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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-25
BlONOIN HAS A SUCCESSOR.
A Toronto Man Assumes the Name of the
Ropewalker.

ROpewalker.
James Hardy of Toronto calls himself
Blondin, and wants the world to adopt
the name. He is "a tight rope walker,
and has been recently astonishing Roch.
ester with his feats He stretched IA
wire from Seneca park east to Seneca
park west, at height of 220 feet over
the river, and did some very daring
feats upon it. The wire was 800 feet
long.
He recently went to England with
700 Canadian militiamen, and will re.
main in Europe a year giving exhibit
tions.
Young Hardy, or Blondin, as he pre-
fers to be called on account of the as
sociaticn of that name with high wire
performances, is daring and clever
man at his chosen work.
There are few if any men in the bust
ness who can do as many things as he
can on the wire. He stands on his head,
does a pole squat counted most difficult,
runs, dances, walks backward and side
ways, does wonderful feats on trapeze
and lies on his back, all on the swaying
wire hundreds of feet in the air
Thousands of Rochester people have
held their breath as he did these things.
The young mans first foreign appear
ance will be made in England, in Liver
pool. During the celebration Of the ju-
bilee he will be in London. New York
Herald
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-25
Ballads of the Bicycle.

There are ballads Of the Saxon and heroics OF
the Scot,
There are ballads that are beautiful and bal
lads that are not,
There are ballads of the battle, Of the chase
and of the heart
There are ballads OF simplicity and ballads
that are smart
From the time of English Harold to the age
that loves strike,
But the poet of the pedals sings the ballads Of
the bike.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF TIE THING.
My bicycle, my bicycle,
I'll sing your praises high.
Like Nansen to an icycle
Am to you. my bi.
III sing of love and leafy lanes.
And gems that hope and Gull
Shall end the query of the SWANS
To sigh or not to cycle
Methinlxs I'll "scent the morning air"
And ride upon it, too,
What time the morning star. so fair.
Has wept fond adew
TO ride when natures mantles damp
An noffensive meddler,
Where doomed seemed 10 go ION tramp"
Rejoicing I'm ped'ler
And eve, when bats and beetles skim
And dropping branches dim all,
III scent above the rubbered rim
An odor not Of Rimmel
And shall ever more be glad
AS down the lanes paddle,
And when I'm hipped or sore or sad
Commend me TO my saddle.
When may smile, that kings to be
May come to grief unknown
And unreported then will be
The speeches from the thrown.
So hail the steed OF high and low.
And thou shalt prove me leal.
And perchance forget my woe
In thinking OF my wheel. Fun
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-25
DINNER TO LONDON POOR.
Royalty Visits Halls Where the Fcasts
Were Given.

London, June 25.-The Princess of
Wales jubilee dinners to the poor were
very successful. About 5000 denizens Of
the slums were sumptuously entertained
at the various centers. The princess,
accompanied by the Prince of Wales,
Princess Victoria OF Wales and Prince
and Princess Charles of Denmark, Wis
tied the principal halls, where the
feasts were given.
The places visited by the royal party
were the Peoples palace in the East
End of London; the Central hall, Hol-
born, and the Wesleyan school house
at Clerkenwell. AT the Peoples palace
the royal visitors were received by the
lord mayor, Sir George Faudel-Phillips
and the lady mayoress. The guests
consisted of a thousand ragged chill
dren. After the national anthem had
been sung the children were served with
a good feast of roast beef potatoes,
pies. tarts. blancmange, jellies. apples,
oranges and ice cream. The fare at the
other places were the same. The Prin-
cess of Wales and her party received an
ovation everywhere.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-25
He Knew Chickens.

Mr.. Suburb-What ON earth are you
trying to do, neighbour
Mr.. Nexdoor-Merely taking down a
little of this fence, SO that can move
my chicken house over into your yard.
"Eh? My yard?"
"Yes, like to be neighborly and con-
siderate to other peoples feelings. you
know"
"But-er"-
Eyes, you shan't have any more
cause to complain about my chickens
scratching up your yard. "
But you are moving your whole
house over on to my property"
"That's the idea. AS soon as the
chickens find their house in your yard,
they'll conclude that you own them,
and will spend the rest of their natural
lives scratching in my yard, you know. "
-Pearson's Weekly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-25
A Tiger with a Glass Eye.

