or two
Others, who were jointly convicted with
Lewis
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
Pan-American Exposition.

Albany, N. Y. June 26.-Articles Of
incorporation of the Pan-American EX-
position company were filed here and In
Buffalo Friday. A meeting of the board
of directors will be held at the Trans
portation club in New York to effect an
organization. 1t has been decided TO
hold this exposition in 1899. commencing
May / and running for six months. and
the site selected is at LaSalle, on the
Niagara river. few minutes ride from
Buffalo, as well as Niagara Falls.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
Death of Thomas buchanan.

Denver. Colo. June 26.-Thomas Bu-
chanan died Thursday night Of apo
plexy at the age Of "a years. Before
coming to Colorado seventeen years ago,
he was editor of the Indianapolis Sun.
Under the administration of Governor
Waite he was a member Of the Denver
board Of public works. He wrote a
small volume on the silver question
which was widely distributed during the
last presidential campaign
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
JAMES POLLARD HANGED,

Negro Murderer Executed i'm the Jailyard
at st. Joseph, Mo.
st. Joseph, Mo-, June 26.-James Pol
lard colored, was hanged in the jail
yard in this city Friday morning for
the murder Of Joseph Irwin. also colored
The drop fell at 9:22 and Pollard was
pronounced dead twenty minutes later
The murder was committed in July
1885. Pollard had threatened to kill
Dave Irwin, and went to the house Of
the Twins at dark one night Finding
the family at supper, he fired at Dave
Irwin, but missed him, killing the lat
ter's brother Joseph. Pollard claimed
he hot in self-defense.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
peIevan. wis.,, Man Suicides.

Delavan. Wis. June 26.-Charles
Drake, son of Il. b. Drake. prominent
business man of this city, committed SUI
icide by shooting himself under the
heart and through the right temple. He
was a leading young man In financial
and social circles in this city. and was
connected with the Delavan Light and
Fuel company. No reason Is known for
the deed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
The House Committees.

Washington, June 26.-Speaker Reed
will name his committees the day the
present session closes. This will give
each chairman time to get his bills in
shape for filing, appoint his sub-com-
mittees. and have everything ready for
the regular session OF congress when it
meets in December. BY following this
course there will be no waiting until aft
er the holidays for the house to organ
lxa
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
United Commercial Travellers.

Columbus, O., June 26-The tenth an
nual convention of the supreme council
of the United Commercial Travellers is
IN secret session here for two days.
There is a good attendance. Reports
by the supreme counselor secretary and
treasurer and auditing committee were
read and referred to committee on the
state of the order. and while figures can
not yet be had they show a very pros
perous condition.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26

San Francisco, June 26.-Fortune de-
Conte an artist, once patronized by
New York's aristocracy. erstwhile dean
of the art department of the University
of Southern California and for the past
six months an earnest worker here, Is
dead. Paralysis is given as the cause
of death, but 1t Is believed he was
victim Of starvation.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
Hanging at Decatur, Ga.

Atlanta, Ga. June 26.-Terrel Hudson,
a negro, who was to have been hanged
two weeks ago for murder, but who was
respited al the last moment by Governor
Atkinson, died on the gallows at Deca-
tur Friday. The drop fell at HIS and
fourteen minutes later Hudson was pro-
nounced dead. The fall broke his neck
Hudson killed Seaborn Malcolm, anoth-
er negro, in quarrel about a rabbit
dog
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
Mormon. Run out.

Meridian, Miss. June 26.-Elders Ry-
dalch, Pomeroy, Parish and Jones, four
Mormon elders from Utah. were run out
of Meridian. The elders have been in
the city several days arranging for
meetings and Friday began a house to
house canvass for the purpose Of secur-
ing converts.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26

which place he says is in the hands OF
mob. No particulars are given. Sec
retary Alger is now in consultation with
the president on the subject. The trou-
BILE is supposed here to have arisen from
an attempt to lynch a negro accused OF
a accn1l1i
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
Nominated for Minister to Peru.

Washington. June 26.-The president
Friday sent the following nominations to
the senate: Irving b. Dudley of Cal
ifornia, to be envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary to Peru; Frank
Dillingham; Of California, to be consul
for the United States at Auckland, N Z.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
1T HELPED THE CROPS.
Reports of Heavy storms in Southern IlIi-
nois and Missouri.

st. Louis, June 26.-The reports OF
heavy storms throughout southern H.
linois and Missouri continue to be re-
ceived Thursday night and until an
early hour Friday morning st. Louis
was again deluged with rain. While
the wind has been destructive to the
trees, crops and buildings in some Sec
tions, the rain has greatly benefited
some crops. Around Cairo. Ills, fully
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
Charged with Forgery.

