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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-08
TO MAKE NAVY EFFECTIVE.
Secretary Long Will Ask for $1,5OO,OOo
for Ammunition.

for Ammunition.
Washington, Oct S.-That the author
tiles are anxious to place the navy on
an emergency footing is shown by the
intention of Secretary Long to submit
an estimate to congress for 81, SOC, 600
to be used in purchasing ammunition
for the service for the next fiscal year.
OF this sum 81 ,0000 900 is needed to equip
navy ships with ammunition. and the
remainder will be spent i'm adding to the
reserve supply Of powder which the
navy will commence to establish with
the secretary will also ask for $4,000
with which a powder factory will be
established
It is understood that the secretary
viii request congress to appropriate
about 4.0O0.OO0 fer settling with the
Carnegie and Bethlehem companies.
which have practically completed their
contracts for supplying the battle ships
Kearsarge and Kentucky with armor.
The secretary has also determined to
adopt another recommendation of Cap
tain Charles O'Neil, chief of the bureau
of ordnance, which calls for the appro-
priaton of $500, 900 for the purchase of
guns for auxiliary cruisers. Besides the
estimates referred to the secretary will
ask congress to make other appropria-
tions, which will bring the total esti-
mate for ordnance material for the
service UP to about $4,000 900.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-08
Uproar in the Reichsrath.

Vienna. Oct S.-There was another
uproarious sitting of the reichsrath
Thursday by the debate over the meas
ures to be taken for the relief of the
sufferers from the recent floods. Herr
Schrammel. Socialist Democrat, vio-
lently attacked the Christian socialists.
The latter became violently incensed
and their shouts Of anger filled the
house. Many turbulent scenes ensued
between the followers of Herr Schoen-
erer, who form section Of the German
opposition and the Christian socialists.
Aspersions were hurled broadcast and
the president Of the house. DR.. Kath-
rein. being unable to restore order, left
the building but he ultimately returned,
pleaded for decorum and the debate was
resumed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-08
DROUGHT AND FOREST FIRES.
Together They Cause Much Havoc in
Arkansas.

Little Rock, Ark, Oct. S.-Drought
and forest fires are playing considerable
havoc in Arkansas and the situation
grows worse every day Thousands of
dollars worth of valuable timber and
other property has been destroyed by
fire, and stock i'm nearly all sections of
the state is suffering from the scarcity
of water, while in some places there is
not enough obtainable to supply the
people with drinking water No general
rain has fallen for over sixty days, and
in some localities the drought is of even
longer duration. The forests being dry
as tinder, the ground covered with dry
leaves and decaying vegetation have
furnished splendid material for fires
and from all sections reports of disas-
trous forest conflagrations are being re-
ceived.
Miles of fences have been destroyed,
saw mills burned, cabins gutted and in
some instances the flames have been
communicated to large fields of open
cotton, which were destroyed. In hun
dreds Of localities wells and springs have
entirely dried up and residents are haul
ing water in barrels from the nearest
streams. which i'm some sections are
twenty miles distant. Nearly all late
vegetables have been parched in the
fields. The people in many localities
are holding meetings and praying for
rain
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-08
Railway buildings DESTROYED.

Macon, Ga, Oct. S.-The Central rail-
roads buildings here We're destroyed by
fire Thursday morning. The alarm was
turned in shortly after l o'clock. The
whole department turned out but the
flames had made such heGdway that 1t
was not possible to save much. The
loss will amount TO fully $4,000. The
company had no insurance on the prop
erty, all the policies having expired last
August and sinking fund for insurance
having been started by the railroad
COmpanV
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-08
Horrible Accident to a workman.

st. Louis, Oct. S.-John Jackson, en-
ployed in the Tudor Iron works in East
st. Louis. was terribly burned while at
work Thursday. He was guiding a red
hot bar OF iron as ii came out of the
rollers Suddenly the bar twisted and
before Jackson could escape had pushed
him against heavy stand, where by the
force from the rollers it slowly encircled
him, the smoke and odor of his burning
body filling the room. Before he was
rescued he was terribly burned.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-08
Bank OmciaIs Arrcsted.

