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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-28
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT.
FARM OF IS ACRES. 2 MILES FROM
city: $50.
Farm OF 81 acres, miles from city: $40.
Farm OF 20 acres, miles from city: $50
X. u. CHAFFIN x co
incorporated.
&C T-2t No ! north Tenth street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-28

O no Men's Single Breasted
d.. NO Navy-Blu Twilled Suits
sizes "a to 42-well made
nicely trimmed-a slightly up-to-date
suit IN every particular Delays are
not profitable when such a rattling-
good value and such a neat-looking
winter suit is being quoted at such an
eNtrcmely-low price
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-28

SS.97 s @sorI Suits st %9a' up ad ID
shapes-round and square
cut sacks, single and dOuble-breasted-
among them an extensive assortment
Of black and blues These are bang
mp suits for middle-aged men Of con
serVative ideas and are bv far the
most extraordinary Wearers ever
placed on the counters.
hsO M Mems Suits Of
$1,000 Worsteds, C9eylots
Cassimeres, and dag
onals. made into regular. extra-long.
every sort Of size The fact of the
matter ifs simply this That the ton
dollar range Of patterns this season
covers more ideas and good ones.
than was ever known since this was a
clothing establishment.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-28

Mr.. W. &. BOndndn, the mail cOntrdc-
tor. is detained at home by illness.
Mayor II. A. Maurice has returned from
a trip 10 Chesterfield county.
Mrs. John Clarke, formerly OF this city,
IS quite sick at her home, at No. Is west
Cary street, Richmond.
Mr.. II. Il. Darlington, Of Selma, y. .,
is here on a visit 10 his many friends
Miss Bessie II. Reid has returned from
New York, where she had been spending
the summer with her sister, Mrs. W. B.
White.
Bernard Jefferson Davis. the 4-year-old
son Of Mr.. Claude Davis, Of No. 1903 Deca-
tur street, fell Wednesday afternoon
while playing in his fathers yard. and
broke his arm below the elbow.
Miss Edna Shriyer, Of Terra Alta, w.
Va. Is the guest Of Mrs. l.. NJ. Nunnally,
No. Jos east Tenth street.
Mr.. Charles $. Latham and his bride
have returned 10 the city, and are at
home. No. 1874 McDonough street.
Mrs. l.. o. Davis, who has been at the
old Dominion Hospital, in Richmond,
where an operation was performed. was
50 far improved as 10 be able TO be
brought 10 the home OF her kinsman, Mr.
y Goode. yesterday.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
MARTIN ANo HIS DEPUTIES.
Witness Tells How They Shot Down strilx-
ers at Lattimer.

Wilkesbarre, Pa. Feb. 10.-When
cSurt opened for the trial of Sheriff
Martin and his deputies Judge Wood
ward spoke to the jurors about receiv-
ing letters bearing upon any point in
the trial. He said: IF you receive any
letters with reference TO the trial,
whether anonymous or signed, ii is
your duty to hand them over to the
district attorney. and you must not al
low them to make any impression on
your mind"
The first witness called was John
Yourshekowitz. enc of the Harwood
strikers. He said that on Sept. the
strikers held q meeting at Harwood
and they understood that If they could
get the Lattimer men to join them they
would win the strike. They decided
not to carry anything having the SEM
blance of weapons and to behave quiet
ly and peaceablyT At West Hazleton.
he said, they met the sheriff and the
deputies, who pushed them around with
guns and hit several of them. One man
and the witness at this juncture pointed
out Deputy A. p. Platt, who tore down
the flag.
At Lattimer the sheriff stopped them,
hit two men in the front rank and tried
to fire his revolver. 1t snapped twice
and then exploded. Right away there
was volley of shots from the deputies,
and many of the strikers fell On cross
examination witness said that at West
Hazeton the sheriff got hold of his
coat and pushed his revolver in his
face, saying: "I am the sheriff of Lu-
zerne county. and you cannot go to
Lattimer' i did nothing. l was fright
ened."
Steve Jusko, whose arm was broken
and head cut by blows of a rifle in the
hands of a deputy at West Hazleton
testified that at the time of the assault
he was behaving in an orderly manner.
| He said the deputies put him in the
| lookup for two days before he was
! taken to the hospital. He was laid up
| for two months. The evidence of Mich
ael Popsos, who followed Jusko. was
| corroborative OF what had already been
| told about the shooting at Lattimer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
Won DER AHE AT LIBERTY.
Released on Habeas Corpus Proceedings
on Reaching Pittsburg.

