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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
Serious situation at Maple.

West Superior, Wis, May 2O.-No fur
ther trouble occurred at Maple Tuesday
night bat during Wednesday fighting
was renewed by an attempt of the Fin
landers to murder Peter Nephew.
French and American inhabitants are
going about arrpd with rifles. Guns
are at a premium Further trouble is
expected. Warrants were gotten out
for fifteen rioters and attempts VIII be
made to arrest them All injured men
here are still alive, but Doherty has
not recovered consciousness.
The trouble began in free-for-all
saloon fight, in which Joseph Volade,
Ambrose Bourier and Joseph Doherty
were seriously stabbed. All are now in
the hospital at West Superior.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
Entire Family Cremated.

Monticello. KY, May 2O.-News has
reached here of the cremation of farm
er named Thomas Biddle. his wife and
three children, living on White OAK
creek. cross the line in Tennessee. Some
tramps had asked permission or BID
die to build a fire in his barn to Keep
them warm during the night. Biddle
refused to allow them to do this, ana
ordered them to leave. The same night
Biddles house was destroyed by fire ana
he and his wife and three children were
roasted alive. 1t is supposed the tramps
applied the torch to the house out OF
revenge.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
Bolln Taken to Prison.

omaha. Neb. May 20.-The supreme
court of Nebraska Wednesday affirmed
the finding of the district court which
sentenced Henry Bolln, defaulting city
treasurer Of Omaha, to nineteen years
i'm the penitcntiary
Henry Bolln was taken into CUSTODY
at ? o'clock Wednesday afternoon and
viii be taken to the penitenuary at
once 10 serve sentence OF nineteen
years lie was convicted OF empeZ-
zling Sl05, 600 Of city funds, his shortage
being discovered in June, two years ago.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
Rail PLAYERS, Attorneys surprised.

Cleveland, O.. May 20.-The attorneys
for the baseball players were treated TO
a genuine surprise in police court
Wednesday morning. Judge Soldiers,
counsel for the players, filed a motion To
quash the proceedings when Judge
Fielder called the cases. 1t was
promptly overruled, as was also the de-
murrer. Then a written demand for
separate trial and trial by jury in
each case was presented and promptly
granted by the court. This was entire
~ unexpected by the attorneys for the
players, and for a minute they seemed
ra ather crestfallen.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
LATE WITH HER STORY.
Woman Who saw Minnie Williams with
I.nv. Gibson.


I.nv. Gibson.
San F'ranclscs May pa very i'm
portant witness in the Minnie Williams
murder case was discovered Tuesday in
Mrs. Schwatzer. She positively af-
firms that on April r. 1885, the day be-
fore the body Of Minnie Williams was
found in the Emmanuel Baptist church,
she saw the unfortunate girl with Rev.
George j. Gibson on the Alameda fer
ryboat, coming to this city. She says
her attention was attracted TO the per-
son whom she identified as Rev. Mr.
Gibson because of his clerical appear
ance, and the further fact that he car
ried the girls basket and seemed very
solicltous for her welfare. Rev. Mr..
Gibson's neck is somewhat dishgured
by old scars and Mrs. Schwitzer says
she observed such scars on Miss Will
Jams companion. and they served to
impress the features of the man upon
her memory.
Although Mrs Schwaitzer isaresdent
of this city and for the past two years
has been aware of the fact that Theo-
dore DuPrant is accused of the murder
Of Minnie Williams. her reluctance to
have her name involved in the notori-
Gus case i'm any manner has prevented
her from appearing until now. She ex-
plains that she thought her testimony
would not be necessary. but after Dur
rant had been sentenced to death and
removed TO San Quentin to await exc
cution of the judgment against him, she
considered the matter carefully anc
decided il was time to reveal what she
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
Woman Defeated at st. Louis.

st. Louis. May 20.-Aside from one or
two ordinary fights, the school board
election was an unusually quiet one. and
not more than one-fifth of the vote of
last November was polled, despite the
fact that there were four tickets in the
field Nearly all of the ante-election
fuss has been made i'm behalf of several
women candidates. and the women final
IL settled on Miss Belle Norman to
make the issue. Hundreds of women
took an active part at the polls for her,
but she ran behind her ticket-the Cit
izenS'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
session win End june 4.