Asheville, n. C,Oct S.-W. f. Breese.
w. III. REMAND and j. L. Dickerson.
respectively president. cashier and di-
rector of the failed First National bank
of this city, were arrested at daylight
Thursday morning on the charge of
embezzlement and conspiracy and held
in $4,000 bond each. The warrants for
their arrests were founded on indict-
ments haHded down Wednesday at
Greensboro by the grand jury of the
United States court.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-08
County Commissioners safe.

Chicago, Oct. S.-Lucy Page CASTOR
has failed to have fifteen county COM
missioners ousted for issuing a license
for a saloon near Harvey. Judge Glib
bons, who heard the case which she at
tempted to make against President
Healy and his associates, took the mat
ter under advisement one minute Thurs
day morning and then announced that
the defendants were dismissed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-08
i,old Robbery of JeweIry.

Chicago, Oct. S.-Burglars broke the
big plate glass windows i'm the store oe
Rowe Bros. jewelers., at 163 State street,
early Thursday morning, and secured
forty gold watches and sixty chains.
valued at $1,000. The thieves were evil
IDENTIFY frightened away before complet-
ing their work. as they left $500 worth
OF jewelry which was within easy reach.
The brick with which the window was
broken was found lying In the pile of
ieWelry
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-08
r,.., or s,eamcrs from AIasI,a,

San Francisco. oct. s-Within the
next fortnight a fleet of steamers is ex-
pected to arrive from Alaska. The
Humboldt, Excelsior, Cleveland, Bertha,
Portland and the revenue cutter Cor
win will probably start for the south
about the same time. The Humboldt is
the fastest boat and is likely to bring
most of the returning miners and the
bulk Of their treasure.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-08
Forest Fires i'm Indiana.

Fort Wayne, Ind, Oct. S.-Forest fires
are raging in the eastern part of this
county and farmers have organized to
fight the flames. Wednesday evening
the little towns of Edgerton and Bald
win were threatened with fire and were
saved only after hard work. Barns,
corn in the shock, and acres of winter
wheat, which was dried up, have been
DESTROYED
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-08
"Wednesday Broke All Records,

here is advancing rapidly. Wednesday
broke all previous records, forty-six new
case and five deaths occurred.
Up to 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon
the board OF health reported eight new
cases Of yellow fever and two deaths.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-08
wevler VIII he Recalled.

Madrid, Oct. SIT Is semi-ofiicially
announced that Captain General Wey-
Ter will be recallyed from Cuba this
month and that IL is probable the cortes
will be dissolved In December and a
new parliament convened in March.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-08
Big FIRE At DETROIT.
Conflagration Results in a Loss OF
100000.
SEVEN BUILDINGS DESTROYED.

The Blaze starts in the Opera House and
Forced Out the Rear WaIis--High Winds
Caused the Flames to Spread with Great
Rapidity-The Chicago stock Yards Suf-
fer by Fire-Forest Fires.
Detroit, Mich, Oct. S.-Five large
buildings and two smaller ones. with
all their contents, were destroyed Thurs
day morning by a fire which swept
through a block situated in the center
or the business portion of Detroit and
bounded by the Campus Martius, Wood
ward, Gratiot and Monroe avenues. The
total loss Is estimated at 5000 900 to $780,
900. The blaze started shortly before 1
o'clock on the stage of the Detroit OPP
era house. The origin of the fire is not
yet determined. 1t las not noticed un-
til the flames lear " out at the rear of
the theater. following a blowing out of
rear wall by the explosion of a cal
cium tank. The opera house faced the
Campus Martius and was obliquely
across from the city hall. It's rear was
closely surrounded by the rear of other
buildings fronting respectively on
woodward, Grdtiot and Monroe avenues,
and the original location Of the fire was
inaccessible when the nremen first ar
rived. Within a few minutes. however,
the flames had communicated to the
front and roof Of the theater and the
firemen began several hours fight
against the spread of the flames.
Burned at Great Rate.
The opera house burned at a terrific
rate, the interior being a solid mass of
ilames Meanwhile the tCn-story fire.
proof structure, so-called, occupied by
the Henry u. Leonard Furniture COM
pany got afire in the upper stories. The
flames swept through its inflammable
contents from the rear To the Gratiot
avenue front, until within two hours
nothing remained but the steel frame
work of the building. The building next
adjoining the opera house were the large
iewelry establishment Of Wright Kay &
Co., and the four-story building fronting
on the Campus Martius and Monroe aV-
enue, occupied by the c. H. Michel Ia
bic Supply company. by strenuous ef-
forts the jewery house was saved, al
though the building caught repeatedly,
but the Michel building was Quilted and
all its contents burned. At O'clock it
was supposed that the fire would proba-
bly, be controlled within It's then limits.
hut aided by an increasing northwest
wind it swept along both on the Mon
roe avenue and Gratiot avenue sides
of the block. From Michells it com
municated with the large siX-story
building adjoining, occupied by c. II.
Werner's crockery house and by the
Grand Union Tea company. causing per-
haps the hottest blaze Of the conhagra-
tion, and leaving nothing remaining at
8 O'Clock but the front walls.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-08
Wrecked by Falling Walls.

