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Adam Schaaf Pianos.

Highly ornamented cases, double yen-
eered inside and out. Made in all the
fancy woods: rosewood, PLAIN mahogany,
fancy mahogany. figured mahogany.
oak, walnut, birch, Hungarian ash and
birds eye maple Hlgh-grade in every
particular Every instrument warranted
or five years. Prices 1895, S245. 1855,
$500 and 1915. A handsome stool and
scarf, worth s12, gwen away with each
instrument. Terms cash or time pay
ments.
!. ID. KINNEE. 5O7 Oak street.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06
SAND AS AN UNpeRsrupv.
It Caused the Wrath of TrAgeaian
Doomed to Hang.

Doomed To Hang.
Jack Moynihan, known chiefly 10 fame
from the fact that he managed play
called 1.-THE Scarecrow," which was
written by Chicago newspaper man.
and which ran one consecutive night in
st. Louis, tells of the only actor he ever
knew as being legally executed.
On the day before tho execution the
condemned man called the sheriff tn his
cell.
Are we going TO have good houseg"
he inquired of the official.
Fairly good. i guess, was the reas-
Surfing answer.
Have you papered the town pretty
wellg"
1.-Two hundred tickets to the sad event
have been issued.
Worked up any fake about confession
and previous crimes TO rouse interest
and give free advertising?"
~ think the newspaper men have
been pretty vigilant.
"Do you think you care to rehearse
the thing so as to get your lines?"
II don't believe it will be necessary.
Everything has been designed pretty
we'll We tested the gallows and rope
with 400 pound sack of sand just an
hour ago..
"Sand? Sand? The thunder yon say
Do you mean TO tell me. man who has
gone on with Forrest and Kean. that yoc
are using an internal dumpy sack q
sand for my understudy, and that yc1
depend ON your rehearsal with il 20 see
you through: Here you've gone and soG .
packed house Just on the strength q .
my star part, and YET yO1 insult ths 4
dignity Of the profession ~ running On I
a sack Of sand 20 reheSrse the Leads with /
Well, I'll warn yOu q one thing-if 1
your rehearsal fails Of effect, and you /
find you've forgotten your lines. you
needn't expect me 20 invent a lot Of |
business ar the trying time and 10 make
a gag talk Just TO III in stage wait.
| m a game sport, but my dignity has
been stepped on by you and your sack of
saDd "-Chicago Record
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06
Americans Via London.

The Engli b sometimes grow sarcastic
vt our expt use. The London News
touches for the following: "Scene,
Rome. Time, a few days ago. Young
english lady wandering near the Coli
cum To her approaches a group of
american young ladies. One of them
avs TO her: Would you kindly tell me
shether that is the arch of Titus? NY
'aedecker is years old. 4" The News
Dkindly remarks that the American la
les "were probably from Chicago"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06
Ho For a Warmer Cline.

Pc SONS DESTROYS OF settling in a warm
er cline can, at very small cost. have
some homestead lands in Wing county,
Louisiana. pointed out to them provided
a party OF ten or more can be got to-
getber to go and inspect them; the home
steads will average million feet of Vel
low pine and are within logging dis
lance OF saw mills. For further partic-
uIars apply by letter to Mr.. j. A. Cam
eroD, Houghton.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06
LaurIum Property For sale.

One double tenement house on south
end OF Osceola street; easy terms.
One house and lot on..Tamarack street,
between Third and Fourth streets; bar
gain; easy payments.
One lot on Tamarack street, south OF
Lake Linden avenue. This is bargain,
either to buy for an Investment or to
build on.
For information and terms apply to
JOSEPH r. MURPHY,
Laurium, Mich.
Real estate bought or sold.
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rs icy. Camp. Arfon and Decker BrOs.
Pianos
James Granville, agent for the above
celebrated pianos, has Just received .
new and large consignment. which he in
vites the public to call and inspect. For
richness of tone and workmanship these
pianos cannot be excelled. Six months
lessons given free to every purchaser OF a
instrument, by one OF the best music
teachers in the city. Also agent for the
famous White sewing machine. sold on
easy payments. Store on North Fifth
street.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06

Have you tried Moebs Pro Patria
cigars? Worth 10 cents sold for 5 cente.
Stamped Pro Patria. A cold, sweet salts
flying smoke. George Moebs & Co., man.
ufacturers. Detroit.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06

The best salve In the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers. salt rheum, fever
sores. letter, chapped hands. chilbIains,
eorns. and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. II
he guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price. 20 cents per
box For sale by ID. n. Macdonald.
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A Coming Prophet.

