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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29

To RENT-Two rooms over the restau
rant next to the Dostofilce. Apply to
Mr.. Frank j. Goodsole, ord. l.. Hooking,
Hancock.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29

John Oberg will arrive in Calumet Mch.
% with a carload of fresh milch cows
from Wisconsin, including IL Jersey.
Cows may he inspected on Pine street.
JOHN OBERG.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29

Madame Smith the celebrated clairvoy
ant, has returned and can be consulted
at the Central hotel.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29

The annual increase of the German
-nztien during the last five years has
gbssn more than fivs times as much az
gsrknt of the French.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29

To LET-Two furnished rooms with
bath. Apply corner Woodland avenue
and old Torch Lake road.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29

Smoke Shaug's Klondike cigars, man
ufactured by l.. N. Shaug. $40 Pine street,
Red Jacket,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29

The Ladies' Aid society OF the Calumet
M. Il. church, will give sale OF fancy
goode on April 10.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29

The Jewell House property is for sale.
A most decirable hotel location. Apply
to Mr.. B. Shea.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29
To the Owners or Cows.

To the Owners or Cows.
Cows found running at large in the
township OF Calumet after the first day
Of April, 1898. will be enpounded.
By order OF
THE TOWNSHIP BOARD.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29
Smoke Klondike cigars.

Visitors always welcome at the studio
OF Steckb bauer & Borough.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29
Mining Property
FOR Sale.
All the property. real sndlperso l.
OF the
FAC La Belle Mining Company,

fnubrect3g 1886 acres on the mineral range,
rs Ns ac-es IN feel ,9ss acres surface only max
saR1O 100 ceres south of mineral range with the
h&rdveod still standing. together with seven
Eafles OF railroad to stamp mill at Lac la Belle;
with oxtlet thence to Lake Superior. Plant at
The mime end Lake all In good order and ready
yN1r o9eration. Enquire for further partio-
1enr from W. X. VIVIAN, supt.
Delaware Nine p. o. Keweenaw 90. Mich.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29
HE MET HIS MATCH.
Why BULLY 5RoNSToN OF WYOMING
WILL NEVER BOX AGAIN.

The Champion Pugilist OF the Hunting
Grounds Had Dowred Many Kinds Of
High Oniciais. but Never Before Tsc-
killed. Young Consul.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-29

Hancock
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15

setting apart Monday May 16. as a day
of fasting and prayer for guidance in the
election of bishops and other correctional
officers.
The question of the admission of Bishop
Wilson of Baltimore was indirectly before
the conference to-day, The Bishop had APP
pointed a man Sunday school agent at st.
Louis After the appointment the man con-
tinued to preach at a church which he had
already served four years. The point was as
TO whether the man was eYading the four
year limit law. The only way in which
Bishop Wilson is concerned is in the posi-
bility that he may have known such
preaching was to be done when he made
the appointment. The matter created a
parliamentary tangle and was finally re-
ferred to the committee on Eplscopacy.
The proposal of the Baltimore confer
ence to have stewards minutes presented
at annual conferences was rejected.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15

game of poker was resumed, and all sang;
And when me to my grave you're bring
ing,
Then follow after, man by man.
Let no sad funeral bells be ringing,
But tinkling glasses be your plan.
And on my tombstone be inscribed,
This man was born, lived, drank. and
died;
And now he lies here who irnbibed.
Mid all life's joys, the purple tide"
TN call you." said one Of the players,
at the end of the verse
Three big aces"
Take the pot"
"Listen!' said another. Don't 1t sound
finer
Here and there, far and near, the men
We're singing. One could distinguish strains
OF Ienting on the Old Camp Ground"
Nearer, Ny God, to Thee" and Get
Your Moneys Worth" from the medley
that distance kindly mellowed into harmo-
ny. When the reporter left, having some
what overstayed his permit, the men in
the sergeants tent had taken up Nearer,
MY GOD, 10 Thee the most popular song
in camp.
such a scene as this described. it is said
rs common to every regiment-almost to
every company. From tattoo to taps is
the one brief time of the day during which
any attempt is made at public devotional
exercises.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15