Springfield, Ills. May 2O.-The house
Wednesday morning concurred in the
senate amendment to the sine die ad-
iournment resolution fixing the date at
June {. A proposition to adjourn June
"a was voted down. The matter is now
settled The session will end June 4.
A new street railway bill has been
introduced by Senator Littler. Littler
claims IL IS a product of the Springfield
railway and that Yerkes had nothing
ia do with IT,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20

Philadelphia. May 2O.-The coatmak-
ers' branch Of the Garment Makers
union. 10 tine number Of 260. joined the
garment workers strike for an increase
IN wages Wednesday morning. Several
branches of the union also decided to
ioin in the strike and meetings will he
held by other branches of the organiza-
tion. II is believed that unless the con-
tractors accede TO the demands there
will be from 1000 to 5000 garment work
ers on strike by the end Of the week
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
Arms and Ammunition for Cubans.

Wilmington May 20.-Four tons OF
arms and ammunition and a cargo OF
dynamite were, in all probability, dis
embarked Monday night on the coast
of cuba by the steam tug Alexander
Jones and the pilot boat John d. Long
Under the cover of darkness and with
lights out, the Jones Thursday night
at railroad wharf took on a cargo con-
sisting of two carloads of rifles cart
ridges, machetes. provisions and medi-
cines. The pilot boat Long Friday took
on a cargo OF dynamite and was con-
veyed to sea, where ii Joined the Alex
ander Jones for Cuba.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20

New York. May pa fire which
started at 80 O'Clock Wednesday morn
ing at Newark avenue and First street,
Jersey City. burned all through the
night sixty families have been rem
dered homeless and the damage to the
tenement houses they occupied Is esti-
mated at 100000. No fatalities are re-
portpd
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20

washington. May 2O.-The senate COM
mittce on international expositions has
decided TO report favorably the resolu-
tlon providing for the appropriation of
s35O.OCO for the proper representation
of this government at he Paris exposi-
49,, 90 fQoO
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
Reserves I'm a Wreck.

Cologne. May 20.-A train conveying
a detachment of reserves from West
phaia to Metz ran off the rails Wednes-
day between Hillosheim and Gerol-
sheim Nine men are known TO have
been killed and thirty-five injured The
accident was caused by the train break
ing in two, the rear portion subsequently
overtaking and crashing into the front
mart
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
signed the sntl-scaIrcrs MN.

Albany. n. Y. May 2O.-Governor
Black has signed the anti-scalpers bill
which absolutely prohibits the selling
of railroad and steamboat tickets IN
this state except by agents authorized
i'm writing to make such sales by the
owners of the vessels or trains or CONS
panies operating them, and then only
i'm the towns where their written au-
thorlty gives them permission to make
sales
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
Mlnes on Fire.

Newburg, w. Va, May 20.-The mines
on the upper level of the old Scotch hill
are on fire and threaten the existence
of the town, which is built over the
mines. The fire was started years ago
by malicious persons and has recently
grown so large that the residents have
hecome alarmed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
,nylican Archbishop OF Dublin.

Dublin, May 2O-The bench of bish-
OBS Wednesday elected the Rt. Rev. Jo-
seph Ferguson bishop Of Meath, to be
Anglican archbishop of Dublin, in sue
cession To the Rev. Lord Plunkett. who
died Anril
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
WHITE FLAG HOISTED.
Constantine Trying to Arrange
Terms of Armistice.
HIS ARMY WILL DE REINFORCED.