Mrs. Wabash-I shall not be 10 the
least astonished if Johnny develops clair
voyant powers.
Mrs. jackson Parke-Indeed?
Yes. He is the son of seventh hus.
band, you know. Indianapolis Jour
nal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06

In the neighborhood of Shanghai there
49, - .,eio AnO".- - -La laughing
plant, the flowers and seeds of Which,,
when eaten, are said to cause the same
effect as that produced by the laughing
gas sometimes used by dentists.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06

For SALE "A trst-class Jersey COW
calsed three weeks ago Apply TO Ed
mond Bruneau, at the farm, Phoenix.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06

FoR SALE--At a bargain, a good organ
and bicycle; also a lot OF books; can be
seen any time by calling at 457 Pine
street. Red Jacket.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-06

Mexico's largest gold nugget wa-
,und at Pianchas Placers, Sonore, in the
2ring Of 1922. It weighed 14x pounds.
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RRepubIican Conventions.
PEPUaLICAN COUNTY CONVEX

A republican county convention will be held
at Germania Hall, Hancock, Tuesday, Febru-
ary Is, 1897, at , o'clock p. m, for the purpose
OF selecting seventeen 90 delegates 10 the re-
publican State convention, to be held at De-
Ttroit, Tuesday. February q, 1897. beginning at
Al O'Clock a. m, for the purpose of nominating
candidates for justice OF the supreme court
and two regents of the university, ami the
transaction OF such other business may
properly come before the convention, and also
20 nominate a county commissioner OF schools.
The several townships in Houghton county
are entitled TO the following number OF dele
gates in the comfy convention.
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rMus SPACE Is ,sksKRvED ny THs
Calumet and Heela
Mining Company.
ITS RMPLOYExs

Who wish TO sell their houses. or buy housess
VINO wish 20 rent rooms and those who have
rooms TO rent are invited 20 advertise here
without any expsnse
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Room .. strobeI BId.. Mouxhton. Mich.
The herald., 1897-09-06
MEXICAN MINES
Expected to Prove Richer Than the
KlondiKe


KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 5.-A
special to the Journal from Sedalia, Mo-,
says: ]. w. Corkins, Sedalia capital
ist, and Leo Cloud, an expert mining en-
gineer of Cincinnati, representatives of
St. Louis and Cincinnati syndicate.
will leave tomorrow for the west coast
of Mexico to practically verify the value
of gold placer and quartz mines which
have recently been secured by the syn
dicate.
Messrs. Corkins and Cloud will go d.
rect to Hermosilla, and from there to the
gold fields in the new FL Dorado, located
in the Yaqui Indian country. which has
Just been opened to entry to white men.
This part of Mexico has been explored
but little by the whites. but IL the re-
ports of the syndicate's prospectors are
true the mountain ranges along the west
coast Of Mexico are richer even than
those Of the Klondike. The placer
mines are said to be marvelously rich in
scale and nugget gold, while the quartz
rock in the upper lodges contain veins of
free milling ore which assay from $50
to 5000 per ton. The syndicate succeeded
in keeping the discovery a secret while
securing it's mining patents and conces-
sions, and If the reports received here
are substantially correct the syndicate
will be able to turn the tide of fortune
hunters from the gold fields of Alaska
to the Ell Dorado of Mexico.
The herald., 1897-09-06
BEATS MINING
Tramp Wilson Lifted From Poverty
to Affluence