This isn't STUFFED" tiger, but a
real live one, ferocious and strong. He
is at present in the menagerie at Stuff
CART and looks as fierce with his glass
eye as with the real one.
A serious affection of the muscles
caused the beast to lose the sight of one
eye. AS the public didn't appreciate @
one eyed tiger, the beast was put under
cocaine and the useless optic removed
This was a ticklish operation, several
strong keepers holding the beast down
while the eye was taken out.
He was measured for a new eye
which had to be made with specia
degree of ferocity. For the first week HI
tried hard to rub it out, but he nov
rests contented as the only wild ANNA
with a glass eye.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-25

TO build our aquarium first. Not hav-
ing enough money, we got Richie, the
animal and bird man, into the scheme,
and in the centennial year we had
500, 900 aquarium, with fishes of all
sorts, seals, and, as browning glory,
two whales. Unfortunately, they only
lived two days Still. we did we'll, but
Richie and Coup were not satisfied
They wanted 20 put in a theater In
spite of my protests that this would
ALLEVIATE the church folks, who had been
our best friends great moral show
and all that recommended III the Sun
day schools to the schOlars-the theater
was put in and the receipts fell off.
Coup sold out TO Richie, and | remem.
Der that he took six giraffes in part pay
ment and they all died within short
time.
"Then Richie had a notion of open
ing on Sundays. pointed out that that
would bring the church folks into di-
rect opposition. II it was done. / said,
Iwould get out. So l sold out to Ritch-
lie. Later on, believe, he arranged to
have some whales brought on, but he
never got them, aad the museum failed.
"Those are the only whales know
of which have been in captivity III this
country, except one at Coney Island
some years ago. The whales now in the
aquarium here are fine specimens. In
their quarters, with plenty of fresh wa
ter, they should live long time. AS q
rule, however, whales are delicate and
difficult to keep alive in captivity -
New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-25
GREAT RAILWAY CENTER.
Buffalo Leads All other Cities Here In
Railway Trackage.

Buffalo Leads All other Cities Here In
Railway Trackage.
Buffalo is now the greatest railway
center in the United States and has
more trackage than Chicago, New York
or ST. Louis. The Buffalo Express, with
pardonable pride, boasts of this suprem
acy of the Electric City
Twenty great railroad corpora
tions operate their roads through Buff
falo and $50 or more passenger trains
enter and leave the city every day. Ev-
cry mile of trackage is capitalization
into iron and steel of human faith, for
men do not spend money heedlessly,
nor do soulless corporations lay tracks
without having duly measured and esti-
mated the returns from their invest
ments. Buffalo had 900 miles of rail
way trackage i'll actual operation IN
1895, and the two years which have
passed have added many miles to that
aggregate, an accurate statement OF
which is rather the work of the Stats
tician than the generaliZer. The rail
roads own nearly 1900 acres of land
within the city limits, and many OF
them have Buffalo as their terminal
point, connecting here with trunk lines
from the west and east. "
About 20, 900 people employed in
various capacities in the railway serv
ices are residents of Buffalo, which
means that with the families of these
employees probably not less than 100,
600 Buffalo residents are directly inter
ested in railway affairs. Exchange.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-25
Office for T. V. Powderiy.

New York. June 25.-A report here
has it that President Mckinley is to
appoint former Grand Master of the
knights of Labor Terence V. Powder
ly to the position of commissioner Of
immigration at this port, succeeding DR..
Senner. Mr.. Powderly has for years
been a personal friend Of President
Mckinley and was one of his most ard
ent supporters before the last campaign.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-25
1HANIS MASSACRED.
!, .,.hes with His Entire expedi-
Fs'''" ton on the Nile.
-, xpvs SAID TO BE RELIABLE.

