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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-08

Benjamin Hokum OF Galva, Ills, was
struck by an engine at Kewanee, Ills.
and killed.
The S-year-old son OF George Berry
OF Austin. Ind. bored holes In a stick
of wood and filled them with powder.
which he ignited, with the result that
his eyes were blown out, finger blown
off and his life is despaired OF.
st. Johns Catholic church at Car
rollton. Mich, burned Loss, $4,000
The hardware firm OF Smith e.
Lourcher OF Litchfield. Ills, has made
al assignment to William Wiegreffe,
Jr. Assets. $4,000; liabilities, $4,000.
Sheriff Brockliss of Douglass county.
New, where the lynching of Adam Uber
recently occurred, has been indicted for
willful neglect of duty in not taking
steps to prevent the Illegal execution.
Farmer Glass, who fired into a char
ivari party near Milan. Mo-, killing Roy
Fear. has been sentenced to serve five
months in jail and fined $780,
John Shea, a watsanan, was assas-
| sinated by an unknt'.n negro near the
negro settlement of Claysville, KY.
Chief of Police ]. c. Arnold Of Dallas
| Tex, accidentally shot by Rev. G.. W.
| Truitt, while hunting, is dead.
| Six non-union coal miners at Wash
| ington, Ind, pulled revolvers upon the
| police and citizens and defied arrest
| One negro was beaten into insensibilty
| by strikers.
The wreck Of the City of Duluth al
| st. Joseph Mich, is dangerous TO navi-
cation and an order has been issued tC
erect lighthouse above it on piles
| At Mercer. ten miles north of Prince
ton. Mo-. Andrew Alley was shot dead
and Joe Alley, his cousin and partner
in a general store, was mortally
wounded by Peter Kindred.
Within the last twenty-five years or
ganized bands of robbers have beer
nearly exterminated in southern Italy
but the Camorra still fourishes in Ma
pies.
Mrs. Peter Snyder of Piopolis, Ills.
was thrown from a wagon during
runaway and killed.
| Emil Traschler was caught in tn
gearing of a saw machine at Able
mans, Wis. and almost instantly killed
The disease known as "blackfoot
has appeared among the cattle aroun
i NANNo
sively fatal.
Adolph S. Lane, for fourteen year
grand secretary of the knights and La
dies of Honor of Indiana, has resigne
| on account Of Ill health.
Joseph Berle, an employe Of Vein
berg Brothers, commission merchant
OF Galesburg, Ills, has disappeared.
Mrs. Maude Ely, who murdered he
little daughter at gainesville, o., las
August, committed suicide in Jail i
that city.
The implement house of G.. III. Baxte
at Jessup, Ind, has been destroyed b
incendiaries.
A taxpayers league has been organ
lied in Van Vert county, Ohio, to pros
ecute the officials who are responsibl
for overdrawing the county funds $50
900.
At Munich there is a hospital whic
is entirely supported by the sale of oil
steel pen nibs, collected from all part
of Germany. They are made int
| watch springs, knives and raZors.
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THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago, Feb. 7.
Following were the quotations on the
Board of Trade today: Wheat-May.
opened 95bc, closed e4%c; July, opened
sac, closed SAC; September, opened nc,
closed 77Ac. Corn-May, opened 29c,
closed 291sc; July, opened So1sc. closed
30Ac. Oats-May, opened Nasc, closed
24Asc: July, opened 23c, closed 23Bc
Pork-May. opened $1O.35. closed $lO:4z1a |;
July. opened $40. 40, closed $1047h. Lard
May, opened $4.971A, closed $500; July,
opened $5O2h. closed $50.
19c per 10; extra dairy. lie; fresh
packing stock. 101ac. Eggs-Fresh stock,
Ice per doz Dressed Poultry-Tur-
keys. 9@12c per 10; chickens. sac
TIC; ducks, 5@7hc. Potatoes-Common
TO choice 5O@62c per bu. Sweet Pota-
does--Illinois. $2.00Q275 per Dbl.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Feb. Z.
