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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
MAIL TO THE KLONDYkE.
Seekers of the Yellow Metal Will Receive
1t Once "a Month This Winter.

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE hosts that
have migrated to the Alaskan and Klon-
dyke gold fields during the past few
months will not be wholly without pos
tai facilities during the coming winter.
There will be one round trip month
10 Circle City until July l Of next year.
This monthly service began on the 1st
of last month, and while no route is
specially designated it will be via the
Chilkoot pass. This service carries
only letter mail, no provision being
made for other classes of matter. Heavy
mail has been carried so far under "A
contract for five steamer trips, via the
Yukon river and the last of the five
trips will be started from San Francisco
Sept. l.
1t is doubtful whether the last
expedition can proceed all the way for
in the latter part of September the Nu-
kon is usually frozen over. The fourth
expedition carrying the mails over this
course is now en- route. The contra [
allows the carriage of mails 10 the ex-
tent Of five tons in weight and by the
time the mails now on the way reach
the Circle City district and are for
warded into the diggings into which
the rush has been made the prospectors
will be well supplied with reading mat
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
CRUDE OIL TO LAY DUST.
Eastern Railroad Experimenting W ith the
Recent Discovery

Mays Landing. N. j., Aug. 1.-THE re-
cent discovery of Chief Engineer j. III.
Nichols of the West Jersey and Sea
Shore railroad that crude oil applied to
the ground along railroad tracks would
effectually lay the dust has proven,
after thorough tests. to work far bet
ter than was first expected Both
lines of track leading from Camden to
Atlantic City are being thoroughly sat
urated for a distance of six feet on
both sides of the track.
The oil is applied on much the same
plans as streets are sprinkled with
water. and recently an oil train with
sprinkling apparatus sprinkled more
than twenty miles of track. The work
will be completed in a few days. One
sprlnl1ling year at a cost of $50 per
mile, it is claimed. will lay the dust
effectually, but two applications may
have to be made. The entire Pennsyl-
vana system, it is said, is to be
sprnkled with oil as speedily as pos
sible
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
Doesn't Agree win Other Reports.

San Francisco, Aug. speaking Of
the Klondyke output Of gold the chief
clerk of the mint said: "All the gold
brought to this city from the Alaskan
mines will not exceed 100000, and all
that has been taken this year and sent
to other mints Of the country will not
exceed $2.O0OO00. The gold from that
part of the country is generally from
700 to 500 fine, and some of it ran to
900, the average worth from $3.50 to
SI7 an ounce"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
ADDRESSED BY GOV. TANNER.
The Convention of Illinois Miners at
Springfield.

Sprfngneiu.
Springfield, Ills, Aug. 6.-At the open
ing session of the second days session
of the state miners convention reso-
luton TO invite Governor Tanner to ad-
dress the convention brought forth much
talk unfav, rable to the governor. State
Secretary Ryan of Braidwood, and Il.
M. Hunter of Streator emphatically re-
fused to act on a committee of three
10 await on Governor Tanner and in
vited him TO address the convention.
The governor was invited and delivered
an address. He said he was in sympa
thy with the miners and believed they
would win the strike IL they carried
IL out in a law-abinding way. as they
have been doing. The governor put
himself on record as willing to do all
in his power with senators and citizens
TO assist the miners in satisfactory set
tlement.
A resolution was passed by the
convention that a body Of miners bt
sent to Decatur. Ceffesne. MurphysborC
and four other small mines and en-
deavor to get the miners to suspend OF
Thursday. Resolutions passed to en-
deayor to organize all miners now work
ing and try and get them out. Presi
dent Carson reports 1,600 men working
i'm the Seventh district, Murphysboro
Cartersville and MUDDY Valley, an'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
ISN'T WAITING TO BE ScooPED.
Letter from Alaska stating the Difficult
ties Confronting Miners.

