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road locomotive in England led them
to try that new form and application Of
of power.
The Stourbridge Lion" as the loco
motive was called which first turned a
wheel upon Il track in America" was
one of three personally ordered by the
company's civil engineer, Horatlo Alien,
in England. The Lion" was built by
Foster, R3str;ck < Co. at Stourbrldge,
and the other two were built by Ste
phenson. who extended many courte-
sizes to the American engineer. Thus 1t
happened that early in lS2S the first
order placed IN England for locomotives,
after the successful working Of those Of
the Stockton & Darlington road, was
from f;lr-away America.
The Stourbridgc Lion" arrived on
the ship john Jay, and was landed At
the West Point Foundry Company 5
wharf at the foot of Beech street, New
York, where it was set upon blocks and
given trial on June II, 1920, as appears
York Enquirer of june J., which, after
describing the test, said: We were
delighted with the performance OF the
engine, and have no doubt but that the
enterprising company to whom 1t be-
longs will reap rich harvest for their
enterprise and perseverance. 1t was
noted as matter Of interest, because
anthracite coal was then being intro
duced to the pubic, that the locomotive
was fired with that substance from the
Delaware x lIudson COmpany's Lacka-
wanna mines. 1t was to put this coal
in the market that the company's opC-
rations were inauguratcd and carried
on, and hence may be noted the signlti-
cant fact that we are indebted to coal
mining for the advent Of the locomotive.
in America as in England.-Alired
! Mathews, Pioneer Locomotives in Eng
land and America, in The Engineering
! Magazine for February.
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sheriff Of Douglas County. Wisconsin
ny CHARLES WICKsTRoM. Deputy.
"a ILiN. III TLEk & LYONS
Attorneys for PIaiHtiR.
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GRAFTON MASON.
Notice OF Shcriff's sale on Foreclosure

CATIIN, BUTLFR & LYU<S.
Plaintiff ; Attorneys
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FRANK I. NILCON,
Sheriff of Douglas County, " is.
Ey CHARLES WICkSTROM Deputy.
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ShcrIft OF Douglas County, W lSrOnSin
BY CHARLES WICKSTROH, Deputy Shcuf
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Attorneys for said Assignee.
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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
THREE CABINET POSITIONS FILLED.
Sherman for State, Bliss for Navy, and
Goff for Attorney General.

Gon for Attorney General.
Chicago, Jan. 1.-THE Chicago Jour
nails Washington correspondent tele-
graphs as follows: IT am able to state
positively that President-Elect Nc
Kinley has these cabinet selections:
John Sherman of Ohio for secretary of
state; Cornelius Bliss of New York for
secretary of the navy; Judge Nathan
Golf of West Virginia for attorney gen.
eral Also that affairs have so changed
in Ohio politics as to warrant Mark
Hanna's believing that Governor Bush
nell will appoint him to the senate.
Judge Joseph McKenna Of California
can be secretary of the interior IL he
will take the place. No selection has
been made for the treasury, war, post
office, or agriculture departments. Ma
jor Mckinley offered Senator Allison
the state portfolio when the senator
visited him the other day. Allison de-
clined, greatly to McKinley's disap-
pointment. 1t is believed by Mckinley
that Sherman will accept, and this ena-
bles Hanna to switch from the treasury
department, for which he was slated.
against his inclination, to the senate,
for which he has strong liking. Should
Bushnell or Sherman at the last mo-
ment decline to comply with McKinley's s
wishes, another man for secretary of
state will have to be found, and Hanna
switched back to the treasury.
"But I am creditably informed that
Mckinley is confident that Sherman
and Bushnell will not disappoint him.
No selection for McKinley's private sec
retary has been made. Major Carson,
Washington correspondent Of the Phil
adelphia Ledger; Moses p. Handy, edi-
tor-in- chief of The Chicago Times
Herald; Perry Heath. and Charles
Dawes of Evanston, Ills, have been un-
der consideration"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
British Restriction on Cattle.

