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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
DUEL FATAL TO
ENGLISH EARL
Formerly Under Secretary State
for Foreign Affairs Dies
at Paris.
ENCOUNTER A few DAYS ago
Henry Aiseron George, Well Known
English N0bleman, Passes Away
The Family Assigns Death
to Natural Causes.

London, Dec. SO.-Word was received
here of the death at Paris today of
Earl Percy Henry Algernon George),
formerly under secretary of state for
foreign affairs. According to the fam
lily, death was due to complications
following an attack OF pneumonia. 1t
Is widely reported here, however, the
earrs fatal illness followed wounds re-
ceived in duel which he is said to
have taken part in in Paris some days
ago.
Earl Percy was the eldest son and
heir OF the seventh duke of Northum-
berland. He has represented South
kensington in parliament since 1895
In 1sO2-O3 he was under secretary of
state for India and in the two succeed
ing years under foreign secretary. He
was born in 1871 and unmarried. His
home was in London.
Earl's Physicians Deny Report.
Paris, Dec. 30.-Earl Percy's physi-
clans deny his death was result Of
being shot in duel and say the cause
was acute plurlsy.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
CALUMET HouoHroN DEcEMBER
PRESIDENTS niece WFpS
SEATTLE LUMBER DEALER
MISS Louise w. Taft Becomes Bride
OF george n. snowdon in Simple
Ceremony at New York Today
Sail for Egypt Soon.

New York. Dec. 3O.-The marriae ee
OF Miss Louise W. Taft, daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. Henry w. Taft. ana a
niece OF the President, and Mr.. George
II. Snowdon OF Seattle. took place this
AFTERNOON at the home OF the brides
parents in West Forty eighth street
rhe event was a small one. and ow
ing To mourning in the family the or
Iginal plan for a large reception was
abandoned. The bride had for her only
attendant Miss Margaret Lowe, and
Reese Alsoo was Mr.. Snowdon's best
man. Mr.. Snowdon and his bride will
san next week for Egypt and on
their return will live In Seattle. where
Mr. Snowdon is engaged in the lum-
ber business
Today's wedding Is the elimination
of pretty. little romance which had
lts beginning on transatlantic liner
less than two years ago. Mr.. Snow
don. whose father is wealthy Pitts
burg banker, graduated from the
Sheifield Scientific school in 1905. Af-
ter a tyo years tour of the world he
engaged in business in Seattle. In
January 1908, he started for a visit
to Mediterranean ports.
In the meantime Miss Taft had An
ished her education at a private school
on the Hudson, and with her mother
planned a trip to Europe. AS fate
would have it, Miss Taft and Mr..
Snowdon both took passage on the
Cedric of the White Star line. They
had not been out of sight of land
twenty-four hours before they were
friends. When Mrs and Miss Taft
disembarked at Gibraltar there was a
mutual understanding between the
young people. Mr.. Snowdon contin-
ued the passage to Naples. but not to
stay. His journey there was cut short
and the Tafts were surprised one day
to have him drop in on them at their
hotel in Nice.
From Nice the Tafts journeyed to
Monte Carlo, and Mr.. Snowdon went
as their guest. From there Mrs. Taft
and the young couple went to various
watering places on the continent, fin
ally reaching Paris in April. Here Miss
Taft and Mr.. Snowdon parted, Mrs,
Taft and her daughter sailing for
home on the Kronprinzessin Cecilie
and Mr.. Snowdon, canceling his pro-
posed longer tour of Europe, followed
on the Cedric soon after.
Mr.. Snowdon joined the Tafts on
American soil and several of the popu-
lar Eastern summer resorts saw the
young couple together. Then Mr..
Snowdon returned to Seattle. Last
July Miss Taft went West and visited
the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition
She was in Seattle only three days. but
Mr. Snowdon pressed his courtship so
during that brief time that
the engagement of the couple was an
nOunced soon after the return of Miss
Taft to New York.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30

Efforts to utilize the spiders wei
for practical purposes were made as
early as 1710 in France.
The electric lighting industry is
represented in the United States by
5,246 companies and municipal plants
Foreigners visiting London for the
first time are invariably struck by
the tameness of the gulls frequenting
the Thames Embankment. On cold
winter morning il is a common thing,
along the Embankment or on the
bridges over the Thames, to see a
swirling flock of the birds snatehing
crusts from the hands of pedestrians.
There is an unofficial club In Lon
don whose members take a daily dip
I'm the Serpentine. a lake in Hyde Park.
all the year round They are not de-
tered by the coldest weather. Police
regulations require that this public
bathing be restricted to the early
morning. The ice often has to be
broken with an AK.
For home consumption, England
imported in 1908, 2,167.2SO.OOO eggs.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
FLORA DEvoss COMPANY.