Pittsburg, Feb. 10.-Chris Won der
Abe, president of the ST Louis Base
ball club, enjoys his freedom after be-
ing the victim of a most remarkable
arrest which borders on an abduction.
His attorney, j. Scott Ferguson. threat
ems suits for conspiracy as a result
of the high-handed snatching Of Won
der Abe from st. Louis and a compul-
sorry trip to this city. A United States
marshall, with writ Of habeas corpus
issued by Judge Acheson of the United
States court at Attorney Ferguson's in
stance, was at the Baltimore and Ohio
station in the evening awaiting the ar
rival of Won der Abe and his daring
captors. Detective Bendel and Attor-
ney Scandrett fooled the officers by dis
embarking at Glennwood and taking
trolley car to town.
The marshal FASTENED to the Jail and
found Won der Abe there, handcuffed
to Bendel. The boss president" looked
as if he had been trifing with a troll
ley car fender. His hat was crushed
and he needed buttons on his coat and
vest. He had resisted en- route to his
sorrow. The United States marshal Sc
cured Won der Abe and took him be-
fore Judge AcheSon at $3.50 p. m. After
a partial hearing Won der Abe was re-
leased on 81, 500 bail. His attorney be-
came his bondsman and he was re-
Leased
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
ELOPEMENT ENDS IN SUICIDE.
Deed of Woman Thought To BE Wis
consin Sherifrs Wife.

New York, Feb. 10.-A woman AZ
years old, living with a man named Nj
gro in two squalid rooms on the top
floor of the five-story tenement at 500
Second avenue, committed suicide by
taking carbolic acid. She was known
to the tenants as Mrs. Clara Nigro, but
there are excellent reasons for believ-
ing that she was never married to Nj
gro. There was a story current among
the tenants to the effect that the wom-
an was the wife OF a sheriff in coun-
ty In Wisconsin.
The only article Of value in the room
was a picture in an expensive gold
frame. 1t was that of a fine-looking
man with blue eyes. blonde complexion,
dignified face and light mustache. Her
little boy could not be Influenced to tell
what he knew of his mothers life, say
ing:
mo, i won't tell. Mamma is dead.
but i won't tell what l know. She
would not like it. She was always kind
to ma -
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
Warrant for Big Money.

Washington, Feb. 10.-The secretary
of the treasury has issued a warrant
in favor of the treasurer of the United
States for $7,515, ,255.15. TO be used for
the payment of the first mortgages on
the eastern and middle divisions of the
Kansas Pacific railroad. This action
has been taken in accordance with the
direction Of uS Sanborn of st. Louis
on the govern hts motion TO be filed
and argued next Saturday for authority
TO reduce the first mortgages and also
for posrpcnement OF the sale fixed for
Feb 1e
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
Grent Fire at Fort Worth. Tex.

Fort Worth, Tex, Feb. 10.-At 3
o'clock in the morning the largest
property loss by fire that ever occurred
here took place, the eight-story Hurley
Office building, the Dreyfus company's
mammoth dry goods house, the Farm
ers' and Mechanics bank, the general
offices of the Fort Worth, Denver City
Railway company, the Worth Cycle
company, and one or two small mer-
chandising companies being burned to
the ground. The firemen were unable
to get the FIRE under control before 3
o'clock. The total loss is estimated at
over $3.50 600
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
Challenged to "a Duel.