Cattle-Estimated receipts for the
day, $4,000. Quotations ranged at 30 10
m555 for choice to extra steers, $4.65Q
Kos good to choice do, $4.25Q4.SO fair
to good, $3.90Q4.35 common to medium
do S3So6I425 butchers steers, $500
?. so stockers, S3.S0@4.40 feeders, $2Z5Q
30 cows, $260QA.50 heifers. $4,000 42o
bulls oxen and stays, $3.4Oq4.4O Texas
steers. and $35O@7.0O veal calves.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for the
day. $4,000. Quotations ranged at $Se0
6i5O westerns, $3.60Q466 natives, and
"a. O0@5.70 lambs.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day,
35. 600. Sales ranged at $3.25@3S0 Ior
pigs, ss75@S97M for Light ~ sS t ,r Ioa
and S3.S504.O21s for heavy packing and
shipping lots.
East Buffalo Live stock.
-. D,,acoIo Feb a
Dunning & stevens, Live Stock Com
mission Merchants, East Buffalo. N. r.,
ouote as follows: Cattle-Receipts, 10
cars: market active and lOc hlgner Lor
ALI grades: best heavy steers, So.lVWo.zo
choice shippers. $i.s5Q510; others $40
OATS; heifers, sS.5ogAIo; Ola 10 e pes
fat cows, See5l33.90: stockers, $S:loM
40; feeders, SS.SO4i.25: stock bulls, $S2o
"a. so; do heife-s. s3.15I3.50. Hogs-Re-
GENTS les cars: market active; WORKERS
| generally $40; mixed. $40; MEDIUMS,
| "a. %: heavy, "a % pigs. s4.SOq4.s SneeI
| and lanabs--heCeipts, so cars; market
steady to firm for handy sheep; lambs
| duIl and lover; best lambs, S5,SOqo.so;
culls, TO good. s415G575; mixed sheep
| ton. $4.50M4.75: culls to good, SS.O0Q4.4o'
st. Loui. Grain.
st. Louis, Feb. Z.
wheat-Lower; No. 2 red cash ele-
vator. eschc: track, 95hQ97c; February
e5lsc; May, 95az@95Mc bid; July, yoNe
| hid: No. 2 hard cash, 9S@9011c. Corn
| Higher; No. cash. 26c; February, 25%e
bid: May, 26ss @26%c; July. 27%Q2Ikc
Oats--Lower; No. cash, 2S!tc; trach'
24H@25c. Rye-Quiet; 47c bid.
Milwaukee Grain.
| Milwaukee, Feb. z.
| wheat-Lower; No. 1 northern, 700
oec. No. spring, ole; May, SAC. Rye
Steady: No. 1, 4Sc. Barley--Firm; No
4. l1c; samples. SS0llc.
1 Detroit Grain.
Detroit, Feb. Z.
wheat-Cash. s4c; red. &c; May. Whc'
July, s4lkc asked.
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Senator Hale of Maine. chairman OF
the committee on naval affairs. says
that the appropriation OF $25O.0O0 for
the new war vessel to succeed the Mich
iean will undoubtedly be made. There
may be some opposition in the house
OF representatives. but the entire Mich
igan delegation is working for 1t. and
they will succeed.
Considerable attention has been re-
Gently attracted to an interesting PAM
inlet published by Charles Moore Of
Detroit on the "Ontonagon Boulder In
the National Museum" 1t appears that
the famous boulder was FIRST discovered
IN IT'S by Alexander Henry. . white
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Milwaukee, Feb.

Milwaukee, Feb. z.
wheat--Lower; No. ! northern yoV
oec. No 2 spring. 91c; May, 94kc. Rye
steady: No. 1, 4Sc. Barley--Ftrm; NO.
4 llc; samples. S3041c.
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TIlIyC A SCAPEGOA7.
=. Effort to Fix Blame tor
Spans ',,s Of Cuban Campaign.