Letter from Alaska Stating the Difficult
ties Confronting Miners.
Portland. Me-. Aug. Captain Miles
Standish Of Montreal, who has been
spending the summer in Alaska, has
written a letter which has been re-
ceived here. In this letter he says that
the situation on the Klondyke is not
very dissimilar to other gold fields. The
yellow metal is there, he says, but IL
does not lie around the ground in chunks
waiting to be scooped up. 1t can only
be secured by patient and uncommonly
laborious placer mining, interspersed
with many weary miles of tramping
around from pocko q TO pocket. He
further says that the journey to the
"diggings" from Juneau is an enterprise
calculated to pale the stoutest heart.
Beyond all this, winter is already be-
ginning in that region, and any one
who starts must stop over at Juneau
until next May. There is not food
enough in all Alaska to keep the peo-
pie who are planning to go there, for
month He also says the larger parts
of the Klondyke region is in Canada,
without stretching an elastic boundary
line an inch" and adds thae the Do
minion police will have something to
say about Yankees coming over there
and taking away all the gold.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
Citizens Appeals Prevent "a Lynching.

Iron Mountain, Mich, Aug. THE
appeals of leading citizens prevented a
lynching at Crystal Falls Thursday
night. The miners employed in the sur
rounding locations are now making
threats and a well defined report is
current to the effect that they have
formed an organization and will invade
the village for the purpose of lynchirg
Bons In the meantime 1t is expected
that Sheriff Waite will take the pre-
caution TO move the prisoner to anoth-
er county. Bors' confession was made
second time in the hearing Of Attor-
ney Henderson of Norway and NJ. b..
McGee. a leading citizen. The fellow
is undoubtedly insane. or is acting the
part 20 perfection. This is not the first
crime of the nature he las commit tnd.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
Pro,Iuclion of sDeItar.

washington, Aug. IA preliminary
statement Of the production of spelter
for the first six months OF 1897. made
byAgent KirchhOn OF the United states
geological survey shows a total of A.
113 short tons. At this rate the year $
aggregate will surpass that for any of
the past five years, except 1895. OF the
six months total 2.S66 tons were pro-
duced In the eastern states, 1866 in the
southern states. 1868 in Illinois, 1885
in Indiana, 1882 in Kansas, and the
remainder In other portions Of the coun-
try. The eastern states show a falling
off i'm production
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
CITIZEN CAPTURES A BURGLAR.
Hold Him at the Point of n Revolver Till
Arrival OF AN Officer.

Chicago. Aug. burglars attempted
to break into the house at 467 Clark
street early Friday morning, but were
frightened away by watch dog. Roy
Evans heard the noise and discovered
a man on the roof. He seized revolv-
er and held him until the arrival OF an
officer. who placed him under arrest.
At the Harrison street station he gave
the name of l.. NJ. Bryant.
simultaneously a fusillade of shots
was heard in the same vicinity. OFF,
GERS Perry and Mooney discovered a
hold-up at the corner of Polk street
and Pacific avenue. They gave chase
TO the thief. who ran down the alley
near the police station. At the corner
of Harrison street the fugitive turned
and fired at his pusuers, who In turn
opened fire on him. but no shots took
effect and the highwayman escaped. The
victim of the hold-up could not be
found.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
Uruguay Rebels Ready to Capituiate.

Montevideo, Uruguay, Aug. THE
rebels are In conference with the pres
ident as to terms Of peace and have
declared they are willing to sign a new
peace agreement which does not Ignore
their demands 1t is believed that an
agreement will be signed this week and
that the war will ned. Many public
meetings to urge peace have been held
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
Finianders Returning Home.

Ishpeming. Mich. Aug. MANY Fin
landers working in copper mines in
Houghton county for some years past
are returning to their native country
with more or less money in their
pockets. A party of thirty bound for
Finland passed through here Thursday.
Many other foreigners are coming In
seeking the places Of those going away.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
RIVER is DRAGGED.
But No Result Is Obtained-Some Were
Seen Blown Into It.