icon, and in all wealthy sanctuaries there
are several OF great value, usually adorn-
cd with rubies amethysts, sapphires dla-
monds and pearls. The value of the jew
eled icons, and of relics In caskets blazing
with precious stones. is, in some cathe-
drals and converts, simply fabulous The
traveller soon becomes convinced that this
most ancient Of European churches, the
Russo-Greek, Is the most affiuent in the
world. Its treasures are incalcUlable, and
Il has never really been spoiled and strip
ped, as other Erastian established
churches have been, by reformation and
revolutions.
Nothing is done in Russia without obei-
sance to the icon. II is an insult of the
most nagrant order for a native TO enter
the dwelling Of another without the sign
or homage to the icon. In the bedroom,
the Kitchen, The drawing-room every
where the holy symbol is encountered. In
my cabin on the steamer when I opened
my eyes in the morning a gaudy little pic,
ture Of some saint was staring down On
me, II it be observed, by way Of apology,
mat The universal homage paid to relig-
ious pictures is not alteration, then l can
only reply that il is an imitation of il
which is absolutely perfect.
The religion of Russia is remarkable
both Ia its abundant accessories and in
It's elimination of some of the essential
features of other forms of Christianity
Russia is the land par excellence Of
ehurch bells The "kolokol" or bell. is
unspeakably dear to Muscovite ears If
you can not sleep when the air is palpltat-
ing with the clashing reverberation of
scores of bells, then you had better keep
Out of Russia, for very early every morn
ing the Naturalization begins. and it
does not cease for hours, and then the in
terval Is very short But what wonderful
bells they are! How deep, rich and har-
monious they are
1t seems a singular anomaly that or
gans are prohibited in churches, as are ali
other instruments but the singing is so
fine that Instrumental music is not miss
ed. The mixture of mirth and melancho-
liza peculiar to the Slay temperament pre-
dominates in all Russian music, in which
the minor mode generally conquers the
major. The church services are simply
all musical from end to end Even il
some ceremonial is going on music must
accompany il, however unnecessary, or
even out of place. The chanting is inces-
SAINT. A deep bass recitative is being per-
formed by a monk in front of an ncon.
He stands, splendidly appareled with his
back to the people singing before the holy
picture, which blazes with precious stones.
and which will at the end of the services
be passionately kissed by scores of the peo-
pie. Suddenly, while he is chanting in. a
voice which would soon make his fortune
as an opera singer, a magnificent burst of
harmony from behind the screen of the
iconotasis thrills the standing congrega-
ton. The effect is altogether indescriba-
bic. Nowhere outside of Russia is any,
thing to be heard like it,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15
DIMES METHoD1sTs.
Cuban Resolution of the Baptists
Presented

Baltimore, May A-The general confer
enee Of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. adjourned early to-day in order to
leave this afternoon for a trip to Annap-
oils
At the session at the Fourth Regiment
armory, a communication was read which
assumes that the United States has Cuba
Or is about to assume it. The communica-
ton was from Rev sDr Lansing Bur
roughs, secretary of the Southern Bap-
list convention, which has Just closed
its convention at Norfolk. It asks that
action be taken at the conference similar
to the following resolution adopted BY
the Baptsts:
whereas, religious freedom is a prin-
ciple dear to every true American, and
especially to every Baptist therefore.
Resolved that this convention respect
fully requests the President of the United
States and others in authority that in the
adjustment of the political affairs in the
island of Cuba, they use every proper
endeavor TO secure equality of religious
right to every inhabltant Of that island ."
A resolution was presented and adopted
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15
RELIGION IN RUSSIA.
COUNTRY WHERE FANATICAL
sACERDoTALIsM PREVAILS.