Washington, Jan. 11.-President
Cleveland sent to the house of repre-
sentatives a letter trasmitting a report
in response to a house resolution of in
quiry as to what had been done by the
department of state to carry out the
provision in the last agricultural appro-
priation bill for negotiations with Great
Britain to secure the abrogation ormod-
ification of the regulations requiring
the slaughter of cattle from the United
States at the port of entry. The corre-
spondence shows that the British re-
strictions continue because of the fears
expressed by British officials that in
fection may result from free intro
duction of American cattle.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
Indian Appropriation Bill.

Washington. Jan. 1.-THE Indian ap-
preparation bill for the next fiscal year
was completed Saturday by the house
committee on Indian affairs and re-
ported to the house by Chairman Sher-
man. The bill carries a total of 81 1885,
600. which is somewhat less than the
appropriation of the current year. The
allowance for schools, however, is in
creased by 100000. and provision is
made for starting the new schools at
Chamberlain and Rapid City, s. D.,
whose establishment was provided by
the last bill. There is an item contin-
uing the Dawes commission with spe-
cial salaries and compensation, and
$4,000 is given for the expenses of the
commission of citizens who serve with
out compensation.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
SHOT HIMSELF TWICE.
A Wisconsin Ex-County Clerk Tries to
Commit Suicide.


Commit Suicide.
Fond du Lac, Wis, Jan. 10.-Ex-Coun-
ty Clerk Owen Ferguson. who has just
given up the office which he held for six
years to his successor, is lying at the
point Of death at his home on Harri-
son place, with a bullethole through his
left lung. At o'clock Friday after
noon he shot himself twice, the first
bullet glancing off around the ribs in
the vicinity of the heart, the second
bullet penetrating between the ribs and
through the lung, coming out of the
back. Ferguson is a cripple, and SYM
pathy for him resulted in his repeated
nomination by the Fond du Lac Dem
ocracy and his election followed in each
instance until last fall, when he ran on
the free silver Democratic ticket.
Since the death of his wife year age
he has been a changed man, and dur
ing the last campaign began a career
of dissipation. He spent money freely
and 1t was learned Friday that he had
used funds Of the county. His books
are in bad shape. but the amount of the
deficiency has not yet been learned.
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IRON AND STEEL SCHEDULE.
Hearings Given Upon It by the Ways and
Means Committee.

Hearings Given Upon 1t by the Ways and
Means Committee.
Washington, Jan. 1.-THE house COM
mittee on ways and means reached the
iron and steel schedule Saturday. The
first speaker before the committee was
Representative Draper of Massachu-
setts. In behalf OF the machinery man
ufacturers of New England he advo-
Gated the restoration of the Mckinley
rates. w. w. Alexander of the Grant
Smelling company Of Omaha spoke for
lower rates on lead ore. asking pro-
vision that the lead in all metals con-
tanning lead ore. dutiable at " OF
cent a pound. The importation or lead
ore was necessary for smelling, he held,
and under an erroneous Interpretation
of the present law, 1t paid as high rates
as 5h cents a pound. Duties of 1lA
cents on lead bullion and 1% on pig lead
were asked. American capital was In
wasted i'm Mexico and British Columbia
for producing the ores. John ID. Davis
of california asked for a duty OF l cent
a pound on lead ores. California could
produce all the lead ores needed by
American smelters anc had begun to
supply the demand under the Mckinley
law. but the business had stagnated
under the Wilson law. The product he
represented contained from 30 to 60 per
cent. OF lead ore and 30 per cent. OF
silver.
representative Hermann OF Oregon
recommended duty of 10 cents pound
on nickel In behalf Of his constituents.
He recalled congress had passed res
olution in 1891 authorizing the secretary
of the navy to contract for the purchase
of si.OOO,O00 of nickel for armor plate
ON the assumption that 1t could not be
produced In the United States. Since
that time ores had been discovered In
various parts of the United States, In
nevada bearing Is per cent, In jackson
county. N. c., and Fremont county.
Colo. bearing from ~ to "a per cent,
and Saline county, Ark, in Washington
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
Missing Documents Found.