An effort was made to drag the river
Friday. but with no results. 1t Is be-
lieyed that IL the two bodies are in the
bottom they are so deeply buried be-
meath the grain and debris that 1t Will
be some time before they can be recov-
cred. Another man who saw Monahan
on the dock just before the explosion
was M. ]. Howard, foreman of the ele-
vator. Howard knew Monahan and
stood on the dock at the northeast cor
ner of the burning building. talking to
the driver for a few minutes. He says
Monahan started down the dock. but
does not know whether there was anv-
one with him. He says II could not
have been more than minute or two
before the explosion, as he had turned
and walked only a few feet when the
warning cry Of the crowd caused him
10 lump under the viaduct.
Hot journal May Have Been Cause.
while it is not positively known what
strated the fir. /. IL believed that =
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
Prefer American Vessels.

Vancouver. b. c., Aug. THE New
England Fish company of Boston, which
has been operating from this port for
the past three years, has sent request
to the Dominion government that they
be permitted to use American steamers.
Hitherto they nave chartered Canadian
vessels. Citizens are supporting the pc
tion as the company has spent $l5O,OCO
in wages and supplies during the hall
hut fishing season
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
RraziI BuvinS Wheat ut Frisco.

Washington, Aug. THE bureau Of
American republics has received infor-
nation that merchants Of Rio de ia
neiro have chartered two vessels now at
San Francisco to convey cargoes OF
California wheat to Rio. This is the
first time in history that such thing
has occurred, and is attributable to the
short crop in the Argentine republic and
JTrttgl1nv
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
Bombsy's Death Rate Doubles.

Bombay, Aug. 7.-Considerable alarm
has been caused by the official status
tics Of the public health just published.
They show that there were 1,07l deaths
here during the past week, of which
number 220 were deaths from cholera
and eighteen were deaths from :be
plague. This total death rate is equal
to 65 81 per thousand. or double the nor
%
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
poker Game End. In Murder.

st. Poseph, Mo. Aug. Jack Nc
Kane shot and killed William E. Albin
as a result of dispute over game OF
cards. Both men are gamblers and
played poker nearly the whole of Thurs
dav night MoKane was arrested
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
Full List of the Dead.

The revised list OF the dead contains
these names: John J. Coogan, ppeman
for engine company 3. 4f2 Thirty-sev-
enth street, crushed by falling wall
Jacob j. Chnur, pipeman for engine
company 3, 2SS Noble street, married,
caught in falling wall and burned aad
crushed beyond recognition; Jacob f.
Straman. pipeman for engine company
8, 1913 Augusta street caught by fall
ing wall, Charles NJ. Conway, lived at
293 North Franklin street, driver of en-
gine e, died at o'clock Friday MORN
ing at county hospital, thrown against
shed by explosion, body terribly burned
and head severely cut; Thomas Mona
han, driver for Chief Swenie, last seen
on dock midway in front Of the ele-
vator at time of explosion. believed TO
be buried beneath the grain; unknown
man, dressed in light suit, was walking
with Driver Monahan on the dock at
The time OF the explosion, is believed to
have been the man blown into the riv-
er and drowned.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
FATAL FIRE At CHICAGO
Five Firemen and an Unknown
Spectator Dead.
BIG EXPLOSION IN AN ELEVATOR.

