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The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04
A Lesson In Frugality.

Guy, the founder of Guys hospital in
London, was as parsimonious in private
life as he was munificent in public John
Hopkins, one of his contemporaries, VINO
was nicknamed Vulture Hopkins on ac-
count of his rapacious mode OF acquiring
his immense wealth, on one occasion PAID
a visit to Guy, who on Hopkins entering
the room, lighted farthing candle. Hop
kins, being asked the reason OF his visit,
said: 81 have been told that you, sir, are
better versed in the prudent and necessary
art of saving than any man living, and l
therefore wait on you for n lesson In fru-
gality. 1 have always regarded myself as
an adept in this matter, but 1 am toiu you
excel me-" "Oh," replied Guy, "f that
is all you come to talk about, we can dis
cuss the matter in the dark" and there
upon he blew out the candle. Hopkins
acknowledged that he had met his superior
in thrift. Francisco Argonaut.
The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04

was partly through modest desire to
keep his personality hid. He used the
name "Charles Duval which is really
his own baptismal name, but which he
dropped many years ago
The story of dropping Charles Du-
val" and substituting Karl is told by
Mr. Decker himself and is rather anus
ing When he was lad attending
school i'll Georgetown, he insisted on
being addressed by his full name
Charles Duval Decker" and always
wrote his name in full. He had as a
schoolmate the son of blacksmith
named Shugrue Young Shugrue was
older than Decker and at that time
physically the latter's superior Both
were somewhat aggressive in their man.
ner and the result was fight between
them one day
Young Shugrue got the better Of
Decker, whom he had thrown on the
ground and was able to pommel to his
hearts content For some reason he OBJ
jected to Decker wearing the name OF
"Charles Duval, and having the latter
dU u ulSduNdllJuRt w CAci
else his resentment upon Decker's body
and face.
He hammered Decker we'll and with
each blow he would exclaim: "Charles
Duval Deckerl Take that, Charles Du-
val Decker How do you like that,
Charles Duval Decker?" ETC., until the
| fight ended.
Mr. Decker said he was thoroughly
convinced that a change Of name would
be advantageous and after that he adopt
| ed the German Karl
Mr. Shugrue was one of the citizenI
of Washington to turn out to Mr.. Deck
er's reception here last Saturday night
and the presence of no one was mor'
appreciated by Mr. Decker. 1t might b.
said, in view of the splendid physica
development that Mr. Decker has reach
ed since his schoolboy days, that al
encounter between these old school
mates might not result as it did whel
Shugrue hammered the Charles Du
val" off Mr. Decker's name. .-Philadel
phia Press.
The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04
What WrestIers Should Eat.

The Japanese wrestlers are race OF
giants they often weigh from IA to "a
stone. At the Imperial hotel in Tokyo
once they brought their champion wres-
tier to my room. He was prodigious in
size and as fat and fair as baby He
was Hercules in strength, but looked
like an overgrown cherub of Correggio.
"What do you eat?" | asked.
"Rice, nothing but rice. "
"Why not eat meatT'
"Meat is weakening Beef is 70 per
cent water. Rice is so per cent food. l
ate lean beefsteak once and my strength
left me. The other man ate rice ana
threw me down.
NY courier said: "This wrestler is
the champion of Japan No one can
throw him. Pearson Weekly.
The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04