Church Bells and Aiusic-Wby So Lit
tie Sympathy Was shown for Ar
neutrality-suspicious. of the Icon.
From the Contemporary Review.
The custom Of religious holiday max
ing Is the bane of Russian industry, and
the stronghold of priestcraft in the East
ern church there are about dozen
holy days in each month throughout the
year, and every Russian almanac margs
these in large red figures. You go out in
the morning, probably intending to sup
ply some necessary wants, and are sur
prised to find every shop closed. The
church claps its lnterdict on commerce,
and Theoretically seals up the avenues of
industry by this system, which is enforced
with astonishing vigor. Russia is the
real home of church and state in the most
perfect continuity of medlaevallsm.
1t is a vain notion, which the Western
mind generally cherishes that in Russian
religious superstition is gradually yielding
10 the encroa shment Of modern progress
siyeness. Enlightened people in Russia as
sured me that never has the whole land
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15
CHARLESTON TO BE BoMBARDED.


London star Prints an Amusing
story of Spanish Plans.
London, May 15-The Star says a Mad
rid dispatch via Paris throws interesting
light gathered from an official source,
on Admiral Cervera's movements since
he left,the Cape Verde Islands.
1t appears that he headed for St Pierre,
Alquelon, on the coast Of Newfoundland,
where sealed instructions awaited him.
There Golfers from sydney were met
and the Spanish fleet coaled.
Admiral Cervera's instructions were
then to raid Portland, Boston and New
port, and if Rear Admiral Sampson bonn
barded Havana to draw him off.
The news from Manila seems to have
changed the plans
The next proposed move was to decoy
Rear Admiral Sampson to Porto Rico and
then sail rapidly for Havana and destroy
the few ships left there.
Finally should Admiral Cervera, Oh
reaching Santiago de Cuba, learn that two
American squadrons were coming to meet
MIN, thus leaving the sea free, his plans
would be TO avoid them, sail straight for
Charleston and lombard that city,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15
ST. PAUL SAILS.
Takes on SmOkeless Powder and
Hurries Southwark.

Newport News, Va. May 14.-Owirg to
the dense fog that hung over Hampton
roads this morning and other reasons that
were not made public by Capt sigsbee.
the auxiliary cruiser St Paul did not
weigh anchor before daybreak to Join the
flying squadron. which left Hampton reads
yesterday afternoon under sealed, orders.
The ST. Paul took on The greater part
of her ammunition here. which came by
express. Included in this supply were two
carloads of smokeless powder, but only
one carload was transferred 10 the ship up
10 last night.
Some time after daybreak this morning
the ST. Paul steamed down to Old Point
where the cruiser New Orleans was lying,
but returned to her anchorage at s O'Clock,
and remained tm SI5 in the afternoon.
when she again moved down to Old Point.
While here the St. Paul finished taking OH
her supply of smokeless powder.
It was o'clock when the big warship
pulled up her anchors at Old Point. and
started on a bee line for the Virginia
capes. going, it is supposed, TO join Gem
modore Schley.
The New Orleans is still at Old Point,
and it is not known when she wln sail,
but it is thought she will remain 10 pro-
tect the gateway to the Chesapeake hay
till the Monitor Canonicus, which has
been ordered 10 Fortress Monroe, arrives
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15
AMATEUR ATHLETIC CONTESTS.
sixteen Events i'm the Spring Meeting
at New Orleans.

at New Orleans.
New Orleans, La, May 1.-THE Amateur
Athletic Union spring championship events
took place to-day. There were sixteen
events, with Wefers, Long, Flanagan and
Sheldon of New York, and a Birmingham.
Ala. team, participating, in addition to the
local clubs.
Wefers won the 100 yards dash in 10 Is
seconds. and the go yards in % seconds.
Long took the quarter in :5l rs, and the
half in 2:10 AS.
Flanagan won the 16-pound hammer, 15S
feet, inches, making a worlds record.
Sheldon won the putting the shot "A feet
inches; throwing the discus lis feet
inches, and the 56-pound weight 20 feet s]a
inches.
The Southern Athletic Club captured
eight events and Mittenberger of the
Young Mems Gymnastic Club defeated
Sheldon in the hammer and Flanagan in
the discus and weight events Jones OF
Birmingham won The high hurdles.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15
GOLD IN A WASHINGTON SEWER.
1t Washed Fifty Cents to the Pan,
But 1t Could Not BE Utilized.
From the washington Star


