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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-30
Murdered by His Tenant.

Danville, Va. Aug. 3O.-Dr. John r.
Cabell, prominent citizen of Danville,
was killed at his country home near
Callands, twenty-five miles from here,
by Edward Hawkins, his tenant. Cabell
had refused to rent Hankns the farm
for another year and Hankins had re-
fused to move away, from which arose
the dispute that resulted in the killing.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-30
lZED BY RELIGION.
Farmer Tries to Sacrifice
His Little Boy.
: RuILDs A FUNERAL PYRE.

tended Victim Helps the Insane
1 raider the Impression That He Is
,.n n Bonflrc-Mother Saves the
d. life. but Almost Losses Her own
|. Attempt-Rescued by Neighbors at
-.siticai Moment.
lister, o., Aug. SO.-Samuel Hos
Young farmer. who had been
90 for some time over religious
H. became insane and tried to
| 30 his son in the biblical way.
Ter imagined he had received a
| commission to emulate the exam
. braham the Patriarch. He ac-
aglv told his son to help him gath
setber faggots in the rear yard for
Are The little boy, not knowing
vas IN store for him, was chatting
exultantly in expectation of a
hon6re. The farmers wife was
with surprise by her husbands
= and determined 10 watch him
Bshird the kitcAcG ~oCr. She heard
urmuring prayers while building
ne and when he was done with
fork she saw him draw a razor
he pocket and call their child.
Ran to the Rescue.
loud cry the woman ran to
y Us rescue.
= wife" said the husband, you
kot interfere. God has commanded
make this sacrifice. and everlast-
fire is in store for you if you in
Hostetter realized that her hus-
has insane. and she tried to snatch
from him. The religious mad
Ire the child from her clutch and
IA 10 draw the razor's edge across
hat. A terrible struggle then en-
tween husband and wife for the
lon of the razor. Fright, mater
and the fury Of despair lent the
almost superhuman strength.
religious frenzy Of her husband
much for her.
Neighbors Hear Her Cries.
ally he dlsengaged her clasp
he wrist and forced her down
er knees. She was fast losing
psness. but gathered together her
rg strength to let out an ear
shrek. Neighbors who had
Irs. Hostetter's first screams were
to the scene, and burst
the doors and into the yard just
fell fainting at her husbands
Ifter a prolonged struggle the
hs finally wrested from the mad
krasp and he was overpowered
bed in Jail. Mrs. Hostetter is in
Is condition, her hands having
khtfully cut by the razor.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-30
Hnnhred-NIile RikeRecord smashed.

Denver. Aug. 600. l.. Machenberger,
the "Buttermilk Boy" Saturday rode
to Evans and return, 100 miles, un-
paced, in 5h. 15m., establishing a new
worlds bicycle record. He started from
the city at 4:10 a. m. and arrived at the
starting point on his return at 9:25. He
was regularly timed and the record is
official
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-30
Shot Man and Wife.

Aug. 30.-H. c. Dunbar. a
lot and killed a woman named
|he woman's husband was also
dunbar and 1t Is thought ia
red. Dunbar is locked up at
lk. Friday night Dunbar ac-
Mrs. Storey to the theater.
Png they found Storey await
A quarrel ensued. Dunbar
fvolver and fired two shots.
pullet entered Storey's brain.
ID lodged in Mrs. Storey's
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-30
\ of the Pixies Peak Murder.

Pity, Kan, Aug. S0.-A man.
MS name as August Kerket,
Pc lives in Owosso. Mich, is
fst here, suspected of being
[er of the man who was found
Ee's Peak last week. He has
PSraphed and will be held
ne order of the sheriff of FL
Colo.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-30
a Cabman for Robbery.

Aug. S0.--Noel Whitehead.
fshier of the First National
PIMA, Ills, shot and danger
pea John j. Manahan. a cab
Saratoga hotel. Whitehead
t the cabman had robbed
room and was endeavoring
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-30
ct Day for Mckinley.