cured without the dreaming or the ask
ing the highest prerogative in the new
woman's column of "wants. "
They are not college bred, they have
never been particularly interested in
suffrage or woman's rights, they are
not clubwomen, they do not ride bicy-
cles or wear ultra gowns, but they have
got there all the same. Physically
wholesome, attractive, well bred and
domestic, rich in energy, enterprise and
common sense, they saw their oppor-
tunity and grasped it. Each is con-
scious of the responsibility Of her posi-
ton and its farreaching effect on the ultl-
mate triumph of woman suffrage and is
alert to do the best to her ability. Mrs.
Olivia Hazard is property holder in
Lincoln. She is also the mother of sew.
eral children, and halls originally from
Philadelphia. Misses Egel and Moore
are the daughters of property holders,
the town having been cut through their
fathers farms
As president of the real estate syndi-
cate that laid out the town, the Hon
Silas d. Drake, or "Si," as he is IA
miliarly known in Jersey, is practically
the owner of Lincoln. He is a little
man, bubbling with energy, horse sense
and chivalry. "On the 5th day of July
last said 81, II conceived the idea OF
giving women a vote in the municipal
affairs of Lincoln. ] drove at once from
nv home in Bound Brook to Lincoln,
and going from door to door personally
summoned the women to the town hall.
A call to arms in their country's de
fense could not have met prompter re-
sponse. From the washtub, the bread
bowl, all the holnely round of domestic
duties. the women hccked to the town
hall. not few forgetting in their ex
citement and curiosity to unroll theil
sleeves or remove their aprons. By II
o'clock we had elected a mayor, -four
councilmen and two council women.
Thirty five women voted.
"But the second election, interposet
President Egel, twas themost exc iting.
It was held in September, to I'LL tive
vacancies in the common council caused
by the resignation of two men. The,
were ridiculed for belonging to coun
Gil presided over by woman. and, fail
ing to attend the meetings, they wer
notified that their designations were II
order. One man and two women wer
candidates for the vacancies. The womel
were pitted against each other. TIL
polls opened at A o'clock in the after
noon. A large wooden ballot box, wit
a hole bored in the tightly fastened lid
stood ON table in the postoffice. Mrs
! Olivia Hazard was one of the tellers
A committee composed of Mayor Drake
Miss Emma Egel, the president of tn
The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04

Special sale for November month at the
Laurium Fair next to the postoffice.
One hundred and twenty five boys oyer
coats, sizes from to 13, worth from
$3.50 So, at this sale only from $3 to
$1.75; 9O.inch youths ulsters, sizes from
Ia to 10, worth from $3 to 70 81, at
this sale from $3.50 to IS; $50 mems
Melton overcoats, worth $S, at this sale
$4; 100 mems ulsteSs in Chinchilla.
worth $1S, at this sale $10 so; 112 mems
ulster in Irish irieze, orth $1S SO, at
this sale $11; IT'S pairs mems cali
boots, worth % rs, at this sale $1.4S;
100 OF boys calf boots, sizes from 3 to o.
worth $3.50. at this sale 81 10. Give
me call and convince yourself that
what we say is true and that by this
special sale you can Iot only save pen
nies, but dollars as well. The Laurum
Fair. 1. FEINBERG & Co.
The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04

common council, and a citizen decided
the eligibility of persons who desired TO
vote. The women came on foot, on BIZ
cycles and in carriages. Brawny men
in overalls fresh from the neighboring
factories stepped aside for stylishly
gowned women to drop their votes.
Mayor Drake and the men Of the
council are warm IN praise OF Miss
Egel's executive ability and recount
with gusto how she succeeded IN get
ting man empowered with police au-
thority, while the mayor and council
men were debating the steps of proceed
ure. Another triumph OF the council
women was the filing of petition be-
fore the railroad company asking that "A
fiagman be stationed at certain rail-
road crossing that witnessed the death
of a Jersey COW belonging to one OF the
ladies.
The station master at Lincoln Is a
woman. The town has two railroad
stations, with AZ trains stopping daily
Before winter 100 trains are expected.
1t has "a sewerage system, a long dis
tance telephone, postoffice, town hall
and schoolhouse But we will soon
have new, modern schoolhouse, +" en-
phasized the council women in recount
ing the goodies of the embryonic town
Several factories are already estab-
lished and others are negotiating, scores
of houses are III process of erection ana
three trolley lines have petitioned for a
franchise Rutgers and Princeton col
leges are within 0 and 20 miles Of Lin
coin
"You see, " said Mayor Drake, 'we
want to practically demonstrate to the
world that with municipal affairs in
the hands of women the common good,
the best interests of community, will
be served / know my women and there
will be no Doodle practices in the Lin
coin council.
when the town is Incorporated,
I what is to become of the women?" was
asked.
''Oh, WE'LL" sighed his honor the
mayor, 1--WE will prevent Incorporation
for some years. Meanwhile if the state
The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04
A TOWN FOR WOMEN.
THEE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
ARE LADIES.

