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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07
This is MY 5oTH BIRTHDAY"
Daniel =. Lafean,

Daniel f. Lafean, representative i'm
Congress from the Twentieth district
of Pennsylvania, was born i'm York,
Pa, Feb. Z, 1861, and received his ed
ucation in the public schools of his
native place. As a young man he en-
gagged in the manufacture of candy
and through his business ability rose
from a poor boy to a millionaire. He
is still known To his intimates as the
candy king" although his interests
have now extended to many nther
manufacturing, commercial and fin
ancial enterprises. Mr.. Lafean was
rendered a unanimous Republican
nomination and elected To the Fifty
eighth Congress. He has been re-
elected to each succeeding Congress-
Notwithstanding the fact that the
district is normally Democratic He is
a director of Gettysburg College Semin-
airy and two years ago he was men
toned for tho Republican nomination
for governor of Pennsylvania.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07
WISE POLITICAL MOVE.

The Democratic members Of the
House held a caucus last night and en-
dorsed the reciprocity agreement with
Cenada. The Democrats must be
credited with much political wisdom
for this action, for it enables them TO
present to the country the spectacle
of the minority united on the most
popular policy which President Taft
has thus far espouscd, and at a time
when the Republicans are divided.
some Of them insisting on the consid-
GRAFTON Of sectional interests as oppos-
ed to those OF the country as a whole.
In this connection il is interesting to
note that campaign for the agreement
has been determined upon by the ad-
minstration. with President Taft as
the leading exponent. Cabinet officers
will also participate. with the result.
it is hoped by those who participated
in its preparation, that public senti-
ment will be created that will COM
pei congress TO accept the agreement.
Prominent men like J. ]. Hill will aid
the movement
President TAFT will open the cam
paign in an address before the League
OF Republican Clubs i'm Washington to-
morrow. on Feb. 10 he will deliver
an address before the Commercial con-
gress az Columbia, Ohio. and another
before the Illinois legislature on the
Following day, when he viii be in
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

Springfield to attend the Lincoln
memorial celebration. Both these
speeches win be on the Canadian
agreement.
Secretary OF state Knox and Mr.
hin will be the guests Of honor at the
banquet OF the Association OF Com
merce in Chicago on Feb Is. Mr..
KnoNs address viii be on the Cana
dian agreement and il is believed here
that Mr.. Hill viii also say something
in advocacy OF the pending measure.
Trade organizations from all the
principal cities along the Great Lakes.
and in the northwest, have been in
yited to send representatives To the
Chicago banquet. az which it is ex-
pected the agreement will form the
chief topic of many of the addresses.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07
THIS DATE IN HISTORY

17SO-Convention Of delegates from
the northern states met in Philadel-
phia to discuss measures relating 10
the currency.
lSO7-Thc French army under Napo-
leon defeated the Russians in the san
culinary battle at Eylau.
1S12-Charles Dickens. the great
English novelist, born. Died June o
1870.
lS2o-First provisional legislature Of
Arkansas met.
1871. A. +. Bourriene. private
secretary and biographer Of Napoleon.
died. Born July O. 1869.
l8if-London and Dover Railway
opened.
lS5S-Robert Lucas, first territorial
governor Of Iowa, died in Iowa CITY.
Born in Virginia, April 1, 1871.
lS55-The Palmerston ministry en-
tered office in England.
INSTRUMENTATION Of Hungary ro-
stored.
1S92-Seventy-five lives lost I'm the
burning Of the Hotel Royal in New
York city.
19O1-Queen Wilhelmina Of Holland
welded Prince Henry Of Mecklenbure-
Schwerin.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07
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LINCOLN DATES.

