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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
TO HAVE ANOTHER RAILROAD.
Is Believed That ST. Paul Road Will
Run Line Into Duluth.


The Chicago, Milwaukee & ST Pau
Is said 20 be behind the lake Superior
a south Dakota Railroad company
which was recently Incorporated "a
build a line from Duluth to the west
ern boundary or Big stone county. ~
Minnesota. When this line Is oomplet-
cd il viii give Duluth another direct
road 20 the coast
The st. Paul recently completed ITS
new line 10 the coast and the pro-
posed route from the head Of the lakes
would connect with the western branch
AT Ortonyille. making a direct route
from there Co. the coast territory.
At the present time the ST Paul road
has an agreement with the Northern
Pacific under which by paying one
half of the expense Of the short line
from 81 PAU 10 Duluth. the 81. Paul
Is permitted 20 run its passenger and
freight trains over il. The proposed
new line viii give the Milwaukee peo-
pie a road direct from Duluth TO the
Twin cities as well as 10 the coast
territory.
II is said that the 81. Paul is de- I
sirous Of extending It's lines 10 Duluth I
and that the new line will be called /
Chicago. Milwaukee * ST Paul. in /
stead of the Lake Superior & South .
Dakota. The articles Of incorporation 4
loo the Lake Superior & South Dakota /
have been filed and Il is expected tina;
work on the proposed extensions will /.
be started Very soon. ]. NJ. Smith.
b wellknown railroad man. Is presi-
lent; W. r. ellis. Of Superior. vice
PRESIDENT: William Gotty OF Duluth.
reasurer, and Frank Crassweller. of
duluth secretary. The company is
capitalized at 100000 with 900 shares
10 q par value of 500. The limit Il
Indebtedness IS placed at 100000 and
he life Of the corporation is fixed al
90 wears
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
HOT RACE IN ASSOCIATION.
St. Paul Manager Thinks All of Clubs
Will Make Bid.

st. Paul, Mimi, May 1.-The 1912
American association race is going to
be close and tough fight until the
season is about over, is the opinion
of Manager NJ. j. Kelley of the st.
Paul club. Kelley who is enthusiastic
over his clubs chances, does not agree
with many of the critics around the
American association who believe that
Columbus and Minneapolis have al
ready displayed enough class to enti-
tie them to first choice on the pennant
race map.
on the contrary. the st. Paul club
leader believes every club i'm the cir
cult is going to make a bid for that
pennant. with indianapolis and Louis
vile rs the weakest looking sisters
AS for Columbus, Manager Kelley
does not see why or where the F'riel
club has any claims on top position
In his opinion the Columbus club is
only a mediocre aggregation. which
has been playing beyond its natural
speed. and he looks to see the Sena-
tors drop down i'm the list before many
days. Minneapolis, with it's band of
Veterans. looks best to Kelley. Can
tillon's players have been together so
long that each man knows his every
teammate thoroughly. and this. ac-
cording to Kelley is one of the secrets
of the Millers' success.
Tho race is young" said the Apos-
ties leader i'm talking of his chances,
and many changes will take place in
that percentage column before the
season is over"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
Houghton Department

one OF their countrymen. but they had
never seen him before. None OF the
lumber companies have reported any
OF their employees as missing recently.
DR. McHugh who was summoned
and who viewed the body expressed
the opinion that the man had met
his death some weeks ago. That the
body was in fair state OF preserva-
tion Is attributed 20 the fact that the
weather has been cold Although a.
is believed that the mans identity
viii be ascertained, there Is little clue
upon which sheriff O'Rourke and the
other officers may work and the case
appears 20 he one Of the most baf-
fling that has developed Tor some
lime
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
this DATE IN HISTORY

1e55-England took jamaica from
the Spanish.
1747-British fleet under Admiral
Arson captured the French fleet OFF
Cape F'inisterre.
1Sl6-James McHenry. secretary of
war in Washington's cabinet, died In
baltimore. Born in Ireland, Nov. &c.
1853.
lS2O-Congress organized the first
committee on agriculture.
lSi5-Thomas Hood. famous English
poet, died. Born May %. 1873.
lS59-France declared war. to eXpel
the Austrians from Italy.
1S5l-President Lincoln called for
1904 volunteers for years. and
added 22,7l4 men 10 the regular army
and $4,000 TO the navy.
1S72-Liberal Republicans in conven-
tion at Cincinnati nominated Horace
Greeley for President Of the United
States.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
Freckle-Face
New Remedy That Removes FreokIes
or Costs Nothinu,

