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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-09
LAURlUM BRIEFS.


A son was born recently to Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Erickson, of Laurium.
Fred Weston went to Baraga Satur-
day, where he will spend a couple OF
weeks.
A son has been born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Nicholas. of Atlantic street,
Laurium.
Rev. George ID. Harger, pastor of
the Baptist church, left for Grand Rap
ids this morning.
The Ladies' Industrial society Of the
Calumet Congregational church will
give skating party at the Palestra
Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Schneider, of
Milwaukee, who have been spending a
couple of weeks with Laurium friends,
have returned home.
The condition of Archie Newbiggan.
of Red Jacket shaft, who attempted to
commit suicide last week, is reported
better and it is believed he will re-
cover
John Lanyon of Hecla street. Laur-
ium was surprised by a large number
of friends on Saturday evening. Music
and games were enjoyed and lunch
was served.
Mrs. John Prisk of Laurium, enter
tanned the ladies' class of the Laurium
NJ. r.. Sunday school at her home one
evening last week. The evening proved
very enjoyable.
Mrs Whitaker. of Willow avenue
received a telegram yesterday inform
ing her of the sudden death of hel
father at Greenville, Ohio, and she ant
the two children have left TO attend
the funeral Mr.. Whitaker left fol
Duluth Sunday evening where he hai
taken the SUPPLEMENTARY of the Pru
Dental Company's offices. Mrs. Whit
taker will not again return to Calu
met, but will join Mr.. Whitaker il
Duluth.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-09
TOURNAMENT
Will b HELD
YOUNG MEMS CATHOLIC CLUB
DECIDES ON BOWLING, PIN
ocHLE, BILLIARD AND
POOL CONTESTS.


Despite the storm there was fair
attendance of members of the Young
Mems Catholic club of the Sacred
Heart church yesterday afternoon,
when the newly elected officers filed
their respective positions for the first
time. Michael Murphy, the president,
presided.
1t was decided to hold a bowling.
pinochle. billiard and pool tournament
and President Murphy named COM
mittee to draw up a schedule for the
bowlers and arrange for the pinochle
billiard and pool contests. This COM
mittee likely will be ready to report
next Sunday.
The proposed tournament is an an
nual affair and of much interest to the
members. Practically every member
has signfled his intention of enter
ing one or other of the contests.
Last year an eight-team bowling
league was organized. 1t proved to be
somewhat unwieldy, and did not work
out as we'll as expected. This year, il
is expected that the league will be
composed of four teams. or not more
than six. The schedule committee has
been instructed to draw up a schedule
accordingly.
The winning team of the Y. NJ. c. A
league probably will seek games will
some of the other teams in the count,
following the conclusion of the tour
Inament. A match between the winners
of the Y. NJ. c. A. league and the loca
Commercial league likely will be ar
ranged.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-09
TORCH LAKE NEWS
c. o. r. INSTALLATION

The installation Of officers and So
eEIf session. held Under the auspices of
the St. Cecilia court c. O. f. at the
convent hall last evening proved a
very successful gathering. All OF the
numbers on the program were render
ed i'm a higly acceptable manner, in
Guiding the one-act farce, "rhe
Crowded Hotel"
The HuObell Aerie Of Eagles will in
stall officers for the ensuing year al
the regular meeting this evening.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-09
Drink" TO GO TO DULUTH.

Following a supper given by the
married men Of the Calumet Curling
club to the bachelors, as a result of
losing game, the curriers' decided Sat
urday night in Justice David Armit's
office to send rink" to Duluth this
month to take part i'm the bonspiel
that is being arranged by the North
western Curling association, providing
the dates of the bonspiel are salts
factory.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-09
WOLVERINE WOMAN DIES.

Mrs Wihelmna Kcpshe Of Wolver-
ine died yesterday morning, following
a short illness. She was SO years of
age, and Is survived by a husband and
seven children. The funeral will take
place tomorrow afternoon, with serv-
ices at the Wolverine Finnish hall,
Rev. A. Rautinen officiating. Inter-
ment will be in Lake View cemetery.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-09
AGED RESIDENT DIES.
Mrs. Christina Baekman Of Caledonia
Street Passes Away.

Mrs. Christina Backman died at l
O'clock yesterday afternoon at the
family residence on Caledonia street.
she was aged 10 years and eight
months. The late Mrs. Backman is
survived by one son, John Larson, Of
this city, and one daughter Mrs. Gus
Hasseu, also of Calumet
The funeral will take place tomor-
row afternoon, with services at the
Swedish M f. C hurch at 2 o'clock,
Rev. a. Strom officiating. Interment
will be in Lake View cemetery.
The late Mrs. Backman was born i'm
Sweden on May 9, 1881. She has been
resident of the copper country for
great many years and was well
known and respected.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-09
CHANGED His Mind.