Meanwhile, on the Gratiot avenue side
the flames spread east from the Leonard
building to a building occupied by the
Central Storage company and Vaughan
d Tanner, which was also consumed
with its contents. A side wall of the
latter building fell upon the roof of a
two-story structure occupied by the Pa
risian Laundry, which was badly
wrecked and partly consNmed. On the
Monroe avenue side a small shoe store
was crushed to fragments by the fall
of the east wall Of the Werner building
At both these points were where the
progress of the flames were checked
The early morning hour and the sweep
of the fire prevented saving of any con-
tents to speak of. Among the losses was
that of the Julia Arthur Dramatic COM
pany. which was playing its first en-
gagement in "A Lady Of Quality" All
its handsome costumes and stage set
tings were destroyed Miss Arthur was
prostrated over this serious blow to her
enterprise. The front portion Of the the
ater building was occupied by the Cen
trail Savings bank and Kinnueens tall
oring establishment, the upper stories
front by various offices. The Grand
Trunk repair shops, located on the dock
at the foot Of Dequindre street, nearly
three quarters Of mile distant caught
fire from a blazing brand and were de-
stroyed. with a quantity OF lumber and
material. Several other fires started in
addition to numerous small ones near
the scene Of the big fire, but none re-
suited In great damage
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-08
Had a Narrow Escape.

William Moore, janitor of the opera
house building, and his wife. who were
asleep on the fifth floor, narrowly es-
capped with their lives Lieutenant John
w. Hopkins and Firemen Archibald Ben
nett and John VI. Welch suffered a Sc
rious fall, caused by the jerking Of
ladder on which they were ascending
the front Of the Michel building. Ben
nett's spine is seriously injured. It was
$3.50 before the fire was fully under con-
troll. The Detroit Opera house was
owned by the Clark estate. It's value in
estimated at $4,000. 1t was fully in"
sured. G. ]. Whitney, lessee Of the
building. and manager. loses about $780,
900: partially insured. The Julia Arthur
company's loss is over $4,000. with $10,-
900 insurance. The Michel building was
owned by George III. Barbour. It's value
was $4,000. fully insured. The Michel
stock was worth $4,000. and was 80 per
cent. insured. The Leonard building and
stock is estimated at 100000. and was
fully insured. The principal losses. most
of which are fairly insured, are as fol-
lows: Central Savings bank, 100000;
Hugh Connolly, jeweler. $40. 1000; Waugh
an & Tanner. $50. 900: G. III. Werner. s45,-
900: Traugutt Schmidt estate. owner Of
the Werner building. ss5, 900: Grand Un-
ion Tea company. $4,000: Partisan laun-
dry. $4,000: Central Storage company,
500. 900: Grand Trunk repair shops, So
900: Brossy's dye shop. $1,000: Opera
House Musiclana, $1,000, and other min
or losses.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23

found that over 150, 600 barrels will be
shipped this season, one county, Hay
wood. alone furnishing 10000. These
great mountain apples command good
prices and the yield Of one h was
sold by Mr.. Smathers. of Haywood, on
the trees for 81. 500 ash. There are APP
pie trees 3k feet in diameter, which
Mr.. Hamrick measured. Some OF these
apples are shipped to England, but
people from the north and west ar
the chief buyers.
People UP in the country
are in high spirits, says the labor COM
missioner, Il he says he was told
that both farmers and merchants are
there better off han ever before. Peo-
pie from Virginia and Pennsylvania
buy their cattle. paying 3 cents a pound
for the lean and So cents for the fat.
These cattle are shipped and made
ready for market. Those which the
Virginians buy are put on the market
as Virginia cattle, just as the fine
North Carolina tobacco which is ship
ped into Virginia becomes at once Nir-
ginia tobacco and is so known in all
the markets on this earth. The trade
in mountain cabbage is an immense
one. F. A. OLDS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23

b Man Run Over and Killed by h Ex-
ira Freight OF the W.. e.. & a. Railroad
Friday Morning Turns Ont to Have Been
Ex>Polfceman Dial EcDufse.