Aug. 30.-President Nc
Pt a very quiet morning at
senator Hanna's summer
faid 1t was one of the quiet
pc has had since his vaca-
He did not leave the house
Pniy q few Of the neighbors
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-30
The herd of European bisons protected

The herd of European bisons protected
by the czars Of Russia in the forest OF
Bielowski, Lithuania, numbered 1000
in 1855. but is now reduced to 500 and
shows no sign of increase. The dwin-
ding of the herd IL ascribed to inbreed-
ing, due to the confined area Of the res
ervation.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-30

Counting all classes Of reserves Ger.
nsnv can in "a hours raise an army OF
4 odd. 900 disciplined men.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17
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Would thxt cotton had the cinch that
wheat aow has!-Atlanta Constitution.
Every time "scorcher" is arrested and
fined a good deed is done for cycling
New York Tribune.
The best time for public official to
deny an interview is before he submits
to it.-Chicago TimesHerald.
If wheat keeps climbing, the Western
farmers will have sixteen dollars this year
where they had one last.-Atlanta Jour
nal.
The engineers strike in England is
spreading, but no judge has yet ventured
to enjoin it or any part Of it. How unpro-
gressive they are over Springfield
Republican.
A West Virginia lawyer says Judge
Jackson's injunction against the striking
miners is merely scarecrow. Viewed
even in this light, it is not striking sue
cess.-Boston Transcript.
The adventurers who at Juneau have
decided to turn back and wait for spring
ma, have weaker hearts than their COM
punions who go on, but it looks as if they
had stronger brains.--San Francisco Gall
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17
The Bet Was or

The Electrical Review tells an ANUS
ing telephone story of certain Chicago
lady named Brown. One morning re-
Gently she proceeded from the break
fast table to the telephone in the hall
closet to order things from her market
man.
"Hello!' said Mrs. Brown; SIS this the
Oakland market?"
eyes"
"Well this is Mrs. Browns residence,
Will you please send me large, thick,
juick steak by 4 o'clock?''
The boy employed in the Oakland
market happened to answer the tele-
phone, and promptly responded:
well, you just bet your sweet life l
willw
''Do you know, sir, to whom you are
speaking?" Indignantly inquired Mrs.
Brown.
"sure do" said the boy. "You're
Jenny-A1rs. Browns cook"
"You are mistaken young man. You
are speaking with Mrs. Brown her
self.''
rs that 500" replied the boy. 'sThen
in that case, madam, We'll call the bet
off"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17
HIT BY THE HEAT.
Intense Suffering Caused by Torr;dity
of an Autumnal Month.

Intense Suffering Caused by Torr;dity
of an Autumna1 Month.
| 1t lacked only one degree Thursday on
| the official thermometer of the weather
| bureau to give Chicago the hottest day
for September in twenty-siX years. Un!
der the deadly rays Of the sun the mer-
curry climbed to 81 degrees, and would
have gone farther UP the scale to set a
new mark for the month had it not been
for the kindly intervention Of lake
breeze. One death and four prostrations
bear witness to the torridity. Worl1nen
| were stricken in the midst Of. their toll
! and had to be carried away for succor.
| In the early days of the weather Office
heat in September like that Of Thursday
was unknown. In 1881, with the quar-
| ters of the department much nearer the
sidewalk, a mark Of 81 was reached. For
twelve years this was the maximum until
| the mercury rose to 95 in 1898. This high
mark was reached in the middle Of the day
and with no southeast breeze engaged in
an attempt to discourage the tendency Of
the thermometer. Considering the condi-
tons, Thursday might be called the hot
test day of the year in Chicago. Their
mometers nearer the sidewalk than the
| top Of the Auditorium tower showed %
and this was the temperature in which
Chicagoans sweltered.
| AT Milwaukee there was one case Of
| heat prostration reported. Miss Annie
Sohmers, employed in the inspecting room
Of the Layton Packing Company, was
overcome about noon and was taken tc
| her home. She may not recover.
| The week has been the hottest Septem.
| ber week Oshkosh (Wis.) has any record
of. Thermometers Thursday registered
o.
At Pana, ILL.,, the Government thermom
eter registered 1O4 in the shade. Rain is
needed. Corn in many places is scorch
| ing.
! La Sale, ILL.,, reports the week to hav'
| been the hottest Of the season, the ther
mometer registering 100 in the shade
| Corn is drying UP in the fields.
| The heat was so intense in Champaign
! H., that the schools had to be closed
Thursday afternoon. Corn is drying uI
on the stalks and farmers say much o.
it can never fill out.
| At Valparaiso, Ind, the thermomete.
registered 102. Several prostrations are
reported, but none fatal. Throughout the
county the corn is drying up for want OF
rain.
The Government thermometer at Ell.
dora, Iowa, the last ten days has aver
| aged 95,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17