Lexington, Ky, Feb. 1O.-A political
sensation is caused by the publication
of a letter from Colonel Thomas E.
Moore of Bourbon county, leading sill
yer Democrat denouncing Desha
Breckenridge, son of Colonel w. c. p.
Breckenridge, editor Of The Herald. and
suggests a duel to settle their differ
ences. The feeling between the men
was engendered in the Breckenridge
Owens congressional contest four years
ago. Colonel Moore was recently sug-
gested as a penitentiary commissioner
and The Herald ridiculed him. This
led to the challenge.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
Four Laborers Drowned.

Portland, Ore, Feb. 10.-Four labor
ers rowing on the Willamette river to
their place Of work at Oregon City. lost
their bearings in the fog and swept over
the Willamette falls to their death.
There were five in the boat, one of the
number miraculously escaping and be-
ing found in a semi-conscious state
clinging to the boat in the eddy flow.
The names of the drowned men are:
George Freeman, George Freeman, Jr..
James Freeman, l.. j. Shannon. Henry
Freeman a third SON was rescued.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
SENATE GALLERIES CROWDED.
Much Public Interest Taken in the Cuban
Resolutions.

Washington. Feb. 10.-In anticipation
of speeches to be delivered on the rela-
tions of the United States and Spain
concerning the Cuban war-a subject
of intense interest to a majority of
Americans-the galleries Of the senate
were crowded at an early hour.
The resolution offered by Cannon
urging the president to notify Spain III
II fails to recognize the independence
of Cuba before March next. this gov
ernment would then recognize the bel
ligerent rights Of the Cubans ana
ninety days thereafter assert the inde-
pendence of the Cuban republic, was
then laid before the senate and Cannon
was recognized to speak upon the reso-
luton.
Hale. following Cannon, declared that
the various Cuban resolutions were all
for the purpose of driving the admins
tration into a position different from
its policy and involving the country in
serious difficulties
Mason followed Hale. He denied the
assertion of Hale that this was an at
tempt to put the administration in
leading strings Mason declared that
many people had gone from this. coun-
try to Cuba, but added that the mes
sage of the administration had shown
that millions and millions had been
spent by this government to prevent
men and munitions going to the pat
riots. while not a dollar had been spent
to prevent the shipments of unlimited
arms to the Spaniards to murder inno-
cent women and children. This was
greeted with cheers in the galleries.
Mason read some letters showing the
condition OF the starving women and
children in Cuba. and said that while he
was talking the bucket shops and stock
brokers were sending him insulting
kilograms, telling him to consider the
effect of his course upon the price OF
pork and other products in his own
state. while women and children are
starving" he cried. IT will not be gov
erned by the price of pork in Illinois"
Continuing his description OF Cuban
conditions, Mason said: This is war;
Spanish war; the war which the Re-
publican party promised to stop. and I
deny that any man Is better Repub-
lican than I. whether he sits In the
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
Troops Ordered to Alaska.

Portland, Ore, Feb. 10.-Orders have
been received at department headquar-
ters at Vancouver barracks to send four
companies Of United States troops to
Dyea and Skaguay as soon as possible.
This order is issued on account of the
threatened lawlessness at the two
points mentioned. Companies A, B, G
and II of the Fourteenth infantry have
therefore been ordered to take station
at Skaguay and Dyea. and as soon as
transportation can be arranged they
will be sent forward. The Pacific Coast
Steamship company has chartered the
steamship Australia, one of the Pacific
mail fleet, and 1t is probable that she
will be sent here to transport the troops
north
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
Asninst Aliens Proposition.

Washington, Feb. 1o.-The senate
committee on foreign relations has de-
cided 10 ask an adverse report upon the
proposition of Senator Allen to amend
the consular and diplomatic appropria-
tiol bill so as to recognize the bellig-
erency OF the Cuban insurgents. The
action OF the committee was the result
of a motion by Senator Morgan, who
said that appropriation bills were not
proper vehicles for legislation bearing
upon foreign ques.Ans. The vote of the
committee was unanimous
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10

Chicago, Feb. 10.-Burglars entered
the postoffice at Harvey. opened the
safe, took s1.S00 in money and stamps
from it and escaped without even leav-
ing a trace of their visit on the exterior
of the iron strong box. This is the
fourth safe robbery that has occurred
at Harvey within two years. and not
more than twenty months ago the same
safe in the postofiice was entered by
burglars, who obtained an amount
about equal to that they carried away
this Ia et time
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
House or not"