- pASDO IS APPhEhhNoi'N '

. ,..r. H. May BE selected 10, r... n'a y
De fs'" ,ns Captain General iases
Role y,sw Of the Present Condi'ion
Gloomy mr.. Thomas just Returned
:" A'a raD. declares Spain VIII Never
I'0a Liberty to the Island
nah S-The government Is
Havana sor a scapegoat. II one is
l00'a' ,hs hope seems to be that Ma
i9 .a will be satisfied awhile longer anu sa
the p'ss "s expected from General Ban
nucn ",,ruous trip around the island
COS o. :. sO little has come from it that the
and 81 Strent felt cannot be con-
dsapp'' The captain generals promise
cealeu' ,oonth would bring peace
that un' I've been taken literally In
seems ~ vas not so here. The state
SPAN ,bat the captain general was on
mem Of 81 inspection. engaged chleny Ia
u,R hospitals. does not satlsiy .he
vsuns 80 had been entertained. The
hopes aortes In Cuba may refrain
in'ia"',s sn demonstrations of hostility
nom ~ thev are becoming restless
tnousn Nv will do cannot be predicted
wa WA certainty, but they are not hesi-
WIZ 70 SPUR the conservatives IN
u'ln n 20 action and this brings the gov
ham snt back to the question OF the
scapegoat' ma. r..r.
-, pando apparently thinks he
no selected for that role. Inc
, mo- are watching their chances
Ns s'ceneral SECURE has returned to the
anu sorlo ready to condemn Pando'
psA - military operations in the east
pc" nort Of the island. Many things
eln tint them from publicly deriding th'
p.ntaip general, but among themselves
.hsv show a tendency to annoy the gov
srrment by demanding evidences or th'
peace that is coming.
A successful campaign cannot be con
,ncted with a starving army. Pando'
an 10 his friends in the confidence o
sssardship is full of despair. TIL
rnovledge that he may have to serv
:. the scapegoat is possibly the caus
~ this. Instead of talking of peace b!
me end of the month he talks of tn
unexpected crisis before that time
The same talk has been heard before OF
The part of high Spanish officials. blu
tbe given period has passed without tn
oyerturning they prophesied- The nov
sltv Of the Names presence in Havana
harbor has worn off. but the vessel con
times TO receive many visits.
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Confiagration at Exeter, Neb.

Exeter. Neb., Feb. Sire at an early
hour in the morning destroyed all the
business houses of the west side OF town
with the exception of brick bank and
one frame structure. Fourteen busi-
ness houses were entirely consumed
and very little of the contents of the
building were saved. Loss, $4,000; in
surance $4,000
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NEVER WILL GRANT CUBA LIBERTY
Returned IlIinoisan Talks of the Conditions
Prevailing I'm the Island.


Cleveland O., Feb. S.-Dr. c. N.
Thomas of Illinois, who has just re-
turned from Cuba, where he has been
studying the existing conditions on the
island for several months, Is now in
Cleveland and in speaking of the war
said: THE situation from present In
dication is that the war will continue
for long time to come. The Spanish
will never grant the Cubans their lib
erty as long as they can possibly help
H. The Spanish are not only a proud
but patriotic people. They realize that
400 years ago they were the greatest
and most powerful nation and ruled
one-tenth of the land on the globe.
The treaty between the Cubans and
Spanish is absolutely out of the ques-
ton The hated between them was
strong before the war and such terri
bic suffering as both sides have endured
since the war has commenced has in
tensifed this feeling. The talk of Gu
bans accepting home rule is simply RI
diculous. Equally absurd is the idea of
Spain granting Cubans home rule as we
Americans understand home rule. The
policy Of the Cubans is not to fight
important battles. They justly say
yellow fever is destroying the Spanish
army fast enough. Their plan is to
wear out Spain financially, and the
Spanish nation is so weak financially
that she finds II ifpossble to raise the,
necessary $36000,OO0 annually to carry
on the Cuban war and an additional
Io,OVO,OOO each year to pay the interest
Of her great debt.