= Feb. II, Abraham Lincoln
= Birthday)
= 1S06-Marriage OF Thomas
= Lincoln and Nancy Hanks. June
: II, Washington county Ken
:: lucky.
1 =: iSos-Abraham Lincoln horn.
= Feb. 70 Hardin now La Rue)
=" county, Kentucky
:! 1916 Family removed 20 q
= Perry county. Indiana.
= lS1S-Abraham Lincoln's
= mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln,
:: passes on.
: 1S19-Second marriage OF
:: Thomas Lincoln; married Sally
= Bush Johnston, Dee. >. at Eliz-
= abethtown. Ky
= lSS0-LlnColn family removed
= TO Illinois, locating in Macon .
= county.
=: 1S5l-Abraham located at :
= New Salem. .
= 1SS2-.Abraham a captain in .
: the Black Hawk war; .
:: 1S33-Appointed postmaster /
:: at New Salem :
= 1SS4-Abraham surveyor .
= First Election to the Legisla- &.
:. ture. :
:: 1Ss6-seoond election to the :
= legislature :
:: 1S37-Licensed to practise :;
:. law :.
: 1S3S-Third election to the :,
: Legislature. :.
: 1910 Presidential elector on :.
!: Harrison ticket. Fourth election ::
: 10 the legislature. :.
:. 1S4e-Married Nov. to Mary ::
:. Todd. :.
: 1S4S-Birth Of Robert Todd ::
: Lincoln, Aug. 1. ::
: 1S46-Election 10 Congress. :.
: Birth of Edward Baker Lincoln, ::
= March 10. ::
: 1S4S-Dclegate to the Phila-.:
: delphia rational convention. ::
: lS5O-Birth Of William Wal ::
: lace Lincoln, Dec. .. ::
: 1S53-Birth Of Thomas Lin ::
: coin, April 4. :.
: 1S56-Assists in formation ::
: Republican party. :.
: 1858 - Joint debate with :.
: stephen Douglas. Defeated for :.
: the United states Senate. :.
: 1SGo-Nominated and elected =
; To the presidency. :.
1S61-Inaugurated as presi- =
: dent, March 4. :.
1888 - Issued emancipation :.
: proclamation :.
1S6f-Reelected to the presi- :.
= dency. :.
1SG5-Assassinated by j. VIII :.
kes Booth, April IA. Passed on =
April Is. Remains Inferred at :.
; Springfield H., May 4. :.
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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07
DEcLAMAToRY CONTESTS.
Preliminaries to Select Best Eight to
be Held on Friday,

The preliminary declamatory con-
tests of the Calumet high school
will be held Friday afternoon.
and the teachers will pick the
best eight. ON Friday, February
"a, the eight selected will give their
declarations in the assembly room.
The two that are best will represent
the local high school at the district
contest at Houghton in the near flu
ture People that wish to hear the
declarations are cordially invited to
attend.
The February graduates of the high
school gave an enjoyable dance at the
Washington school hall Friday even
ing. The music was rendered by the
Boys Orchestra" The han was pref
tily decorated with banners and the
class colors, which are orange and
purple.
The Pro Et Con society has elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year:-Presdent-A. Nicholson; Vice
Presidents. Hooking; Secretary-A.
kttti; Treasurer-A. Raley; Sergeant
at Arms. Allen.
The next meeting of the Pro Et Con
society will be held Friday evening of
this week at 1880 o'clock. The follow
ing program will be rendered..
Roll Call. Each and every member
will respond with a toast.
Parliamentary Drill
Resolved: That National
Boards of Arbitration with Compul-
sorry Powers should be Established to
Settle Disputes Between the Employer
and Employe. Alternatives. Richard
Bennett and Ben MacAuley Negatives.
Meidell Frimodig and Reginald Glas-
son.
Talk on Prison Reform by Charles
Macleod. Discussion.
The high school hockey team will
meet Dollar Bay at the Palestra next
Saturday afternoon at o'clock. The
local boys suffered a bad defeat last
Saturday but are determined to win
the next contest. 1t is expected that
a large crowd will attend.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

Diaz seems likely to end his rule in
Mexico much the same as he began it.
fighting desperately The strength of
his administration has rested for the
most part in his uncompromlsing per-
sonal power, and such power always
breeds insurgents The most striking
feature of the present situation is the
lie it gives to the reports so indus
triously circulated 20 the effect that
the Mexican troubles We're slight and
superficial.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

When it is announced that the Tn
ion and Southern Pacific lines are to
expend $75,OOOOOO for double tracking,
1t becomes evident that no en- o. tie
railroad leaders are pessimistic as to
the future.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