The Founder of Lincoln, N. j.. Wants Co
Practically Demonstrate the Advantages
of Woman Suffrage-Results Thus Far
Attained.
No longer necessary TO "go west,
young woman" A new El Dorado is
open in the east TO the woman ambitious
to have voice in municipal affairs.
The site is Lincoln, in Middlesex coun-
ty, N. j., about 28 miles from New
York city. The town was born April
last
It stands for an idea-an idea pro-
mulgated by the man in whose memory
the town was named.
~ go for all sharing privileges OF the
government" said Abraham Lincoln
"all who assist in bearing its burdens,
by no means excluding women"
Lincoln is not Incorporated. This is
how it comes about that the idea OF
giving women equal political privileges
with men is being executed in the con-
servative state of New Jersey. The ex-
pertinent arrests the attention of pro
uliti ohN obhhNhbo Va Al
nicipal government throughout the
world. The outcome is waited with
| universal interest. July 3, which fell
on wash day this year, Lincoln held its
| first municipal election. Three women
were elected to the common council,
one of whom was made president
have the story from the father of the
town, Mayor Silas d. Drake. who with
the three women of the council was q
unique feature of the recent national
convention of mayors and councilmer
held at Ohio's capital
Miss Emma Egel, president of the
council, Mrs. Olivia Hazard and Mis-
Matte Moore, members, find themselveI
in a curious position.
In the accepted sense they are no
"new" women, despite they have Sc
The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN-

1t is announced with considerable
flourish that Miss Fisher has been en-
gagged by the Massachusetts board of ar
bitration as an assistant expert in set
Ting the difficulties between labor and
its employers in the straw goods busi--
ness. Well, why not?
The name of the new institution OF
learning for women 10 be opened IN
connection with the Roman Catholic:
university at Washington is Trinity
college.
Katharine May Wood of Omaha is n
lawyer who has taken up branch OF
legal work that seems especially suitn-
BILE to woman. She makes speciality
of divorce cases and is acquiring repu-
tation for her skill and learning in this-
line. She is thoroughly educated and
practices before the supreme court OF
Nebraska Womanlike, she is likewise
a messenger of peace ON the troubious
sea of matrimonial difficulties and very
often reconciles those who are apart
In Iowa women now have the right
to vote ON questions of raising funds
for municipal or school purposes. This
is not much; still it is something
Mrs. NJ. S. Fits of Lynn, Mass, has
been appointed pension claim attorney
by Secretary Bliss. do not see why
more women do not enter this business.
Mrs. Harriet Maxwell Converse has
spent years studying the Iroquois In
dians, ancient and modern. She has
found out facts of profound scientific
and chronological interest bearing ON
this great people, who are now repre-
sented only by the remnant OF few
tribes. During the coming winter Mrs.
Converse will lecture on the ancfcnf
Iroquois. The modern roquois hsvs
made Mrs. Converse chief Of their
tribe. 4. A "
The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04
Makes Sensational Charges.