-, Year Baron Dh"ni' hni, .s, 300
IA" ~ Take Part in "a Secret expedition
WI Has Resulted So Disastro"siy-
VIM ,.ss of Wales Jubilee Dinners
INV mar of London Proves Grand
Foreign Notes.
o,ssels June 25.-The Reforme says
brusss from a good source that the
i nhanis expedition to the head
emu. ,.rs Of the Nile, including Baron
nis himself had been massacred.
pH1 Dbanis last year enlisted 5000
pal IN the Congo Free State to take
nv IN q secret expedition. The British
pln.rrmert allowed a number OF its
-, troops to join the expedition, but
i'' 20, officially denied that an Anglo
=, movement had been concerted
Int -a5nst the Madlsts. The general i'm
@s.ssicr however, was that this force
Intended to act i'm conjunction with
We, va Arelc-Egyptian expedition up the
. ~, and take the Mahdists between two
as and eventually complete the con-
cuest Of the SCudan.
.ucnst and December Reports.
IN August last Baron Dhanis was re-
,orted TO have arrived at Lado, north
- tbe territory Of the Congo Free State,
y. ,be White Nile and some 325 miles
nth of the Victoria Nyanza. 1t was
,hen understood that the Dhanis eXpedi-
,ior would push on northward in the di-
soo,ion Of Khartoum. Early in Deem
hor last II was reported that the eXpedi-
lion had met with disaster and that
poron Dhanis had been killed. Later it
was authoritatively stated that there
was no ground for the report. and that
when last heard from, in September, the
Raron was at Stanley Falls, 600 miles
from the nearest dervish forces. Baron
Dhanls was born in London in March,
1850 of a Belgian father and mother
n English extraction. He was educated
IN Scotland and in Belgium, and entered
tbe military school at Brussels in 1882,
Became n Lieutenant.
In 1886 he became a lieutenant in an
infantry regiment, and later he was en-
trusted with mission to Zanzibar by
the International African association.
He soon displayed considerable ability
and was appointed by the Belgium gov
eminent to the command Of the expedi-
ton to Katanga. He defeated Congo
luttote, one of the most aggressive of
save-trading Arabs; defeated Zofu, the
son Of Tippo lib, and Munie Moharre.
and captured Nyangwe and Kassonge.
Dhanis also inflicted a crushing defeat
upon Rumaliza with the result Of COM
pletely overthrowing the Arab rule in
the Tanganyika district. Later he re-
turned to Belgium and was made a ba-
ron by King Leopold His appointment
to the command of the Anglo-Belgian
secret expedition against the Mahdists
was the next chapter in the career of
this nfflcnr
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-25
MANY SPANlAROS HANGED.
Thirty-Fivc Guerriilas Executed by Their
Cuban Captors.


Key West, Fla, June 25.-The guer-
rilla force Of Camajuani went on a for
aging expedition recently and had an
encounter with the insurgents under
Brigadier Monteagudo, who captured
thirty-five Of the Spaniards. They were
hanged at Palo Prieto in Santa Clara
province. The insurgents attacked the
Spanish and defeated them, the Spanish
loss being seventeen killed, including a
captain.
The forces Of the Iberia battalion re-
Gently had an engagement with the in
surgents at La Comadre, i'm Pinar del
Rio province. The Cubans retreated.
The Spanish loss was fourteen killed and
nine wounded. Tomas Amores was shot
for aiding the rebellion. as was also An
tonic jordan. General Weyler has left
Havana on board the gunboat Pizarro.
1t is said he is going to Santiago de
Cuba province. At Trinidad over 400
persons have assembled by the order of
WeVler
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-25
Elevator Accident.

Kansas City. June 25.-The old hand
power elevator in the c. j. Baker Tent
and Awning company's factory at 1O4
West Third street, fell forty feet, carry
ing with it nine employees of the firm,
all of whom are more or less hurt. The
seriously injured are: Mrs. NJ. H.
Johnson, both legs broken, amputation
will be necessary; Mrs. Emma Miller,
left leg broken; Ernest j. Parker, left
heel fractured, back injured.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-25
The Sea Lark Is Safe.

Portsmouth, Eng, June 25.-The train
ing brig Sea Lark, concerning whose
safety anxiety was expressed, as she
was due on Thursday, the 18th. from
Queens Ferry, in order to take part in
the naval review Of Saturday, reached
Spithead safely Thursday. The brig
had been disabled in a gale and had also
been detained by high winds. She had
on board forty-one officers and seamen
and eighty boys belonging to the train
ing ship Caledonia, to which vessel the
Sea Lark served as tender.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-25
Bad Man with Dynamite.