Washington, Jan. 11-Copies of the
papers involving about $4,00000o in the
Pacific road subsidy account, which are
missing from the treasury department,
have been found to be on file at the in
terror department. Copies are now be-
ing made for submission to the sem
ate in accordance with recent resolu-
ton calling on Secretary Francis for in
formation. The papers form a state
ment of account forwarded in 1886 by
Commissioner of Railroads Johnson.
and supply all the information desired
in the missing documents.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
TERRIBLE TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
wisconsin Man Murders His Wife and Son
and Commits Suicide.


GAINESVILLE, Wis, Jan. 11.-Herman
Slimm killed his wife and son Friday
night and then committed suicide. All
three bodies were found weltering in
their blood at o'clock Saturday morn
ing when employees opened the store
over which the family lived. The dou-
BILE murder and suicide was the result
of family trouble that began several
years ago, and eliminated in suit for
divorce. Slimm had threatened to kill
his wife, and she applied to the court
for protection from him. The crime was
committed at 9:45 Friday night, but
was not discovered until the store was
opened and blood was found to be drip
ping from the ceiling above. The body
of the child was in the bed, the body Of
Mrs. Slimm was lying on the sitting
room floor, and the body of the murder
er with a revolver half submerged In
a pool of his blood, lay on the bedroom
floor. Four shots were fired and several
people heard them, but did not investi-
gate,
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Campania's stormy Passage.

Liverpool, Jan. 1.-THE Cunard line
steamship Campania, which arrived
here Saturday. after leaving New York
on Saturday last had a most stormy
passage, encountering strong gales and
high seas all the way over. Senator
Edward G.. Wolcott of Colorado. who is
understood to be visiting Europe In the
interest of, bimetallism. was in good
health when he landed here. He read
with interest the dispatches from the Uni
ted States during the week, but he re-
fused to say anything except that the
work he had in hand lies chiefly in
London, to which city he is proceeding
Immediately.
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and Oregon. where in his county there
was a mountain Of ore. The Oregon
producers claimed to be able to produce
nickel at cents a pound cheaper than
Canadian.
Representative Turner of Georgia sug-
gested that If Americans could do that
1t would be unnecessary to offer a boun-
ty TO Canadians to compete. To this
Mr.. Hermann replied that as soon as
Americans got into the market the Ca
nadians combined to drive them out.
Freight rates also favored the Cana
dian product
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Michigan Legialature.

Lansing, Mich. Jan. 11.-There will
be no session Of the state legislature
until Tuesday, when Speaker Cor
don and Lieutenant Governor Dustan
will announce the committees of the
house and senate. Governor Pingree
will be out of town In the interim. If
the new governor has his way there
will be no further adjournments except
for Sundays during the present session.
and at the expiration of sixty days he
will have final adjournment taken un-
fil paxt wear
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Tobacco Factory Burned.

Danville, KY, Jan. 11.-Fire broke out
Saturday in the big leaf tobacco fac
tory of the American Tobacco company.
and the building and all its contents
were destroyed. The walls fell in and
the building, valuable machinery, and
a million or more pounds of tobacco
will be total loss, estimated at $780,
600; insurance, s125,000. The company
will rebuild at once.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
Bank Bookkeeper XIII. Himself

Cincinnati, Jan. 11.-Taylor Brent, in
dividual bookkeeper of the Covington
(Ky.) German National bank. commit
ted suicide during the night by cutting
his throat with razor in bed. His ac-
counts with the bank are said to be cor
rect and the only cause mentioned Is
temporary insanity caused by insomnia
He was unmarried, was a brother-in-
law of Hon. Richard p. Ernst. late can
didate for congress in the Sixth Ken
lucky district.
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Found Dead in His Bed.

Bangor, Me-, Jan. 11.-Daniel +. Da-
is, ex-governor of this state, was found
dead in bed at his home here Saturday
morning. Physicians say that he died
from heart disease. Mr.. Davis was 52
years of age. He was elected governor
on the Republican ticket in 1880, and
served for one term. He was a mem
ber of the Penobscot bar and fought in
some of the hardest fought battles OF
the civil war
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
N,uch Wealth on a su icide.