Minneapolis. Nov. A special to The
Journal from Chamberlain, 5. d., states
that a very serious case has been
brought against Grace Howard, the
celebrated Indian educator, founder OF
Grace mission, on Crow Creek reserve
and daughter of Joe Howard. Mrs
Monette, wife of the present superin-
tendent of Miss Howard's south Da-
kota ranch, has sued her for $4,000 Tor
the alleged alienation Of her husband
affections, charging criminal intimacy
and making a number of sensational
charges. all Of which are denied by MISS
Howard. 1t is claimed that the case
will be bitterly fought.
The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Charles, the l6-year-old son OF Mrs.
Esther Albright, North Manchester.
Ind, bled TO death from a wound re-
ceived from tlie accidental discharge os
"a gun.
The local miners union OF Blooming
ton, Ills, has formally dlsbanded after
an existance of mans years as a re-
suit of the recent strike.
Joseph Turcotte was killed at Lake
Linden, Mich, by falling under a wag-
uh laden with two tons of bottled beer.
Willie LeMasters of Lewiston. Ills.
was accidentally shot and killed by Syl-
veSter Baceus while out hunting.
runaway team hitched to a spring
wagon containing eight men dashed over
thirty-foot embankment at the Eng
lish bridge which spans the Auglaize
river near Defiance. o. Thomas Gun
ningham and Frank Veneer were ia
tally injured
Harry Jones, recently appointed chief
engineer of the Keokuk and Western
railroad, was killed by being run over
by work train on that road at Keo-
kuk. la.
Leonard Mcdonald, a patient at the
insane hospital at Elgin, Ills, lifted
a corner of the bed. placed the leg upon
his throat and thus strangled himself.
He was % years old. railroad en-
ploye and was committed from Dixon:
James Aaryon. 40 years old was cut
to pieces in mill near Ligonier, Ind
General James S. Longstreet took the
oath Of office as commissioner of rail-
roads and began his new duties, sue
ceedlng General Wade Hampton.
The body of the man who was found
| dead in the Central hotel. New York,
| from asphyxiation was identified as the
| remains OF William Stack, formerly of
| st. Louis.
Fire at Montrose, Ia, consumed the
| Bowen hotel, Mrs. Eliza Moore's home
| and Daniel Tripp's hardware store.
| Five hundred farmers in town to vote
fought the flames and saved the re-
mainder of the town
| Mrs Ella Jones went to Warsaw, Ills,
to attend the wedding of her brother,
but was summoned to Leon, Ia. just
| prior to the ceremony by a dispatch
announcing the fatal injury of her hus-
| band.
The armory at Newark, o.. containing
900 worth of national guard guns and
uniforms, was wholly destroyed by fire
Irwin S. Foulks Of Plainfield, Ia. who
was shot by Will Murphy at Hot
Springs, Ark, died from the wound
The coroner's jury held Murphy for in
vestigation by the next grand jury.
Thomas Good, who was shot in {
fight at Frankfort, Ind, by Rober
Lane, neighbor, is dead. Just befor'
dying Good sent for magistrate am
made affidavit that Lane had shot hil,
without prcvocation.
Alonzo Ellsworth, employed in tn
shingle mill of Cameron Bros. at Torcl
Lake, Mich, was struck in the rign
side with a stick while fixing belt Il
the mill and killed instantly.
The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04

of New Jersey fails to grant women
suffrage we will have women incorpo-
rated into a village Improvement So
ciety, where they will be equally efec--
tive. ="
A petition will be forv arded the com
ing winter from Middlesex county to
the Jersey legislature asking that the
capitol be moved from Trenton to Lin
coin.
Trenton is on the border line of Penn
sylvania, while Lincoln is in the center
of the state. The council women's term
of Office expires July B.
LIDA ROSE MCCABE-
The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04
She Was Suspicious.

"Charley, F" said young Mrs. Tocker, us
this all the money you have?"
Eyes"
"But the bills are all OF different
lengths, and 1t Is all rough along the
edges too" l..
SBut it Is good money just the same."
"I know that. And should hate to
think that you were deceiving NE. But
overheard you say to that friend OF yours
who talks about horses SO much that you
wouldn't take anything but even money.
Washington Star.
The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04
The Standing ofthe Doc
tor Or Doctors You
Employ.
Be Careful of Medical Institutes
Dares Not Publish His Own
Name

