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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
MlIionaire shoots Himself.

New York, Jan. w T. Buckley, a
member of the dry goods firm of Dun
ham, Buckley & Co, shot himself In
the head at his home In Wave Crest,
Long Island. The wound will probably
result fatally. Mr.. Buckley, who is 50
years of age, is reputed to be a mill
ionaire. His hunting stable is one OF
the finest on Long island. There does
not seem to be any doubt that Mr..
Buckley committed suicide on account
of business troubles. 1t is alleged that
on Jan. he had serious misunder-
standing with Mr.. Dunham, his busi-
ness partner which resulted, il is said,
in Mr.. Buckley being forced out OF the
firm
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
Held as a Fiiibuster.

New Haven. Conn. Jan. THE
schooner Donna L. Briggs of Stoning-
ton, Conn, at present in New Haven
harbor. with a cargo of lumber. has
been libeled as filibuster. The Briggs
figured prominently in the hearing Of
witnesses at the department of justice
in the case of the alleged filibuster tug
Somers N. Smith, now lying at Mobile
under federal surveillance. 1t is be-
lieved that the Briggs was the un-
known vessel which acted as the auxil-
iary to the Smith last August.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

Washington. Jan. Thomas G. Law
ler. ex-commander OF the Grand Army
of the Republic. will be appointed post
master at Rockford. Ills. The president
has decided to make this a personal
appointment, and Mr. Lawler has been
selected by reason Of a friendship or
long standing with Major Mckinley.
This action was brought about also by
the bitter fight which has been waged
over the position. Charges were filed
against Mr. Marsh, who was the choice
of Congressman Hit, in whose district
the office is located.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
Embezzler Caught After Ten Years.

New York, Jan. AFTER ten years
of the restless life of fugitive. Will
lam r. Foster is about TO be brought
TO this city from Paris. He is under ar
rest at the French capital on the charge
of forgery. by which he obtained from
the New York produce exchange $3.50,
600 between 1883 and 1888. Edwin Bald
win, counsel for the exchange, says that
Fosters wife, who figured in the case
originally as the forger's niece, is sup
posed TO be in New York at the present
tirna
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
FrIghtfuI Fall Down a Shaft.

Spokane. Wash, Jan. captain w.
f. Hall. superintendent Of the great Le-
roi mine at Rossland, b. c., was going
down the shaft into the mine late in
the afternoon when in some manner
he lost his footing and fell to the 800
foot level. In the fall his body struck
on the several landings and was re-
duced to pulp. death being instantane-
Gus. Captain Hall was one OF the best
mining experts in the west He was
so years of age. and leaves widow and
several grown-up children.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
Returned Klondiker Missing.

Tacoma. Wash. Jan. Sept. 21 last
John w. Horn left San Francisco for
Tacoma with letter of credit for $25,-
600, issued by a San Francisco bank,
since which time nothing has been seen
or heard of him. Horn was a returned
Klondiker and a letter from relatives
in Eldon, Ia, suggests that probably
he has been murdered. Police at San
Francisco and sound cities have been
unable to learn anything of him since
he stepped on the north-bound boat.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
RATcLIFFe's eleAMY PROVED.
Father Corroborates the story Told by the
Ravenhili Woman.

London. Jan THE father Of Ed
ward Eatcliffe. the actor, now under
sentence in New York for wife beating.
has corroborated the story of his sons
marriage in London to Caroline Raven
nill Mr. Ratcliffe said that his son
wrote to him in 1891. asking him TO
send the boy TO a good school, saying:
MY position is now such that / can
very readily afford to pay what II
would cost and the sins of the parent
should not make the child a sufferer"
When the elder Ratcliffe discovered
the boys whereabouts he wrote for a
draft for $50. but the actor replied:
DO you think / can pick up money in
the streets Of New York;" and he sent
nothing Mrs Ratcliffe No. / will go to
New York at once to identify her hus-
band and assist Mrs. Ratcliffe No. in
getting a divorce.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
rour Hundred Men ON strike.