Panis Prevails at Lamia, Owing TO a Re-
port That the Criminals Are To BE RE-
leased from the Jails-Oscar Wilde, the
Former Apostle of Estheticism, Released
from Prison-Niu Not Try to Hide His
Identity-Oiher Foreign News.
here from Lamia announces that the
white flag has been hoisted between the
armies of Greece and Turkey and that
Crown Prince Constantine has been au-
thorized to suspend hostilities with the
view of concluding arrangements for
an armlstice.
panic prevails at Lamia, owing to
the report that the criminals will be
released from the jals. The arrival Of
the troops during the night increased
the general feeling of terror
The army of the crown prince has re-
formed on the Othyrs mountains and
will be reinforced by General Smo-
linski's brigade, and the troops dis
patched to the front from Athens.
Drafting Counter Proposals.
Paris, May 19.-It was semi officially
announced Wednesday evening that the
ambassadors of the powers at Con-
stantinople are drafting counter pro-
posas to the reply received to their
last note to the Turkish government.
These counter proposals will serve as
the basis for the preliminaries of peace
negotiations and will be discussed and
settled by the powers and the Turkish
| government. the latter having request
ed their mediation
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
Murder in the FIRST Degree.

Columbus, O.. May pa jury at 2
O'clock wednesday morning returned a
verdict of murder I'm the first degree
AGAINST Frank Miller, farm hand. for
the murder of his employers wife, Mrs.
Seluda Miller. near this city. The body
of the woman was found in a feedbox
I'm the harn. badly mutilated.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
OSCAR WILDE.

was released from prison Wednesday
morning. Wilde, who seemed to be en-
joying robust health goes to Paris inn
mediately He intends, however, to re-
turn to this city. to engage i'm literary
work. He says he does not intend TO
hide his identity. but will write over
his own signature.
The Pail Mall Gazette says that one
of the first acts of Oscar Wilde on re-
gaining his freedom was to refuse G1,-
900 for story of his prison experiences.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
The Cuban Navy.
FOUGHT LIKE MADMEN.
Timely Reinforcements to the Spanish
Alone Save Them.

Havana, May 2O.-AVllllna Hoss' al
the head of 100 Cubans. encountered a
Spanish detachment in Santa Clara
province last Thursday. near the hills
south of Ranchula. For several hours
the fight was quite severe the exchange
of shots being very rapid. Both forces,
however. were we'll intrenched and the
loss was slight.
Finally the Spanish made charge at
the Cuban divisions, but were met with
such a whitening fire that the columns
were broken. The Cubans charged in
turn and drove the Spaniards from the
field Another force of government
troops coming to their assistance was
all that saved them from most dis
astrous defeat. AS 1t was, they lost
seventy-five men on the field, besides
over 100 stands of arms
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20

Nashville. Tenn, May POE. c. Nor
row & Bro. of Clarksville. Tenn. have
closed contract by which they will
furnish the Italian government $4,000
hogsheads of fine. dark tobacco, almost
the entire crop In this section. This
contract. II is believed, by tobacco
handlers, is made direct with the Ital-
ian government and without the in'S
vention Of the Reggie contractor
sale amounts TO about $40
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
s.u,s,, Attacks the Government.

Madrid. May 20.-Ex- Premier Sagasta,
the Liberal leader, at meeting made a
violent attack upon the government. He
declared that the truce granted by the
Liberals was ended. that the policy OF
the government was dangerous, and that
il must be vigorously opposed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
Min,s,cr scwaII In california.

San Francisco. May 2O.-lIarold M.
sewall. whom president Mckinley has
recently appointed minister to Hawaii,
arrived here from Washington. and has
left for the southern part of the state.
lie will sail for Honolulu In about
fortnight.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
Draggeito Death.

Key West. Fla, May ga terrible
outrage was committed upon the pris-
oner of war, Carlos Aguielle, who was
captured wounded in Cuba. Captain
Canas ordered his men TO tie Aguirre
by the neck with a rope to the tail OF a
horse. and he was then dragged to the
camp of General Obriegon, dying on
Tho rno1
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
r,nnl. nt crinn1c Crock C;osed.

Cripple Creek, Colo, May 20.-The
doors of the Miners state bank Of this
city were closed Wednesday and the
following notice posted; rms oank
is i'm the possession of Harry H. CiarN'
assignee. under a general assignments
for the benefit of creditors. Assignee
Clark says he is Informed that all cred
itors will be paid in full.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20

Des Moines, Ia. May 20.-Nearly all
the business houses, fifteen in number.
and several dwellings in the town of
Calumet, on the Iowa Central railway,
were burned Wednesday afternoon.
causing a loss OF $4,000. The origin OF
the fire is unknown. There was no fire
apparatus i'm the town and surrounding
cities sent aid
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
Ohio Democrats TO Meet june 90.