Here's a chance Miss Freclsle- Face,
to try a new remedy for frecl<les with
the guarantee of a reliable dealer that
IL will not cost YOU penny unless II
removes the freclxles, while II IL does
give you a clear complexion. the ex-
pense is trining.
Simply get an ounce of othine --dou-
BILE strength. from Eagle Drug Store.
and enc nights treatment will show
you how easy II is TO rid yourself OF
the homely frcckles and get beautiful
complexion. Rarely is more than one
ounce needed for the worst case.
BE sure TO ask Eague Drug Store for
the double strength othine, as this is
the only prescription sold under guar
antee Of meney back IL ii fails to re.
move freckles. A.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
COUNCIL HOLDS
LONG SESSION
LITTLE BUSINESS or IMPORT
ANcE DISPOSED OF BY
HoUoHToN TRUSTEES.
YESTERDAY.

The May meeting of the Houghtou
council held yesterday afternoon. al
though somewhat longer than usucL
proved uneventful Routine business
Tor the month was disr 1sed OF and the
bills allowed.
A Communication was received from
X. : Baker Of Marquette district COM
mercial manager of the Michigan
state Telephone company. informing
the council that the engineers OF the
company are now making survey OF
Houghton and that De win be IN
position 10 give 1ednite answer in
about so days anent the request Of
the council that the telephone poles be
removed from the streets.
The report Of the village water coll
lector was presented showing total
collections az s2l1 with about $4,000.
outstanding an the end OF the month
Of April
The report Of the village health Off
Ger regarding the unsauitary condi-
tion o. certain outhouses was referred
L. the street committee.
Tim Holland appeared before the I
council with bills for brick furnished I
the village and for the winter street I
scraping device invented by himself I.
and used by the village. Action on I
both bills was deferred until Super
intendent Gibson can be present
Mr.. Holland. who has lately ceased
10 be in the village employ. then asked
If employees Of the village had ever
worked for private parties on village
time and been apid by the private par
ties ana II so what had been done with
The money Mr.. Hollands question
evidently had bearing on something
hc thought IL unwise % divulge FOR
after he received his answer. there
we're no further developments.
At the request Of the fire depart
nent. the present officers were reap
pointed.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03

locked up every halfpenny received
The consequence was that in a few
weeks there was hardly a halfpenny
in the town. Then the band reaped
a harvest of coins of higher value.
Cornerlng gold coins demands n
capital that few men possess. Some
years ago. however. at Dieppe there
occurred sudden scarcity of ten
franc and twenty franc pieces. due to
the operations of an eccentric British
er. who for some cryptic reason had
the day before changed several hun
dred banknotes of high value into
gold. Laden with the coins, he left
for Paris. and week elapsed before
the town regained its normal amount
of gold.
An attempt to corner the Maria
Theresa dollars, used In parts of north
ern Africa, collapsed by reason of a
queer circumstance. An Abysslnian.
Ras Makoppo, conceived the unique
scheme of collecting all specimens of
these coins extant in his district. As
they were old coins. he reasoned they
would rise in value. When he had
possessed himself of about 1900 of
them he found that the country was
as well supplied with them as before.
While he had been busy collecting
the old coins modern Maria Theresa
dollars. made In Germany, were being
Imported by the thousand. The result
was that the coin fell In value. and
the too astute chief lost half his
wealth.-New York Herald
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
JIM THORPE, WONDER
OF ATHLETIC WORLD.