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. "a special
from Stockton says: Jacob Wilson, aged
So years, recently an employe in fruit
shed on the ranch of w. B. Nichols, in
Tulare county, has just received notice
of a decision in his favor in the United
States supreme court in suit brought
by him in the courts of New York in 1886
for his right and title to portion Of
vast estate said to have been left by his
father Wilson represents that his
father, Jacob Wilson, ST., was banker
and broker of Wall street, and that he
was worth in the neighborhood Of $15,-
900, 900.
Wilson appeared in Tulare county in
March of this year as common tramp,
with diminutive bundle of blankets on
his shoulder He asked for work to pay
for his supper and breafast.
Employment was secured for him and
he worked steadily until notified of the
termination of his suit. He claims TO
have been educated at Princeton and at
the Columbia law school. Pending the
ending of the suit, he has been pennifess
and a wanderer. He is now here arrang-
ing with his local attorneys to receive
his inheritance.
The herald., 1897-09-06
was instructed to urge his local lodge to
do the came
OPPOSED TO DEBS

OPPOSED TO DEBS
CHICAGO, Sept. 5.-The teachings and
principles of Eugene v. Debs are to be
opposed by national political organiza
tion of the same class Of men whom he
claims to represent.
The preliminary arrangements for the
Illinois branch of the American Railway
league, the new organization, were made
today at a meeting held in one Of the
lodge rooms of the Masonic temple. The
league has an open membership list. Ev-
cry employe Of a railway, from presi-
dent down to trackman, Is eligible and
those foremost in the movement say that
the organization Is to be a non-partisan
affair which will not only heap benefits
upon the working railroad men, but will
also work for the benefit of the railr road
corporations; and, more than ALL as it
was put at the meeting, correct the rap
idly growing impression that the ordi-
nary railroad man is against the govern
ment and his employers on every Ques-
tion."
Grand President r. s. Taylor Of Ohio
presided at the meeting and there was at
least 20 employees of railroads entering
Chicago in attendance.
GARMENT MAKERS STRIKE
NEW YORK, Sept 5.-Over 1900 union
cloakmakers returned to work today and
800 struck. The vestmakers expect to be
at work by Thursday atincreased wages.
The herald., 1897-09-06
THE STATE FAIR
The State Capital Filling Up With
Visitors

SACRAMENTO. Sept. 5.-The city is
rapidly filling up with visitors to the
state fair, which opens tomorrow. The
prospect for a successful fair is very
promising The pavilion exhibit Is not
yet in readiness, but will be nearly so
by tomorrow night, when it will be
thrown open to the public The display
will be an attractive and instructive one.
There will be complete exhibitions of
creamery work in the making of cheese
and butter. tests of sugar beets grown in
various parts Of the state, demonstra-
tions of olive oil making etc. The horti-
cultural and floral exhibit will also be
fine, and the art gallery contains large
number of the best paintings by Califor-
mia artists. There are upwards Of 300
head of exhibition stock at the park, in
cluding many fine herds.
Racing will commence tomorrow after
noon with three trotting and pacing
events. the Occident trotting stake, the
2:17 pacing class and the 2:40 trot. Har-
ness and running races will alternate
thereafter.
The herald., 1897-09-06
A SCHOONER SUNK
Capsized by Cargo Of Cannon-The
Crew Saved

SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept. 5.-The three
masted schooner Agnes I. Grace, of
Bangor, Me-, capsized and sank this
morning twenty-one miles east of Tybee.
Her crew came ashore in a boat and
landed at Warsaw island this afternoon.
The schooner sailed from New York on
August 2Sth with cargo of salt for
Savannah and four sixteen-ton guns for
the Tybee fortifications All down the
coast she was driven by fierce north
easter, and on Saturday night she came
off Tybee, laboring heavily in the gale.
An effort was made to bring her to and
save her being driven further to the
southwark, but when she brought to
the wind began to toss the vessel, and
the big guns which formed part Of her
deck load, drifted loose from their lash
ings and took possession of the deck.
Her crew was driven into the rigging and
the iron monsters plunged about as the
vessel heaved in the sea, making every
effort to recapture them almost certain
death. About o'clock in the morning
an unusually heavy swell tossed all four
guns into the port scuppers, and the
vessel. heeled under the immense
weight tried to right, but staggered as
the green water broke fiercely in over the
bulwarks. She capsized and sank
Captain Farrar and his crew, consisting
Of seven men, succeeded in manning the
vessels boat after much difficulty and
rowed away from her just as she went
down. They arrived at Warsaw island.
twenty miles south Of Tybee inlet at 4
o'clock this afternoon. The proprie tor
of the Warsaw Inn took the shipwrecked d
men in and did everything necessary to
make them comfortable. They will
come to the city today either in their
boat or on the sloop Hartford, which is
at Warsaw on her way to Savannah.
The schooner Agnes T. Grace was built
at Waldorboro Me-. in 1873, and hailed
from Bangor, Me. She was 1876 feet in
length, 31.5 feet in breadth and II. 8 feet
in depth Her gross tonnage was 374. SO
and net tonnage 357.86 tons.
The herald., 1897-09-06
SUGAR REGULATIONS
REPORTED ON BY TREASURY
OFFICIALS
New Methods of Testing to Be Adopt
ed in Accordance With Modern
Improvements