Turkey is probably the last place
where one would look for the recogni-
ton Of the fact that women have anv
rights says "A Constantinople cores
pondent in the "Oesterreichiscbe
Wochenschrift," but a striking proof
OF Turkish fairness is seen in the ap-
pointment Of DR.. Amalia Frisch as one
OF the attending physicians 20 the i'm
perial crown princess. DIR. Frisch is
the daughter Of DR. Josef Frisch. She
was born at Grau, in Hungary. and af-
ter receiving her diploma as physi-
cian' came to Constantlnople and is
now a valued member Of the Austro-
Hungarian hospital staff, in this city.
She has often been called in consulta-
ton in the sultan's household. and
was in attendance at the recent con-
hnement Of the crown princess"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

Nassar college at first owned 200
acres about mile east of Pough-
keepsie. Now it owns 400 acres and
leases 500 more which it conducts as
farm for the supply of milk. vegeta-
bles and other products. The water
supply, from springs on the college
tract, is exceptionally pure. In fact.
the place is a little world by itself
with its own heating and lighting
plants. its own fire protection, its own
postoffice. and so on.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

The Rev. Florence Buck is the first
woman TO hold pastorate in Alameda.
Cal She took charge of the First Uni
tartan church of Alameda on New
Years morning. She is said to have
had the largest congregation ever
gathered in that city. Miss Buck was
recently the pastor of the Unitarian
church in Palo Alto Cal. and has
preached also in Wisconsin and at
Cleveland, Ohio.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

Senator Roots speech on the Lori
mer case was simply legal elabora-
ton Of the popular opinion long since
formed-that Lorimer does not belong
in the Senate and that the Senate
must keep him out or take the conse-
quences Of public condemnation.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

Mr. Carnegic's gift Of $1.25O.OOO to
his birthplace assures for him a place
wherein to lay his head, should he
give all the rest Of his money away.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

In a spelling bee" in Joliet, sixteen
school children stood the test two days
without being spelled down" Some
Of our institutions of higher education
might profit by their example.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

Chicagos garment strike cost five
lives and millions of dollars. Possibly
ICarnegifs international peace fund
could be put TO good use at home.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

CHANGING through the Chicago papers
one is led TO believe that Senator
Roots attack on Lorimer was an un-
qualified success and at the same time
an utter failure. Somebody IS exag-
trer-a TING
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07
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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

The temperature in Guthrie, Okla,
reached "a the other day. 1t strikes
us that Guthrie is no place to inhabit
in the good old summer time.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

The man about To pay his fare on Il
pay-as-you-enter car dropped a dol
lar, which fell to the platform and
rolled off across the pavement into an
opening, where it disappeared
The loser watched its course.
1T wouldn't have gone half as far
If I'd spent it," he said.--Bunalo Elk
press.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

The board OF trustees Of the Fifth
Avenue Baptist church. New York OF
which John d. Rockefeller is a MEM
Der has voted salary increase of So
600 to the pastor, the Rev. Charles r.
Aked' This will make his salary $12.-
600 year.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07
.. > > -. H%:.sAa4.:...;..:.

Mrs. Pauline Woerner a leading
German advocate of womens rights.
has written an article for the Maya
zine Die Deutsche of Berlin in which
she advocates compulsory domestic
service for girls of her country.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

The University of Michigan has
twenty-seven graduates in congress.
This is said to be the American uni
versity record. The alumni of that in
stitution are preparing to celebrate
the situation Immediately with ban
quet at the Hotel Aston
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07
A SMILE OR TWO
PERHAPS A LAUGH