Jim Thorpe, the Sac and Fox In
dian youth from Oklahoma, now Q
student at the Carlisle Indian school
has been training carefully during the
winter and spring for the Olympic
events. and hopes to qualify at Bos-
ton in June for the pentathlon and de-
cathlon features. which represent all
around athletic work.
When announcement was made last
fall Of the marvellous abilities demon
strated by Thorpe in so many lines
of sport, some doubt was expressed
as TO his qualifications. Observations
of him. however. during the last foot
ball season. confirmed predictions,
and he was easily the 1911 gridiron
star.
In the winner indoor meets at
Pittsburg, Baltimore, Washington,
Boston and Trenton he showed up
remarkably well in the dashes, hur-
dies. high jump and shotput.
In the hurdles and jumps, Thorpe
probably finds his best field, although
the weights frequently enable him to
amaze spectators.
Thorpe is now about % years Old
and has not yet trained down to his
best physical condition, at which he
will arrive when the warm weather
sets in. He has gathered considerable
flesh over winter.
Unlike Tewanma. who will enter
the Olympics I'm Sweden without a
trial. Thorpe will have to compete
against the flower of American ath-
letes In Boston on June s. Coach War
ner of Carlisle has withdrawn Tewa-
nina from intercollegiate events this
spring, but Thorpe will appear i'm all
Of Carlisle's contests before June.
Thorpe's physical development has
been gradual, and the appearance of
his muscles is not unnatural He is
not burly looking. but does carry him
self with an athletes poise. At pres
ent he weighs about 1856.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03

why do you call your story y
Thieves Romance?"
Because 1t is all about stealing"
''How?"
well, the story of the romance goes
this way: She stole a look; then he
stole a kiss. Next they had stolen
meetings. they stole a march on their
friends. and both stole away"
i suppose the next thing they will
be stealing back"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03

recent congestion Il is understood hav-
ing been relieved by transferring
some patients TO lower Michigan in
situations.
Three motor boats of over five tons
capacity were registered during the
visit OF ole Berg. L. 5. marine inspect
or OF Superior. who was at Hough-
ton on "Wednesday. The three are the
Eleanor, the new Ripley Houghton
ferry; the boat OF Fred Robarge at
the Michigan smelts ferry. and the
Reed & Dieter boat. formerly a whale
boat OF the Yantic. which has been
fitted with a twelve-horsc power mo-
tor.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
PICTURES OF CHAMPIONS"

Walter Clark. in charge Of the pic
ture framing department of krolwitz's
is engaged in framing large picture
az the members OF last winters Por-
tage Lake hockey team, champions OF
the northwest. The pictures were TAX
en- slngly, by Wortley, and each shows
the PLAYER full length in uniform. i'm
a characteristics pose. The eight pic
lures. including one Of Manager Croze
are being set in a mate about seven
feet long. with an oak frame. and will
be displayed at Wortley's studio.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
Two Causes. One Effect.

One morning. at breakfast Joey an
nouneed that he had the misfortune to
fall out of bed the night before
That was because you slept too near
where you got in" said Ethel. who
likes TO reason about things that hap
pen 10 Joey.
Pooh. that wasn't itr' he retorted.
with scorn. ut was because | slept
too near where l fell outv'-Youth's
Companion.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
IN THE PROBATE COURT.
Proceedings OF the Week Before
Judge G. c. Bentley.