the Union, suppose, poor little SOUL"
She'll have to go to no such place. -
answered Lashmar; "she is going to my
house,
You mean to take Boldwood's child to
Lashmar Castle?" asked Spillington, as
founded.
"Why not? I should take stray dog
home. Why should I draw the line at a
stray child? have saved her out of the
fire, l am not going to throw her back
into it," answered Lashmar resolutely.
"She is mine, jetsam and f1otsam from
the great ship Fate; my prize, my portion.
She shall never cross the threshold Of a
workhouse while have power to prevent
it,
They were in the cab by this time,
Lashmar had wrapped his coat round the
child, and was sitting in his shirt sleeves.
le told the driver to drive to the George,
the chief hotel in Brumm, the hotel pat
ronized by the county people, when they
gladdened the great grimy town with
their superior presence.
TNn ho
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17
Writing on Glass.

The easiest way to write or paint on
glass is to take a solution of fish glue
and distribute it with soft brush over
the surface of the glass. OF course,
the solution must be carefully filtered
and when it is applied to the glass pane
the glass must be held over stove or
lamp in a slanting direction to allow
the surplus solution to flow off and to
dry thoroughly without streaking.
When the pane has been prepared in
this way it is ready to write or paint
upon. Even writing of microscopic
nlinuteness can be applied to the pre-
pared glass surface without the danger
of the ink running. On this surface
water colors, India ink and any kind
of pigment may be employed.-Phila-
delphia Record.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17
CHAPTER III.

Five, ten minutes of supreme anxiety
and all was over. Lashmar was stand
ing among the crowd with Boldwood's s
5-year-old daughter in his arms, small,
thin figure in little white night-gown,
a sallow, wizened little face, with great
goblin eyes.
The men clasped him by the hand, the
women hung about him and kissed those
wounded hands of his, raw and bleeding,
scratched and scorched and torn and
smelling of smoke and fire. No thought
of Radical or Conservative now; no fierce
hatred of landowner and aristocrat. The
great heart of the crowd was stirred with
one divine impulse, made up of love, pity,
tenderness-unselish delight in q gener-
Gus act nobly done.
'Lashmar, thought you were dead
; mani! cried Colonel Spillington. "You
must be hurt, surely; dangerously hurt,
perhaps" he added, running his hand
over the young mans shoulder and arm,
as if in search of broken bones.
"a few scratches more or less" an
swered Lnshmar quietly; and then he
added to the crowd: Don't make such
a fuss, my good friends; I'm sure there
amt one of you that wouldn't have done
as much.
He made his way through the throng
towards the farther side of the broad
barren road where he had left the cab,
with the rescued child still in his arms,
clinging to him, scared and pale, witk
those wide goblin eyes of hers. Splitting
ton followed him closely.
"WhSt are you going to do with the
child3" he asked "She'll have to go to
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17
A Queer Stove to Produce Coal.

1t has often been wondered that Yam
kee ingenuity has not long since dis.
covered way to modify the heat of
our houses in summer. Some one has
recently invented q stove with which,
by means of salt, small quantity of
Ice and patent chemical, he proposes
to produce an intense degree of cold
The stove can be cooled so that if a
hand be placed upon it the skin will in
stantly be stripped as in contact with
hot iron. 1t is claimed that with this
stove the temperature of room in hot.
test weather can be run down to any
point desired. If this apparatus proves
a success and some suitable non-con-
Quoting material found for bottling
liquified air. it seems probable that
King Sol will soon be deprived of his
power to terrorize us in our homes.-
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17
FAIL FOR A MILLION.
Firm of J. r.. Willard & Co. Is Forced
Tr,fo