From the Washington Star.
1t has often been said that there Is gold
in the streets of Washington" said Capt,
Janney Purcell, who is working the old
maryland mine at Great Falls under an
option from the original company but
never saw the ocular demonst ration Of
the 1act until the other day as / came
through Georgetown with a friend who had
been out to see the work being done at the
maryland mine. We were somewhere
north OF 2 street and making out way
down toward the Metropolitan car line,
mneii we saw some men digging a sewer.
Inc bank of earth thrown up was red as
blood. l am an old miner and 1 can't
Keep away from signs of gold il L see them,
ana Immediately went to the spot and
picked up a handful of the stuff. The man
nearest to me was crushing a bit of the
earth IN the palm of his hand, and as he
oid SO looked askew at me out of the tail
OF his eye. saw at once the fellow had
peen miner. I have mined from Canada
10 Mexico, and I think there Is a freema-
sorry among miners by which you can
generally tell one of the craft pretty much
as you would guess that a chap who
hitches up his trousers fore and aft is a
sailor.
talked awhile with my friend who
was III OhS 1itcn Tor dollar a day, and
learned that he had had his chance in the
Black Hills in the'7Os, had found a good
property, sold it well, and gone to Wall
street TO be fieeced clean. He said the red
earth showed oxide of iron, and where that
was found of course decomposition of the
original quartz rock had taken place. and
the gold released wrapped a handful
IN a piece OF paper and tucked it in my
coat pocket, where ii lay forgotten until
yesterday, when 1 PANIED il carefully.
You never saw such a streak of colors'
they swept across the pan like the tail
OF a comet across an August night. There
was at least 80 cents worth Of gold In that
one pan. II had found 1t in Colorado or
California, to say nothing of Alaska,
should have thought. / had made a grand
strike. But 1t was only dirt from a sewer
in Georgetown, ID. c., and of course it was
OF value only as a curiosity. Yet when
we realize what science is doing for all
branches Of human industry we can reas-
onably expect that some day we shall be
able to utilize the auriferous soils and
rocks in and around Washington for legit-
innate business-like mining"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15
FIVE MEN HOLD UP A TRAIN.

One Report Claims They Got $4,000
and Another $500.
Meridian, Miss. May 1.-THE Alabama
Great Southern passenger train was held
up by five men near Cuba, Ala, at 10
O'Clock tonight.
The men worse masks, and were evil
IDENTIFY old hands at the business.
The express car was robbed of 5000.
Express officials, however, claim only
$500 was taken, as Express Messenger
Nicklin aid most of the money in the stove
pipe.
A posse from here left at IL o'clock with
bloodhounds.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15
WHY THE HANDS STOPPED.
City Exchange Flag at Half Mast In
terfered with Time

The cause of the stopping of the hands
in the City Exchange tower clock dur
ing the progress Of ex-Mayor wheaton's
funeral Friday afternoon was explained
yesterday by Theus Bros. Whenever the
flag on the exchange is placed at half
mast the folds of the flag cover the face
Of the clock and becoming entangled with
the hands stop their movement The clock
keeps going, however, and the hours are
struck.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15
SPAIN ENCOURAGED.

Failure of Americans to Land I'm
Cuba Raises Her Hopes.
Paris, May 14.--The Temps this evening
publishes the following dispatch from
Madrid: -The successes achieved by the
Spanish troops against the American
landing parties in Cuba and the insignin-
cant result of the bombardment Of San
Juan de Porto Rico have strengthened the
feeling more in favor of prolonging the
war in the Antilles and Philippines
1T is believed Admiral Cervera's squad
ron will, so soon as it has picked up its
dispatch boats and torpedo boats off Mar
Unique, pursue a cruise into Cuban waters,
and perhaps even further"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15
CAVALRY QUIT CHICKAMAUGA.