]
Judge G. c. Bentley.
The following is a summary Of tn
matters considered by Judge BCntlc,
ia the Houghton county probate cour
during the past week
Bond OF executor and letters tesla
mentary filed in the estate Of Kath-
crime Honait. formerly Katherine
Messner. deceased
order limiting settlement of estate
and appointing appraisers and order
appointing time for hearing claims
filed In the estate OF Katherine Hon
alt. formerly Katherine Messner de-
ceased. Hearing on claims Aug 30,
1912.
Petition for widows allowance and
order for same filed in the estate OF
Joseph Hermann. deceased.
Warrant and inventory filed in the
estate Of Joseph Hermann. deceased.
Bond OF administrator and letters
OF administration iled in the estate
OF John {. Soddy. deceased.
order limiting settlement Of estate
and appointing appraisers and order
appointing time for hearing claims
filed in the estate OF John c. Soddy
deceased. Hearing on claims Aug.
30th. 1912.
Petition FOR sale Of real estate filed
IN the estate OF Augusta Dave. de-
ceased.
Warrant and inventory filed in the
estate Of Augusta Dave. deceased.
order appointing administrators filed
n the estate Of Gust Paulson. deceas-
ID. Bond fixed at $500.
Resignation Of guardian. release Of
guardian by ward and discharge Of
guardian filed i'm the estate OF Annie |
Watson and Hilda G. Matson, minors |
Final account filed in the estate of /
annie Matson and Hilja G Matson,
minors.
Petition for appointment Of guar
ian and order appointing guardian
led in the estate Of Hilda G. Larson
nee Matson). minor
Bond of administrator and letters of
filed in the estate Of
aura Destalaire. deceased.
order limiting settlement of estate
nd appointing appraisers and order
rpointing time for hearing claims
led in the estate Of Laura Destal-
Ire, deceased. Hearing Sept. 4th
]l2
Bond Of administrator and letters of
administration filed in the estate of
ylvester Saxberg. deceased.
order limiting settlement OF estate
nd appointing appraisers and order
ppointing time for hearing claims
led i'm the estate of Libbie ludlow. I
Hearing OF claims Sept. 9Th
~.
Petition for the appointment of adj
illustrator filed i'm the estate of Hor-
e J. Stevens. deceased
Petition for appointment of special
and order appointing
,ecial administrator fled in the es-
tie of Horace J. stevens, deceased.
Bond Of guardian and letters OF
Iardianship filed in the estate OF :
Ida G.. Larson. minor
Inventory filed in the estate of Hill
G. Larson, minor.
Bond of special administrators and
tiers of special administration filed
the estate OF Horace J. Stevens, de- {
ased.
Petition for license TO sell real es- {
tie filed in the estate Of August Matt
n. deceased. Hearing May 9th,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
SPRING TRAFFIC HEAVY.

The South Range towns will con-
tribute their share to the heavy spring
traffic this year. Some of those who
are contemplating trips are: John
Finch of Baltic to Butte, Mont; Mr..
and Mrs. w. r. Hoskings and family,
Bernard Stevens and Samuel Venten
of Baltic to Toronto, Canada; William
James and William Jose OF Trimoun-
tain to Plymouth, England and Thorn
as Joe of Trimountain to Cornwall.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
CORNERS IN COINS /
Odd Schemes That Were Worked
by Willy Operators.
CLEVER RUSE OF A NEW BANK
II Won the Good VIII Of the Town by
"obIisins" Its Citizens After Corner
ing All Its Metal Money-A Russian
prophet" Who Made a Rich Haul.

prophet" Who Made a Rich Haul.
There have occurred from time to
time in various countries all manner
Of corners" in coins. traceable to all
manner of queer origins.
Some years ago an individual named
Peterson established in boom" town
of new state a bank that was a
branch of a larger institution else
where. AS. for special reasons, the
people Of the new town would have
nothing 10 do with the new bank tho
outlook for Peterson was a gloomy one.
After reflection he hit upon n happy
expedient. He sent out men commits
stoned to go to all the stores of the
place to get change for greenbacks and
banknotes. In a little while he had
all the coined money in the town. the
result being. OF course. that the good
people of the coming metropolis were
flush Of greenbacks. but had no
change"
Some one suggested that Peterson's
bank might possess some of the coined
pieces. and accordingly rush was
made there, where every one was
obliged with silver. The ruse of the
willy Peterson had the desired effect.
as the next morning his bank was filled
with depositors.
Superstition has frequently been
the basis of corner in coins of par
ri IL tn.
case of this kind occurred i'm southern
Russia in 1908. There appeared at
Berdiansk. on the sea of Azov, a per.
son proclalming himself prophet, and
as such he announced his intention of
redeeming the world. Among the
queer doctrines advanced by this indi.
vidual was included the decree that all
his followers must retain all five ko-
peck pieces issued in the year 1861, the
year of the emancipation of the serfs.
They were by reason of that event
held to be holy.
1t was not long before the Ignorant
peasants in the vicinity became con.
vinced that all pieces Of that denomi-
nation should be taken to the prophet
Tor preservation. The heaven sent one
further announced that should the
fatherland get into difficulty every one
OF the coins In question would turn to
gold and thus save the empire.
And so IL happened that over an
area of 300 miles Russian peasants
were feverishly collecting the holy"
pieces and turning them over TO the |
prophet. When he had gathered n
goodly number of the coins he de- |
camped.
In way the Russian government
may be said to corner its own coins |
OF one denomination. Each year II
minis limited number Of bronze
pieces of the nominal value of one
FOURTH OF a kopeck. about one.elchth
OF cent. AS these coins are practl-
caily not In circulation, only n few
are Issued
N Is really an easy matter in small
towns to corner a particular coin AZ
a welsh holiday resort members of
the local band became so indignant NJ
the large proportion OF halfnennlos in
tnelr- silver collections that they
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
IN A oUANDARY.