"You folks used to have a Justice
out here who was noted for his vim
dictiveness toward scorching automo-
bilists." says the visitor to the subur-
banite. whats become OF himl
Has he retired from Officer" mo"
explained the native. but. you see,
he saved enough from his fees last
year to buy himself a roadster"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-09
BOYS FAVoRITE CLUB.

Invitations have been issued for a
dancing party to be given by the mem
bers of the Boys F'avorite club at the
calumet Light Guard armory, Jan.
90. The c.. & II. orchestra has been
engaged 10 Furnish music for the occa-
sion and 1t is expected the event viii
prove very pleasant one.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-09
FoREsTERs FORFEIT GAME.

The baseball game between the Hub
bell Forcsters and Lake Linden Ea-
giles, scheduled To have been played
yesterday afternoon was forfeited by
the Forcstcrs through non-appear-
ance. The Eagles played a picked-ur
team and lost by the score of 10 to s.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-09
The shor.es. Town Meeting.

Pressure Isle. in Maine, thinks 1t has
the record of holding the shortest
town meeting ever known. A special
town meeting was called to vote add
tional money for highways. The
meeting was called to order. warrant
read. moderator chosen, article passed
over and meeting adjourned in less
than ten minutes.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-09

His divorced wife dying, her ex-hus-
band weds her. Immediately she gets
we'll. Either that woman loves the
man to death and wants to live for
him or she's just made up her mind to
get well now that she's got him again
and hand the cuss some of the dis
cipline he escaped by divorcing her.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-09

The Tightening of the Assouan dam
Is expected to occupy six years in all
and to Increase the annual value Of
the Egyptian cotton crop by between
$4,000. OO0 and s20.o00,O00.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-09

School children are encouraged to
visit the art museums of New York
city. Last year 1896 childreu ana
teachers visited the Metropolitan.
The Washington times., 1911-08-14
National Tourney
Of Riflemen Begins

CAMP PERRY, Ohio, Aug. 1.-THE
national rife tournament of 1911, which
comprises the matches of the National
Rifle Association of America and the
national matches. under the auspices of
the National Board for the Promotion
of Rifle Practice, opened today with the
first OF the eight days program.
The associations matches, as we'll as
the national matches, are to be shot
under the direction of the Department
OF War, Brig. Gen. r. K. Evans, gen.
eral stan, being the executive officer.
About seventy-ive army officers are
acting as range officers, and the mark
Ing and the scoring Is being done by
Loo United States troops from the
Twenty-sixth Infantry, the Twenty-sev-
enth lnthantTy: ma I ana Troop l and Troop
year. the range is without flags to in
dicate the wind, and the contestants are
using the battle sight.
-Four contests are dividing attention
on the opening day-one team and three
individual matches. The team match is
a new event at the national shoot. It
is the enlisted mems match. This is for
teams OF six from the United States
infantry, cavalry, navy, and the Ma
Guard of the States, Territories. and
the District Of Columbia. The match is
ten shots at 600 and 1000 yards with
any military rife and any ammunition
for trophy presented by the enlisted
men Of the Marine Corps.
The individual matches are the randi
fire, the Wimbledon, and the Govern
or's. The Wimbledon contest is for the
historic $500 cup presented to the Ma
ional Rife Association by the National
Rifle Association Of Great Britain. 1t
was shot for as early as 1875, and was
won last year by Capt. Guy II. Emmer-
son. Of Ohio. In 1904 1t was won by
DR.. George E. Cook, of the District of
Columbia.
The Governors match-one of the six
contests which the National Association
this year took over from the Ohio Rife
Association-is shot on the same ranges
as the Presidents match. The first
stage includes a skirmish run and ten
shots at 200 and 600 yards and a sec
ond stage Of ten shots at rapid-fre
and loo yards.
The Washington times., 1911-08-14
Bourne Plans Curb
On Federal Court