Enormous BODY of Troops Ordered
to Move.
Chickamauga National Park, Ga, May
4-The last of the regular army lately
modified at this point, the First and Tenth
Cavalry. left to-day for Tampa.
Official notice was received by Gen.
Brooke to-day from the war department
that 81 regiments of volunteers, eight
troops of cavalry and eight light batteries
of artillery have been ordered from their
points Of rendezvous in fourteen states.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15
se,ven Not Going to war.

Washington, May Ex-senator seweli
OF New Jersey, has declined appointment
as major general of volunteers, presum-
ably because he would have 10 forfeit
his seat in the Senate.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15
Maher and Goddard Matched

New York, May 14-Peter Maher and
Joe Goddard have been matched to fight
before the Greater New York Club on
May IS, for a purse of 5000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15
-FOUR NEGROES SHOT.
Two of the Number Dead and the
others Badly wounded

Birmingham, Ala, May H.-Late to-
night in Buzzard Roost. the negro portion
of the city, a dispute took place among a
crowd of negroes.
John Lee pulled pistol and fred four
times
The dead are Tricky Sam and Preacher
Abernethy.
: Dangerously Wounded7-Tom Warren
Seriously Hurt-sam spadden.
Lee made his escape.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15
Banking and Currencv Bln.

Washington, May 1.-THE House com
mittee on banking and currency has voted
to report banking and currency bill. The
bill will be introduced Wednesday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15
M'DUFFIE BEATS TITUS.
Covers Fifteen Miles in 81 Minuts for
In. 20


a Purse of $1,000
Boston, May 14-Eddie McDume won
easily to-day his first competitive race
for the season from Fred ]. Titus on the
Charles River park track at a distance
of fifteen miles in 27;O9 S-5 for purse Of
$150Q. McDuftie broke the worlds re-
cord made by Michael for the distance
by 5 is seconds, and besides made new
records from five miles.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15

Mobile, Ala. May ll-Noagsme was play
ed with Savannah to-day The game win be
played tomorrow.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15
VOLUNTEERS IN CAMP.
An IncOngruous But Camp-Like Set
ting for Religious Service.

TIE 101 1"'1' VI FACEs
From the New York Evening Post
The state secretary of the Young Mems
Christian Association was at Maj. Gen.
Roe's headquarters, Camp Black, to-day.
asking permission to pitch tent and
hold frequent religious services within
the lines of each regiment. The asso-
stations one large tent, although pitched
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15

Interesting news for people visiting New
York. Hotel Empire ad. page A-ad
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-22
COLoRADO's COLONEL.
An Officer Who Held an Envi- able Record in the
 A

The First Colorado is commanded by one of the best officers in the country Colonel Irving Hale graduated from the West Point Military Academy, with the highest honors in the class of 1881, stand the engineer corps of the army, and gave resigned a few years later to take charge of the Mountain Electric Company Of Colorado, a gigantic enterprise. at a sal ary of $100OO year This position he resigned to go to the front at his coun- Ty's call. Officers and men are very proud of their commander, and he is. will ing to take oath that there is not another regiment in the service that can compare with his.
 San Francisco Parlor No 49 N c w., has resolved that all members doing duty under the flag of the United States during the war with Spain shall be ex- enpt from all fines, dues and assess ments which may occur during said ser vices.
 The San Francisco Hussars are about completing the organization of their squadron of light cavalry. It is the in tention of the organizer to offer the com rnand to Colonel Mosby as soon as the full quota of four troops has been en- ing meeting this afternoon at Armory Hall, Pythian Castle.
 Arthur C. Johnson, staff correspondent of the Rocky Mountain News, and Harry W. McCauley, staff correspondent of the Denver Republican, belong to Company They had the pleasure of wiring to their. respective journals that the reception of the Colorado regiment in California filled the soldiers with gratitude.