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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-30
GET THERE PLANS.
Schemes for Easy Communication with
the KlOndyke.


the KlOndyke.
Ottawa Ont, July 3O.-At the meet
irg OF the ministers Tuesday evening
Minister Paterson was authorized to
send two more customs officers to the
Alaskan boundary by the Islander
which sails for the north today. The
men We're taken from the Victoria Gus
tom house, and will be accompanied by
couple Of provincial police. They will
open stations as out-ports of Victoria
beyond the head of Lynn canal, which
is in disputed territory and at present
in the United States possessions, and at
Lake Tagish. There is a collector at
Fort Cudahy, only fifty miles from Daw-
son City, and these arrangements,
backed up by a strong force of police.
are considered ample for the protection
of revenue just now. The greatest ques-
tion of all is one of communication. 1t
is reported that a pack trail exists for
twenty miles Of the eighty miles which
will separate the coast from the first
post to be established at GO degrees of
latitude in undisputed British territory.
If so narrow gauge railway can De
built where there is a pack trail. The
cost would not be great, and If cars
could be hauled twice a day over the
mountains facing the coast tremen-
dous obstacle would be overcome, be-
cause I'm winter it is impossible to cross
the mountains except at the risk Of
life and to be caught in a storm would
be fatal. The mounted police will be
increased from 20 to 100. Thomas Faw-
cett Will be continued as gold commits
sioner and the regulations already
adopted amended. A strong customs
and police post will be established just
north of the British Columbia boundary
beyond the head of the Lynn canal at
GO degrees latitude. Estimates will also
be obtained of the cost of building a
wagon road and of a narrow gauge
railway to this post In the mountains,
distance of seventy to eighty miles,
about forty of which is over mountains
This post, which will be where the
Chilcott and White passes converge.
will command the southern entrances to
the whole territory.
Mounted police posts will be estab-
lished here at a distance of sixty miles
apart up to Fort Selkirk. These will
be used to open up winter road over
which monthly mails will be sent by
dog train. If possible a telegraph line
will be constructed over the mountains
from the head Of the Lynn canal to the
first post The consent of the authori-
ties of the United States will be asked
in diplomatic correspondence to a modus
vivendi under which Canada will have
the right of way over the disputed ter
ritory from Lynn canal to the first
mounted police post. No difficulty is
anticipated in securing the right Of way
through the Ettle piece OF disputed
territory the road and telegraph line
would have to cross to reach the head
of Lynn canal, although that territory
is now in the United States possess
SiOnS.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-30
RESCUED SIX FROM DROWNING.
William Iselin and His Sons Assist 3
Wrecked Yachting Party.

Nhiiah iseiin ana His Sons Assist "a
Wrecked Yachting Party.
New York, July 9O.-Willlam IseIn.
his two sons and three members of the
New Rochelle Yacht club helped to
save the lives of a yachting party OF
six who were blown on the rocks in
the cove between Davenports Neck
and Potter's Beach. off New Rochelle,
Wednesday night.
The yachting party was composed Of
a. II. Williams, his brother, r.. A.
Williams, and his wife and baby, their
mother, Mrs Williams, and a young
sailor The party was in the schooner
rigged yacht Galtana, which was caught
I'm gale and hurled against the rocks
In Echo bay. The entire party was
thrown into the water but Mr.. Iselin.
his sons and friends went quickly TO
the rescue in yawl. All were rescued
little the worse for the experience, save
the baby, which swallowed so much
salt water that for time it's life was
despaired of.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-30
Consuis Appointed.

Washington, July as-The president
has made the following appointments in
the consular service: Church Howe Of
Nebraska, at Palermo, Sicily; Samuel
M. Taylor of Ohio. at Glasgow, Scot.
land; John l. Bittinger Of Missouri, con-
sui general at Montreal Canaca: Will
lam T. Touvelle Of Ohio. at Belfast, Ire
land; Griffith W. Prees Of Wisconsin,
at Swansea, Wales; Hugh Pitcairn Of
Pennsylvania, at Hamburg. Germany;
Ira b. Meyers Of Indiana, at st. Johns,
N. b.; John N. McCunn of Wisconsin.
at Dunfermline. Scotland Michael j.
Burke Of Illinois, at Port Stanley and
st. Thomas. Canada; Edward ID. Wins
low of Illinois, at Stockholm, Sweden
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-30
Towns I'm Darkness.
WATERBURY DELUGED.
The Naugatuck River swollen to Almost
Unprecedented Hight.

