The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-27
TO HOLD UNIQUE
AUCTION SALE
SECRETARY MAcVEAGH WILL
SELL PROPERTY OF AMERI-
CANS WHO DIED ABROAD
FRlENDLESS.

! UNUSUAL auction sale ever neld In tnt
United States. The general public will
be invited To bid on a room full OF val
uables, the unclaimed property OF Am
orleans who died abroad alone and 50
far as known, friendless.
| The property came from every
quarter of the globe, whence United
States consuls forwarded II to the
state department. The government
has been unable to find the heirs, and
So, the unclaimed personal estates
some Of them worth thousands of dol
lars, have for years lain in huge
vault I'm the Office OF the "auditor OF
the state and other departments"
! Almost every variety of small ar
ticle is represented in the heterogen-
Gus lot which Is to be auctioned of.
| There are pen-knives, with broken
Iblades. and cavalry sabers. There are
cheap brass rings, and are rings set
with diamonds and rubies, bracelets
J studded with gems, and diamond soli-
taire earrings. one little package con-
| tains watch, the case of which is
made of iron. Another contains two
watches with solid gold cases. and
works of the finest make There are
also many packages of money from
every known country. One of the
packages 10 be sold contains five 500
government bonds.
Another contains nine confederate
ten dollar bills, and a 81 900 bond, is
sued by the government OF "Jeff" Da-
Wis. Any number OF packages contain
property deeds and negotiable, inter-
est bearing notes. long overdue, but
which the government i'm itself consti-
tuted capacity of custodian, has had
no. power to collect
All. these estates" will go, pack
age by package, to the highest bidder
ana those who have no squeamishness
about buying dead mems things" may
pick up some rare bargains.
The government has long hesitated
to sell its rather grewsome collection.
but has finally been forced To. because
according to a treasury official, the
stuff Is piling up too fast. and We need
the room.'
The proceeds OF the strange sale will
lie deposited i'm the treasury to await
claimants which are nexer expected
TO appear.
Rep. James Biggest Man.
Rey. collie" James (Dem. Ky),
still retains the proud distinction of
being the biggest man, physically, in
the house of representatives. Rep.
DENLY, (Rep Mlch). who was his for
midable competitor in the sixty first
congress, was among those who did
not return to the sixty-second.
The worst corridor of the second
floor of the house Office building has
been dubbed "Old Guard Lane" Rang
ed in succession along this hall are
the Offices of Reps. Payne Rep, N. W,
DalZell (Rep., Pa), ond Mccall (Rep,
Mass.), trio of standpatters. Me-
Calls advocacy of Canadian recipro-
city isn't particularly pleasing to his
two conservative friends.
Although Uncle Joe" Cannon isn't
n minority leader, and hasn't any
claim to special favoritlsm at the
hands of the new majority the Demo-
Gratis have considerably allowed him
the rare favor of an office within only
few steps Of the house floor. The ex-
speaker Is lodged in the quarters for
merly occupied by the committee on
pensions. Minority Leader Mann, who
could have had the place, gracefully
withdrew in favor of Cannon, and took
room on the floor below.
Hamilton To Quit Committee.
Rep. Hamilton (Repn.. Mich), who
was chairman of the house committee
on the territories during the last ses-
sion, and reported the enabling acts
to admit Arizona and New Mexico
will shortly ask to be relieved from
| further work on the committee, where
he was placed by Minority Leader
Mann. Hamilton says he feels that
he has done his share of the work on
the territories committee.
Hope has been practically abandon
ed for any changes i'm the hall of the
house of representatives. For six or
seven years improvements have been
planned with the idea of making the
chamber smaller and the acoustics bet
ter. At the beginning of the sixty
first congress, a committee had archi-
tects draw up plans which contem-
plated sweeping changes and the ex-
penditure of nearly million dollars to
effect these changes. Now that the
Democrats are I'm power, and the re-
trenchment program on. IL Is said
there will be no expenditure for this
purpose.
Theron A. Akin, n Republican, who
was elected by Democrats from the
twenty y-ffth New York district Is rec
lognized neither by the Republicans
nor the Democrats. He did not attend
the caucuses of either party. Mem
bers are commenting on the fact that
|, since Akin is Democrat and half
lRepublican. he Is well seated In his
place on the aisle Of the Republican
side. opposite the Panhandle Strip
the overflow OF Democrats from the
majority side.
The principal Industries of Holland
Iare agriculture and cattle breeding.