THE Wyoming Sheriff" is the name
Of the production which will be pre-
sented by the Flora DeVoss Stoc
company at the Calumet theater this
evening" and 1t promises to prove an
exceptionally interesting one. Tomor-
row night the company will offer "a
Romance of the North" and on Satur-
day afternoon, Little Alabama" Miss
DeVoss' own play will be presented.
The card for New Years night is Her
only SIM" with which the company
will close its engagement. Half tone
souvenirs OF Miss DeVoss will be given
away on Saturday afternoon.
The plays which have been produced
by this capable company in Calumet
this week have given genuine satisfac-
ton. and well deserved the big houses
which have greeted them. The spe-
cialty actors, "Kinzo' the Jaanese
juggler, and "Gilmore and Castle" are
especially interesting, and have fire.
quently been called upon to respond to
encores
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
MUCH MONEY FOR CARDS.
People Paid set,ss1 Taxes on Paste
boards in November.

Washington, Dec. S0.-The people
OF the United States paid s61,3S1 taxes
on playing cards during November
last. an increase OF S11.461 over the
corresponding period of 1908. This fact
is shown in the detailed statement
Of receipts of internal revenue for
the last month made public today.
With few exceptions the items of
taxation in the November statement
show material increases over those of
a year ago. the net increase aggregat-
ing $2.695.717I
Among the notable advances are
those of s1.2s2.s0e on distilled spirits.
s273.4s0 on cigars. s1ss,6A on cigar
cites. s3O7.S5S on manufactured tobac-
co, and s606.947 barrel tax on ferment-
cd liquors.
Total receipts for November were
s2431O.717. for the first five months
of the fiscal year. s113.s5s,1s2. and for
the corresponding period Of 1908. $780,
es4.5eT2.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
MAY GIVE 1910
COOL WELCOME
Chief Of Police Steward Plans to
Curb Chicago's Annual
Celebration.
new YORK WILL MAKE MERRY
San Francisco Also Plans Festivities
to Mark the Passing Of the Old
and Advent of New Year
Big Electric Parade.

Chicago, Dec. 30.-Chicagoans may
greet the advent of 1910 with a whoop
and a hurrah, with music and merry
making and a plentiful flow of fizz
water or the cheaper beverage that
made the city to the north famous.
Also, there may be no such greeting.
IL all depends. In the language of the
day it's up to Chief OF Police Steward
to decide whether the greeting shall
be joyous or otherwise.
And, to the sorrow of the saloon
keepers. the hotel and restaurant pro-
prietors and others who have been
looking forward to a harvest OF dol
lars from the New Years Eve cele-
bration, the word has been passed
down the line that the chief intends to
put the lid" down tomorrow night
and sit on II. In other words, the
police will be expected to see that the
O'Clock closing order Is strictly OBJ
served. The police will be detailed at
every hotel, restaurant or other resort
which has reserved tables for the fes-
tive night.
Not only will the sale OF liquor be
stopped promptly at one hour after
midnight, but at no time during the
evening will the crowd be permitted
to get too hilarious. This rule will
apply not only to the cheaper resorts
but also to the fashionable hotels and
cafes where i. is customary to pay
from ten to a hundred dollars for the
privilege of dining and wining on the
last day of the year. Chief Steward
declares that in the past some of the
"swellest" hotels and cafes have been
the worst offenders in this respect.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
AUSTRIANS SEEK FORTUNE
OF Ex-fMPRFSS CARLOTTA
Since Death Of King Leopold Wild
Rumors Have Been Afioat in Bel
aium Regarding Widow Of
iII-fated Macmillan.

Brussels. Dec. 30-For years the
name of the OK Empress Carlotta, VII
dow OF the Inflated Emperor Maxi
milan OF Mexico. has been an un-
spoken one In Belgium. but since the
death of King Leopold, who was her
brother. guardian and trustee, all sorts
OF wild stories have been set afloat
concerning her. During the past week
or so sensational reports have been
widely circulated that the ex-Empress
long ago recovered her reason, but for
years had been kept prisoner by King
Leopold. other stories have ii that
the unfortunate woman died years
ago. but that her death had been kept
secret by order of the King.
II is scarcely necessary to state that
little credence is given these stories.
On the other hand, IL Is regarded as
possible that there may be some foun-
dation for the report that the reign
ing house of Austria, to which Maxi
milan belonged, intends to make an
inquiry concerning the vast fortune
belonging to Carlotta. During the
forty-three years that she has been
immured I'm Palace Lacken no one
except those designated by King Leo
pold was permitted to communicate
with her The King was the sole GUS
todian of the large fortune left her
by their father, Leopold /. The pa
pers Of the late King are said to con-
tain no reference to his sisters for
tune and 1t is believed by many that
1t was squandered in its entirety by
King Leopold I'm some of his early
business ventures, which were not so
successful financially as were his later
enterprises.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
WILL SING CAROLS.
laurium Male Choir at Calumet NJ e
Church Saturday Night.