White House or not"
by what light, or morals, or ethics"
asked Mason, does the president OF the
United States appeal to the people of
this country to feed the wards OF Spain
and deny us the right to send food,
medicines and clothing to the starving
insurgent camp?" He said autonomy
was "a gold brick, which Spain had sold
the president"
that Cuba was his only cause. And
while the island was struggling for
freedom, he said that he would not
turn his eyes 1000 miles to the west
TO occupy a peaceful island.
The house resumed consideration of
the Aldrich- -Plowman contested election
case from the Fourth Alabama district
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
Combiner. Break Up In a Fight.

GAINESVILLE. o.. Feb. 10.-The meeting
OF Ohio brick manufacturers here to
form a combination to maintain prices
at a point which would insure profit on
the years business, was attended by a
score of leading manufacturers of the
state. Instead of reaching an agree
ment, however. the meeting broke up
in confusion over a fight between John
c. Bolen and +. N. Hatcher Of this
city. who used chairs and fists freely,
but were not very seriously hurt.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
Fatal FAN of a window Washer.

Chicago. Feb. 10.--John Votilk, win
dow washer, fell four stories from the
New York Life building early in the
morning and received fatal injuries. He
was at work when the sash pulled out,
and both went down together. He
tried to save himself in his fall. but
broke plate glass window and badly
cut his arm and hand. Both legs were
broken and internal injuries sustained.
He was removed to the county hospital
by the police.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
Passed the Temple Amendment.

Des Moines. Ia, Feb. 10.-The senate
has passed the Temple amendment to
the law relating TO accidents on rail-
roads sustained by employees. The
amendment provides that the accept
ance of money from voluntary relief as
sociations or similar organizations shall
not operate as a waiver to the right
for recovery of damages. The bill now
awaits the signature OF the governor.
There is no question about his sign
ing It,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
Illinois Democratic Cor vention.

Chicago. Feb. 10.-The Democratic
state convention will be held May IL. A
subcommittee of the state central COM
mittee sat until late in the afternoon
hearing laudations of three Illinois cit
ties that want the gathering. but was
unable TO decide the question. 1t will
be settled next Saturday. Peoria will
probably be given the prise. which by
the smaller cities IL considered as OF
magnitude.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
engineer Instantly Killed.

Springfield. Ills, Feb. lo-In dense
fog two c.. p. and St. Louis freight
trains collided about thirty miles north
of here and Engineer Edward Moore
of this city was instantly killed. Moore
was formerly an old wabash employe.
The damage to the engines and cars IL
very great.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
eARRIos is MURDERED.
President of Guatemala Dies by As
sassin's Hand

San Francisco. Feb. 10.-A special ca
blegram TO The Evening Post from San
Jose, Guatemala, announced the as
sassination OF President Barrios. The
cablegram further states that quiet now
prevails in the country.
For years Barrios has ruled with q
high hand. amassing enormous wealth
out Of the opportunities presented by
his office. yet always, apparently. in
fear of violence, as he never was known
to go anywhere in publics unless es-
corted by a heavily-armed bodyguard.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10

Topeka, Kan. Feb. 10.-Judge Hazen,
In the state district court. In decision
rendered holds that a bicycle Is a tool
and essential to a mans profession or
occupation. and that as such, Is exempt
from execution
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
The Cushing Ordered to Havana.

Washington, Feb. 10.-Orders have
been sent to Captain Samson, in COM
mand of the North Atlantic squadron
off Key West, to send the torpedo boat
Cushing to Havana with stores for the
use Of the Maine. She will leave in a
day or two and will return as soon as
the stores are delivered
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
Professor James Nominated.

Washington, Feb 1O.-Professor Ed
ward j. James of the University Of
Chicago has been nominated by the
bureau of education at Washington to
represent the United States government
as delegate TO the international con-
gress of commercial instruction at Ant
werp, to be held April 16, 1898.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-10
10. Letter to Build mt Kansas city.