Chicago, Jan. -Four hundred work
men in the building trades are on strike
on the big Armour elevator on Goose
island because the contractor refused
to pay the Chicago scales of wages.
]. l.. Record Of Minneapolis is the con-
tractor, and when he came TO Chicago
he brought $50 carpenters from the Min
nesota city. Many Chicago carpenters
were also employed, but II IL said that
only IL cents an hour was paid them.
The laborers received less than that.
IL Is claimed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
Only $40 for Their Trouble.

st. Louis, Jan. 7.-Some time be-
tween midnight and daybreak burglars
broke into the office of the Standard
Oil company. near Alton, blew up the
safe with dynamite. The explosion was
terrific, the safe door being blown open
and almost the entire office wrecked.
One of the walls of the building was
shattered. There were only $50 In the
safe and this was all the robbers got.
1t is supposed the job was done by st.
Louis crooks. but the police have no
cleW to work on.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
Lieutenant Aultman Marries.

ST. Louis Jan. Lieutenant Dwight
Edward Aultman OF the Second artil
lery. now stationed at Fort Adams,
near Newport, r. l.. was married to
Miss Alma Hickok. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elbert f. Hickok of this city. The
bridal party stood under canopy
formed of American flags, the groom
and his two groomsmen, Lieutenants
Louis Ostheim, best man, and c. w. b.
Barr, both of Fort Sheridan, appearing
in full dress uniforms Of the United
States artillery
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
BLESS A FLOUR MILL.
Interesting Ceremony Preliminary Il
Grinding Passover Flour.


Grinding Passover Flour.
Holland, Mich, Jan. THE 5:15 train
from Chicago brought to this city Rab-
bis Albion, Il. Shapiri and ID. Jacob
son, representing the Hebrew syna-
gogues of Chicago.
They were met at the depot by {. j.
Deroo. the manager OF the Walsh
Deroo mill, and w. A. Holley, the head
miller, who escorted them to the mill.
After inspecting the plant the members
of the Hebrew delegation donned their
ceremonial robes and blessed the mill,
an interesting ceremony lasting over
half an hour. after which, in the pres
ence of the delegation, the machinery
was set in motion to make passover
flour. Nine hundred barrels are re-
quired to fill this order and II will take
thirty-six hours to grind 1t.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
Insane from CIgnrrtte..

st. Joseph. Mich. Jan. 7.-Calhoun
Calkins. son of rich parents and for
merly a young society leader. Is on trial
in the criminal court here on the charge
of burglary and larceny. He broke into
the real estate office of John l.. ziedler
on the night of Sept. last and rified
the safe. When the police arrested him
ne admitted the crime. The defense is
that ne wes made insane by the ex-
cessive use of cigarettes.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
Carriers To Make Fewer Trips.

Washington, Jan. Tt is the inten-
ton of the postoffice department to linn
il the number Of mail deliveries in pure
ly residential districts in cities to not
more than four per day In some of
the cities in the east the people in resi-
dence quarters now receive as high as
six and seven deliveries a day. This.
department officials say, is discrimin-
alton against residents in other cities'
particularly the west.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

Richmond, Ind, Jan. THE Rich
mond Grain and Stock Exchange, con-
trolled by O'Dell e. Co. of Cincinnati
is in trouble. Hibbard. the local man
ager, is absent and behind over $500 In
his accounts with his employers, while
local investors are pressing claims for
$4,000 which O'Dell q Co. refuse to pay
until Hibbard makes good his defcit-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

present plan, be solved by the transfer
of DR.. James B. Angel from Constan-
tinople to Pekin and the appointment
OF Charles +. Bryan as minister to Tur-
key instead of China. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Bryan has indicated that he
would accept the Turkish mission.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

New York, Jan. IA meeting of the
Anti British Alliance association was
held here. the object OF the association
being to wage war against any treaty
of arbitration that may be proposed
between this country and the British
empire.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
adies in the Contest.