ira Freight on the W., 4. & A. Railroad
Friday Morning Turns Ont to Have Been
Ex>Policeman Dial EcDufie.
The body of the man who was run
over Z killed by the extra freight
train on the Wilmington, Columbia and
Augusta railroad Friday morning at
11:15. vas identified yesterday morning
as tina of ex-Policeman ]. d. McDuffie.
The identification a brought about
by the description of his clothing and
cravat, given in the article which ao-
peared in y~estrday's Messenger.
The hjdy was buried on the railroad
right Of way Friday night and the
grave was marked by head and foot
boards. Some of Mr.. McDuffie's rela-
clothing. were satisfied that he was the
unfortunate man who lost his life in
such a tragic manner They SO in
formed the railroad authorities, and
they were sent down to the scene Of the
accident. Permission vas secured from
a justice of the peace at Navassa to
disinter the remains, and a soon as
they were taken up they were COM
pletely identified. The clothing II hat
was identified and also an iron ring
made from a horse shoe nail, worn by
the deceased. The body had been de-
Gently buried under direction Of Cap
tain w. a. Sue, the Atlantic Coast
Lines section master, n the relatives
expressed their qualification that SO
! much care had been taken in laying the
remains away.
The body was brought to the city at
2 p. m, and was taken direct to Oak
dale cemetery and inferred. The ser
vices were conducted by the Rev. r.
A. Willis and the Rev. 7. H. Sutton,
and the following acted as pallbearers:
! Messrs. A. J. Marshall, A. J. Yopp. ].
J. Tharp, John A. White, r.. B. Glove,
and Captain j.. NJ. MCGOWAN.
The deceased was subject to fits, af-
ter spells Of drinking, and his mind
seemed to be affected afterwards. 1t
is believed that he had a fit and fell on
the railroad track He was a ape
hanger and carpet layer by trade, and
sometimes worked in Columbia, S. c.
It was probable that ne was trying to
reach Columbia. He had been employ
ed here by Mr.. r. B. Glove and he quit
his employ on last Wednesday at moor
to &c away.
Under the administration of Mayor
Fishblate and Mayor Harris Mr.. Nc
Duffie served on the police force, n he
made a good officer. He was a genial,
kind hearted fellow but at times had
fits Of dependency. His good mother,
Mrs. Eliza A. McDuffie, died on the 3Oth
of last month, and her death led him
to drink more than usual recently. This
was the cause Of his having fits, he
having~had several the past week. 1t
can be said of him that he was a very
affectionate son, and he had many
friends who deeply regret his sad ter
mination of his life.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23
Major COuper Loses His Case

Atlanta, Ga, Nocember 19.-Major j.
NJ. Copper lost his fight in the United
States court today for the place OF as
sistant postmaster. The fight was won
by Major Smith, not because the civil
service laws did not protect Major
Copper. but because the judges decided
that a court of equity has no right to
interfere in matters of the kind and
state that such questions and disputes
must be decided by the civil service
commission at Washington. This
means of course, that the injunction
for which Major Copper was fighting
will not be granted and he will have
to step out until the Washington au-
thorities pass upon the matter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23

Newport News, November 19,-The
schooner Childe Harold arrived here
this morning from Boston with Captain
w. NJ. HOwes, his wife and six sea-
men, comprising the crew of the
schooner Matthew Vassar, Jr. The
Nassar encountered a severe gale on
Tuesday while off the Jersey coast. She
sprang a leak and rapidly filled with
water. Thursday morning, while sea
after sea was washing over the deck,
Captain Eowes, his wife and the crew
were rescued by the Childe Harold.
The Vassar was bound from Norfolk
for New York with a cargo of lumber.
She was an old vessel Of lie tons bur-
den and was owned by Captain Howes,
of Portland, Maine.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23
Dun and Co.'S Trade Review