Columbus. O., May 2o.-The Demo-
cratic state central committee has de-
cided to hold the state convention la
Columbus, June 20.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
AN ENTERING WEDGE.
President McKinley's Recent
Message to Congress.
CUBAN JUNTA PLEASED WITH IT.

Member Says That Recognition of ISelliger-
eney Would Help Them by Releasing
Their Navy which Consists of Four Eff
fective Men-of-War Waiting Recogni'
tion to Take To Sea-Battle i'm Santa
Clara Province.
New York, May 2O.-The members OF
the Cuban junta i'm this city regard
President McKinleys message as a ster
in the right direction. 1t is an entering
wedge, they feel, for more active meas
ures.
I'VE all know" was the official state
ment given out by the secretary in the
absence of Tomas Estranda Palma,
that President McKinley's message tc
congress is a step forward, Cubans are
pleased with it, and they hope for even
more i'm the future. Nothing like ii has
been done before by the United States.
Unfortunately it is difficult to see how
the money will be distributed. Take
a village of 1000, where perhaps 500
are starving. OF these may be 100 are
Americans.
Wants To BE Let Alone.
Does congress propose to give aid
to the 100 American citizens and leave
the other 700 to starve? Cuba expects
nothing from the United States. All
she asks is TO be let alone. But $5O,OOO
will do but little in aiding the starv-
ing there What Mr.. Baileys object
was In blocking the legislation we can
not imagine. Humanty's claims must
be answered. Belligerency can wait.
"Belligerency is blocked. That is
what we really need. If the United
States would recognize us we could
have a navy and attack Spanish com
merce on the sea. That would soon set
| tie the war. AS it now stands, we can
| not send a warship to sea without being
| accused of piracy by the whole world.
| But am pleased with the action OF Mr..
| Mckinley. 1t shows that his leanings
are toward Cuba. He is doing more than
| Grover Cleveland did
| The Cuban Navy.
Behind the movement for the pas
sage of the Cuban bellgerency resolu-
| ton is solemn pledge made by the
! Cuban junta to it's most active support
I ers i'm congress that four effective men
| of-war, flying the Cuban flag, are only
| waiting this recognition to take to the
| sea- These vessels ii Is declared, will
! be obtained in England, and 1t is as
serted that arrangements have already
been perfected by which they will b'
manned, thoroughly equipped. and b'
| ready to sail the very day the belliger
| ency of the Cubans is recognized.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
OSCAR WILDE Is FREE.

Says He VIII Do Nothing tn Hide His
Identity.
London, May 20.-Oscar Wilde, who
was sentenced on May 20, 1895, with
Taylor, a companion. to two years i'm
prisonment at hard labor, after having
been convicted of immoral practices,
The copper country evening news., 1897-10-27
YERKEs TELESCOPE.

Professor Loewy, director of the Paris
observatory, has undoubtedly made the
best photographs Of the moon, but the
best photographs ever made will not
show as much as can be seen through a
10 inch telescope. The lines noticed in
the photographs of the Meudon observa-
tory have always been noticed, and no
astronomer has yet ventured to assert
that they represent active rivers. "
The discoveries by French scientists
mentioned by the scientists at the
Yerkes observatory were described in a
recent letter from Paris, which said in
part:
1.-THE questions now agitating the
scientists of Paris are: Are there water
and air ON the moon? Do rivers and
vegetation exist ON the satellite OF the
earth, which for years astronomers have
supposed to be dead and calcined
world? Maps Of the lunar planisphere
taken in the new observatory at Meu-
don show peculiar lines, markings and
shadows that have never before appear
ed in telescope pictures of the moons
surface.
1.-The new observatory at Meudon, so
far as concerns physical astronomy, is
said to be the best equipped in the
world and has the largest double tele-
scope arranged for taking stereoscopic
and Photographic views that has ever
been made. The new establishment at
Meudon will greatly facilitate the prep
aration Of the detailed lunar photo
graphs which the observatory hopes to
have ready in time for the exhibition OF
1900. At the samo time monster tele-
scope, 200 feet long, is being construct
ed for the exhibition, which, it is cal
culated, will be of such power as to
bring the moon to an apparent distance
of 40 miles.
"The photograph is also the largest
ever taken Already astronomers are
vividly interested in certain lines and
spots ON the new photographs, which
have again caused the question to be
raised of the existence OF air, water and
vegetation OH the moon, which science
up to few months had pronounced a
dead planet
1T seems that minute examination
reveals number of narrow and wind
| ing lines, having every appearance OF q
river seen from balloon at height
of four or five miles. They seem, how
ever, to be larger at the source and to
grow narrower as they progress. Yet
there are several terrestrial rivers like
that, having their origin in big lake
and flowing through arid regions.
'It is ON these indications that the
presence of water in the moon, and CON
sequently of an atmosphere, is begin.
ming to be reafiirmed. New YORK
| Herald
The copper country evening news., 1897-10-27
Croker,s Eloauent Proxy.

