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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
THE NEWS IN BRIEF

The coroner in the case of Tommy
WEIGH at Portland, Ind, the Pittsburg
burglar who was shot by William Os-
borne, returned a verdict of justihable
homicide.
J. f.. Roehm, for many years i'm the
leather business at Marion. Ind, killed
himself in the Panhandle passenger
depot.
John Wagner, farmer living near
Peru. Ills, shot and killed himself with
a revolver. No cause Is known.
Charles Pinkerton stabbed his nephew,
Charles Pinlerton, to death with a
skinning knife, the murder being com
mitted at South Bend. Ind. The uncle
alleges that the nephew threatened to
kill him.
Evan John Williams, aged IS. was ac-
cidentally killed while hunting near
Emporia, Kan, his shotgun exploding.
Frank Wells pleaded guilty of steal
ing horse and buggy in Greenca stle.
Ind, last Friday, and was sent need to
four years Imprisonment at Jefferson
vile.
Archie Stamper, aged 20, COM led
suicide at Lexington. Ky, because he
could not find employment.
Arizona people have been for nearly
a month facilitating themselves upon
their climate, birds having been report
ed as building their nests on Jan. 1?
at Stafford, and buds having begun to
swell soon afterward.
John Mcguire committed suicide In
Des Moines, Ia. by taking arsenic
Dependency was the cause. Christ
mas Eve he was discharges from po-
sition which he had held for twenty
years.
John Cullison was Frustrated by neu-
ralgia in the street at Newark, O., and
was pronounced to be dead by an un-
dertaker DIR. Stedam resuscitated Gull
lison, who is now on the road to re-
covery.
Mrs. Henry Wetzel. wife. of farmer
living near Alhambra, Ills, committed
suicide by hanging. Dependency is
given as the cause.
Russian railways have ladies' smok-
ing carriages.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23

omaha, Neb., Feb. 20.-Word was re-
@lVed at Union Pacific headquarters
cat PRESIDENT and Managing Receiver
.arK had contracted for 10000 tons of
'eei rails. OF this amount $1,000 tons
~ s'e ior the Union Pacific and 5000 tons
wi the Oregon Short line. What COM
pahy gets the contract and what is the
price paid Is not stated. 1t is the i'm
rression that the work is given to the
o I,arhegie plant and that the price is
close to ST. per ton
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
BUILT THE WRONG WAY.
Why the Quaker's Chester Hogs Took No
Prizes In Georgia.


II never shall forget an incident
which occurred at the first fair / ever
attended in Georgia" said q retired
Cincinnati meat packer. "It was at
Macon, and think they called it state
fair At any rate it was big thing for
the town in those days They had some
fine stock on exhibition, and Pennsyl-
vanian had sent down about 20 of the
finest looking hogs you ever saw. They
were mostly Chester Whites, and if l
recollect Alright they were exhibited by
Thomas Wood, a great hog and cattle
fancier of 90 and 80 years ago. He it
was who introduced that famous breed
of hogs, the Chester White, and he
made great deal of money out Of his
fancy stock. He was a Friend-a Qua
ker, you know-who used the plain Ian
guage and wore broad brimmed hat.
He was a smart old gentleman, honest
and prosperous. He sent his hogs from
state fair to state fair, and they took go
many prizes and blue ribbons that each
hog looked like a boy who had spent all
his money making a collection of badges.
"When the Macon judges made their
awards, they gave blue ribbons very lib
orally to the razor backs, but not one of
the fat, sleek Pennsylvania hogs got a
prize. The owner of the exhibit did not
understand it, SO he hunted up one Of
the judges and said in the language of
the Friends:
"'I know thee to be an honest man,
and do not question thy fairness in the
award, but to crafty my own curiosity
/ would be glad to have thee tell me
why thee gave all the prizes to the ma
tive stock and what fault thee found in
miner
"'My friend, the committee admired
your hogs greatly, the judge replied.
They are certainly handsome. and i
have no doubt that in your section they
are the best breed to raise, but they are
not suited for this country. They are so
short legged and fat that niger could
catch them in two minutes. What we
require I'm a hog in the south is legs and
wind. We give our prizes for speed.
Atlanta Constitution.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
Still Examining Rhodes.

