The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-20
MICHIGAN
A BARONESS IN THE PENINSULA
Noted European Beauty the Guest of Rel
atives at Menomlnee.

Noted European Beauty the Guest Of Rel
atives at Menomlnee.
MENOMINEE, MICH-The Baroness de
sPallandt, of London, noted beauty, who
has been visiting her mother, Mrs, Sophie
Dugas, of this city, left to-day for New
York. There she will be joined by her
brother, Jean Dugas, Of Menominee, and
will sail on Dec. on the steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse for London, where
they will be joined by the Baron de Pal
landt. From there will go to Paris, then to
India, where the gentlemen Of the party
will spend two months hunting in the
jungles. From India the party will go to
Japan to spend May and April and then to
Australia, where the baroness has a large
share in one of the richest gold mines
in that country. They will return by the
way of San Francisco and will probably
visit Menominee on the way back.
Captain Peter Barry. of the Barry
Transportation company, was in the city
this afternoon and with the local agent,
W. w. Parshall, interviewed shippers in
regard to winter navigation. He admitted
that the company was negotiating for the
lease of the ice crusher Algoma, and that
it intended to keep the channel from Stur-
geon Bay to Menominee open the coming
winter, but said he was awaiting a reply
from the officials of the Wabash road,
which absorbed the Ann Arbor, rsas to
whether they would operate the boat dur
ing the winter in conjunction with the
Barry line.
Mrs. John Schriedel has received word
by telegram that her husband was SER
iously, if not fatally scalded at the plant OF
the Wisconsin Chair company, at Port
Washington, late yesterday afternoon +,
CALUMET, MIcH.-The Calumet and
Bisbee Development company has been
reorganized by local capitalists. The COM
pany has a capital Of $500, 900, divided into
10000 shares. The officers are: President,
Frank S. Carlton; vice president, Frank A.
kohlhaas; treasurer, J. Wesley Downing,
and secretary, William r. Oates. The
company has secured a group of important
claims adjoining the property of the CAL
umet and Pittsburg company in the War
rem district Of Cochise county, Ariz.-It is
likely the Agate Harbor property in Ke-
weenaw county Will be reopened. Phila-
delphia capitalists may purchase 1.-THE
smelter Of the Calumet and Arizona mine
at Douglass, Ariz., was blown in last
week. At the main offices Of the company
In this city it is stated that results were
gratifying work on the
North option, near Bear lake, is progress
ing rapidly. Some good rock has been
encountered with the diamond drill.
HOUGHTON, MlCH.-Coa1 dealers of
the Portage lake cities met Tuesday even
ing and agreed on a schedule of prices for
hard and soft coal. The scale Is So a ton
for hard coal and IS for soft COAL. These
prices are not arbitrary but subject to
change by mutual consent. All the large
coal dealers have entered the agreement.
With Thanksgiving only seven days
away, Houghton county is threatened
with famine in turkeys and eggs Eggs
are quoted at 80 cents dozen and are
likely to so higher before the winter is
over Last year eggs were IS cents a
dozen. At present there are only zoo
cases Of eggs in Houghton, which is the
distributing point for the county.-E. J.
Murphy, representing the newly formed
St. Paul Hockey club, has written DR.. J.
l.. Med. Gibson of the Portage Lake
Hockey team, saying the Saints will come
to Houghton after Christmas to play the
local men.