Madison, Ind, June 24.-Joseph Brig
cancer went into the court house here
at IL o'clock Wednesday morning and
meeting County Assessor Ryher in the
lobby, fired point blank at him with a
revolver. Luckily the mans aim was
bad, and the bullet went wide of its
mark He was overpowered by the sher-
if and deputies and when searched in
Jail two sticks of dynamite were found
on him, and he said he inteded to blow
IN the court house,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-25
Serious Rioting in Spain.

Madrid, June 25.-Serious rioting has
taken place at Mieres, in the Ovieda
province, which was supposed to be due
to the increased taxes on food. There
was heavy fighting between 5000 min
ers and the Spanish troop, consisting OF
the civil guards and the princes regi-
ment. Two rioters were killed and five
severely and many slightly wounded.
Two soldiers were killed and several
funded
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-25
Made 1t Funny.

Il didn't see anything funny in tho
story that fellow just told. What made
you laugh so over it?'
do you know who he is?'
"No. Who is he?"
Hes the head of our firm. Lon
don Fun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-25
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.


Chicago, June "a
E'olloving were the quotations on the
BOARD Of trade: Wheat-July, opened
7OAc. closed 7O3sc; September, opened
64Xc. closed 641ac; December, opened
66iLc closed 66asc Corn-July, opened
24%c, closed 25c; September, opened
255tc' closed 26c; December, opened
26Ssc, closed 26%c. Oats-July, opened
177c closed lShc: September, opened
17Ac closed 1Sc Pork-July, opened
81 62ih. closed $7.55: September, opened
20. closed S7.62h. Lard-July, opened
81 g7ih closed 50. 80; September, opened
$4.071A, closed $500.
14lbc per fb extra dairy, 12c; fresh
packing stocks, 7qSc. EGGS Fresh
stock, SIC per dozen. Live Poultry
Turkeys 6@7c per ID; chickens, 7hcc;;
ducks, 7@Sc. Honey-White clover, IL
@121ac per 10; imperfect, 7@9c. Apples
Common to fancy, $2.00@3.5O per Dbl.
wberries-Michigan, 25@S5c per ID
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, June "a.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day.
25. 600: sales ranged at $2.25d3,6O Tor
pigs. $3.45@360 for light, s3.2O@3.So for
rough packing. $3.4O@S.57h for mixed,
and So 4O63.5 21 for heavy packing and
shippin glots. Cattle-Estimated re-
ceipts for the day, 5000: quotations
ranged AT s4.95@5.2O for choice to ex-
fra shipping steers, $4.45@4.S5 good 10
choice do, $4.20@4.70 fair to good, $3.50
64.3O common to medium do, $S.fOq4.lo
butchers steers, $3:35@S;So stocR So e.
az 706D4.35 feeders $1.75@3.S0 cows, $3.50
TS430 hefers. $2.25@3.S0 bulls, oxen and
stays. s2.75@410 Texas steers, and $S.oo
016 25 veal calves. Sheep and Lam BIS
Estimated receipts for the day, 12OOo;
quotations ranged at $3.1O@4.30 west
ems. $270M3.65 Texans, 2.S5Q4'zo ma
tive and $3.00@5.S0 lambs.
East Buffalo Live Stock.
East Buffalo, N. Y, June "a.
Dunning e. stevens Live Stock Com
mission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. T.,
ouote as follows: Cattle-Recelpts' .
cars. market dull ard loo lower for all
hut GOOD dry fed: veals liberal supply
and &c lower, $4.00q5.S5; fed calves,
az 0O0 $50 Hogs-Receipts. 20 cars
market active and DC hlgher; foISe co q.
Ga 65. light. $780, mixed, $365q3:6O;
'"eavv. $3.50 Sheep and Lambs-Re-
- Stst6 cars; market dull for all but
VA =. yearlings, $325M4OO; mixed
i 10 n, 5OG3. 20: export wethers, A.25
ring lambs, $S.5OQ5l5.
Y Milwaukee Grain.
~ ~ Milwaukee, June "a.
~ 76kc July, 70ssc. Corn
,,uet No 8. 24%c. Oats
Jwer: No. 2 white, 21%c.
xxy DriCc and wanted; No. 2, $40
w 31634c. Rye-Quiet ana
y 35c.
n, more yalueIouis Grain.
Ia st. Louis, June "a.
avn. eIo. 2 red cash ele-
Nsk, 7I@7Sc; July,
5 10 2 cash, 23c
NS %ats-Higher;
~ RSA1 sc bid. Rye
.- Pmmercs&s 'chigsN
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12
TeD Days
to Eldpse
First.
Solid Vote of the Delegation
From Illinois Cast
Against the COM
promise.
Wage Scale in Other States to Be Based Upon the
sixty-Five Cent Rate to Be Paid at Pitts
burg-Mines May Open Monday