The inauguration will bring many
here on Monday who will not he In the
parade. but will repeat with their rep
sentatives the experience that Gov
ernor Bushnell had with his neighbors
from Springfield. A feature of the con-
test is the participation of ladies. Since
Mrs. Griffith induced her husband TO
change from Hanna To the opposition
il is reported that Mrs. Snider, the wife
OF the member from Greene county, Is
now in sympathy with the opposition.
although her husband is pledged TO
Hanna. Mr.. Snider was in the Repub-
lican caucus Saturday night and voted
for Boxwell Monday. but Mrs. Snider
has induced him to give the opposition
workers an audience. And the wives
of several Democratic members are
urging their husbands TO vote for a
straight Democratic nominee for sena-
tor rather than for a Republican. The
contest is so vigorously prosecuted that
the workers do not overlook any mem
bers of a representatives. family or
any OF his relatives, friends or neigh
bors
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
HANNA IS AGGRESSIVE
Members of the Combine Now on
the Defensive.
FIGHT GROWS HOTTER EACH DAY.

Anti-Hanna Men Claim Six or Seven Ma
jority and Say They Are secretly Making
Accessions to Their Ranks-One Feature
in the Contest Is the Part Taken by the
Ladies-Enorts of the Wife of Rcpresen-
tative Grifnth.
Columbus, o., Jan. THE senatorial
contest is changed somewhat. The
anti Hanna combine is on the defensive.
AS 1.-The count of noses" stands now
with the steering committees Senator
Hanna is beaten. The opposition has
majority on joint ballot of three or
four on the concessions of Republican
members who are supporting Hanna.
The opposition claim from six to seven
majority against Hanna and that they
are secretly making accessions to their
ranRs. The opposition Is kept busy de-
tending it's ranks as the Hanna work
ers are after the doubtful members
here constantly and are starting hot
| fires for some of them at their homes.
| The Republicans i'm some OF the coun-
ties are aroused to intense indignation
| towards Governor Bushnell, the dis
senting Republican members and 9TH
ers, These demonstrations have dis
4 turbed some of the Republican mem
ners who are cooperating with the
Democrats The opposition workers
will be required to keep up the closest
\ vigil for another week or more to hold
all their men in line.
! Pressure fro m Constituents.
The pressure from the constituents
of the boiling Republican members Is
increasing every day and is likely to
be overwhelming in It's extent and In
| tensity by next week. The Republican
| papers of Ohio are full OF accents ~
the proceedings and resolutions of Re
| publican committees, clubs and other
organizations denouncing Governor
| Bushnell and the Republican boilers.
| There are almost 203 Republican news
papers i'm Ohio. including both dailies
J and weeklies. and one at Springfield,
! in which the governor is interested. is
| said to be the only Republican news
| paper in the state that is not denounc-
ing the Republican opposition to Han
| ma as the Republican nominee for sena-
tor The language of some of the let
] ters and kilograms TO the governor and
the boiling members is the most Sc
| we're and discourteous that could be
used giving expression to indignant
popular feeling. So far as his own and
the efforts of his managers are con-
gcerned. Senator Hanna would be beaten
II ballot was taken Immediately. The
organization against Hanna is the mosi
( compact and complete that was ever
known in Ohio but il has much yet t
withstand from the popular revolution
that is setting in and will sweep ovel
| the heads of the boilers for the mex
J weel,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
Anti-scairers' Bill.

