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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09
The Best Mahogany.

The best mahogany comes from Liv-
erpool. The Liverpool timber merchants
have long controlled the mahogany
trade, and they get most of the best logs
from the West Indies ard latterly even
from Mexico Much mahogany is
brought to New York directly froln the
mahogany ports. especially these of
Mexico, but fol especially choice logs
New York importers still lock 70 Liver
pool Indeed lInc .ish timber ner, hants
own a good dea! Of the /. =. Isay row
lying 1T the Lewis SITS; l&.fcction
yards Some CT il has LAM tarre nearly
ten years. sntJeot TO damage e The elc'
ments while the British owners wait
for better Ir,ces New lSTs sun
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09
A CLEVER FORGER.
But He Overshot the Mark and Was
Trapped by the Bank.

But He OvershOt the Mark and Was
Trapped by the Bank.
Not long ago there stood before the
paying teller's window of one Of New
York's big banks an unctuous little
man smiling blandly over 500 check.
Signature, Endorsement and every detail
were correct. To make assurance doubly
sure, the little man explained with
some insistence, "You see, have had
my Endorsement certified.
The check was paid without hesita-
ton, but the teller said to himself,
why is that idiot standing there with
such broad grin, trying to fix his face
on my memory?" And duly he took
note.
A few days later the man appeared
at the window again, his countenance
distended in the same smile, with an
other check from the same firm. The
Endorsement was certified in exactly the
same way, and this time the amount
was 5000. There was absolutely moth
ing wrong with the check on its face,
and it came from well known custom
or of the bank. ''In spite of ALL" said
the paying teller, something told me
that fellow was crook. So l said
should have to look up the account be-
fore it could be paid, and while he
waited slipped around to the firm g
office, which was only short distance
away.
1.-THE check was examined and pro-
nounoed perfectly good, and Twas about
to walk away when the head of the
firm said: why, hold up We've issued
no checks this morning. And then /
went back and bagged my crook. He
had first sold the firm bond and got
his original 500 check in payment.
This he had used to initiate the finn g
signature OH the second and likewise
to impress me with the fact that he was
all right, so that when he came around
a second time would not bother him.
&c. ID. Lanier in Scribner's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09
JOSEPH RICHARDSON DEAD.
Eccentric Millionaire Passes Away at Ne
York

York.
New York, June 9.-Joseph Richard
son, an eccentric millionaire, died here
Tuesday. He made his fortune in rail-
road building and was closely ASSOCIATE
ed with the Vanderbilts and Goulds.
He constructed large sections of the
Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific, Iron
Mountain and Mexican Central rail-
roads. He came as a poor boy from
England. Mr.. Richardson's fortune has
been estimated at s20. ZOO, coo. He dressed
more like tramp than a wealthy man,
and lived and died in a house which
was only five feet wide. This place has
been called the spite house" 1t was
built because the surrounding property
owners refused TO meet Mr.. Richard
sons terms for the narrow lot. He
afterwards refused fabulous sums for
the little piece of ground on which his
house stood amid the tall houses on the
best part of Lexington avenue. His
greatest aversion was to see his name
i'm print.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09
BEARS THAT MIGRATED.
Instances OF Their Gathering and March
ting Away Together.

Manly Hardy writes to The Forest
and Stream about bears that migrated:
1.-The first notice of these migrations
is to be found in book by John Josse-
Ign, entitled New England Rareties
Discovered, published in 1878. In this
book he says that great companies OF
bears sometimes Travelled across what is
probably the Piscataqua river.
About 20 years ago. early in Septem-
Der, my father one night witnessed
bear migration. The night was a dark
one. The bears came to the east bank
of the Penobscot river in the town of
Orrington, about seven miles below Ban.
gor. The bears could be heard calling
and answering each other till low water,
when they took to the water, swan
across and landed Oh the Hampden side.
In the morning it was found that
large number had crossed My father
saw their tracks across a single plank
in shipyard.
Again, about 80 years ago, friend
of mine, Henry Clapp, who is quoted in
Casinos STANDARD Natural History as
an authority on bears, told me that dur
ing the fall he had gone on trapping
trip, but had found few bears, till one
morning in November after snowfall
he found the tracks of nine different
bears, all headed up one little valley.
For several days after that more bear
tracks were found, all headed in the
same direction-from east to west. They
denned up when it came time to do So
and in the spring headed east again.
50 1t is believed among sporrsmen that
bears go back into the woods to den up
and come to the vicinity Of the clear
ings every spring, but extensive migra-
tions by bears are as little heard Of as
those of wild turkeys and prairie chick
ems. What naturalists do not understand
is how the animals, which usually scat
ter over miles of territory, know how,
when or where to get together for their
trips"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09
A Berlin Custom.