The Naugatuck River swollen to Almost
Unprecedented Hight.
Waterbury Conn, July 30.-Water-
bury is again deluged, the storm of
Wednesday night having swollen the
Naugatuck river to an almost unprec-
edented hight and caused the Manhan
canal to overflow seriously. In some
directions the food is not as damaging
as the recent one, while in others 1t Is
more so. The Naugatuck river has over
flowed it's banks all along the line and
the waters of the river are now said TO
be higher than for years. The Man.
han canal became a torrent and its
waters, escaping, have carried away
about fifty feet Of the track of the
Naugatuck division of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
company completely blocking traffic.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion park is flooded. Great Brook is
still within its confines, but Little
Brook is again on the rampage and
cellars in the center of the city are
flooded.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-30
Asked The Ghetto Resign.

Omaha, Neb., July 30.-The board of
fire and police commissioners have
adopted a resolution calling on Chief
Sigwart of the police department to re-
sign. 1t is a elimination Of an agita-
tion that has been going on since the
Populist legislature changed the law
restoring to the governor power to app
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-30
RECALLS JoHNsToWN FLOOD.
Suit of "a Woman to Recover for Trunk
Goes Against Her.

Goes Against Her.
Chicago. July 30-Ten opinions were
handed down Thursday by the newly
constituted appellate court, consisting Of
Justices Adams Windes and Sears.
This batch brings the March term Of the
court nearly to a close, the court hav-
ing but a few cases to dispose of before
adjournment. The case Of Susan Ed
son against the Pennsylvania company,
just decided is renaissance Of the ter
rible Johnstown flood Of May, 1889. Mrs.
Edison sued in the circuit court to re-
cover from the railroad company the
value of a trunk and contents which
were lost in the flood.
The trial court directed a verdict IN
favor of the defendant. This action of
Judge Nicely is now affirmed. The vol
ume of water coming down the Come
maugh valley carried away the baggage
car containing the trunk The plaintiff
sought to recover, claiming If the train
had heen moved farther westward be-
fore the flood came the baggage Of the
plaintiff could have been saved. That
the Johrstown flood was In contempla-
tion of law an act Of Providence was not
disputed. The defense claimed the train
was placed in the safest possible place
without any previous knowledge of the
approach Of the flood.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-30

term for assault with intent to murder
white man. Jones attempted to get
the negro out of his house. into which
he had broken, and meeting Davis in
the yard, a scufle followed. The ne
gro. who is a powerful man, about 30
years of age, entirely overmatched Mr.
Jones, and choking him with one hand
picked up a cruciform piece of wood
which had come off the fence, with his
other and with this implement dealt
the victim a crushing blow on the left
temple, breaking his neck and killing
him instantly.
Rescued with Dificulty.
The crowd which rapidly assembled
on the scene of the murder was about
to lynch Davis when a wagon load OF
officers rescued him with difficulty and
he was incarcerated in the city Jail,
building strongly constructed and i'm
possible of capture without great loss
of life. All night long a desperate aid
determined crowd of men remained out
side the Jail, but they knew the fit
tilty of an attack and are waiting
their opportunity when the prisoners
would be removed. Before midnight
Mayor Bush called out the local troops.
out OF the oVU men composing the flTSt
brigade in this city, only seventy-fivc
responded. With their officers they
lay under arms all night expecting a
call The police force on duty during
the night had the custody OF the pris
oner until Thursday morning, when he
was brought before the recorder. The
col oner's jury and the lower court sent
him up for murder, though he tried TO
play off insane.
Two More Murders.
Between IL and 1 o'clock Thursday
morning a negro named Willie Knight,
known as the Pensacola kid" shot
and instantly killed another negro
named Dantzler. AS he was being
chased by officers, Knight shot and
mortally wounded Policeman Joe Tuck
er. For this latter offense he will
probably die If the residents of the north
part Of the city can get him out of the
county jail.
The negro ran after the shooting, but
was intercepted by telegram and ar
rested by Section Boss Hubbard at
Hurricane Bayou at a. m. His captor
wired for special engine, which left
on the Louisville and Nashville with
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-30
Want Her at the Head.