Washington, jan THE interstate
commerce committee resumed its hear
ing on the anti-scalper bill. Mr.. Nc
Kenzie. the president of the American
Ticket Brokers' association. sad he had
received affidavits from a number of
ticket brokers confirming his statement
that the brokers secured 95 per cent OF
the tickets sold by them from the rail-
road companies. When Senator Gull
lom asked for names Mr.. Mckenzie re-
piled that to answer would be a breach
of confidence. While he considered the
question proper, still he declined TO
name the companies except under a
summons In that case he would re-
spond, but he did not want TO break
faith.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

washington. Jan. THE muddle the
administration has got into over the
Chinese mission will. according to the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04

uation by this bold exploit, it is said
that it will now be possible to draw
off the larger part of the American
fleet for service elsewhere than at San
tiagO, perhaps at San Juan de Porto
Rico, or Havana, for instance. A small
force of say two monitors and a cruiser
would suffice to keep guard at San
tiago for all that is necessary now is
to be able to bring enough guns to bear
upon the channel to prevent the Span
iards from attempting to clear away
the wreck by the use of torpedoes, and
to prevent the escape of the small tor
pedo boats that might be able to pass
over the Merrimac's hull.
OF course it must be remembered that
there are drawbacks to the present sit
uation, for while the Spaniards can not
get out, our ships can not get in the
harbor, and any land attack upon San
tiago would be made at a great disad-
vantage for lack of the support of the
American fleet.
The Merrimac's complement of Of
ficers consisted of Commander J. NJ.
Miller, Lieut.. w. w. Gilmer, executive
officer; Ensigns J. r. Y. BIakely and
J. NJ Luby, and Assistant Engineer r.
K. Crank. Miller is from Missouri,
Gilmer from Virginia, Blakely from
Pennsylvania; Luby and Crank from
Texas. 1t is expected that reports will
be received today from Admiral Samp-
son, which will give details of the Mer-
rimac's destruction, and the names of
the eight men who have been captured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04
MUST BE FIGHTING.
The Powers Want to See a
Fight Before They In
terfere.

New York, June 4.-The Commercial-Ad-
vertiser's London correspondent cables to-
day follows:
ton of Spain is becoming the most i'm
portant aspect of the war and the anxiety
over it his prompted some recent dis
patches about the Spanish desire for
peace. Trustworthy letters from Madrid
say the Spaniards absurdly underestimate
the terms of peace which the United
States would be likely to entertain and
the talk about them is only vague specu-
lation, chiefly among the uneasy CONNER
cial classes.
Men of judgment and knowledge of the
disposition of the continental powers
pect few results from CastillO's sounding
of the powers unless a decisive naval bat
tie is fought in the meantime
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04
THOSE WHO WILL GO.
Assignment of Troops for the Second
Manila Expedition.

San Francisco, June Am order was
issued today from General Merritt's
headquarters designating the full COM
panies of the Eighteenth and Twenty
third regiments of United States in
fantry as part of the second expedition.
So far as known, the troops to go
besides these regulars will be the First
Pennsylvania, First Colorado, Seventh
California, four batteries of the Third
United States artillery and four troops
of the Fourth United States cavalry.
1t is probable that one of the Mime
sofa regiments will also be designated
for the next expedition.
The Colorado troops are the best
equipped in camp and are almost sure
to so, even if no other volunteers are
called off to join the expedition. The
men from Minnesota and Pennsylvania
are also very we'll equipped, though not
quite as thoroughly as the men from
Colorado, and it is reasonable to assert
that they, too, will receive orders to
prepare to join the expedition.
The Colorado and Pennsylvania vol
unteers were inspected today by Gen
eral Otis. The men appeared in heav~
marching order and were put through
the usual military maneuvers. General
Otis expressed himself as much pleased
with the appearance and operations of
the men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04