Ashland Wis. June pa warrant
has been issued for the arrest of Robert
c. Heydlauff, chief engrossing clerk Of
the state senate, on charge Of forgery
This proceeding is the result of an in
quiry carried on before the court over
the discovery that county orders. on
which payment had beer made by CcEH-
ty Treasurer Nelson, were fraudulent.
They had been raised from small
amounts to sums of considerable size,
one being increased from a trifiing fig
ure to $3, ,0S1 "a. There are said to be
many of the same kind. Heydlauff. who
is we'll known in political circles about
the state, protests his innocence.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
Cali for United states Troops.

Washington. June Ex-Governor Blox-
ham of Florida has called upon the war
department for United States troops to
aid him in restoring order at Key Vest
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-26
TORNADO IN MISSOURI.
Considerable Damage to Property but No
Lives Lost.

Lives Lost.
Rich Hill. Mo, June ga tornado
struck the northern portion of this city
Thursday night. The damage will
amount to thousands Of dollars. One
set of kilns. one set of furnaces Of
the Cherokee -Lanyon Smelling COM
pany were blown away, caught fire and
were totally consumed. The blacksmith
shops and other buildings at the plant
were blown away. The Rich Hill Can
ming factory was totally wrecked. The
brick block Of the Nj. S. Cowles Mercan-
tile company was unroofed and the wat
er poured in, greatly damaging the
stock. The Buckeridge block, a brick
building, was unroofed and buildings
occupied by The Daily Review badly
damaged The city hall was unroofed
and the Wiseman brick block unroofed
and the front blown in. The Klumpp
block was blown in the amphitheater
house, horse stalls, sheds and floral hall,
together with the agricultural halls and
other buildings at the fair grounds were
completely demolished. The streets are
blocked with trees fences and outbuild
ings signs and plate glass.
The Christian and Episcopal churches
were wrecked. The roundhouse of the
Memphis route is a total wreck and
freight cars are blown from the tracks
in the Pacific and Memphis yards. No
lives were lost. though Thomas Smith
at the zinc works was struck by flying
timbers and badly injured and several
others were more or less seriously hurt
The damage to crops alone will reach
thousands of dollars. The storm lasted
for thirty minutes. The rain fell in
binding sheets, accompanied by hail.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-22

As the day for the election in Great
er New York approaches it grows more
certain that Tracy must look for his
vote in New York City. Brooklyn
and Bronx are almost soldily in the
Low column, and Tracy will not get
much strength from the Republicans
outside of New York. A house to
house canvass is being made by the
Republicans in Brooklyn, and as many
as possible of the names of those who
intend to support Low reported. The
party machine win be invoked to drag
DON these men into the Tracy ranks,
but it will fail. Abram Hewitt, who
has received all his political and NUM-
cipal honors at the hands of Tammany
repudiates the ticket led by Van Wyck,
and that by George as well, and de-
clares that the Tammany and the Re-
publican machines are working into
each others hands. He says distinct
ly, what was declared by the Light a
month ago, that Platt does not desire
anything but a machine candidate to
win, and would see Van Wyck elected
sooner than Low.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-22

There are none so poor as to do Sal
isbury reverence in England today.
This appears to be the political end
of theman who was regarded as theonly
one capable of coping with Gladstone
and perpetuating the Conservative par
ty in power The Conservatives today
are his bitterest critics. He has done
nothing at home, and all that he has
attempted has been in the direction Of
Chamberlain's semi-socialism. Abroad
he has been the shuttlecock of Euro
pean politics, moved hither and yon
at the superior skill of the diplomats
of Russia and Germany and Turkey.
His retirement from office would be
opposed by none, and his political
death would instantly follow.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-22

Germany is hearing some wholesome
truth as to the real condition of Amer
lean trade, and her false conclusions
based upon imports received in the
American ports for the past three
months are being corrected by her own
more intelligent writers and statisti-
clans. The truth is at last being told
as to the vast volume of German ex-
ports that were hurried to this coun-
try in the weeks preceding the passage
of the Dingley bill. The later returns
bear out the assertions of the advocates
of that measure, that as soon as that
surplus from rushed imports was
worked off there would be an increase
sufficient to cover the expenses of gov
eminent.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-22

All sorts of rumors are abroad as to
the Pacific railroad sale on the End
of November. None of them will do
to bank on. The facts are that the
sale is a sale of mortgaged property
and will be sold to the highest bidder.
There is no promise to the reorgania-
ing syndicate for any amount. They
will come into the sale the same as any
other party, and if there is a bid above
their $50, 900 they will have to raise
their bid to cover that of their rivals
if they get the property. The rule
of all foreclosure sales will govern this.
So says Attorney General McKenna.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-22

Financial affairs of the Catholic Uni
versity of Washington are being con-
sidered behind closed doors, with Arch
bishop Keans, the old head of the Uni
versity, present as special envoy from
Rome. What is really before the
board is only surmised, but 1t is
thought that questions affecting the
ersonnel of the faculty were to re-
ceive special attention. Cardinal
Gibbons presides in full robes.