London July S0.-The national execu-
tive committee of the British Womans
Temperance association, comprising 100
representative women from all parts
Of Great Britain. have by their votes
requested Lady Henry Somerset to re-
main at the head Of the association. 1t
Is believed that Lady Henry Somerset
will comply with this request
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-30
Killed His Bro,,,sr-ip-Iaw.

Kansas City, July 3O.-William Bow
en- in a quarrel with his brother-in-law
"Wednesday night shot the latter five
Tires and killed him. Bowen and his
wife had been passing angry words,
when Charles Harris, her brother,
rushed into the room. Bowen claims he
shot In self-defensp
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-30
Famus Race Horse Dead.

Lexington, KY, July S0.--Domino, the
famous race horse. died at the farm of
James II. Keene, at 3 o'clock Thursday
morning of meningitis. He was taken
i'll Wednesday and six veterinares
could not save him. Domino was foa led
in 1891 and won about 100000 in stakes
and purses.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-30
Raided the Tigers Lair.

Mclean, Ills. July 30.-This village is
all worked up over unique method of
sppressing gambling upon the part OF
a lone woman named Hornbeak. Her
husband had been spending too much
of his time in gambling, she thought.
and when she learned that a quiet game
was in progress I'm a shed in the out
skirts. she made a wild raid. and with
out giving the five players an oppcr-
tunity TO recover from their surprise,
she seized every cent of the money on
the board, amounting 70 SIS. and fled.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-30

6ilcers. They Drought The negro
town and beat the crowd assembled to
lynch him by stopping the engine or
the outskirts of the city and rushing
him through the suburbs to the county
1aa
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-30

be disastrous. rye, -ay ara corn are
seriously affected and reports are COM
ing in that potatoes. which promised
profitable yield. are rotting in the
ground. All lakes and streams i'm north
ern New York are swollen 20 an unprec-
edented height for this season Of the
wear
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-30
severe storms in Spain.

Madrid, July SO.-A dispatch from
Barcelona says that severe storms have
prevailed throughout Catalonia for the
last few days, with devastating effect
among the vineyards. Out of 100. 600
hectares of vine lands scarcely 5000
have escaped. In the districts of Tar
ragona and Corona at least $4,000 hec-
tares Of vine land have been seriously
damaged
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-30
Great Damage to Crops.

Saratoga, N. Y. July 3O.-The rain
fall has been so heavy throughout this
section for a number Of days that great
damage has been done to the crops. In
many places the low lands are inun-
dated and crops entheiy ruined. I'm
less the weather changes the result will
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-30
Better Condition Than Expected.

Port Huron Mich, July 30-The pas
senger steamer Cambria, ashore near
Fort Gratiot is in much better condi-
tion than was expected. After striking
the beach the logs from the raft with
which she collided smashed into her.
staving i'm the bulwarks and stanch-
ions. All the freight carried on the
main deck was washed overheard dur
ing the night. The wind and sea have
gone down, and the vessel is now rest
ing easy. The hold was allowed to fill
with water to keep her from pounding.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-30

habitanTs u Elizabeth 1maginsd The
danger even greater than it was and
unfounded rumors spread that the res
ervoir had burst
Towns I'm Darkness.
The Electric Light company's plant,
which lights Elizabeth, Roselle, Gram
ford and Westfield. was flooded and all
through the night these places were in
complete darkness. The pumping sta
tion of the Elizabeth Town Water COM
pany had been rendered useless by the
flood. The II. Il. Worthington Pump
company sustained damage estimated
at $15, 900.
Lumber firms on the banks Of Staten
Island sound lost much of their stock.
An approximate estimate Of the losses
through the flood at Elizabeth will not
be obtained for some little time but 1t
will provecostly.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-20
NOTABLE PEOPLE.