The reports about the awful suffering
among Cuban women and children are
10 some extent correct. In the large
CUES the suffering is not so great as in
lhe interior of Cuba In some towns
the suffering is beyond description and
awful enough to make a strong mans
neart ache, and the longer the war con-
unues the greater Is the suffering"
Cruiser Montgomery at Matanxas.
Matanzas, Feb. S.--The United States
cruiser Montgomery's arrival here ex-
cited much interest. Insurgent sympa-
hizers are downcast. They had been
olu that American ships would come
cuba to aid Spain in establishing
autonomy and now they believe 1t. Up
vi entering the harbor here Captain
CONVERSE, the commander Of the Mont
somery, hoisted the Spanish flag and
nreo salute of twenty-one guns, pre-
ssely as he would do on entering Bar
,eloha or any other Spanish port. The
MAINE, on entering Havana harbor, did
nO' salute until her commander knew
mat the courtesy would be returned
Aranguren's Betrsyer Rewarded.
tampa, Fla, Feb. S.-Pio Ramero,
VINO betrayed Aranguren, has been
commissioned a lieutenant in the Span
-. army for that service Ramero was
scout of Arrangements brigade and was
captured by the Spanish forces. He was
sven the option of betrayng Aran-
e suen and getting $500 or being ma
s"e'eu' He chose to lead the Spanish
,V'ces to where they could butcher
,snsuren while he was practically
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FoR SALE-The building occupied by
Richard Kinsman a. shoe repairing
shop, situated to the rear OF the postof-
fee. For particulars apply to j. Z.
Hooking. Hancock Mich.
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Henry Hite. who disappeared from
Martinsville. Ind. about twenty years
ago, has Just been heard from for the
frst time since then. He 10 rich at Lee
wood, Va.
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wounded have died, and but two mel
of disease since leaving Tampa.
'.SHAFTER, :.
Major General Commanding ="
REPORT FROM SAMPSON.
Speaks Of the Great Activity and
Courage of the Cubans.

WASHINGTON, June 29.-The Navy
Department to-day posted the follow
ing bulletin giving a report from Ad
miral Sampson, under date of June %
off Santiago:
ION the morning of the 10th the bat
teries at the entrance of Santiago were
subjected to severe bombardment by
the fleet. The firing was deliberate,
and in general most excellent. The bat
teries were quickly silenced. On the
10Th the Texas, the Marblehead and
Suwanee destroyed the fort at Guam
tanamo. On the 18th Lieutenant Har-
low, with two steam launches. one un-
der Cadet Powell and one under Cadet
Hart. made an examination of Cabanas
Bay The launches were subjected to
a heavy and continued fire at short
range, and We're struck seventeen
times, although no one was hurt Lieu
tenant Harlow, in his report, particu-
larly praises the conduct of Cadets
Hart and Powell and Coxswains O'Don-
nell and Blom.
"On the 10Th General Garcia and his
staff visited the flagship, having arrived
that morning at General RabIs camp
at Acerraderos. My impressions of
General Garcia are of the most pleas
ant character He is a large hand
some man of most frank and engaging
manner, and of a most soldiery appear
ance
The fleet has, with my directions
furnished arms, clothing and food to
the Cuban forces, both east and west
of aSntiago.
Much has been done in this direction
at Guantanamo by Commander Mccall
la, who has been most energetic in
rendering them all assistance possible
Great activity and courage has been
shown by the Cubans at Guantanamo,
and Commander McCalla is most eulo-
CYSTIC in reference to their conduct
There are about 10000 Cubans in this
immediate vicinity.
ON the 18th the army transports ar
rived, and General Shafter and myself
paid visit to Generals Garcia and
Rabi. The process of Decentralization
was rendered difficult by the heavy
seas, the heaviest which we have had
during the three weeks the fleet has
been stationed here. BY 3 in the af-
ternoon, however, 1000 men were
ashore. and the work was proceeding
with great rapidity. The pier was not
injured, and one of the steamers went
alongside of it. The water supply was
not injured. The Vesuvius has done al
most nightly firing since she has been
here, the explosion of the shells pro-
ducing very great effect
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CUTTING OFF WATER SUPPLY.