COLUMBUS, O., Sept 1.-THE great
miners strike, which was declared or
July a. was brought to an end this
evening, so far at least as Western
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and West
Virginia are concerned, by the action
of the interstate convention Of miners
which has been in session here since
Wednesday. After a day of voting
and Wrangling, the convention adopted
a resolution accepting the proposition
of the Pittsburg operators. The vote
was 495 for and 81 against accepting
the terms of settlement, eleven votes
were not cast. The delegates from IL
linois, who had $50 votes, were unani
mously against settlement. Indiana
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12

and West Virginia voted solidly to &C
cept the operators proposition, but
there were scattering votes among the
Ohio and Pittsburg delegates against
it. The resolution adopted is as fol-
lows:
Resolved. That we, the miners of Pennsyl-
vania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Illi-
nois in convention assemb ed, do hereby
agree to accept the proposition recommended
by our national executive committee, viz
Sixty-five cents in Pittsburg district all places
in above named states where a relative price
can be obtained to resume work and con-
tribute literally to the miners who do not
receive the advance where the fight must be
continued to the bitter finish.
Resolved, That the national officers, execu-
tive board and district president act as an
advisory board for the purpose OF providing
ways and means for the carrying on of the
strike where necessary; provided, however,
that no district resume work for ten days, for
the purpose of giving miners in other dis
tricts time to confer with their operators
and get the price if possible.
While ten days is provided for the
miners to resume work, it is probable
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12

BURTON, O., Sept lin this little
town was held this afternoon one of
the three meetings by which the Ohio
Republican campaign was opened. tx
cursions were run from neighboring
towns, and special train brought sew
eral hundred Republicans from Cleve-
land About 5000 people attended the
meeting. The speakers were Senators
Foraker and Hanna, Ex-Gov. Charles
Foster and President ]. ]. Sullivan, of
the Ohio League of Republican CLUBS.
Senator Foraker was the first speak
er. He referred to the Importance OF
Republican victory in Ohio this year.
He said that if the legislature was
Democratic next winter the state would
be redistricted for congressional pur-
poses in such way as to make the
Ohio delegation Democratic as strong
ly as it was now Republican. Inc
chief danger he said, was that the
Democrats might elect Democrat to
the senate in place Of Mr.. Hanna. mat
would be misfortune, for the reason
that the Republicans now have but for
ty-three of the ninety members of that
body, and they should not only keep
both Ohio senators. but elect others in
states that are to have senatorial cleo
tons next winter.
In this connection Senator Foraker
paid a high tribute to Mr.. Hanna, and
declared that Ohio could not afford to
dispense with his services in the SEN
ate. Mr.. Foraker also appealed to his
hearers to sustain the national admin
istration by voting the straight Repub-
1ican ticket from governor down. He
said that in six months the Republican
administration had restored prosperity
to the country, and he praised Presi-
dent Mckinley for the part he had
taken in restoring confidence to the
people He said there was not a single
reason why anybody who voted for
Mckinley last year should vote against
the national administration this year.
Mr. Hanna began by saying he was
not prompted by selfish motives to
leave his extensive business and go
into politics Continuing. he said:
Our country is the greatest wealth-produc-
ing country of the earth. and you tfllers
of the soil are charged with the duty OF pro-
tecting it. That is the American spirit
want to see dominate over popocrlzism or any
other kind of ism. The last campaign was the
most important ever fought in this country
Thank heaven was fortunate enough to be
one of the defenders of the country. thank
God. too that the great state of Ohio fur
nished so many great broad minded and ener-
getic orators and workers whose labors finally
brought us success.
When Mckinley was nominated 1t was
thought that the industrial problem was the
only issue. but we were called upon at the
threshold of that campaign to change Issues