ON one occasion an old lady was In
the same railway compartment as a
party OF golfers.
"a found fearful trouble this morn
ing. said,one. AT the first | fell right
into the middle of a prickly gorse bush.
and at the second was stuck up on
the top of tree l pitched out Of
bounds into the farmyard at the third,
got caught by a wire at the fourth,
stuck fast in deep hole at the nth,
found myself buried in mud at the
sixth. was lying i'm heap of rough
fiints at the seventh, got lost at the
eighth, and finished up at the bottom
of that dirty ditch at the last hole"
Gracious mel" cried the Mortified
old lady from her corner of the car
riage; "and they told me that golf was
an old mans game! TIL never let my
Edwin play again!'-Tit-B Bits
Former Director of Public Safety
Matthew b. Excel was sitting beside a
man the other day who was talking
about the hardships of his boyhood
days Mr.. Excel has twice bought the
cigars and was waiting for his COM
panion TO make some suggestions along
the same lines when his friend re-
marked
Eyes, Mat old boy, I can recall the
first nickel l ever made"
Indeed" replied Mr.. Excel, may /
see it, please? "-Cleveland Leader.
The Sage-After forty years o. mar
ried life I've made up my mind It
doesn't matter how often a man an
his wife disagrees, as long as he don't
let her know it.-Harper's Magazine
There's many a true word spoken
by accident" said r. Hopkinson Smith,
the noted author and artist, at dim
ner in New York.
Il dropped in at a picture sale one
day" Mr.. Smith resumed. THE auc-
toneer displayed a daub and said:
Now. ladies and gentlemen, what
am ! offered for this superb Velas-
quez, probably the best Velasqsez that
ever came from the masters hand?'
There were no bids whatever, so the
auctioneer took up another picture.
Very well, ladies and gentlemen
he went on, I now offer you Titan
by the same artist"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1911.

An important financial transaction
was solemnized in New York City to-
day.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

on his visit to America Father
Vaughan of London Called by Ches-
ter&pn "the Mayfair priest who makes
the comfortable class feel uncom-
fortable') was asked: Would you give
votes to women"
Il would make no difficulty about
giving votes TO women" he answered.
But, you understand, he added with
twinkling eye, once you give votes to
women the suffragettes would be
wanting them also. Success Maya
zine
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

Miles Poindexter, the new senator
from Washington. will he one Of the
youngest members Of the upper house.
being only forty-two years of age. =,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

The kaiser and the twenty two other
ruling sovereigns in Germany will not
have TO pay the new tax on the un-
earned increment from land. When the
reichstag read the bill for the third
time 1t restored the exemption clause,
which previously had been stricken
out in response to the earnest plea
of Herr Fermouth, secretary Of the
imperial treasury.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

The national executive committee of
the socialist party has voted To circu-
late special edition Of John Sparago's
Substance of Socialism" to be sold
to members of the party through its
local organizations. The life of Karl
Marx by the same author published
in this country by Rev. b. w. Huebsch.
has just been brought out in England
by the Nation Labour Press This is
described as the only complete biog-
raphy Of the economist regarded as
the founder of present day socialism.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

II must say you've got pretty lot of
citizens to allow themselves To be
charged at the rate of cents mile
from here down to the Junction on a
miserable one-horse branch road" said
the shoe drummer. bitingly."
I'D like to call yer attention, ter one
fact before YOU go on usin' any more
such language" said the ticket agent,
calmly. "and that is that while it may
be cents per mile, it's only S5 cents
an r"-Metropoltan Magazine.
III.
In one place at least, the rose is not
permitted to 'smell as sweet by any
other name" and that place is Scot
land. Fp-
An attache of the American embassy
at London tells of a stranger present
ing himself to play golf at North
Berwick. seeking out some one in au-
thority upon the matter
What name?" asked the dignifed
official.
DE Melville" the stranger replied
Mon" said the official in tone of
disgust, eve Gamma bother oorsels wi
names like that at North Berwick,
Yen START in the mornin' at ten fif-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

Il am sorry to be critical, my DEAR"
said Mr. Lambkn, but this pie is not
the kind that mother used TO make
not by long shot
TITS too bad, Henry" said Mrs.
Lambkin. amiabS, Il don't know what
to do about it, Perhaps you'd better
ring her up on the phone and tell her
She sent it over this afternoon."-
Harper's Weekly.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07

teen To the name of Fairgusson.''-
Brooklyn Life.
DR. w. Il. Cannon of Harvard dis
cussing anti-vivisectiOn literature 1t a
dinner i'm New York, said with a
smile:
This literature. i'm part at least, is
as flagrantly erroneous as the medical
department conducted by a young col
lege girl i'm a weekly paper. A sample
reply i'm this department ran:
'Bereaved-The. reply given last
week was a mistake. 1T should have
been ten drops of laudanum, not ten
cups of laudanum. Yes, we advocate
cremation rather than the old fashion
ed burial"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-07
HERE AND THERE.