London, Feb. 2O-The South African
inquiry committee appointed by parlia-
'neht TO investigate the Transvaal raid,
lesumed Its sessions Friday in West
mnster hall. Keen interest was mani
rested In the proceedings. The Prince
VI wales occupied the same seat as on
tuesday last. when the proceedings
opened, being seated next to the Earl
OF Selborne. Sir William Vernon Har-
court contirued the examination of Col
onel Cecii Rhodes, the former premier
81 Cape Colony.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23

beach at Brighton, according to Sterling
Heilig. She will run foot race with
her S-year-old brother down the main
street of the village, utterly thoughtless
of attracting attention. If she happens
to pull up breathless and glowing,
flushed and moist eyed with her golden
hair a-hanging down her back, in the
center of admirinS friends, it is to ex-
plain to them that she has been run
ming. "Suoh larks Tommy and | have
been running a foot race" It's not to
make her effect, as French girl would.
Really, it isn't. She doesn't know
enough.
She will scratch herself in company,
no matter where the mosquito has been.
She will fall in love with a man and
will follow him about like dog. She
will sit on rock and be Rugged, OBJ
livious of the fact that every one is look
ing. She is wonderfully frank. She
will say to q seasick man. what n
shocking bad sailor you are! Your liver
must be in frightful stated" She is a
great fisher and can row boat She is
all the time blushing. She has freckles
on her hands When she walks out with
her bally dog upon the blooming sands,
you don't know which to whistle to.
both are SO intelligent. -San Francisco
Argonaut.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
A Narrnw Escane.

The company had assembled III the
church, but the bridegroom was no
where TO be found. Finally q messenger
announced that the young man had
been run over and killed while on his
way to the church.
"And just think, " she said month
afterward to Il friend, "what narrow
escape / had from becoming widowV
Pick Me Up
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
Lndrn scv,rnnr nios.

New York, Feb. 20.-Augustus S. Sey-
mour Of New Berne, N. c., judge of the
United States district court for the east
ern district of North Carolina, died in
this city Friday of cancer Of the stom-
ach.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23

Detroit, Feb. 20.-Citizens Of Windsor.
Ont. are agitating a movement for the
enactment of a law for an export duty
on natural gas as a means Of retaliation
against the amendment Of Congressman
Corliss of this city to the immigration
bill. which IL designed to prohibit resi-
dents Of Canada from working on this
side. An export duty would shut or
Detroit's natural gas supply.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
noar,s Annual RESOLUTION.

Washington. Feb. Ex-senator Hoar
introduced i'm the senate his customary
resolution, which was agreed to, provid-
ing that on Monday next, that being
Washingtons birthday, Washington's
farewell address, be read to the senate by
Mr.. Daniel of Virginia, and that the
business of the senate shall proceed
thereafter.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
ClImbers Have Conquered am of Che Alps


OF course the mystery is gone from
the Alps-none but climbers knows how
completely. Every mountain and point
of view of even third rate Importance
has been assembled, most by many routes
Almost every gap between two peaks
has been traversed as pass. The publ
cations Of some dozen mountaineering
societies have recorded these countless
expeditions in rows Of volumes Of ap-
palling length. OF late years vigorous
attempts have been made to coordinate
this mass Of material in the form OF
climbers guides dealing with particu-
lar districts, wherein every peak and
pass is dealt with i'm strict geographical
succession and every different route and
all the variations of each route are set
forth, with references to the volumes
in which they have been described at
length by their discoveries. Nearly half
the Alps has been treated in this man.
ner, but the work has taken ten years,
and of course the whole requires period
ical revision. Sir w. M. Conway In
Scribner'a
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
M,.sour,an. to See the Fight.

Jefferson City. Mo-. Feb. 20.-Chair-
man Cox. of the committee to which
was referred the resolution asking the
speaker to appoint a committee to visit
the Corbett -Fizsimmons fight, favora-
blv reported the resolution
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23

Des Moines. Ia. Feb. 2o.--Judge G. @.
Cole. ex-chief justice of Iowa, has been
arrested. charged with cruelty to AMI
mails. The judges driving horse was
checked with q high rein. which was
made the cause for . warrant by Hu-
name society agent,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23

The first system of modern fortified
tion-that is, after the invention Of ar
tillery-was that Of the bastioil or lrai
ian system, bastion being IA military
work consisting of two faces and TIVE
TANKS
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23

=, santa Fe, N. NJ, Feb. 20.--Sheriff Dow
=. EDDY county was shot and killed by
Two men concealed between buildings.
-, ae was active In the prosecution Of cat
se thieves. Governor Thornton offers
Al reward Of $500 for each of his MUIR
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
wife Murderer Hanged.