New York, November 19.-R. G. Dun
& Co.'S weekly review Of trade will say
in it's issue tomorrow:
All markets and all industries are
working toward the period of thanks
giving, of stock taking and of holidays.
Colder weather has done much to ac-
celerate retail trade, so greatly delayed
in many lines by unusually mild and
open weather. The producing force in
a on the whole and many man.
facturers are unable to take all the or
ders offered, while others are commit
ted as far ahead as they are willing to
be. The output in several industries is
considerably the largest ever known
and the confidence of great business
next year is undated. Hesitation in
speculative markets is in part because
of the immense capital that has been
turned from them to investment in pro-
ductive Enterprises.
Wheat has advanced a cent during
the week, and small fluctuations have
been due to reports about Argentina
rather than to the heaviest exports
ever known. Atlantic exports, -four
included, have been in the three weeks
of November, 9,799, 1863 bushels, against
6,502, LOG last year, and in the crop year
thus far over Sc. 00O, 900 bushels, while
the western receipts have been in three
weeks u, 203, go bushels, against IA, 1885,
SSS last year.
Cotton goods continue weak, as raw
material declines and goods are rather
lower.
Failures for the week have been 267
in the United States, against 334 last
year and 80 in Canada, aginst 40 last
year.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23
Then Cuba VIII be Tree

Ithica, n. V, November l9.-Tonight
before a large and enthusiastic audience
Hannis Taylor, ex-minister to Spain, de-
livered an address and in part, he said:
Events are moving fast and no man,
not even the president can stop them.
No real statesman ever tried to avoid a
crisis by turning his back upon il or by
self deception. If the president makes
the fatal mistake of attempting longer to
muZzle ngres by relying upon false
hopes and empty Illusions. before the
ink is dry upon his message events will
discredit an his predictions.
Let congress but speak the final and
emphatic Observation-Disclosures in
ninety days the long and bloody tragedy
will be over, the whole Christian world
will rejoice and say Amen" Spain will
be rescued from an impossible situation:
there will be no war with the United
States, and Cuba will be free
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-23
TELEPHONE CHARGES
THE RAILWAY COMMISSION HAS
30 JURISDICTION
The Law Gives Them Authority Only to
Regulate Charges Tor Transmitting Mes
sages-The Order Heretofore Made Es-
txbiishing Rental Charges Rescinded'
The Opinion of the Attorney Generation
the OuestfOU
(snecIaI to The Messenger.)

tSDsclai 10 4EE AAESSIAiSEA-p
Raleigh. y. c.. November s.-Before
the railway commission today there was
a final bearing in the matter Of telephone
rates. The argument was by Hon John
". Daniel, r. G. Strong and c. Z. Young,
Daniel and Young representing the
American Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, n Strong the Southern Bell Conn
pany. The commission annulled the
former order regulating rates and LETT
the matter open TO free competition The
companies had excepted to the order
issued some time ago reducing rates.
The railway commission makes the fol-
lowing order:
The commission having fully consider
ed the exceptions flied in this case and
having obtained advice OF the attorney
general thereon, are of the opinion that
this board is not given jurisdiction under
the commission act to do more with re-
spect to rates of telephone companies
than to make or cause to be made just
and reasonable rates of charges for
transmission of messages by any tele-
phone line or lines doing business in the
state, and that it has no authority to
prescribe charges for rental OF telephone
wires, instruments and exchanges or use
thereof; but that rates fixed by the COM
mission for transmission of messages
shall remain in force. Representatives
of the Southern Bell Telephone and Tele-
graph company were present and pre-
pared to show from transcripts Of their
books that their charges for rental of
telephone wires, exchange service or the
use thereof were not unreasonable, but
this matter was not considered by reason
of the opinion OF the attorney general.
phones or exchange service are hereby
rescinded and the case is stricken from
the ocket.
Following is the opinion of Attorney
General WalEer:
Section q Of the railway commission
act, by use of the language: Make, or
cause to be made, just and reasonable
rates of charges for transmission Of mes
sages by any telephone or telegraph line
intend to and does not confer upon the
board Of railway commissioners authority
to fix rates of rental of telephone appli-
ances or boxes"
The railway commission granted per
mission to the Raleigh and CASTOR rail
way to change it's line at CASTOR so as to
leave that place three quarters of a mile
to make this change was filed by CASTOR
people and John D. Shaw made argument
in favor of the change.