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5-The treas
tions governing the sampling and classi-
fication of imported sugars and molasses
under the new tariff law, and they will
be formally promulgated tomorrow. One
of the principal and most important
changes made in the old regulations,
which were made in 1888, is provision
requiring that the "resample" Of sugars
shall be taken at the time the original
sample is taken. This provision has
been expedient to prevent any suspicion
of irregularity Many new provisions
were also included in the regulations
with the object Of securing uniformity
at the different Laboratories where sug-
ars are tested. AS soon as the change
can be made, only half-shadow polari-
scope will be employed in making tests,
instead Of the color. The instruments
now in use and all other instruments and
apparatus will be standardized by the
officials OF the coast and geodetic survey
In order to obtain uniform results. The
tests for the classification of sugars
have been changed so that the average
tests agreeing within two-tenths Of per
cent shall govern the classification. I'm
der the act of 1883 the determining test
was the lowest of two tests agreeing
within three-tenths Of a degree. This
change was made because the present
law provides for sliding scale of duties
on fractions of degree and because il
was believed that this method, which
follows the commercial practices, would
be fairer to all concerned. Warrant for
this change was obtained from an opin-
ion rendered by the solicitor of the treas
ury. All that portion of the regulations
applying to polarization by chemists is
new, and it is believed by the depart
ment that it will give the government
the benefit of scientific methods, which
have greatly improved since the act of
1883. The regulations were prepared by
a committee Of experts which included
the chemists of the agricultural depart
ment, officers Of the internal revenue
bureau and experts Of the coast and geo
detic survey.
The herald., 1897-09-06
President Brewster Dead

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-Benjamin
Brewster, president Of the Keokuk and
Des Moines railroad. died yesterday at
his summer home in Casenovia, N. Y,
aged So wars. In 1S49 he went to Cali
fornia, where he remained in business
for twenty-five years. He was closely
associated with John D. Rockefeller in
the establishment of the Standard Oil
company, and was prominently identi-
fed with the construction Of the Rock
island system Of railroads.
The herald., 1897-09-06
Gives Proof Of Sincere
Loyalty
THE MAD AND MEAN MULLAHS
SNEAK HIS SUBJECTS INTO THE
FIELD
Maharajah Sir Bir Shamser Jane
Rama Bashadur Also Gives As
sistance to the English
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
LONDON, Sept. 5.-The Times this
morning publishes dispatch from Sim
la saying that further evidence has been
obtained of the desire of the ameer Of
Afghanistan to prevent his subjects
from going in the frontier disturbances.
The British agent at Cabul submitted
at the Ameer's request a written state
ment showing the points upon which the
government laid special stress. The
ameer replied to this statement in his
own handwriting, emphasizing his pre-
vious statements that his subjects do
not dare to openly take part in the fight
ing, but they have been drawn away Sc
cretly by the mullahs. whose conduct
he strongly condemned.
Not the least doubt is entertained, the
dispatch says, Of the ameer's desire to
fulfill his obligations loyalty. He has
issued orders that his troops be with
drawn from the detached outposts, so
that they may be kept together under
the control of officers who are able to
prevent them from deserting and join
ing in the fighting.
An important step has been taken by
Maharajah Sir Bir shamsher Jang Rama
Bahadur, prime minister of Nepaul, who
had forbidden the circulation in the
kingdom of native newspapers which he
considers seditious and hostile to the
British government.
TIMID TRIBESMEN
PESHAWUR. Sept. 5.-No fighting of
Importance has yet occurred between the
government forces and the tribesmen
who have taken part in the uprising.
The enemy are concentrating at vari-
GUS points and it is estimated that 1000
of them are now on the Amana range,
but they appear 10th to attack the gov
ernment troops.
1t is reported that the followers CT
Haddah Mullah in the Shabkdar district
are deserting him and the Afridis are re-
turning to Khyber pass.
The British troops are massing along
the disturbed line and several columns
have been sent out in different direc-
tions. A slight skirmish has occurred
near Hangu, from which point small
column was dispatched and secured the
districts Of Algimir, Nawimela and
Turf. They found the enemy's posts de-
serted. There was some firing, but the
enemy refused to be engaged at close
quarters. The Subadar commanding the
Mullagori Lovies and forty of his COM
pany which formed part Of the garri-
son at Fort Lundi-Kotal. arrived at
Jamrund on Friday and were given an
enthusiastic reception, the entire garri-
son turning out and cheering as they
entered the town. The Mullagoris cut
their way through the enemy after the
capture OF Fort Lundi-Kotal and
marched to their own country, where
they buried their dead and reassured
their friends. They then went to JAM
rund, which they reached in safety with
their arms.
The herald., 1897-09-06
MICHIGAN MINES
Reports of Great Richness Are Fully
Confirmed