Into Bankruptcy.
James r. Willard & Co., of 55, 2SO and
1927 Broadway, New York. a firm adver-
tised as bankers, brokers and commission
merchants of Philadelphia, Buffalo, Chi
cago, Washington, Toronto, Montreal and
New York, assigned to its chief bookkeep-
er, James L. Starbuck, with preferences
for $4,000 to William II. Osterhout Of
Ridgeway, Pa. Liabilities were guessed
at from 100000 to $1,O00,OOO.
The firm was organized two years ago.
1t had no rating at Bradstreet's. The
partners were james r. Willard, various
ly recorded as 4164 Lake avenue, Chicago,
and of Kennett, Hopkins & Co., 55 Broad
way, New York, and A Broadway, New
York, and the brothers Elmer and Jay
Dwiggins, nephews Of Zimri Dwiggins,
who founded country banks in Illinois,
Michigan and other States, which nearly
NIL went to the wall several years ago.
Wizards home is in Chicago. He
was there identified with the firm Of John
Dickinson & Co., who absorbed the Chi,
cago business of Willard & Co. He was a
member of the Chicago Board Of Trade
and the Produce and Consolidated Stock.
and Petroleum Exchanges of New York;
City. The failure of Willard & Co. was
similar to that of E. B. Cuthbelt & Co.
A bull market did not suit it's speculative
business. 1t was all one way-the way of
the customer.
The failure of the Dwiggins' interest in,
the firm Of ]. P. Willard & Co. recalls
the collapse of the Columbia National
Bank of Chicago, in 1893, of which Zimri
Dwiggins, uncle of the Eastern operators,
was president This was the first of the
big banking institutions of the West that
collapsed and the failure of number
Of smaller institutions in the vicinity of
Illinois was directly attributed to it. The
Columbia National was capitalized for
81 100000 and was nearly that amount
in arrears when it's doors closed. Exam
ination of the books showed that only
$4,000 was on hand. The Columbia Ma
Gonal did an immense correspondence
business with country banks, that were
seriously affected by the failure. Zi1nri
Dwiggins is now living at Storm Lake,
Iowa.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17
Nebraska Loses Much Corn.

No rain has fallen in Nebraska for a
month. Reports received by the State
Board of Agriculture from each county
IN the State and carefully tabulated show
that the drought has cost Nebraska very
nearly the whole of it's late corn crop,
estimated by the board to be between 49,
100000 and 1O0,O00,000 bushels. At
least half of this quantity is conceded to
be beyond relief. However, the hot wealth
,r matured the early corn crop and 300,-
100000 bushels of it is beyond danger
from heat or frost.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17
Wo be continued.)
Invasion of Washington.

'The last gli1nmer of twilight was
fading away when (after the battle at
Bladensburg, two miles distant from
Washington into the well-nigh- desert
ed city rode the redoubtable Cockburn
at the head Of his band Of marauders,"
writes Clifford Howard i'm the Ladies'
Home Journal, of the invasion and
burning Of our National Capital by the
British forces under Admiral Cock
burn, in August, 1914 tElated at
their decisive victory over a force near
ly twice as large as their own, and
thirsting for spoils, the relocated SOL
diers marched triumphantly toward
the Capitol. Discharging their firearms
at the windows the soldiers burst in
the doors, and with shout of triumph
carried their leader to the Speakers S
chair, from which, With mock gravity,
he put the question: Shall this harbor
OF the, Yankee Democracy be burned ri
A yalIof affirmation rang through the
hGl, and without further preliminaries
papers and other combustibles were
piled under the desks and set on fire.
In few minutes this noble edifice,
that had been in course of construction
more than twenty years, and contain
Ing the library of Congress and vast
quantities Of official documents of great
historical value, was destroyed.
Now thoroughly aroused to their
work of plunder, bowling crowd of
the desperate marauders hurried to the
White House in the hope, perchance,
of capturing the President and his
Wife. Finding the house locked and
deserted they battered down the doors,
and consoling themselves for the loss
of their distinguished captives by q
ruthless destruction of the furniture,
they raided the larder and regaled
themselves with a hastily prepared
feast in the State dining groom. Then,
destroying the remaining provisions.
and breaking and mutilating whatever
they could readily lay their hands ON,
they concluded their visit by setting
fire to the home Of the President.
Numerous other public and private
buildings We're also destroyed by fire."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17
Told in a Few Lines.

Prince Bismarck is suffering from neu-
ralgia of the face.
Robert A. Magee, bachelor farmer
who lives near st. Matthias, Minn., was
robbed of 81 800.
AT the meeting of the Board Of Direc7
tors of the Oregon Railway and .Naviga-
ton Company A. L. Mohler was elected
president.
Three trumps who were stealing d ride
were fatally injured in the wreck of a
st. Louis and San Francisco passenger
train near st. Louis.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17