Full Warrant for Shafter's Men
Resortiug to Such Means.

WASHINGTON, June 29.-No official
reports have been received to confirm
the story that General Skaters troops
are in possession of the water works
supplying Santiago.
InaSnnuch as disposition has ap-
peared in some quarters as to the ques-
ton of the right Of the American army,
under the modern rules. to resort to
the medieval means of cutting off the
water supply of a city to shorten a
siege, it can be stated that the military
authorities here, after careful exam
ination of the matter, have reached the
conclusion that there is full warrant for
the cutting off of the water supply. 1t
would not be permissible to do this If
the Spanish General had led his forces
out OF the town, several miles at least.
to repel the invaders, but as he has seen
mt, according to the reports coming
here, to prepare for a defense of the
town within its own limits, there is am
pie precedent for starving the town or
cutting off the water as means of
shortening resistance
Moreover, according to the rules of
war, it is permissible in extreme cases
to refuse to allow the besieged General
to send non-combatants out of the
town, the theory being that by forcing
him to maintain them his powers of re-
sistance would be diminished. 1t is
known that General Linares has been
contemplating the removal from San
tiago of number of -combatants
The steamer Adula, which was at
Kingston day or two ago, is sale to
have been seeking permission from the
American Consul there to go to Santi-
ago for just that purpose So far the
consent of our Government has not
been given. and certainly will not be
unless General Shafter so advises.
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Preparations Under Way for the Sail
ing Of the Fourth Fleet.
Ships to be Gotten Together Without Delay,
the Next Expedition to be Sent With
out Regard to Brigade 0rganiza-
tion or Specific Number.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 29.-The
speedy steamer Newport, bearing Major
General Wesley Merritt, Military Cow
ernor of the Philippines, and his staff.
besides the Astor light battery and
Companies H and. K of the Third Unit
ed States Artillery and detachments
from the hospital and signal corps. is
now on its way to Manila.
As the vessel gradually drew away
from her dock the blowing of many
whistles told the people on shore that
General Merritt had taken his depar-
ture from American shores and was
on his way to assume charge of the
military affairs of the Philippines.
Great crowds had assembled to wit
ness the departure of the trim vessel,
and many fashionable equipages on
the dock told of the presence of repre-
sentatives of the HOO who had come
to bid farewell to friends among the
members of the Astor battery.
Many tugboats and yachts chartered
for the occasion accompanied the New
port down the bay and out through
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June %, via Port Antonio, jamaica,
Wednesday morning, June %, by way
of Kingston. Jamaica, June %, D. m.-
Copyright, 1893, by the Associated
Press. 1.-The flying squadron, hitherto
commanded by Commodore Schley, has
lost its identity by an order issued to-
day by Rear Admiral Sampson, and it
has been merged into the fleet under
the Admiral. The order caused con-
siderable surprise on board the Brook
lyn, which has been the flagship of
the flying squadron, where it was sup
posed the squadron would remain intact
at least until the fall of Santiago de
Cuba. Commodore Schley has been as
signed to command the second squadron
attached to Admiral SIMPSONS fleet.
From two Cuban officers picked up
by the Vixen it has been learned that
General Pando is moving eastward
from Manzanillo with 500 Spanish
troops for the purpose of assisting the
beleaguered city of Santiago de Cuba.