The Laurium male choir composer
Of about 80 vocalists, under the leaoer-
ship of C.. c. Uren, will render mum
Der of Christmas carols in the Caiume'
M. f. church Saturday evening at "S'
o'clock, mine time. The program Il
as follows:
Carol. Hail. Sacred Day
Quartette. "The Lords Prayer
Carol, "Hark. what Means.
Carol. 10, He Comes
Recitation, J. Vincent.
Carol, 10, the Eastern sages'
Address, Rev. f. Sedweek.
Carol, 'Hark, the Glad Sound.
Carol, let Eastern Tribes
Quartette.
Recitation, ]. Vincent.
Carol, Awake the Lofty song
Carol, Sound. Sound
Carol. "Bethlehem."
II. Mitchell will preside AT 'ne u
gan, and c. c. Uren will conduct
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
Spend Millions in New York.

New York. Dec. 30.-Every large
hotel in the metropolis has made extra
arrangements for the entertainment of
its guests and patrons tomorrow
night. 1t is estimated that New York
will expend more than half a million
dollars in celebrating the dawn of the
new year. Table reservations have
broken all records, and in any of the
score or more popular resorts along
Fifth Avenue and Broadway 1t will be
a case of standing room only"
The Plaza Hotel will be the scene
of gorgeous festivities. The Hotel
Astor will throw open its new ball
room and the Waldorf Astoria will
also, for the first time. use the ball
room there. 1t is safe to predict that
champagne will flow freely, and in
places like Rector's, the Cafe Martin,
Shanley's and the Hotel Knickerbock-
er the festivities will be continued un-
til the early hours.
Music will enter largely into the
festivities this year. At the Plaza
there will be an orchestra in each of
the four dining rooms. A supplement-
ed brass band and vaudeville en-
tertainment will also be featured
there. Besides the several orches-
tras at the Astor the large organ In
the new ballroom will be used.
special programme of music will be
given in all the dining rooms and In
the grand ballroom at the Waldorf
Astoria. The Knickerbocker will en-
tertain also and introduce many novel;
ties for the night. Three thousand
nersnns will be entertained in each of
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
IROQUOiS THEATER FIRE.
Sixth Anniversary Of Dreadful Ho'o
caust is Marked Today.

Chicago. Dec. 30.-Today was the
sixth anniversary of the lroquois
Theater fire. in which nearly six nun
dred persons. mostly women nd emil
dren, lost their lives. For severai
years after the dreadful holocaust the
anniversary was marked each year
by the holding of public memorial ex-
erclses, but this custom has since been
abandoned and the only observance to-
day consisted of the decoration OF the
graves of the victims in the various
Chicago cemeteries.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
TWO ARE AsPHYxIATEp.

Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 3O.-Wlliam
Foster, a prominent architect and
theatrical man. owner of the Foster
opera house, and Louis Bemfs. son of
a banker, of Spencer. Iowa. aged sew
enteen, who was a guest at the Foster
home. were found dead from asphyxia-
tion in adjoining rooms at the Foster
residence today. A leaking gas stove
in the bath room into which both bed
rooms opened. was the cause Of the
tragedy.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
MEET W0LCAST AT FRISCO
OR NO FIGHT SAYS NELSON
Lightweight Champion Intinnates Ad i:
Bit Afraid-Has Assurance
From Hester Long Bout
Will be Allowed.

Milwaukee Wis. Dec. 3O-"Battling"
Nelson. lightweight champion pugilist,
said today that IL Wolgast will not
fight him before the lIester's club of
San Francisco there'll be no fight. 1T
looks to me as if be's a bit afraid"
said Nelson.
"Wolgasts excuse about not being
able to hold forty-five round fight Is
all bosh. have assurances from Hes
ter he has secured permission to hold
the long battle in Frisco and I'll take
his word for it,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
ENToMBED, MAN RESCUED.

Moalester. Okla, Dec. 30.-After be-
ing entombed twenty EIGHT hours i'm a
smoke filled cut of the Bolen- Darnel
companys coal mine near here. where
an explosion occurred Tuesday, Supt.
John Brown was rescued alive but
unconscious this morning. He may
recover.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
BUYS BASEBALL GROUNDS.

Philadelphia. Dec. 30.-It is officially
announced this afternoon that Charles
p. Taft. OF Cincinnati, has purchaser
the grounds OF the Philadelphia Ma
tional league baseball club.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
CHURCH ANNIVERSARY.
Methodists Celebrate 125th Birthday
Of Church in America.