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-17

a descrter would !tiil cling TO him, anu
in week the aforesaid notices were
all over the city. And Gus2 Across
the desert he had rode. on and on
until the mountain path WAS reached
and soon he was nearly over. Hark!
was it thunder. Gus Strengthened up
in the saddle and looked overhead. but
the sky was Bile with a Hook OF birds
outlined against It. and summer sun
shone brightly. Suddenly the sky WAS
overshadowed and dark mass OF
earth and rocks new past. taking Gus
along with It, II was a landslide.
When he next opened his eyes the
stars were shining and n crescent moon
had made herr appearance In the east.
Gus tried to rise, but fell back. for
the burro was /. Ing upon HIS legs.
Mother" he said. but that was All,
and at that moment tattoo sounded
from distant camp. followed by
taps the mystical notes that mark
the close OF soldla->s dag and the
close OF soldiers life.
Back in Arkansas Il lone mother
holds her boys last letter and listens
Tor his step on the porch.
Comp cd by
HARRY CHADWICK.
Care Tom Chadwick National Sol
diers Home, Hampton. Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-17
"GRANprA, sToRy.n

Now for story cried Laura.
Laura and her little sister Jennie pull :
ed their chairs up TO grandpa's fuet
and awaited tho expected pleasure.
why, children. ain at a loss ia
know what to tell you Tonight. I
have told YOU all tho fairy stories +
know, and all about my buyhood days.
and now do not know what to tell"
replied grandpa.
ooh. tell us about some real man.
We are SO tired of fairy stories. any
way" exclaimed little Jennie.
well" commenced grandpa. II
know YOU have not heard about Dick
Wilmington. You know he was n
very great man. SO l think will tell
YOU how he grew to be so great"
THAT will BIO fne," whispered Laura
to Jennie. joyfully
Wen. Dick was Il very pour little
boy. who had no home, neither father
nor mother
THE town in which Dick lived was
many miles from the largo city OF
London. Now. Dick had heard many
nice things about London, 80 he was
very anxious to visit that city" con-
tinued grandpa.
"How sad and lonely must he have
felt, but go on. grandpa, am so
anxious to hear whether he went"
said Laura eagerly.
Eyes, he did go. but he had to walk
the whole way. and when he reached
the city nc found he had no friends
at all, and, being tired. he fell asleep
on the steps of "A fine house" replied
grandpa.
Gro Be Continued)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-17
MAY nownns. rHp ACTRESS.

May Bowers was the daughter of a
wealthy farmer az Vermont They
lived in tho backwoods. SO MAY did
not have the desire for society as most
daughters Of tile wealthy have. When
she was sixteen years old, her parents
decided 10 send her To neighborinE
city to school
At first she was delighted with the
thought Of going To tho city to school.
When the day came for her tn leave
her nnict home aud loving parents. sho
WAS unwilling tn go. But Yielding To
the cntrcatice uf her PARENTS, she 90
,idod 10 do as thcy would hay" her.
Ucr father took her ia the nearest s,a-
ton. where shc boarded tho tram iof
the city.
when she arrived In the city SHE
wax taken 20 boarding house ~
this boarding house was girl apont
her own age. They were III 'he .,
,taseos. and grew TO he very nea'
chums. They finally graduated 10
Ecthcr. 49, ,,yor ~
,u hnr c,assmates and associates shc
,yas ono of tho foremost memhers OF
III eoc,eites Every summer when she
,,,opt home, she took party OF tr'cnos
on a camping trip. All OF nov hoy
and pjrl friends were very fonn OF
ncr. SHE was pretty. amlable ana at
traCtivc.
Every week she wrote home to her
motber. telling hcr how she enjoyed
tho plays at tho theatres She said
after graduating she wished TO be an
actress. She attended the city school
until sho was eighteen. The next
year she would graduate. How May
Bowers looked forward to that time
when there WAS possibility of her
own ambition being realized. Thong h
her parents had not yet consented for
her To take up her chosen line of
work. SIN she know they would yield
10 nor Wish In this as we'll as other
affairs. They finally consented.
After her graduation her teacher
secured for her 8. place In ono of the
principal theatres. Her first appear
ancc was an entire SUGGEST She won
praise from all Now she Ia one OF
our star players.
(Original)
G1LBERTA SMITH.
south I'M Va.