Kansas City, Feb. 10.-The Journal
says upon authority which is not dis
closed that Joseph Letter. the young
wheat king OF Chicago, will build in
Kansas City during the coming sum-
mer a grain elevator having greater
capacity than any elevator now In ex-
istence.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-16
PEOPLE OF NOTE.

When the resolution for the annex ation of Hawaii came up for action in the senate Justin S. Morrill, voted with the democrats for the first time in his congressional career of unparalleled length. He was the only republican who did so
 strant against equal suffrage, has founded at Rochester, N. Y, club
 called the Fortnightly Ignorance club.
 Its motto is: we Know Nothing, but Seek Knowledge" Miss Susan B. An thony is an honorary member.
 Thomas George, an Englishman, has written book to prove that Henry
 M. Stanley, the famous explorer, is no
 other than Howell Jones, son of Joshua
 Jones, a farmer of Carmarthenshire,
 where he was born in 1S40 Other le-
 gends have twice assigned his birth place elsewhere, and his name as some thing different
 Colonel Daniel Lamont, ex-secretary of war, is to have a fine home in the
 Fifth avenue district in New York. On the ground floor will be a room called
 MT. Lamont's dive" The next floor is divided into library, foyer, music
 room and dining room. An odd fea- ture of the plans is the placing of the
 laundry on the top floor.
 It is related that President Faure of France was visited the other day by an old lady whom he had never seen, but who informed him that her admiration
 of his policy was so great that she intended to leave him 1,000,0 900 francs.
 "The president tried to dissuade her." the story runs. "but, seeing that she | was resolved, he thanked and en-
 braced her."
 The friends of Zola have presented him with a medal, one one side of
 which is the authors profile with the legend, "Hommage Zola," the other I showing the representation of a thun-
 der storm with the sun peeping from
 behind the clouds. Across the face of the coin on the latter side is a phrase
 used by Zola in one of his articles in
 favor of Dreyfus: Truth is approach
 ing and nothing shall stop it. Emile
 Zola. 13 January, 189S." The medal l which weighs five pounds, was cast
 instead of being stamped. in order to
 avoid copies having to be deposited with the government.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-16
THE AMERICAN SAILORS WAY

Commenting on the sinking of the French liner Bourgogne and the drowning of hundreds of her passen- gers. many of them women who were driven away from the boats by the crew, The Republican advised Ameri- cans going abroad to sail on Apaerican or English ships, declaring the Latin sailor to be an unsafe guardian of hu- man life. Now comes the Chicago Journal with the following article which gives added force to our asser- tion:
 Next tc wreck by collision, fire at sea is probably the most appalling dan ger and the most searching test of its manhood that can come to a ships crew. As if to emphasize the contrast between the behavior of English speak ing sailors and the French sailors of La Bourgogne. come fires aboard a Cunarder and an American coasting steamer, accompanied by the utmost l courage, coolness, and devotion to duty on the part of officers and men,
 ''The fire in the Cunarder's hold was extinguished without the destruction of the ship. but the first alarm threw the passengers into a panic only quieted by the tact of the officers and the calm examples of the sailors The cargo consisted of cotton, and it took sev- eral hours to get the upper hand of the conf1agratiOn. The pumps were set going and flaming bales were dragged up and tossed overheard with as little excitement as though the crew was going through it's regular duties.
 Aboard the Delaware, Clyde liner from New York to Charleston, the dan ger was more imminent and deadly for the ship was burned to the water When hull, masts, and rigging were wrapped in flames the captain ordered the passengers to the boats, and the crew, with the exception Of those pyre and saw them go.
 Not sailor made a move to leave the ship except such as were ordered One picked up frail appearing woman in his arms, placed her gently in a boat, and returned to his post Later government life savers took off the crew.
 Tn either case, had the men thought only or themselves, fatalities might have ensued. As it was, no lives were lost, and one ship was saved that might have been destroyed.
 ''The American common sailor, car ry1ng woman to boat and then re- turning to his position on his burning