To strike at the power and authority
assumed by the Federal courts is be-
coming more fashionable in Congress
than it used to be.
With a great fight on over the recall
of the judiciary in the Arizona consti-
tuition, Senator Bourne of Oregon intro
duced in the Senate today a bill that
Is likely to stir wide comment. by rea-
son of its proposed Limitation of the
power Of the Federal judiciary.
It provides that in any proceeding in
volving the constitutionality of a Fed
eral or State law, the constitutionality
thereof shall be sustained by the Su-
preme Court unless the court by unani-
nous decision holds otherwise.
Moreover, 1t requires the literal con-
struction of words used in any Federal
statute unless the Supreme Court unan-
imously holds the literal expression is
not the true expression of the legisla-
tive intention.
The second section of the bill pro-
vides for eXpediting the disposition Of
all cases involving the constitutionality
of Federal or State law or the literal
construction of any Federal law or
constitutional provision.
The lower Federal courts are required
to forthwith certify such cases on the
volving the constitutionality, meaning,
or construction of an
act, law, or constitutional provision.
Senator Hepburn, as soon as the bill
was introduced, took the floor and
voiced a number Of objections to It.
The Washington times., 1911-08-14
ONFEREES ON WOOL
BILL TO REPORT TO
THE SENATE TODAY
Agreement in Upper House
to Be Reached Tomor-
row at Latest.

Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin in
formed the Senate early IN the session
this afternoon that he would make the
report of the conferees on the wool
bill later in the day. He was pre-
vented from making 1t Immediately be-
cause the papers were in the Possession
of The House.
Senator William Alden Smith of Michi-
gan stirred up a sharp discussion by OBJ
jecting to the fact that the papers were
in tho possession OF the House. He
said they should have been in the pos
session OF the Senate, and there was a
long argument over the matter, which
came to nothing.
1t is expected the Senate will lose no
time In agreeing TO the conference re-
port. This will be done today If pOssi-
bic, and not later than tomorrow. The
bill will then be ready for the veto Of
the President.
Senator La Toilette will bring in the
report on the free list bill probably to-
day or tomorrow. This report Is for a
disagreement.
The cotton bill Is the unfinished busi-
ness in the Senate, and the indications
are there will be considerable debate
upon II before a vote can be had. Sena-
tor La Toilette will insist upon a vote.
1t Is generally believed about the Capt.
tol today that an adjournment of the
sion would not be possible until some
time next week.
The Washington times., 1911-08-14
WASHINGTON GIRL
IS HEIR To PART Of
THE ALSOP CLAIM
Miss Mary A. Cryder Noti-
fed She Is to Share in
Big Fortune.

WASHINGTON friends of Miss Mary AL
SOD Cryder. of 1924 n street northwest,
well known in social and musical circles,
learned today that she had fallen heir
to a part Of the Alsop claim of S,5O.0J
against the Chilean government. Be-
sides this large principal. the heirs of
the Alsop estate will receive the inter
est which has accrued since 1876.
Miss CrYder is now in Gloucester,
Mass. for the summer. The State De-
partment will today notify her by wire
that the suit, which has been In prog
ress for several years. has been decided
in her favor. The entire amount soon
is to be transferred from the Bank of
England to the United States Treasury,
and Secretary of State Knox will dis
burse 1t.
Among the heirs to the fortune are
Miss Florence Hobscn and Jefferson D.
Norris, both Of Baltimore. and Miss
Cryder. Of this city.
Miss Hobson, prominent in social af-
fairs in the Monumental city, is said
to be in Paris at this time.
The United States Government has
fought for the claim for thirty years.
cash advances made by the firm OF
AIsop & Co., to the Bolivian govern
ment. In 1876, the Bolivian government
made a contract with John Wheel
wright, as nquidator of Alsop & Co,
in which Bolivias Indebtedness to the
firm was recognized and secured.
1t was to have been paid by a part
Of the customs receipts Of the port of
africa. and a lease Of silver mines be-
longing to the government. The con-
tract was ratified by the Congress. The
following year Chile declared war
against Bolivia, and took possession of
the mines and customs receipts.
When Mr.. Knox became Secretary Of
State, he took up the claims of the
Alsop heirs, and demanded that Chile
make some kind of a settlement. After
a short time the South American coun-
try made arrangements to pay of the
The Washington times., 1911-08-14
COURTROOM WALLS
BENDUNDER STRAIN
Terrific Jam Causes Old Structure to Tremble- Judge
Watson in Charge to Grand Jury, Deplores
Crime.