In Berlin there are iron posts or
stanchions fixed on the curb at conven-
lent distances. marked "halting place,
for omnibus or tramcar. At these places
the passengers wait, and the drivers are
not allowed to pull up at any other
spot. When an omnibus approaches one
Of these posts, the conductor calls out,
Hating placeP' and If a passenger
wants to get out or il any passengers
are waiting to get in the driver pulls
up; IL not, he passes on.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09
Lorne Issues n Warning.

London, June 9.-The Marquis Of
horne' son-in-iaw Of Queen Victoria
and former governor genral of Canada,
'ne author of an enlogistic review Of
We progress and present position Of Can
Sla' published in The Daily Graphic
tuesday Dealing with the vast mining
%sourees Of the Dominion, he says:
Inc half-veiled proposal to repudiate
Seous owing to the British investors,
n nearu from the platforms Of some Of
bryan supporters in the electoral con-
VOL should make us cherish more than
Uer the field of investment in our own
Colonies"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09
MiIIers I'm Convention.

Kansas City, June 9.-The Southwest
ern Winter Wheat association, embrace
ing all millers in the entire southwest,
began a two days session Tuesday
morning at the Coates House, Perry III.
Brown of Parsons. Kan, presiding.
Routine work and the reading of papers
consumed the early work of the meet
ing. One hundred millers and mill men
are expected
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09
KniRhts Of Sc. Lazarus.

At very early period in the history
Of the Christian church special order
of knighthood was. instituted, having
for its object the care and supervision
of all those afflicted with leprosy of ev-
cry nationality, and, as its headquarters
had originally been located in the vicin-
ity Of Jerusalem, the order was gener-
ally designated knights of St. Lazarus,
or Of ST. Lazarus and St. Mary Of Jeru-
salem.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09
The Three Friends Wins.

~ Jacksonville, Fla. June 9.-In the
Snl'ed states court Judge Locke Mon
osy handed down decision in the case
u,. ue steamer Three Friends, charged
"'n violating the neutrality laws by
Carrying calIylng filibustering expedition to
LA LA ulsmissing the libel for forfeiture.
oo se Locke said the evidence in the
ss sse lailed to disclose any testimony
.ng the vessel was fitted out and
s,n within the limits of the United
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09
Killed by an Explosion.

Peoria Ills. June 9.-Ono Eilts and
William PEPPER lighted the fuse of
blast in Shole's mine under the insane
asylum site. 1t did not explode and
they returned to the chamber just in
time to receive the full force of the be-
lated discharge. Eilts was buried under
tons Of coal and slate and instantly
killed. PEPPER had both legs broken be-
low the knee.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09
was Hanged Many Years Aro.

c lancaster. Wis, June 9.-Parties dig
,r e trenches for water mains came
lnu d uecayed coffin and the decaying
,ha VI us occupant. 1t proved to be
bon remains Of Edward oliver, who was
tor IS mere In the latter part Of 1888
' Sr the murder Of John Russell at Cass-
in ~. Inc burial spot at that time was
ion ne woods and was long since forgot
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09
WRECK ON THE OMAHA
..,o,s Collision of Trains
V'''' Near Hudson, Wis.
,,v PEOPLE CRUSHED TO DEATH.