The Cubans have come to Accerraderos
in small boats with dispatches from
| General Rios for Admiral Sampson and
General Rabi. They report that Gener-
al Pando has with him seven battalions
numbering 500 men, with cattle and
=
| Manzanillo, province of Santiago de
| Cuba, on June 22d, to relieve General
Linares. The Spaniards were moving
at the rate of twelve miles a day when
the messengers left, and at their pres
ent speed they will reach Santiago de
Cuba next Sunday. July 3D.
| The Cubans have a small force hang
| ing on the Spanish flank and rear and
a q A.
at every step. Manzanillo is 127 miles
west of Santiago de Cuba, and the
roads are in bad condition The Span
| iards say that if General Pando reaches
his goal it will be with less than half
the force he started with. The Cubans
who are harassing him only number
about 200 men, but in the passes and
in the bush they are at a great ad-
vantage.
| 1t is probable that immediate steps
will be taken to throw a force of Amer
leans and Cubans between General
| Pando and General Linares Pressed
! as the latter is on the east, he could
| not spare a man for a sortie to the
west.
Admiral Sampson has ascertained
that Admiral Cervera's fleet has moved
| into the upper harbor of Santiago de
| Cuba
| General Shafter, in his dispatches to
! the Secretary of War, complimented
| the fleet for its assistance in landing
troops. With the soldiers landing from
| the Yale yesterday, and General
Garcia's army transported from the
westward, p 900 men in all have been
disembarked in the vicinity of Santiago
| de Cuba
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TROOPS FOR SKATER.
Six Transports Were Expected to
Leave Tampa Yesterday.

WASHINGTON, June 29.-The under
standing at the War Department to-
day was that six transports CARRYING
reinforcements for General Shafter's
army would leave Tampa to-day. going
out with the tide. They consisted of
about 5000 men, with their equipments
and subsistence. This is only a small
portion of the reinforcements to be sent
to General Shafter, as at present deter
miend. and include a portion of Brig
adler General Snyder's division.
From the fact that they are in COM
mand of Brigadier General Randolph.
the presumption is that the artillery
batteries under his charge, or at least
portion of them, also have been taken
with this expedition. There were six
batteries in all under command of
General Randolph. three of which were
of heavy and the remainder of light ar
tillery. At Key West the TRANSPORTS
are to be met by convoy of naval
vessels, and escorted to Santiago. Other
transports are expected to return from
Cuba in few days. and they will take
the remainder of the troops assigned
to reinforce General Shafter.
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THE ADVANCE ON SANTIAGO.
Troops Being Hurried Rapidly to
the Front.

AT THE FRONT ON THE RIO
GUIANA, SECOND CROSSING, Tues
day, June rs, p. m, per the Asso-
ciated Press Dispatch boat Dauntless
Cvia Port Antonio, Jamaica, Wednes-
day, June 20, a. m. and Kingston.
Jamaica, $50 a. m.)-(Copyrighted,
1898 by the Associated Press.)-The
preparations for the general advance
of American troops on Santiago are
being pushed steadily forward and
troops of all branches of the service
ore being hurried to the front. Cen
eral Kent's division, consisting of the
brigade of General Hawkins, Colonel
Pearson and Colonel Worth, has joined
General Lawton's division, and with
the cavalry division of General Wheeler
and four batteries of light artillery,
will now be strung out in the rear of
General Lawton's division.
The front still rests on the second
crossing of the Rio Guiana. on the road
to Santiago de Cuba in the rear of the
a half back.
The brigade of General Bates, the
Thirty-second Michigan Regiment, and
a battalion of the Thirty-third Michi-
gan Regiment which was landed yes
terday by the auxiliary cruiser Yale,
remain at Jaragua or Siboney.
The delay in the general field move
ment is due to the inability to get SUBJ
sistence stores TO the front rapidly
enough The advance, it is said, will
not be ordered until every man has
thrN- days r.tions in h .napsack.
This. however, is impossible until the
road is passable for wagon trains. The
pack trains can only convey one days
rations in a day
The men constructing these roads
have the work almost completed, and
four six-muIe teams will go through.
In two or three days more every man
three days rations in his knapsack-
sack, and as soon as that occurs the
army will move on the enemy.
Although the Cubans affect to have
: thorough knowledge of the country and
the trails. nothing is taken for granted.
The fianks are being thoroughly recon-
noitered, and an accurate move has
been made by the engineers. Much
of the information thus obtained will
be of inestimable value from strategic
point Of view