On Saturday October 2, the Copper
Country Evening News published re-
print OF the st. Louis Republic headed,
Trade in bogus diplomas; bogus uscolleges
grant fraudulent medical certificates;
hundreds posing as physicians who are
not entitled to practice, nearly all hold.
ing these diplomas are ignorant OF the
rudiments of medicine
The article further goes on to state
that there are two OF these bogus col
leges now domiciled in Illinois. Up toa
few months ago there was another hold
ing charter from the State OF Wiscon-
sin, but in consequence of the removal OF
it's headquarters to illinois the charter
has been forfeited at the instigation of
the State officials.
Long tefore the above article appeared
in the local papers have we warned the
people OF the copper country ot the un-
scrupulous men who are practIcing med
icine there are Thousands of them scat
tered throughout this country, who make
living by praying upon the sick and
afflicted; we have long warned the people
to be careful whom they employ as their
physician, as he may be one who has
either bought or stolen a piece OF paper,
and sfter filliug in his name, calls ita
diploma.
In every walk. Of life, in every trade
and in every profession we find some
who are an honor to their fellow work
ers while others are Disgrace. But in
DO other instance can one 30 hoodwink
the public as in the medical profession.
Before entrusting your medical adviser
with your money, health or secrets, be
sure that he is u physician OF il connect
ed with reputable medical institute;
avoid all medical institutes whose propri
etor dares not use his own name and
never having graduated from a medical
college, ia Obliged to hide his identity by
advertising the name OF some one as
chief consulting physician oi his institute
The people OF the copper country have
been feeced SO often by these sharks, that
we deem it our duty to caution them t.
he on their guard.
BE careful to whom you entrust YOU
lives; investigate the standing and rep
utation OF the head OF the concern or in
stitute with whom you do business; W
want to be investigated; the.head OF ou
concern ia graduate from one OF tn
leading medical colleges OF New York; b
is registered at Houghton and in almos
every State in the Union; always look t.
the head man of any concern, thereb
Judging the reputation and standing {
the assistants. Remember we treat an
i cure all chronic, private, nervous, del
, cate, blood, skin, kidney, liver, bladder
+. stomach, rectum and female troubei
4 Dur hours are daily from a. m. till
3 D. m. and on Sundays from a. m. till
1 p, IN. DR.. Goldberg & Co., oyer Carlton
L hardware store, corner Filth and Eli
streets. Calumet, permanent branch I
No. 291, Woodward avenue. Detroi
r Mich. On Mondays we are at the DouI
| lass House, Houghton. from a. m. Il
II O. p m
The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04
Looking for Cashier and Money.

New York, Nov. 4-"Aleck" Uhlman.
member of the Metropolitan Turf as
location and one of the heaviest lay
rs OF odds in the betting ring at local
(aee tracks, makes public the fact that
Pe Is looking for Frederick Fishel, his
Fasner' and sum of money estimated
! from $4,000 to $4,000. Uhlman says
(nat Flshel carried the money for his
PooK, and that he had not h"en at the
eiorrls Park race track for several
pays and had left no notification of his
Departure
The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04

Math Lypsinmaa, fashionable taller,
$50 Fifth street, has just received his
winter stock OF w0olens. Call and see
tue nice assortment. II Hvou are in need
o. a suit or oyercoat can fit you out in
splendid style. Fit guaranteed. l en-
p'oy only fret class tailors aud can
guarantee durability and latest styles.
Remember the place. over the old fire en-
gine house.
The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04
Duty on Initial Handkerchiefs.