Ashland, Wis, Jan. ia. Penning
Of wahpeton, N. D.. committed suicide
here Saturday. on his person was
found over $1,000 in bank checks and
slO4 in cash His bank books also
show deposits aggregating over $780,
and letters on his person claimed as
sets in wahpeton amounting to s2,s25
more. In letter he says his wife lives
In Saxenburg. Germany.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
In the sheriT's Hand.

Cincinnati, Jan. 1.-THE Walker
White Lead company. with a factory
on Budd street. confessed judgments for
about $4,000. and was taken charge of
by the sheriff. The paid up capital of
the company is 100000. No statement
of its liabilities has been made. The
recent sudden death of Martin Weber,
the vice president and financial hacker,
brought about a pressure by creditors.
A receiver -.''i he appointed
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p.vard Invited to Visit Wales.

London. Jan. 1.-THE Daily News
saws II has heard that the Prince of
Wales has indicated to United States
Bayard and Mrs. Bayard
that when convenient to himself and
the princess he will be glad to entertain
them at Sandringham. The date OF the
visit has not yet been named.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
state will Lose Nothing.

Madison, Wis. Jan. 1.-THE CONNER
cial bank of Eau Claire, which went
into voluntary liquidation Wednesday
was a state depository, and had in its
possession about $4,000 of state funds.
The state is a preferred creditor, and
will be paid in full. The money is am
My secured by q bond.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
He Feared Poverty.

st. Louis. Jan. 11.-Henry Stone, 65
years of age, a well-known old-time
member of the Merchants exchange,
committed suicide by poisoning In his
room in an Olive street boarding house.
IL developed that the old gentleman
had taken his life in fear of becoming
penniless and helpless.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
Dynamited "A Dam.

Tampa. Fla, Jan. 11.-An attempt
was made to blow UP the dam of the
Consumers Electric Street railway by
an armed body of horsemen, who used
dynamite, doing considerable damage,
but not succeeding entirely in their
work Of destruction. Chief of Police
Burke thinks the men will be captured.
The trouble is due to the rising water,
which has flooded the farmers lands.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
Arrested for Embexzlement.

Houghton, Mich, Jan. n.-Emil q.
Piewe, the copper country agent or the
Val Blatz Brewing company, was ar
rested Friday for embezzlement. His
shortage is said to be $1,000 by the COM
pany's auditor. The preliminary hear
ing is set for next Monday. Piewe was
agent for the Pabst company for sew
oral wears
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
Failure I'm wasbtubs.

eamic company, manufacturers ofwash-
tubs and ceremaic ware, Saturday as
signed to Anthony II. Porter The
company was incorporated under the
laws of New Jersey in 1892. with
canital stock Of 5000 0OO
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
PRESBYTERIAN Minister Dead.

Monticello. N. Y. Jan. 1.-THE Rev.
DIR. John p. Scott. Presbyterian min
lister here, has died. DIR. Scott had held
many prominent pastorals. among 9TH
ers at Detroit, Mich. and Lebanon, o.
He was about 20 years old.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
Mysterious Death of Two Children.

Murray, KY, Jan. 11.-Quite sensa-
ton has been created here by the mys-
terious death of two children OF Milt
Booker. They went to bed well and
hearty and Saturday morning the two
were found dead in bed, and the third
dangerously i'll. Booker himself acts
as If he had been poisoned, also, but
this is doubted. His wife died recently
and since then he has been despondent
and has attempted to get other parties
to keep the children. The whole al
fair is mysterious. and the coroner's in
quest failed to throw any light on the
matter
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
Gives Prichard the Fight.

Raleigh, N. Clan. 1l.-Twenty Pitch
ard Populists walked out of the Popu-
list senatorial caucus Friday night.
which practically gives the fight to
Pitchard. 1t is thought that the But
Ter forces are now trying to make a
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
MOB At AN EXECUTION.
Breaks Down an Enclosure and
Sees the Hanging.
LAUGHLIN ExPIATEs HIS CRIME.