waive exemption on the ground they
are over sixty years Of age. All waived.
and the jury then stood up to be sworn,
Foreman Robertson being sworn first
and separately.
Judge Watson then charged the jury,
saying: Gentlemen of the grand jury,
1t is my painful duty to have to an
nounce that since court last set, q DO
city has attracted the attention not
only Of this Commonwealth, but or a
large portion OF the outside world. So
great is public curiosity and so quick
are modern means OF commnnlcauon
is today better known for a time than
Wall Street.
1T would It were rather the mention
of noble deeds which will be recorded
here rather than the fame which fol-
lows In the wake Of a great crime.
Peace Shocked.
ITO say that the peace has been
shocked, the laws broken, and a great
crime committed Is but to declare what
every man knows.
|"I would that this assembly OF peo-
pie might disperse to their homes, that
the young bride and mother might re-
turn to her husband, that the prisoner
might leave his cell, that the grief
stricken father might be comforted, but
It is a vain wish.
Codes and constitution may provide
satisfaction for a civil wrong, but they
cannot call back the fleeing breath nor
make the earth and sea give back their
dead
But the Commonwealth can uphold
the majesty of the law and can pun
ish those who violate IT. l charge you
to PONDER we'll the death of this de-
fenseless lady.
III the witnesses Of the Common
wealth shall present to you such rea-
sonable evidence of defendants guilt,
or shall convince you 1t is your duty
to place him on trial before a jury OF
his peers in this court"
The Jury then retired, and the wit
nesses, Luther L. Scherer, Thomas r.
Owen, T. B. Hettigrew, and Coroner j.
v. Loving, were sworn.
The Washington times., 1911-08-14
NAVY.

Commander G. w. LOGAN, detached
command Mayfiower; to Naval Aced-
emy as commandant of midshipmen
Commander A. B. HOFF, detached Of
fee Naval Intelligence, Washington
D. c.; to naval attache, Berlin and
The Hague.
Lieutenant Commando w. T. CLU-
VERIUS, detached Naval War Col
lege, Newport, r. l.; to navy yard,
New York, N. Y, as inspection Of
flcer.
Lieutenant Commander T. T. CRAVEN,
to General Board, Washington, D. c.
Lieutenant Commander P. SYMING-
TON, detached Office Naval IntelEi-
gence, Washington, D. c.; to COM
mand Mayf1ower.
Lieutenant Commander F. A. TRAUT,
detached naval attache, Berlin and
The Hague; to Office Naval Intelli-
gence, Washington, D. c.
Ensign ]. S. HULINGS, detached Iris;
to Perry.
Perry; to Iris.
Ensign n. r. VAN DER VEER. de-
tached reserve torpedo division, navy
yard, Charleston, s. c.: to Florida,
Ensign J. D. SMITH, to Louisiana.
Roatswain G. R. WEED, to duty Naval
Training Station. Great Lakes, North
Chief Machinist D. c. BEACH. de-
tached Idaho; to Naval Hospital,
Las Animas, Col, for treatment
The Washington times., 1911-08-14
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
ARRIVED.

Isla de Luzon and Stranger at Mobile,
Rr1Itus at Provincetown, Potomac at
Norfolk. Wolverine at Erie, Mont
gomery at Newport, Princeton at
Honolulu, Saratoga, Albany and New
Orleans at Tsuruga, Lawrence and
Rowan at Portland, Ore; Yankton
and Celtic at Provincetown, War
rington at Boston. and Caesar at
Charleston.
SAILED.
Bualo. frffom Unalaska for Sitlxa: May
flower. from New York for Boston /;
North Carolina. from Tompkinsville
for Portsmouth, N H: Colorado,
from Bremertcn fer coal tests: West
Virginia. from Port Angeles for coal
tests; Wake from Boston for Prov
incetown. and Atarenda. from Naga-
sak for Nakodote.
The Washington times., 1911-08-14