Chicago. Feb. 2o.-Daniel Mccarthy
was hanged In the jail here at noon
Friday for the murder Of his wife. Gov
srnor Tanner was earnestly pressed to
stay the execution. but declined to IA
terfere.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23

New York. Feb. ia dispatch re-
ceived at the maritime exchange is to the
effect that the German ship Baltimore,
Captain Hillmann, bound from London
to New York, sprung a leak and found
cred on Jan. "a. The entire crew Of
eighteen men. with the exception OF
Gustav Christensen. were lost.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
Attempted Train wreckinr.

cleveland, Feb. 2O.-A special from
Derea says an attempt was made to
wreck Big Four train near Berea on
: bridge seventy-five feet high. The
Instruction was discovered by a track
"aiker shortly before the passage of an
,.ssst-pound train. There Is no clew to
The perpetrators.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23

Minneapolis, Feb. 19.-Mae Martin
Harper of Chicago has made a prosi-
ton to start saloon In Minneapolis.
She says that everything will be run
by women and women will be the only
persons allowed. All kinds Of liquors
and cigarettes will be sold.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
Chief Justice BcasIey Dead.

Trenton, n. j., Feb. 20.-Mercer Beas.
ley chief justice Of the supreme court
of New Jersey, died Friday at his h0me
In this city from pneumonia. He Was
81 years old.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23

Philadelphia has just organized a
Rainy Day club, with Mrs. Helen NJ
James as president A skirt reaching tt
the boot tops has been adopted
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23

Anew, New York. Feb. sQ-The Burlington
s rs have declared the regular
'eF'y dividsnd,6f per cent.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23

Parkersburg. w. Va. Feb. 2O.--The
Rhodes Morton company of Romeo
verte, this state. the largest dealers in
general merchandise In this section OF
the state, assigned to John w. Harris
Of Lewisburg. 1t is understood that the
liabilities are between 100000 and $780,
OOO and the assets about half az much.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
Death Warrants for jackson and walling.

u incinnsh. Feb. 20.-Sheriff Plummer
aas received the death warrants In the
Ss ses. OF jackson and Walling, con-
Sse'hhed for the murder Of Pearl Bryan,
s.iecting him to carry the warrant into
"a between sunrise and sunset
VI The 10th day of March.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23

Menasha. Wis. heb. pa hundred
logs from "a 70 % years old. employed
by the NEBRASKA Moodenware company,
have gone on rike The cause OF
their walkout VA y reduction amount
ing to from ct To 10 cents a day,
enforced to equdS>e wages after the
recent cut among '5ther hands.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
The Real Nice English Girl.

1t is bonny sight to watch the 1.-the
and breezy English girl promenading
with her bally dog upon the bowldery
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23

wherein lie Is Great Main and wherrs
He Is woefnlly Lacking .Greatness-n ts :
Chief Hobby Moving to His Now HoDrs
In Princeton.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-04-10
In repertoir and speoialties,

Monday night ladies lady and gentleman admitted
80 ticket bought before Seats sale
Prices TO- 30 and 30 Matinee Saturday 10 and 2cents
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-04-10