There is one place in this country
where they think Richard Croker is a
great orator. 1t is in Utah.
II never made a speech in my life,
said Mr.. Croker, Except by proxy. At
the Democratic national convention Of
1888, held in st. Louis, there were con-
testing delegations from Utah. One Of
these delegations was for Cleveland and
the other against him. Naturally our
sympathies were with the latter. When
the Utah fellows asked some Of our men
to have Croker present at the meeting
of the committee ON credentials to make
a speech in their favor, our fellows
promised, thinking to play joke on me.
But sent another man to speak for me.
He was introduced as Croker, and as he
was not known at all then every one
was fooled. The speech he made them
was a rattler, and it carried everything
before it like q storm. 70 this day out
in Utah they think am great orator. -
"Who was the man that spoke for
you?"
"Bourke Cochran. Chicago Times
Herald
The copper country evening news., 1897-10-27
Wasted Indignation. ~

The man with the fiorid face and the
bald head grew more and more uneasy
as he sat at the restaurant table. He
tried to read newspaper, but every
now and then would drop it, adjust his
glasses and glare up and down the room
to find the waiter to whom he had CIV
en- his order. At last he managed to de-
tain him, at the risk of being scalded
by the soup he carried, and inquired:
"How about that dinner l ordered?"
'It will be here Immediately, sir, !"
was the answer.
The guest tried to read his newspaper
once more, but as time passed his un-
easiness increased until he was glaring
up and down the room as fiercely as
ever. He found his waiter again, and
the same conversation was repeated.
After two or three more similar at
tempts he arose and went over to anoth-
er waiter who was gracefully leaning
against pillar.
"Look here, " said the guest, II want
to know something"
"Yes, responded the waiter.
"What want to know is this Am
ever going to get any dinner, and, If
do get it, when will it be-"
/ The languid young man looked al
him and replied:
Excuse me. I'm afraid you have
made a mistake. | am only waiter,
| not a prophet. Detroit Free Press.
The copper country evening news., 1897-10-27
Piety and Prosperity.

Money is a convenient measure for
almost every sort of endeavor, and to
want more money wherewith TO dis
charge our obligations and to help the
needy and promote good works, as well
as to increase our personal comfort,
comes very near being a pious desire.
Thrift and honesty come near, in the
eyes of contemporary thinkers, to god
liness. We have certainly made great
gain in thrift. and there is no reason to
think that, as people, we have retro
graded in honesty. We Of this genera
tion, when we get into scrape, are not
so much disposed to insist that it was
Gods will as TO reason together and
try TO find out what stupid thing we
have done, or what wise thing we have
neglected, that has resulted so disastrous
ly This we do, not necessarily because
we are less religious than our forbears.
but perhaps because we are somewhat
more reasonable than they. 1t does not
seem certain that this increased sense
of our own responsibility is develop
ment that is to be regretted.
However, if any of our friends who
are solicitous for our welfare have been
disappointed in some of the effects or
lack of effect of adversely upon us let
US hope that they will be disappointed
again, and more agreeably, in the spir-
itual results of any prosperity that may
be vouchsafed to us. s.-Scribner's.