| fired his first pistol when within fifteen
| or twenty feet of Ritchie. There was
| a greater interval Of time between them
than between the remaining shots.
After the third shot they were more
rapid. and Pleasants advanced.
AT the third fire, Ritchte's form be-
came obscured: Peasants still advanc-
ing: saw him within five or six feet
OF Richie; they were standing oblique-
ly. 1t was then that Peasants fired
his second pistol. I am now giving my
recollections of events transpiring In a
short period, and under great excite
ment. l saw Peasants level his sec
ond pistol. 1 heard the report, and then
l saw Ritchie staggering back, and I
remarked to Mr.. Deane Zone Of the
/ seconds) 'Ritchie is dead man.
Next I heard several shots dis
charged without knowing who was FIR
ing. / saw Peasants striking at Richie
with one weapon, whether a sword or a
pistol, l do not know. 1 also saw him
make several thrusts with his sword
cane. He gave several blows and two
or three thrusts. I do not know IL the
sword was sheathed.
During this part of the affair I also
saw Ritchle with his sword in hand and
saw him in the attitude Of making
two or three -hrusts at Peasants.
remarked to Dean Let's 60 up or
he'll be stabbed
Two or three times we made the
When we went up Fleasants was
tottering and Ritchie was standing a
few feet away. the point Of his sword
OH the ground and perfectly quiet"
Prominent Attorneys Meet.
The most prominent attorneys Of the
day were retained when Ritchfe's case
came to trial Just now as the ablest
criminal lawyers IN SinrgfnIa have
been retained to prosecute and defend
Henry Beattie. The attorneys for
Ritchie successfully appealed to public
feeling that It, mad been a fair, though
brutal fight.
II Beattie has much imagination he
may shudder little when he thinks
that within sight OF the courthouse a
man was hanged.
John Wornilay was strung up within
few rods Of where the Seattle case Is
TO be heard. Wormley killed his son-in-
law. Anthony 7. Robiou. Robiou sought
a divorce from Wormleys daughter. al
leging that Mrs. Robiou had been grow
ing too fond Of a man named James
Reid. When Wormfev heard OF the as
Dersions cast by Robiou. he promptly
filled his son-in-law full of lead.
for his lie in a room IS bv "A feet. How
all entitled to get into the room will
find space Is a question yet unsolved.
Judge. jury. attorneys. ard relatives
are numerous enough ir themselves to
fill the place comfortably. and thirty or
forty newspaper men will demand seats.
For spectators there arc three benches
in the courtroom that are aboLt ten
feet long. and four benches tive feet
long. This is the seating capacity of
the courtroom.
The attorneys and prisoner will oc-
cupv a small railed-in apartment three
feet wide by twelve feet long. The at
torneys' table Is ar inclined plank.
much like an OId-fashioned school desk
The jurors will occury twelve chairs
placed a. the right of the Judge. while
Judge Watson and the court clerk will
he seated on a small raised platform.
In this primitive room will be fought,
according to all expectation. the most
thrilling murder trial Virginia has
known in many years.
The Washington times., 1911-08-14
EXCITEMENT KEEN
IN BEATTIE CASE
Chesterfield County Emotionay Aroused Over Trial That
Brings Memory of Similar Struggle Sixty
five Years Ago.

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 47-Not since
ls46 has the old Chesterfield county
court house known such scenes Of ex-
| citement and tense emotion as the
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., murder case
will arouse. Nor will the little court
room where Beattie is to face judge
and jury have heard such a CHASTITY
tale in the sixty-five years that have
elapsed since Thomas Ritchie, jr., was
tried for the murder OF John H.
Peasants.
The Richie trial parallels the Beat
tie case in the way the victims in
each affair met death and in the ma
tional interest created. In the Ritchie
trial the jury returned q verdict of
not guilty without leaving the box
Richie and Peasants were news
paper men, who fought one of the
bloodiest duels the United States ever
has known. The Graves-Cilley duel.
the last political combat of the kind
held on the Bladensburg road out Of
Washington, was a tame affair,
though fatal in termination, compared
with the shocking conditions under
which Peasants and RItchie fought
each should arm himself with as many
weapons as he desired and advance
to the scene Of battle Just across the
river from Richmond.
Letter Condemned Brutality.
Ritchie wrote this letter which
probably helped to save him when his
trial came:
The terms proposed are savage,
sanguinary and revolving to the taste
and judgment, not only Of all hon.
orable men, but of every man in the
community, and calculated to cast
odium on anyone who may be govern
ed by them.
Il am ready to receive a proper chal-
lenge from Mr.. Peasants, but for the
reasons given above 1 protest against
the terms he has proposed on his
mead then must rest all the blame and
reproach which should be incurred
from acting in defiance of these con-
siderations
Notwithstanding these objections, 1
shall be on the ground mentioned at
sunrise"
Peasants came to the scene, DR.. A.
L. Warner, a witness at the trial mar
rated. and armed himself as follows:
He put revolver in the left pocket
of his coat; then he took two dueling
pistols, one in his right hand and the
other In his left. l looked away about
that time"
The next weapon I saw him arm
himself with was his sword cane under
his left arm. He had a bowie knife
under his vest"
Opened Fire Together.
History does not state just how many
weapons Ritchie slowed away on his
person, but he used his to better ad-
vantage.
The two men began to advance to-
ward each other from a distance of
thirty yards, Dr. Warner describing the
combat thus:
"Rftchie fired at the distance of
twenty-five or thirty yards. Peasants