warmly as populist VINO done the
best he could" like poor Jim Bludso
end the beauty of the staff would
make an instant impression. New
Workers always know good thing
when they see 1t.
The recent bold stand taken by
young Mr.. Bailey. of Texas. has brought
that gentleman into vast prominence.
1t may be that the Texans refusal to
to wear evening cloths may bring him
the populist nomination for president in
1890. A New York poet warns Mr..
Bryan:
You have got to hustle, William;
You have got to show that you
Are the only hope and promise
OF the many and the few,
Or the Lone Star Kid will bust you,
And heu do 1t p. d. q!
The other day somebody in the Office
of the New York World called up the
Rev. DIR. Newman Smytb, pastor OF the
Center church, Nex Haven, over the
telephone and asked him for a fifty word
interview on Hell" for the Sunday
paper. The doctors reply was not
printed 1t was this: Hell is the
place where the Sunday edition OF the
World should be published and cir
culatsd.
The Hon William F. Cody OF North
Platte. Nebraska, is in New York, but
be is not at the Hoffman House his
usual rendezvous. The Colonel is busy
these days. He is devoted to his art,
for arts sake and also for money to
spend 10 the Hoffman House and other
places. He is just now getting his art
exhibition together and he goes out into
the suburbs early every morning to
superint. nd the rehearsals. The stage
coach, the horses, the Indians ard
other actors have, it is said developed
state of high proficiency. His aim is to
provide an entertainment that is as in
struciive as Richard Mansfeld's famous
art exhibition.
Rudyard Kipling has been engaged as
the war correspondent OF the London
Times at a salary of $1,000 a month.
New York journalists who have been
content with the services OF those kin.
bred stars, John L. Sullivan, James j.
Corbett, Robert Fitzsimmons and John
J. ingalls, are left in the rear by this
stroke OF enterprise on the part Of a
newspaper that We are told every once
in while. is dead. Kipling will have
value as = war correspondent. He
started out as a reporter, and it is in
terstlng to note that as a reward of bis
success in literature. he has taken back
into journalism. II he can adjust his
literary style to the requirements OF a
hustling war correspondents position,
his dispatches will be worth reading.
They ought to be worth even the big
price paid by the Times.
w. MORTON SMITH.
New York. April s. 1897
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-04-10
RANDOM NOTES.

Is a famous man He is the inventor Of
the Rainsford saloon and the heralt OF
the Bradley Martins. The other even
ing he delivered an address before the
Good Government club. and among 9TH
er things he said:
a time since he entered the police de-
parsment.''
"The curse of America is the lobbyist.
and he exists today because the Amer
can people like him"
"The average politician Is said to be
a man of a low moral nature. but the
truth is the average politician has no
morals at all"
Men like Plat and Hill are not Of
Tended at anything you say about them.
because II is no surprise to them to
have Their moral nature offended, and
this simply because they have no moral
nature
zone OF the chief reasons why Ameri-
cans make so many mistakes is that
they have an idiotic fashion of believing
everything they see in the newspapers"
DIR. Rainford added. by way OF illus
tration OF the attitude of good people
to Mr. Roosevelt, an anecdote of a rich
young man who became poor and took
to selling pies. one to whom he offer
ed a pie expressed sympathy. Said the
poor young man:
Damn your sympathy; buy a pie.
correspondent. referring to the sit
uation in Lincoln and Nebraska. writes:
"A Chinese circus is Puritanic Sab
bath compared with the time We are
having here at present Ex-state Off
GERS under arrest, the old machine sus-
pected. the pops recount. etc, all cou-
pied with the mighty howl of the anar-
chistic element i'm both houses. make
life worth living. There may be moth
ing left but John Currie and his Ten
nessee slab when We get through, but
We are having a great time now"
So it seems that out of w. ]. Bryan's
action in seeking to restrain the issu-
ance Of s5s4.0OO Of gold bonds by the
city of Lincoln has come a widely pub
lished report that the supreme court
has decided against the validity of
$500. 900 worth of outstanding bonds Of
the city Of Lincoln. Mr.. Bryan was
guiltless of any intention to do injury
TO his city or state and il is but fair to
hold him responsible for their report
against Nebraska's good name. But
the thought is suggested that the popu-
list explorations that have been at
tempted in Nebraska, whatever has
been the real purpose back of them.
have not done the state any good. They
usually lead to the same result. Very
often the desire for notoriety is the
prompting impulse. That desire is Of
ten dangerous
legislature has given momentum to the
movement in favor of having the legis-
lature meet only once i'm ten years.
Such a proposition would undoubtedly
be supported by a good many people
in Nebraska I cannot see any objec-
ton to the application Of this idea to
Nebraska, except that that would do
away with Mr. J. W. Johnson's biennial
series of legislative letters. and they
have become a feature that would be
sincerely missed. Mr.. johnson is the
William A White of Nebraska. He
has the same virile way Of treating
local affairs. and il can be said that
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-04-10
RUDGE & rlORRIS co.
111S to 1I2O N street.