of Three of the Victims
The A., the Wreck = Work Train
n'.hss into a Freight While Running
:. rol, speed-confusion OF orders was
-. of the Observation-Disclosures
.'', the scene of the Wreck.
,,,ason. Wis, June 9.--ln collision
omaha road two miles east or
W a., Of 80 Monday afternoon, at
u six men were killed and several
'' us seriously injured. The bodies OF
80 49, Of the killed were burned In the
wv" The names of the persons killed
Hurd. foreman of pile driver;
rs,,0on Reby, fireman; Thomas Riley
d. Swain. Joseph Lightheiser, and
~ u Thayer. All belonged TO the
- ',ro crew who had been TO Hudson
y, dinner and were returning to work.
nav are residents Of Eau Claire and
INA The wayfreight was running
. Tho rate of eighteen miles an hour
-,or unon turning a short curve on a
Sown grade, it came upon a work tram
Sscking east and toward 1t at speed
a. thirty-five miles an hour.
Collision Was Terrific.
Tho collision was something terrific.
o. tho rear of the work train struck
~ w. engine No. Al was the boarding car
:" ,bich were four men belonging TO the
,rork crew. Their names are Thomas
pilev f. S. Hurd, Milton Swain and
Iosenh Lightheiser, all OF Eau Claire,
Wis They were never aware of their
danger and were undoubtedly instantly
sued The car Immediately took fire
and their bodies were burned in the
,rreck before they could be rescued
Herman Reby, fireman of the pile driv-
ar on the train, was also killed. but his
hody was rescued. although the ma
chine and car were burned. The work
train was putting in a culvert near
North Wisconsin Junction. When the
MON hour came Conductor James Owen
ard Engineer L. Brogan received train
,rders TO come to Hudson for dinner
over the west track and return to work
over the same track. BY some blunder
the return trip was made over the east
track.
Met on Down Grade.
The train was backing up at full speed
with a crew Of ten or twelve mechanics
in large boarding car ahead of the To-
eomotive. When two miles out of the
city they met freight train No. Al COM
Ing rapidly down the heavy grade. They
came together with great force, the
boarding car with its human freight be-
Ing crushed like an egg by the massive
engine. Wallace was conductor of the
west-bound freight and Ives engineer.
Their engine is a complete wreck and
much of the work train is burned up.
Dr. Johns, surgeon Of the Omaha road,
and all the physicians he could muster,
were hurried TO the scene and rendered
such medical aid as was possible. Hun
dreds of people from the city visited the
scene Of horror.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09
MUSICAL FESTIVAL AT ALBION.
Henry Mckinley, the Tenor, Captures tho
Rig Audience.

Rig Audience.
Albion, Mich, June 9.-The musical
festival began Monday before large
and enthusiastic audience. A bulletin
bad been issued by the management re-
Questing that all women remove their
hats and that there be no hardness,
Whispering, or rustling of fans or pro-
grammes. AS result everything went
Of without a hitch. The church was
decorated with the festival colors, GRIM
son and yellow, and with ferns and
palms.
Mr. Mckinley. the tenor, was enthus-
asticaly encored. His rendition of
GIueks Our Hearts In Childhood's Hour
lntertwining" and Beethoven's AIDE
aide called forth hearty applause. Nor
Ola Mr.. Mckinley receive the only hon
Ors' His wife, who played his accom-
panlment, was on the programme for a
PIANO solo. She played Rubensteins
Etude' in c major and was heartily
eEcOred
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09

Aren't you getting gray about the
temples?" he yawned after sitting there
till after midnight.
81 presume so, she smiled YEARLY,
Though there was not silver thread
in my hair when you called. detroit
Free Press
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09
Smart p',ptl

Teacher Can you tel re IL what
year Cesar invaded Britain.
Pupil-Yesm
Teacher-W lat year was 1t?
Pupil-You cant expect me to an
swer two questions in succession. That
question belongs to the next in the
class. Boston Transcript.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09

The following are said by Swiss
hunter to have been found near the nest
of an eagle he recently discovered in the
Alps: A hare, az chamois' feet, pi-
geons' feet, 30 pheasants' feet, IL heads
Of fowls, 10 heads Of grouse and the re-
mains of number of rabbits, marmots
and squirrels
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09

1t il often said that Newcastle Is the
most drunken town for its size in Eng
land, but it does not follow that it 10
%. At any rate. the amount OF crime
does not support the Oft repeated asser-
tion-the libel az many think, on the
fair fame Of the oity.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09
Tetuan VIII Not Resirn.

or~a aafid' June s.-The Epoca, an official
bIli,n n' says 1t does not deny the posi-
honwso OF changes in the cabinet, adding,
pv.'er that II Is impossible for the
e,sn Vi Tetuan, the minister for for
ros,,,s anairs, to resign, In view Of the
s,a'I 0n OF the negotiations between
''ih and the United Statea
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09
irominent Chicago Lawyer Dead.