Senator Mark Hanna has donated tlo.-
90 to a fund which Is being raised for
the purpose or erecting public library in
his native town Of Lisbon. Coiunoiana
county, O.
Thomas @. Bull whose death at Potts
vile, Pa, Is announced. was member OF
the First Defenders. who first responded
to Lincoln's call for troops. When the de-
tenders reached Washington It was Bull
who stepped forward and said 70 the pres
ident: I'VE are coming. Father Abraham. -
J. j. Chase of Lewiston Me-. a blind
veteran of the war. and son OF Uncle So
Ion Chase, plays cards with markable
facility and ability. He uses mis- own pack
and the edges are notehed IN a distin-
gushing way understood only by himself.
He is told what cards bis competitors play
and chooses his own by running his I'M
ger quickly along the edges.
Washington papers note the fact that q
curious friendship has sprung up between
most daily, when business lags, and both
men have looked over their mali. Mr.. TIL
man walks over to the Republican side
and sits beside Foraker. There they spin
lates his early boyhood experiences and
his latter-day political battles IN man
ner peculiarly his own.
OF the surviving members of the Paris
Commune. Brunei is professor at tho
navy school at Dartmouth. where. II is
said, he once had son OF the prince OF
Wales among his pupils; Pindy Is a mer-
chant at Chaux-de-Fonds; Neillet lives at
Edinburgh, and Lefrancais is said to be
a bookkeeper In large firm at Nice. The
them are Dereuyre,. who Is shoemaker;
Clement, a song writer. Champy. coun-
cillor; Martelet. houss painter; Allix,
a professor, and Arnold, an architect.
Three OF them-Edouard Valiant. Cius-
eret and Paschai Grousset-are deputies,
and one. Ranc. Is senator.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-20

SEATTLE. THURSDAY. May 10.
DISSERTATION ov THE GRAVE.

The revolving crime OF body-snatcnfng
Is exceedingly rare In this country. even
for seiensifc purposes. and the ingenuity
which descends 20 every kind OF vice TO
make money seldom resorts to the hold
ing Of corpses for ransom. IL Is one of
th,se crimes which Is likely to be sue
cessfuI because IL can be planned with
lie risk. and the relatives would rather
submit 10 almost any sxtortion than to
haggls over the price TO be paid for a
restoration Of the remains.
The most daring and sensational in
stance OF ouch crime was that OF the
robbery Of the grave OF A. T. Stewart
in New York city. The body was taken
from the coffin and put In rubber sack
and taken TO Canada. Thousands OF
dollars were spent In an effort to track
the thieves, but they always euded the
detectives. There Is no doubt that the
widow was imposed upon shamefuliy and
induced to part with large sums of money
by imposiors. She was the more sus-
eeptibie to schemes of that kind because
she did not trust Judge Hilton, who was
the administrator OF the estate. aud who.
while pretending to be acting In good
faith with the robbers. spoiled every at
tempt to secure the body by his deter
mination at the same time to capture
them. Pretenss was made of recovering
the body, and placing II In the magniti-
cent mausoieum built for 1t; but Il Is
very doubtful IL there Is any body there.
or at least that 1t Is tho body OF the
millionaire.
The stealing Of bodies has usually been
for the purpose OF selling them as sub
Jects to medical colleges; and when they
could not be obtained lawfully hideous
traffic arose. Wiser eounsels prevailed.
and now that bodies can be had upon
which to operate the occupation OF the
body-snatcher Is gone. There was an
epidemic of that sort OF crime In Scotland
about fifty years ago: and one OF the
most notorious of the thieves was man
named Burke. who was not satisfied to
wait until death should AFFORD the sub
people. how many was never discovered,
and sold Them to medical colleges. His
method was To smother the victims by
enveioping their heads. and he supplied
to the vocabulary the verb ''to burke -
that is. To quietly suppress.
The prompt discovery of tho robbery
of the grave of W. s. Iadd may
lead 90 the detection of the offend
ens, The fact that several were en-
gaged In the robbery may make the
work OF discovery easier Nothing will
do moro to discourage such infamous
efforts 10 obtain money than the speedy
capture and NEST severe punishment of
these men. Their success would proha-
bly, stimulate others to a crime which Is
80 easy OF accomplishment and promises
50 rich 3 reward. especially az the &C,
does not eome Within the scope Of the
superior crimes. the maximum OF punish.
ment being only one years imprlsossnan,
In most states.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-20

SIZED can be afforded without such q
sweeping bio~ az important interests
The New York Times says the senate
ssd not have the grace 70 wait for the
final report q the commission. Neither
ala Presidens Cleveland. Meantime all
who 1--we in the villages. travel 90 and
from the mines. rim railroad trains ana
cut timber for mining or any other pur-
poses are Iawhreakers- The fsnsi report
should have been made before the order
was issued. and IL the final report con-
fsfns such material notifications as 10
change the character ard effect of the
order. Il il evident that the order az issued
was biundsr.
II II unfair to say that The order il OPP
posed By s<inshness. When President
Harrison set aside the Mount Rainier
reservation. not q word was uttered
against H. Agents went over the ground
and laid down the lines 80 thai no ma
ssrial interests should be injured
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-20
TWO VIEW SENATOR'S.