The only house furnishing store in the city that keeps
abreast with the styles in furniture and carpets
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04
ROBBED IN AN ELEVATOR.
Chicago Thieves Take $40 from q
Messenger Boy and
Vanish

Chicago, H., Dee. 3O.-While the ele-
vator il the building of the Central
Steam Laundry company, West Monroe
and Jefferson streets, was ascending
from the first floor at 3 o'clock yester-
day afternoon, two of its five occupants
covered the other three with revolvers.
They took from Joseph Spanheimer,
cashier for the laundry company, a
satchel containing $540 forced The ele-
vator boy, Alfred Danielson, to lower
the cage and escaped with their plumber.
AS the robbers ran out of the entrance
ut 105 Jefferson street they knocked
down H. A Vurpillet, buyer for James
B. Clough & Co.. who sought to stop
them. They then sped south to an alley
at the end of the building, into which
they turned Vurpillet followed them
into the alley, but the robbers turned
upon him with their weapons and forced
him to halt, while they climbed Il fence,
bearing the satchel full of money with
them and disappeared.
Four burglaries i'll one night, in which
one woman was so badly cut with a
razor over the head and face. and an
other cholzed so that she was thrown into
mysteries, are charged against Thomas
Jackson, c0lOred, who was placed behind
the bars in the West Chicago avenue po-
lice station at 3 o'clock yesterday morn
ING
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04
APPLY FOR PAPERS.
Owners of the Dauntless, Loaded
with Munitions, Seek to
Clear for Cuba.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 30.-For the
first time since the present struggle in
Cuba began this government has given
permission to a customs official TO clear
for Cuba vessel loaded, according to her
manifest, with munitions of war and
presumably intended for the insurgent
army. The vessel III this case is the well
known alleged filibusterer, the Dauntless,
but the concession that under these cir
cumstances she is entitled to clearance
papers, leaves the situation so far as she
is concerned quite as involved as before,
as the statutes prescribe that before
clearance shall be granted for any vessel
bound to a foreign port the owners, snip
perS and cOnSignOrS OF the cargo snail
state under oath the foreign port at
which the cargo is to be landed and Sc
we're penalties are prescribed for viola
tons of this requirement., including the
confscation Of the vessel.
Owners Apply for Clearance Papers.
Some time yesterday the secretary of
the treasury received a telegram from
an attorney at Jacksonville stating that
the owners of the Dauntless and her car
go would apply to the collector OF GUS
toms at Jacksonville for clearance to
Cuban port with a cargo Of arms. stat
ing however, that the oaths required by
the statutes would not be taken. The
question was asked whether under these
circumstances papers would be issued.
Later in the day a telegram was re-
ceived by the collector at Jacksonville
stating that application to clear the
Dauntless for the port of Nuevitas, Cuba,
with a cargo of arms, had been made
and asking instructions.
This morning the secretary replied sub
stantially as follows: eff the master
of the vessel and the owners, shippers
and consignors Of the cargo comply fully
with all the laws and regulations con-
corning the manifest and take the oaths
required, you may grant clearance to
Nuevitas, Cuba. The oaths must be
taken and subscribed in writing, as re
quired by sections 4197, 419S and 1900
of the revised statutes"
The port named in the application as
the destination of the cargo is on the
northern coast of Cupa ana is occupied
by Spanish forces. The treasury officials,
therefore, are Of the opinion that the
oaths required by the statute will not
be taken.
Jacksonville, Fla, Dec 30.-The col
lector of customs has received lnstruc-
tons from the treasury department to
clear the Dauntless for Nuevitas, Cuba.
No application has been made for clear
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04
DISCUSSING TARIFF.
Argument Begins Before the Ways
and Means Committee of
the House.

Washington, D. c., Dec 2S.-The tar
iff hearings before the ways and means
committee began at the capitol promptly
at IL o'clock according to the published
programme. There were several large
delegations in attendance and much in
terest was displayed. The morning was
devoted to the chemical schedule and
the afternoon to wines and liquors.
Chairman Dingley made a preliminary
statement as to the hearings which will
be held each day from 10 to with a
recess from 1890 to 80. He said the
committee desired to avoid repetitions
as far as possible and would prefer,
where convenient, to receive condensed
briefs rather than oral arguments.