wsa aeo' June s.-Russell II. Curtic, a
L,he cs ,tn and prominent member of
era sheago bar and one of the compil-
s,.,' 'ne Starr & Curtis Annotated
stres, es died at his residence, 276 Oak
mor., al half-past 8 o'clock Tuesday
illness OF paralysis. after q lingering
'"ess OF several months.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago, June 8.
Following were the quotation on the
Board of Trade: Wheat-June, opened
and closed nominal; July, opened 61asc.
closed 6shc; September opened eS%e'
closed 643sc; December, opened 66&c,
closed $3.50. Corn-June, opened and
closed nominal; July, 241Ac, closed 249sc;
September, opened 25Ac, closed 25%c.
Oats-June. opened and closed nominal;
July. opened 1870, closed 1SBc; Septem-
Der, opened opened and closed lSBc.
Pork-July, opened 500, closed 5000
September, opened S75, closed S.l2Hs.
I,ard-July. opened 1856, closed $351h;
September, opened $3.62h, closed $3.50.
Produce: Butter - Extra creamery,
14ibc per 10; extra dairy, 12c; fresh
packing stock. 6 a. &c. Eggs - Fresh
stock, &c per dozen. Live Poultry
Turkeys, 7Qsc per 10; chickens, IQ11sc;
ducks. 7mSc Potatoes-Burbanks, ESQ
acc per bu. Honey-White clover, 11@
121hc per ID: imperfect, 7@9c. Apples
Common to fancy, $2.25QS.5O per Dbl.
Chicago Live stock.
Chicago, June 8.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day,
49, sales ranged at s2.20@3.55 pigs.
s3.4O@36 so for light, $3.20@3,30 for rough
packing, $3.40@3.55 for mixed, and $3.50
m3.55 for heavy packing and shipping
lots. Cattle-Estimated receipts for the
day, 1000; quotations. rdnSeu 1T @o'VoV
(. 40 for choice to extra shipping steers,
s4.55@5OO good to choice do, A.25@4.SO
fair to good $3.S5G4.30 common to me-
dunn do, $3.70@420 butchers steers,
s3.6O64O0 stockers, $4.10@4.6O feeders
10 00G415 cows, $260@4.60 heifers, $3.50
6425 bulls, oxen and stays, $3.ZOQf.oO
Texas steers, and $3.50@6.25 veal calves
Sheen and Lambs-Estimated receipts
for day. 1900: quotations ranged at
81. 6O@4.7b westerns, $3.00@4.20 Texans,
81. 5O65 500 natives and $3.25Q5.S0 lambs
East Bufsio Live stock.
East Buffalo, N. Y, June 8.
Dunnjng e. Stevens. Live Stock Com
mission Merchants, East Buffalo. N. T.,
quote as follows: Cattle-Receipts,
cars: market dull and easier, but about
ali sold; bulk good cattle. A.S5@5.oo
Uoes-Receipts, Z cars; market steady
at Yesterdays close; bulk sold. $S67h
Ms 70: pigs and light, 1918 Sheep and
I.ambs-Receipts IL cars; market steady
for handy grades; lambs, culls TO best
S3.25Q475 sheep do, $2.25Q41b; exports,
higher: lambs, $4.75@490.
Milwaukee Grain.
Milwaukee, June 8.
wheat-Firmer: No. spring, Tic; NO.
1 northern, 75hc; July. 6Sxc. Corn
Higher: No. 8, 24c Oats-Higher; NO.
white, 21h@22hc. Barley-Steady;
No. 2, 31h@32c; samples, 26Q32c. Rye
-fIiger; No. /, S4ltc.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09

Only . per cent Of the Siberian run
always escape with their Mvea
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-09

wheat-Firmer; No. 2 spring. Tic; No.
1 northern, 75hc; July. e8xc. Corn
Higher; No 3, 24c. Oats-Higher; No.
2 white. 21H@22Nc. Barley-Steady;
No. 2, sih@s2c; samples, 26@s2c. Rye
-fIiger; No. /, S4lkc.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03
Twenty-Five Rioters Said to Have Been Shot
Down at Prague.
TEN THOUSAND
TROOPS OUT.
maRTIaL LAW
IS IN EFFECT.
But for the Soldiers the CITY Might Have Been
Sacked and Burned-No Progress Made by the
New Premier Toward Compromise