Baltimore, Md. Dec 3O.-Noted
leaders Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in America assembled in this
niversary of the founding of their de-
nomination. The exercises commem-
Grating the anniversary were held in
the First Methodist Episcopal Church,
which is the successor of the Lovely
Lane Meeting house" where the mem
orable Christmas conference assembl-
ed IN 1884 and took the Initial steps
for the organization of the Methodists
in America into q church.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
cu,, pREN BURN TO DEATH.

indianapolis, Dec. So.-In playing
santa Claus, two children were ou,n ~,
"a 20 death last night during ' .n'
temporary absence of the mother. IN, ~,
on,,aren's clothes caught fire from tn'
stove.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
CARDINAL sATOLLl DYING.

Rome, Dec. 30-Cardinal Satolli, VINO
Is i'll with nephritis, is falling rapiuiy
today. His life has been prolonged
only by the artificial administration OF
oxygen.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
the hotels named.

TUItIS
The occasion will be brilliant at the
st. Regis. the Belmont. the Holland
House, Sherry's. DeImonico's and the
Gotham, and among the uptown hotels
the Antonia and the Majestic have
prepared for large gatherings.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30

w. w. Walker. general freight and
passenger agent of the South Shore
road, is visiting in Calumet today. He
returns to Duluth this evening.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30

The annual production of wool In
Australia amounts to about s115.0o0,-
600.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
WEATHER FORECAST

Partly cloudy and warmer tonight
and Friday.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
FACTS ABOUT FIRES.
Census Bureaus Interesting Stats
tics Relative to Fires and Losses.


Washington, d. c., Dec. 30-The
number of city employees of the fire
departments in the 15S cities treated
Of in the forthcoming u. S. Census
Bulletin No. los, relative to the sta
tistics of cities of 10000 and more
estimated population in 1907 was 49,
055. or nearly three-fourths OF the
number of employees of the police de-
partments in the same cities.
Fire protection in many cities, how
ever. is furnished in large measure
by volunteer fire organizations. so that
the fire fighting force is somewhat
larger than the police force. Call men
are numerically unimportant in the
cities with population of over 100000,
and i'm the last few years there has
been marked tendency for all cities
of over 10000 inhabitants to replace
call men with regular men.
II is stated that, by presenting the
number of regular firemen per 10000
inhabitants, the number per 1000 acres
of land area, and the number per 100
miles of improved streets, opportunity
is afforded for comparing the effective
strength of the departments of the
different cities. The number per 10000
inhabitants is probably the best mea-
90 Rra ,Nrntapfinn
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30
An Increase in Appropriations.

| The appropriations for 1906 ana
1907 as given in the bulletin include
the anticipated expenditures for out
lays and for maintenance. The ap-
preparations for 1907 amounted to $3S,-
529sSs. an increase of sS,64s,S56. or
10.5 per cent over the previous year.
This. however, does not mean, it is
stated, that the expense of MAN.
tanning the departments increased at
that rate. for portion of this amount
was appropriated for the purchase of
land, the construction of buildings. and
for new apparatus The per capita
appropriation for the 15S cities report
| ing was $1.65.
The per capita cost of maintenance
of fire departments in foreign cities
is, according TO the bulletin, much
lower than in cities of the United
States, computations recently made
by the United States Geological Sur
vey placing the per capita expense in
Berlin at 1925, London at s0.19. st.
Petersburg at sO22, Paris at SO.21'
Milan at $O17. and Stockholm at
s023 The bulletin cautions that the
inference should not be drawn from
these data that the fire departments
of this country are not economically
administered The low per capita cost
of maintenance abroad is the result OF
stricter building regulations, more
nearly fire. proof buildings. and greater
precautions to prevent the occurrence
of fires. The foreign municipalities
also make no payment for water for
fire purposes. an expense incurred by
about two-fifth of the departments in
the large cities of this country.
In those cities for which complete
reports were made there were SS,255
fire alarms. during 1907 and 7s,501
fires. of which 52.343 resulted in loss
es. In other words, only 5s.S per cent.
Of the alarms were for fires which oc-
casioned loss. Similarly disregarding
those cities with incomplete reports,
the total loss through fires was s4s.-
e76.7S0, on which insurance was paid
amounting TO s42.655,725, leaving a net
loss of s6.021, ,005. or 1874 per cent.
The total Gre loss per capita was
s2.2s and the net loss per capita s0.2S.
OF the total loss reported. a separa-
tion OF the total on buildings and the
total on their contents was returned
for s4s.S0S. .Os1. showing that s1s.9e5,-
427. or 1913 per cent. was on buildings
and s29.S42,654. or 60.7 per cent, was
on contents.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-30

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-08-12

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-08-12
llcbnnacn Der SAladltidiff. 1lOtte.

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