One of the Most Disastrous Fires That Has
Occurred in the Garden City for Years-
Flames Break Out and Terrific EXplo-
sion FOilows-List of the Dead-Twenty-
Nine of the Laddies Injured, and Others
Believed To BE in the Ruins.
Chicago, Aug. IA huge pile Of
steaming and smoldering grain, sur
mounted by the blackened ruins of the
Northwestern elevator at the foot Of
Grand avenue. marks the site of one
of the most disastrous fires that mas
occurred in Chicago i'm recent years
The loss of life is known to include Ave
firemen and an unknown citizen, while
the injured make a list of thirty-one,
twenty-nine Of whom were firemen and
two spectators who were watching the
flames as they devoured the immense
grain storehouse after the explosion of
dust had occurred in the elevator. BE-
sides this list of injured a number of
others were struck by burning embers
and sustained minor wounds.
Some Are Buried In the Ruins.
The list of fatalities was increased
Friday by the death of Charles M. Con-
way of engine company q, who was
taken from the wreckage near the west
wall of the elevator soon after the eX-
plosion. Conway died at the county
hospital early Friday morning after a
night of intense agony. The police are
satisfied that at least two more men
are buried beneath the ruins. These
are Thomas Monahan, driver for Chief
Swenie, and citizen who was seen on
the dock about the middle Of the ele-
vator with Monahan when the terrific
explosion sent an immense quantity of
grain pouring over the pier into tie
river. The citizen is believed to be the
| man the thousands of spectators VINO
stood on the east pier and Grand avenue
| saw blown into the river and sink.
Thousands of spectators thronged the
Grand avenue viaduct and piers along
the river Friday to see the wrecked ele-
vator where the awful fire and subse-
| quent EXPLOSION worked such havoc
Thursday night. A detail of police was
necessary to keep back the curious. SO
! that the firemen could work without in
! reference. A dozen steamers were kept
! playing on the smolderng grain to cool
it so that a search could be made for the
| body of Chief Swenie's driver, Thomas
| MOnahan
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
Monahan Must BE Dead.

Chief Swenie and his assistants are
now convinced that Thomas Monahan
either is buried beneath the grain on
the dock or in the river. Nothing has
been heard Of the driver since the eX-
plosion, and two men have been found
who saw him walking along the dock
st The time of the explosion in COM
pany with a man dressed in light suit
OF clothes. One Of the men who saw
Monahan on the dock was Frank Mus
ham, son OF the assistant chief Ile
says Monahan was walking south on
the dock, talking to a man he did not
know lie was about half way !he
length OF the elevator at the time the
explosion loosened the immense mass of
grain. The grain poured over the dock
and into the river forcing the dock out
ward and completely burying it, Ui.-
less Monahan had warning and ran
south he could not possibly escape the
deluge Of grain and must now be buried
beneath II in the river or on the dock.
What became of his associate is not
known, but citizens on the viaduct say
they saw man thrown from the dock
into the river where he sank. Another
man Friday told Alexander Brown, en-
gireer of the fire tug Yosemite. that he
saw the pair on the dock when the
grain poured down on them and swept
them into the river. He neglected TO
give Brown his name. however.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
Brought Out the Men.

Monongahela. Pa, Aug. 7.-Between
300 and 400 striking miners marched on
the Bunola mine Friday morning, head
ed by the G. A. r. band, Of this place,
The body was composed Of miners from
Clarksburg. Black Diamond, Webster
and other points in this vicinity. The
Bunola miners were brought out and the
strikers established a camp to see that
work is not resumed. The strikers are
oulet and ORDERLY
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
Mill Operatives Out Again.

Atlanta, Ga. Aug. THE strike of
l,400 operatives Of the Fulton Bag and
Cotton mills against the employment Of
negro labor, which was supposed 10
have been settled Thursday afternoon. is
on again. The cause of the new dis
agreement is the demand of the strikers
that the mill not only withdraw the
negro women who were the cause OF
the strike but that all other negroes en-
ployed In the mill except firemen and
scrub women be removed and that the
mill obligate itself not to discharge any
of the white operatives on account of
strike. To these conditions the mill man
agement objected, claiming that they
were not included in the verbal under
standing reached Thursday afternoon.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-07
asked that action be TAKEN to go them
status in West Virginia.

Wheeling, w. Va, Aug. 7.-Ratch-
ford's statement here Thursday that a
more vigorous campaign was to be
made in West Virginia is timely, IL the
United Mine Workers ever expect TO
shut off the supply Of coal from this
state. From day to day the men or
strike have been going back until
aside from Clarksburg, there is no field
Ia the statement shows any diminution
IN output. Miners day was a failure
from every point Of view. The injunc-
tons granted by the Marion county
court and by the United States court
prevent and sort of activity in the Fair
mont field and the announcement is
made that these injunctions will be
spread as the strike agitators spread
their field of operations
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-08-21
GOBELING OF AFRICA.
Part Played by EpGIand-Her Share of
the Spoii5.