VIENNA. Dec. 2.-It is evident that
the standrecht was not proclaimed a
moment too soon at Prague Well
dressed men, it is said, rode on bicycles
through the city and the suburbs MAX,
ing lists of the German places, marked
for attack; and the work of the rioters
being done in accordance with these
lists, and in many places simultane-
ously, prevention was almost impos-
sible. Goldsmiths' and jewelers. show
cases were emptied in few minutes.
Women carried baskets to take home
the contents Of grocery and provision
stores, while furniture and other
articles too heavy to carry were want
only destroyed. If the troops had not
used their swords and bayonets freely,
Prague might have been burned from
end to end.
The parliamentary deadlock con-
tinues. Baron Gautsch, the new pre-
mier, has made no progress toward
compromise satisfactory to the rival
factions, and it begins to be feared
that the present reichsrath will never
reassemble. Certain it is that If the
reichsrath meets with DR.. Won Abra-
hamovics in the chair, the same dis
orderly scenes will occur as before.
Riots, more or less serious are re-
ported from Innspruk, Brunn, Linz
and Saaz. In some cases 1t is alleged
that the disturbances have been en-
couraged by the municipal authorities.
Generally the Bohemian Jews suffered
most.
A report is current tonight, though
as yet unconf1rmed, that a mob at
Prague attacked the soldiers and a
sanguinary encounter ensued. Ac-
cording to this rumor the troops fired
four volleys, killing twenty-five rioters
outright and wounding many.
The ambulance association at Prague
has issued a report showing that with
in the last twenty-four hours, four
persons have been killed, $50 danger
ously wounded and 500 more or less
seriously injured. Twenty shops have
been burned out. AS further indica-
ton of the gravity of the situation
troops to the number of 10000, equip
ped with ammunition and other para
phernalia as for a campaign, have
been engaged in suppressing the riots.
PRAGUE, Dec 2.-Martial law has
been proclaimed here, as well as in
the judicial districts of Karolenem-
thai, Zikow, Weinberg and Smichow, as
a result of recent riots. There were
further excesses today at Weinberg.
The police were obliged to use their
revolvers. A house in AlstanteIring
was wrecked and the pillagers were
dispersed by a mounted patrol. There
were other acts of pillage at ZeiskoN,
but the mobs everywhere quickly dis
persed The town is tranquil this
evening and is being patrolled by
troops. There have been serious col
lisions between the police and large
mobs tonight in the Smichow and
Zischow suburbs of the city. Two per
sons were wounded. The police made
ninety arrests.
Rioting was resumed here at 8
o'clock this morning, when the stores
and houses in two streets Of the old
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03
C0r(UISSIOIN n.; ,ts'y 4s.s 's sa,,y as'''"'' Of
TO TRY CRISPI. Situation

ian statesman since the days Of
Cavour, Is called upon to face, in his
extreme old age, not accusations Of
political crimes, but ordinary felonies.
He has already been subjected to the
humiliation of magisterial eXamina-
ton in connection with charges Of COM
plicity in the gigantic frauds that
wrecked the Bank Of Naples, the Bank
of Roma, the Bank of Sicily, and other
kindred institutions The Crispi cabf-
net was driven from office as the re-
suit of these scandals. In each case
the insolvency of the bank appeared
to have been brought about through
the blackmailing extortions to which it
was subjected by leading politicians
and government officials of the day.
Most of this dishonesty took place dur
ing the administration of Crispi
When the accusations, recently be-
fore the courts and now before the
special commission of the chamber of
deputies, were being reviewed, with
talk Of prosecution, Signor Crispi has
tened from Naples to Rome. demanded
an audience with the king, and de-
nlanded that his majesty put an end
to what Crispi characterized as the
Campaign of injustice" The EXPIRE
mier, according to the story, declared
that unless his prosecutors were called
off, he would defend himself to the
last, adding: I'm such a case, sir, two
man and you with your millions"
The Socialist press interpreted this
audacious language to be threat of
disclosure, that, in consequence of a
tip, King Humbert had saved the
whole amount Of his large deposits in
the Bank Of Naples, just before the
crash came.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-03
PRESIDENT SHITH
PREDICTS CONFISCATION.

roads rendered their excuses to the
commission and in each instance esti-
mated the time required for the full
equipment of their Individual lines. All
united, however, in the request Of Mr..
Cowen for a general five-year extern
sion. Lack of funds, reduced earnings,
want of shop facilities and the difficulty
of determining the safest and most eco
nc mic appliances were the main reas-
ons. advanced for delinquencies.
Ex-Congressman Payson, of Illinois,
representing the Southern Pacific road
in the course of his remarks, suggested
that the commission make the follow
ing rough draft of an order Of exten-
sion:
The period within which every common
carrier owning cars used in interstate traf-
fic shall comply with the provisions of the
act is hereby extended to Jan. 1, 1903; but,
provided that any such common carrier in
default as to equipment with couplers or
with train brakes as required in said act,
in whole or in part Jan. 1, 1898, shall, dur
ing each calendar year thereafter, make good
at least 20 per cent OF such default in equip
ment, or. In default of such partial perform
ance the provisions of said act shall be ap-
plicable to all cars Of such common carrier
not properly equipped under said act. All
new cars shall be properly equipped before
use.
At the afternoon session President