SAULT STE MARIE, Mich, Sept. g.
The party of gold seekers on the yacht
Mary Bell returned from Michipocitan
last evening after having been in the
new gold fields three days. They say
the newly discovered Ell Dorado Is fully
as rich as has been reported. There were
fourteen in the party, all responsible
business men of this city. Each of them
secured claims upon the gold quartz
promising big returns In all the party
will make application for 1000 acres which
were prospected and staked out while
they were there. Many specimens of
quartz in which free gold as large as a
pin head can be seen were brought back
with them. The specimens We're secured
from different places on their claims
which are scattered about. When the
party arrived Tuesday night there were
but six prospectors at Lake Wawa and
they secured good locations. They are
jubilant over their finds and say that
the auriferous deposit is evidently an
immense one.
Veins of beautiful white quartz car
rying free gold exist in the river and Lake
Wawa region The original find is an
extremely rich one beyond doubt.
The returning prospectors say that
where the veins are laid bare the gold
particles can be seen everywhere in the
quartz. When the party left Saturday
at least 200 prospectors had arrived and
they passed several parties going in. The
shores of Lake Wawa were dotted with
tents and within the three days they
were there lively mining camp had
sprung up. The distance from the south
of Michipocitan river to Lake Wawa is
not to exceed seven miles and the party
experienced no difficulty in getting in
and out. With their camp equipage the
trip was made in about three hours. The
road is we'll defined. The reports of the
Mary Bell party has set the two Soos
wild with excitement and an exodus to
Klondike jr. will begin tomorrow.
The herald., 1897-09-06
A Handsome Fountain

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. "a hand
some fountain of granite and bronze,
dedicated to the Native Sons of the Gold
en- West, which has just been erected at
the junction of Market, Mason and Turk
streets, was today unveiled and trans
ferred to the city by the donor, Mayor
Phelan. 1t is the work Of Douglass Til
den, the deaf and dumb sculptor, and
far surpasses in artistic beauty any
thing of the kind in this city or state
The cost was $4,000.
The herald., 1897-09-06
Reunion at Gettysburg

GETTYSBURG, Pa, Sept. 5.-The
veterans and friends of the Seventy
third New York and Twenty-fourth New
York regiments and the Veteran Fire
men of New York spent all Of the day on
the battlefield. This afternoon the vet
Grams of the Twenty-fourth held an in
formal meeting at their monument at
DEVILS Den, which was opened with
prayer by Rev. I. D. Britain, who also
made an address. Brief historical
sketches of the regiment in battle were
given by Col. Wygant and other veter-
ans of the regiment.