Up to 1884 scarcely more than the
edges Of Africa had been occupied by
the European powers, says the Allan
tic. 1t was in that year that Germany
suddenly began an attempt to realize
her long-cherished aspirations for a
colonial empire. She naturally made
the attempt in Africa, as the only place
where it was possible to make it, and
in doing so she started all the nations
in wild race in fear lest their neigh
bors should set the advantage of them.
In this scramble, if England has been
left far behind by some OF the Others
in the area OF her gains, she certainly
leads them all In their real value. and
the prospect for the control OF North
America in 10. This is surely true
if We consider Egypt an English pos
session, and we can hardly suppose
that England will ever abandon that
country whatever depths Of sentiment
al emotion may be stirred in varying
moods; nor, considering the enorm0us
benefits which result, would the world
ever consent to such an abandonment,
barbaric motives. 1t was a brilliant
scheme which was attempted in 1894
to obtain from the Congo Free State a
narrow strip of land connecting the
waterway of Lake Tanganyika with the
British sphere Of influence to the north
and SO to make an English highway
from the mouth Of the Nile to the Cape
of Good Hope. Although 1t seemed the
part Of wisdom at the time to yield to
the united objections of the other in
terestea powers, it is by no means i'm
possible that the object sought may
be accomplished in the end. What is
the total result? a little more than
100000 square miles under the rule
OF England, zee 900 under that OF the
United States-together. more than
one-quarter Of the total land area OF
the globe.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-08-21
A RIDE FOR REPUTATION
over the Hills Wintry Night to
Solve the PrObIen

Over the Hills ~ Wintry Night to
Solve the Problem.
While they were discussing the me-
lee in the school board, the head Of a
big manufacturing establishment was
moved to relate this experience. says
the Detroit Free Press:
Il was once a pedagogue myself. I
had resolved to do something worth
while in the business world, and having
no capital except what was wrapped
up in my person, l taught school to
get a starter. l had some advanced
students and had to skirmish in order
to keep UP with the procession. One
day the whole class was stumped by
an arlthmetical problem, and so was
l. In order to gain time for myself
I came to the old dodge of telling them
how much better it would be if they
would work out the solution for them
selves, and gave them another day.
That night, behind locked doors and
closed blinds, l worked In fear and per-
spiration. From the bottom Of my
trunk l took a key to the arithmetic,
but even with that aid | failed to mas
ter the problem. BY midnight l was
desperate. It would never do to let
the scholars, the parents and the whole
cruel world know that | was not equal
to my position. But it's not in my
makeup to surrender while there's a
fitting chance.
AT the town ten miles away there
was a loyal and highly educated friend
OF mine. lie would help me and say
nothing. 1t was one Of the bitterest
January nights | ever knew. But l
slipped to the barn, appropriated
horse, made ride more notable than
many OF those immortaliZed in song or
history, frOze NY ears and toes, and
had my vocal powers reduced to a
whisper
But you should have heard my whis-
pered explanation Of that problem and
my regrets that none of the pupils had
mastered it"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-08-21
Real Estate Transfers.

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; Stin>ou's SID dIa Ii lj5 $500
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Same to same. II % W It'll 1t l26
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4g4 1876 10Th 81: odd lots from Isl
TO 81 W Dist st i'll W ii Webb's SID Of
Ill II W 2lst st iD
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II bl 80 W sup 18th div 500
Shir TO ii Nichols, lot bi 100 eth div W
sup 3Do
W SUP 18th div 2oo0
shin TO Mrs Z Henry. 1t 301 w eth st 400
Shf to Avery Brush, lots 10 20 bl Isl w ~
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II iond to II J Stinson. lots 10 Blk 3
stinsons SID to dia 1t li9
AGgu~te Saupe to IL Pulls and
Schmidt, Its bl %, kenwood Park
add 100
Meyers to Eliza beth Meyers, lots 40
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5th st. 1t 46l W End 81, blk e 4th st. {
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ST liar.Opp Place t'O
Hoover to Margaret Hoover Its D
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lot Is I'll 49, Isl div " sup: und p Is
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