he Murdered His Invalid Wife ana niece
and Was Convicted by Bloodhounds-Af-
ter Beng Jailed He Confessed-Terrible
Triple Tragedy at Janesviiie, Wis.,-Ex-
County Clerk Attempts To Kill Himself
Suicide of a Bauk Bookkeeper.
Brooksville, KY, Jan. 11.-Robert
Laughlin was hanged at 9:37 o'clock
Saturday morning. The execution was
intended to be private, but an immense
crowd was on hand, and just before
the hanging broke down the enclosure
and thus witnessed the fearful specta-
Gle of a man being legally strangled to
death. The authorities were powerless
to stop the onrush of the crowd and
had to let the people have their own
way. Lauglin made no confession. The
crime for which Laughlin was hanged
was the murder of his invalid wife and
14-year-old niece on the night of Feb.
IA, 1885, After the murder Laughlin set
fire to the house, which was consumed,
the bodies of the victims burning with
it. He then thought to mutilate him.
self and blame the crime on tramps.
He hesitated about mutilating himself,
and started to Augusta, about three
miles distant, to tell his story to w. O..
Holmes, high officer of the odd Eel
lows lodge.
Bloodhounds Followed His Tracks.
He changed his mind. however, aft
er nearly reaching Augusta, retraced
his steps, and, standing near the burn
ing house, cut his neck and side with a
pocketknfe, burned his clothing, and
then went to the home of his sister.
Mrs. McCracken, told his lie, returned
to his home and by the embers repeat
ed his story to the crowd of indignant
people gathered there. Bloodhounds
were put on the track of the supposed
rramps. They followed Laughlin's foot
steps to near Augusta and then fol-
lowed them back to the burning house.
| The faithful animals traced his trail to
the home of his sister and followed 1t
back to the scene of his crime. The tes-
timony of these dumb witnesses was toe
much. Suspicion was fixed on Laughlin
and he was jailed at Brooksville. and
there Sunday night he confessed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
Oregon short Line Sold.

Salt Lake, Utah Jan. 1.-THE sale
of the Oregon Short line and the Utah
Northern railway under the cbnsolidat-
ed mortgage of Aug. /. 1889, was made
Saturday under direction of John Il.
Clelan, court commissioner appointed
to direct the sale. Zera Snow was pres
ent representing the American Loan
and Trust company of New York Sam
uel Starr, Walter G.. Oakman and Henry
G. Nichols, representing the reorgani-
zation committee, purchased the prop
erty for s5,447, 500. The Utah Southern
road was bid in by the same parties
for $763,000. They also purchased the
Utah Southern extension for 1000.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
cueANs SEIZE A CONVOY.
weylers Statement That Quiet Reigns I'm
PiIlar del Rio Contradicted.


Key West, Fla, Jan. 11.-Reports from
Pinar del Rio contradict General Wey-
lers statement that all is calm and
peaceful there. Monday a large de-
tachment of insurgents attacked con-
voy of supplies twenty-five miles south
of Artemisa, defeating the Spaniards
and capturing a large supply of camp
equippage and ammunition. Near the
city of Pinar del Rio on Tuesday 400
Cubans, hidden in a dense thicket fired
on 500 Spanish cavalry passing, throw
ing them into confusion. The Spanish
rallied and charged. only to plunge into
deep trenches prepared for them. The
Cubans had withdrawn after the first
fire, but as the Spanish horsemen tum-
bled into the bitches the insurgents
fired rapidly into the mass, causing
great slaughter.
Attracted by the firing, another Span
ish squadron dashed up and was met
with whitening fire from the concealed
Cubans. The Spanish finally retreated.
after losing perhaps seventy-five men.
The Cubans lost only five. The Spanish
officials however, claimed a great VIC
tory in their official report. The anti
Weyler feeling among the Spaniards In
Havana is growing and but for rigid
orders and the spy system an open re-
volt against him would be begun, even
by the officers of the palace. News from
Gomez has disputed the palace officials.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
FURRY IN THE HOUSE.
Representatives in Sharp ParIia-
mentary Struggle.
HENDERsON's MOTION STARTS 1T.

He wanted tn Reconsider "A Resolution
Directing the sergeant-at-Arms to Arrest
Absent Members-Thomas of Michigan
Defends tho Resolution-Two Hundred
and Thirty-Eight Members Absent from
Night Session of the House.