rhlladelphia, Nov. 4.-Judge Ander-
''on' IN the United States circuit court
Y appeals decided that the duty on i'm
por's OF initial handkerchiefs shall be
Y per cent, ad valorem and not 60 per
enl' Tor which latter amount the gov
'nneht brought suit. This is the Sec
pau aecision in favor Of the importers
py .his decision it is said the govern
'"eh' VIII be required to return $500, 900
u importers which had been collected
ph tne basis of the higher rates of dutv
The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04
raE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago, Nov. 3.
Following were the quotations on the
Roard of Trade today: Wheat-NoVenl-
her, opened and closed nominal Deeenl-
viewed e4Ic. closed 92ssc. Corn-No-
,,ppnber opened and closed nomlnal;
nncamber opened 26%c, closed Zo1sc'
Nav opened 30l4c, closed SOc. oats
Woyember, opened and closed nominaI'
december. 1910, closed l99sc; MAY
opened 21Mc. closed 22c; forkJD OF! Ian,erv
opered ort, sS,55 closed $3.50. Lard-De-
capmher. cphw opened $4.2O, closed $422s; jan
nary. opened and closed $4'9o
produce: Butter - Extra creamery.
xaoLing stock. 11@12c. Eggs Fresh
Stock. 15bc per dozen. Live Foultry>
turkeys. S69c per 10; chickens thens1 sih ~
6bc; spring chickens &c, oTgas osdSsoo ',2% nsr
81 toes-Northwestern, 35qooc Per cn
S&c. &C. Sweet potatoes-Jersey, $3.25Q3.6o
fe' Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Nov. 3.
uogs-Estimated receipts for the day,
90 400: sales ranged at SZ'OQ9'' 80 .nSa
nigs s3.4O63.75 for mixed, anu so;1vW
SIS for heavy packing ana snippime mi ,he day'
Cattle-Fstimated receipts Tor tne os uayc ~
~ o6o. onotations ranged at $5.O5@o'9VV
90 choice 70 extra Shipping steers, sf..oo y
Ss M God 10 choice do, $4.4O@4.oo ialr
~ good s3.9044.40 common 10 insoi so non mma "a
do s3.6O64.25 butchers Steers 90 90S
q ao stockers, $3.70@4.50 feeueTs -" sz:VV o.
400 COWS, 80 o0@4.6O helfers, , So Twas
steers. S3. 3o14.50 western rangers, ahs i,s
90 soSSe T5 veal calves. Sheep ana Lainins ano.
WEstimated receipts for the. aay, iu,oov' ov
,issoai"re ranged at $3.00@4.30 west
erns. s2.15Q4.50 natives, ana Sf'OVv''''
lambs. s..,,
East Buffalo. n. Y, NOV. ..
D,,rg e. stevens. Live stock Gem
,,,iesinn Merchants. East Buffalo. n. :,
quote as follows: Cattle-Receiges,
cars: market quiet and STEADY. MY my Ec
peceints. 25 cars: market active anu ..
higher on all light good; pulk hs sar
s3'S5: others steady; Sheep anu na q nd
Receipts, 10 cars; market aceiSH tnT
inc higher fer larnbs: sheep steauy 'oi
lambs, s5.50G5.60; others s4'%o~'''''
st. Louis Grain.
ST. Louis. Nov: 8.
wbeat-Lower: No red cash eissai a.
tor esZc: track, 99iG G@9S%c; NO. nslo nai. y
cash. 90c; December, 99%c; May s,,,. som,
Cnrn-I over: No. cash, 24hc; Decen
her 24Mc; May, 27lsc. oatsLSt5lounnLe 5onLe
No cash elevator, 19hc; TRACK Sy12'
December. 2Ohc; May. x7sc as,Ic' GO
Milwaukee Grain.
Milwaukee. Noy' .;
wheat-steady; No. l northern; H. sac
Mo snring. 81. Corn-Firm; NO: .
assxc' 0atsoHigher; No. white, ~
@23c. Rye-Higher; No. 2, 4SAg4ehc'
Detroit Grain.
wheat-Cash white, sshc; cash rec, rec
s4Hc; December. sSAs;, 49, MAY; az VOC c oV'' -
The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04

We call your special attention to our
new Planished Steel Ranges as besides
being a perfect baker. the material, a
secret process. does away with the old
complaint OF the enamel peeling and will
retain ira lustre. X RYAN.
The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04
STORY OF KARL DECKER.
Why He Dropped the "CharIes Duvai."
His Own Baptismai Name.

The prominence which Karl Decker,
Washington newspaper man, has re-
ceived on account of his heroic rescue
OF the Senorita Cisneros from a Spanish
prison IN Havana is not often accorded
TO man who Is naturally as modest
and retiring as he His adoption of a
portion OF his name as nom de plume
The copper country evening news., 1897-11-04

A Massachusetts, soldier was the first
n lose a leg in the civil war. He EN-.
listed April 80, 1861, and 20 days later
his leg was crushed by the fall OF Q
stack Of his own company's muskets IN
The capitol rotunda at Washington