radiance OF the westering sun was thick
ehea ana blurred, yet beautiful exceeding
~ athwart the smoke-clouds. The tall
snafts tegan to show against the blue
horizon, veritable growth of chimneys:
ana soon her ladyship's splendid barouche.
with its big bay horses, white-wigged
coachman and powdered footman, it's
emoiazoned panels and brazen harness.
was thrilling the souls of operatives and
factory girls as it flashed along the dingy,
crowded streets, past the beer shops and
tne pork butchers and the general dealers
ana the bakers, amid odors of tallow and
nerrlngs and onions and shoe leather and
beer. anu
Ihe meeting had been convened by the
Local Conservative Association, but it
was not ticket meeting. The hall was
to be open to Gil comers, and if was
crammed to overflowing before the
speeches began. The great oblong room
reeked with unwashed, or badly washed,
humanity multitude clad in long-worn
corduroy and fustian, simmering in the
glare OF the gas. 10 Lady Lashmar,
seated on the platform, that sea of faces
IN that coarse flare of yellow light sug-
gested an over-populafed pandemonum.
Inc chairman opened the business in a
mildly conventional manner. Then it was
tlme for the candidate to introduce him
self, which he did in somewhat ram
ping speech upon old, old lines.
Before the Colonel could sit down, a
man stood up in the middle of the hall.
an Anak, giant among dwarfs, for the
men of Brumm were stunted by un-
healthy toll. A dark, threatening face
was turned towards the platform, full in
the glare of the gas; a large face with a
broad forehead, high cheekbones and hol-
low checks, flashing eyes under shaggy
brows, shock of coarse black hair.
Lashmar looked at that face trnnsfixed
Hc had seen it before-seen it years and
years ago in Il dream, before he was born,
yes, in some mystical anterior life, as it
seemed to him. He knew it's every line.
Yes, those lineaments were craven deep
upon the tablets of memory.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17
Proving It.

,s+Briggs-I didn't know that you were
near-sighted, old man.
Griggs-Near-sighted, Why, 1 walk
ed right up to one of my creditors yes
terday.-Exchanga,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-14
An ola telegraph Nres.nge.

At the annual meeting of the Tele,
graphic Historical Society of the
United States in Washington the other
day William b, Wilson, of Philadel,
phia, was elected president for the en-.
suing year. During the course of the
meeting Secretary Maynard laid before
the society a copy of the first telegram
sentover the wire west of the Allegheny
mountains. The message was from
Adjt. Gen. G. W. Bowman to President
Polk. Gen. Bowman was at that time
December 20, ls46) at Pittsburgh, or
ganizing the Second regiment of Penn
sylvania volunteers gathered there fol
service in the Mexican war.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-14
CONSEQUENCES PRoMPTINes.
Those who Have Defrnuded the Gov
crnment Have Sent Back S3OO.0OG.

Those who Have Defrnuded the Gov
crnmcnt Have Sent Back S3O0.0OG.
So strong is the influence welded by
conscience, and so frequently does it
cause the wrong-doer to atone for his
sin. that for the past SIS years the con-
science fund has been officially recog-
nized as one of the regular sources Of
revenue for the United States govern
ment, writes Clifford Howard in
Ladies' Home Journal. During this
time the consciences Of the American
people have added to Uncle Sans re-
sources at the rate of about $500 q
month, or total sum up TO the present
year of something over $300,000-the
amounts of the individual contribu-
tions varying from few cents to sever
al thousand dollars. The smallest con-
tribution ever made to the conscience
fund was received in May, 1896, and
consisted of two-cent stamp, which
was inclosed in the following letter Of
with a photograph (unsealed), which |
have since learned was not lawful.
inclose stamp to make 1t right" BY a
curious coincidence the largest sum
ever contributed, reached the treasury
department about the same time that
the stamp was received. This was bill
of exchange for $l4,225.15, which had
been sent to the secretary of state by
the consul-geperal at London, to whom
the money had been given by clergy
man on behalf of person unknown, no
name being given.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-14
ECCENTRIC FAMILY.
Five Masked Burgiars Rob the House of
the Blenders at Msssiilon


the Blenders at MsssiIlon
MAssILLoN, o., June 12. Five mask
ed men entered the Bender home,
west of town, Friday night and secur-
ed S25 from a hired man. What else
was obtained the family refused to
state. The family, consisting of five
brothers and sisters, each over 60 years
of age, is very wealthy.
They own farms, coal territory and
have heavy bank account 1t has al.
ways been believed that they had
large sums Ct money in their house,
hidden in chairs cushions, bedticks
and buried in the cellar.
When they bought their last farm it
is said they paid for it in cents and
nickels.
Years ago, before the father died,
his hat blew into the river. There is a
tradition that thereupon the family
held a council and decided that, as the
old gentleman would soon die, il
would be extravagant to buy him a
new hat. After that he covered his
head with a shawl, it is said. They
are scrupulously honest, believe in
witch craft and make use of q divining
rod