Mason. OF Illinois. and Wellington. OF
Maryland, have both made their mark
in the senate already. in spite OF the rule
against nov.ces, but II - not the same
kind of mark. Mason has shown in the
senate the same disposition toward
hurnor that made him so popular in po-
uticaI conventions. but his oratory Is not
OF the Kind that impresses delfberatsve
bodies and 1t viii not have much weight
with those who read. In his speech on be-
hah OF Cuba there were too many inter-
jections OF the in the name Of God kind
which bring i roar from the galleries but
have no argument IN them when he de-
elared that If We had not ship in the
world, and every gun was melted into a
plowshare. IL every bayonet was buried.
no nation In the world would ever dare
strike our colcrs on American soil" he. OF
course. was chsered by the galleries. but
1t was arrant nonsense all the same
II what Senator Mason said be true.
then why maintain a navy or an army.
why build Notifications and construct
guns for shore defenses? Since our policy
ID not to seek war abroad, and there Is
no fear Of attack AT home why spend
millions of dollars In the building Of q
great and expensive navy? The answer IS
that Senator Mason is only a very cheap
orator. and hts statements are not worthy
OF serious consideration The American
people sympathize with Cuba. and many
OF them want to help II In its struggle
but they want to do 1t sensibly and with a
full consciousness of the effect OF their in
reference.
Senator Wellington was jeered by the
galleries. but he commands the respectful
attention OF the nation. Even those who
differ from him In opinion. recognize the
capacity OF the man; they realize that his
utterances are not mere giittering '.gab."
but the expression OF thought carefully
matured. He displays his appreciation
OF the responsibilities resting upon the
senate. Mason Is jauntily conscious only
Of the effect Of his speech on those who
hear IL. Wellington Is thinking of the
country. Mason is thinking of himself.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-20

Cosmopolis Enterprise: With this issue
we discontinue the publication OF the En-
terpriss, because. at the present time. 10
Is not a paying venture: and we cannot
afford 10 hold the field until IL develops
into a good one, which 10 is sure TO do
within the next few years. To friends
and enemies we say goodbye, and may
prosperity attend you all We still have
faith in the Harbor and In the Best
Town" and where'er in future II may be
our lot 70 toll for the good Of humanity
in particular, and ourselves incidentally,
we shan always have good word and
best OF wishes for Cosmop.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-20

communism PopG.lis-n- or a. least so
essiszm. hoping thereby 20 barry . great
issue beneath THE weight Of popular preju-
dEce-
Nothing proposed a reredy for the
Inequalities u taxation IL more radical
THAI the occasion Of the supreme court
OF the Unffed States. which has recently
hsid that Il Is In the power OF the iesisia-
turr to sogszd the making Of ali Wills and TO
order that no property be transmitted By
a man 90 his heirs after death. ard to
take absolute possession ot all property
real and personal
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-20
editor q several books On erees arr and

editor o. several books On Greek arr and
archaeology
A return on opium cultivation IN EzS,
India shows that IN 1915 1855 acres
were under cultivation. against rs. - acres
the year before.
The manufacture Of sugar from whey is
said 10 be . growing Industry in Southern
Wisconsin "A light. Siirty-looSing brown
susary substance Is made and sent 10 re-
fnery, 20 be refined into a white sugar
THAI ssSls equally as well as the imported
article
Spain. according TO the war Office statis-
tics. has sent. up 70 the end OF 1875. les. OF
men and forty generals TO Cuba The
deaths in the field and from yellow fever
and other diseases were four generals and
-.sal men and officers. No account Is given
Of the men sent home invaded. but ST
least 2,ooa have returned. many of whom
have since died.