lay off the mouth of the harbor of San
tiago de Cuba, f1anked by a little flo
tilla of dispatch boats, Rear Admiral
Sampson signalled the torpedo boat
Porter to run alongside the flagship.
The nature of the admiraPs orders was
soon known, for the Porter rushed
alongside each newspaper dispatch
boat in turn and megaphoned, THE ad-
miral directs you to move ten miles
south and to take a station for the
night"
This meant business of serious i'm
port for the fleet before long, whether
a dash into the harbor, or otherwise,
will probably be known on the arrival
of the second Associated press dispatch
boat at the nearest cable station to-
morrow.
Cuba will be the scene of active naval
and military operations for some time.
Here are assembled the SquadrOns OF
great fighting ships, and looking down
upon them from the adjacent hills, are
the watchful bands of insurgents form
ing the OutpOStS of zen. GarciaS s army
which is strong enough unaided to
strike the Spanish land forces hard
blow, and if reinforced by the Ameri-
can army of invasion to seize and hold
the entire eastern half of the island.
Talk with Garcia's scouts show that
they confidently expect American troops
soon They say this is the best part
of the island for the landing and the
acclimatizatiOn of our soldiers. Well
drained ana hedlIhY camps can De
established on the high table lands that
lie on the sea front, or on slopes of the
mountains at any desired altitude.
Pure water is found in the springs and
mountain streams while the fertile sur
rounding country yields abundant
fruits and vegetables and everything
is favorable to the good sanitary con-
dition of a well disciplined army.
The rainy season, the insurgents say,
is not a serious drawback where camps
can be quickly formed on drained ele-
Vations.
The island already shows the effect
of the beginning of the season. Showers
occur daily and soft white rain mists
are seen on the slopes every morning.
plantations are being extinguished and
nature is rapidly healing many of the
ravages of the war.
These tropical storms at night are
wonderful exhibitions of electrical
pyrotechnics. At times the lightning
flashes on the horizon line look like the
regular firing of guns from a distant
fort Again the entire heavens seem
aflame in vivid glare and forked tongues
of fire appear to run down the noun
tain slopes. A drenching rain falls for
an hour or two and then the skies clear
and all is serene and the calm, full moon
and brilliant considerations of the trop-
les appear in all their glory as the black
clouds roll away on the horizon.
Such storms are confined almost
wholly to the coast, only going out to
sea occasionally off a cape, or head
land to kick up a squall. Ships sailing
along the coast in calm seas and clear
skies are witnesses to the beauty and
grandeur of the land storms without
turbances of nature a few miles dis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-04
LAST CABLE CUT.
Island of Cuba is Shut Off From
the World.
Wire Leading to Kingston is
Severed.
ISOLATION COMPLETE.
Coast Towns Are Left in a Bad
Condition.
Insurgents Have Control of
Land Wires.

Copyright, 1898, by Associated Press.l
Off Santiago de Cuba, June 3, p. m,
per the Associated Press dispatch boat
Wanda, via Kingston, Jamaica, June
4.-The last cable strands binding CubS
to the outside world were cut this af-
ternoon by a vessel conveyed here b.
the United States dispatch gunboat
Dolphin. This black sea crab delved
all day along the coast hour by hour
and its powerful claws at length
brought up the barnacle- clustered cable
strands and snapped them and tonight
Cuba is wholly isolated.
The first cable picked up was that
running to Kingston. 1t was found
early this morning. The coast loop con-
Meeting Santiago and Guantanamo was
then cut. Proceeding toward Guam
tanamo the cable vessel finally grap-
pied and severed the Haytien cable.
This ends the cable cutting operations
begun a month ago when the Marble
head and Window lost five men in
a fight off Cienfuegos where three
cables were crippled and several hun
dred Spaniards were killed by shells
from the warships. Afterwards the
ST. Louis and the Wampatuck cut the
San Juan de Porto Rico cable at San
tiago.
Inc STRANDS cut To-Day were the ohly
ones remaining, except a few coast
loops and these will probably be sever
ed in a short time.
The cutting of these cables is almost
as serious for the Spaniards in coast
towns the cutting of foreign cables
the land wires connecting the coast
towns being wholly at the mercy of the
insurgents. Therefore, in the event of
American troops landing in Cuba, the
absence of the coast loops will serious
ly interfere with the haSty mobilization
of the Spanish troops.
The. United States and Hayu cable
company and the Commercial Gable
company have not been notified of any
interruption of the service and they
were still accepting business this morn
ing for Cuba. --r- --4