"Is she a suffragette7"
No. But shed like to be-"
Shed like to DC? Then why isn't
shc?"
She can't mnkc mp her mind whcth-
or it's "A Republican or a Democratic
vote she wants Detroit Free Press.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
WILL BURN CHURCH NOTE.
Debt on the Hurontown Methodist
Parsonage is Cleared.

The Ladies' Aid society of the Hur-
ontown NJ. F. church and all other or
CARNATIONS Of that church are inter-
ested in the ceremony planned for
May Is. OF burning the last note de-
noting Indebtedness on the church
parsonage. The paper was recently re-
deemed with the proceeds OF two sup
pers given by the ladies last week
and as it's payment marks the close
of a three years effort to raise the
parsonage debt, the members feel IL is
proper TO celebrate.
The parsonage was built three years
ago. and at that time large portion
Of the cost was met by public sub
scription. but some OF the money was
raised by notes. With the ceremony
OF May 16. the church will be free
from debt. so far as the parsonage is
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03

1872.
Petition for the determination OF
heirs filed in the estate OF Louis cur
sinsky. deceased. Hearing May s7th,
1919.
Petition FOR the appointment Of adj
ministrator filed in the esatte OF Rich
ard hampshire. deceased. Hearing
May 9Th 1912.
Warrant and inventory filed In the
estate Of August Mattson, deceased.
Warrant and inventory hled in the
estate OF William Penglase. deceased.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
OPPOSED TO DECISIONS.
No Chance That New York Boxing
Will BE Altered.

New York. May S.--Therc is no
chance that the referees OF local box
ing bouts will be permitted to give de-
visions. all reports to the contrary not
withstanding. For several days
stories have been anoat that the third
man In the ring would hereafter be
empowered to award the fight to one
or the other boxer.
Commissioner Frank O'Neil was said
TO favor this change in the rules. but
a talk with the commissioner recently
showed that while he IL still of the
mind that N would not be harmful to
the sport to grant this power to reg
erees there was little chance that such
permission would be extended by the
boxing commissioners.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
Play Was Over.

A German general on inspecting his
troops at the close of the war address
ed them thus:
Now, my children. we can once
more get seriously to work. The pas
time of war is at an end. and drill
must go on regularly, as heretofore
London It'll Bits.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
MURDER AT oNToNAeoN.
County Officers 5affed by Mysterious
Death Of Stranger.

The officers Of Ontonagon county
We're confronted yesterday with what
appears 20 be one or the most my1ster-
ious murders ia the history or the
copper country. The body Of an UNI
known man, about 30 years OF age,
and attired in the clothes Of q lumber
jack was found half submerged in
creek near the railroad track about
two miles south OF Ontonagon An
Investigation disclosed three ballet
holes In the back of the mans head.
and other circumstances pointed to
foul play.
There We're no papers or other clue
on the body which would lead TO
identification. The man was an
usually big man. with light hair and
a darker mustacho. a party Of Aus
TRANS who saw the body were Of the
opinion that the man might have been
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
STEAMER WALSH LEAVES.
Last Two Boats Which Wintered Here
Will Return Tomorrow.

The steamer Walsh left last even
ing az Z o'clock for the head Of the
lakes 20 take on a cargo for the lower
lakes. The walsh arrived here last
December just az the close Of the nar-
igati0n season with cargo of coal
for the Copper Range Part OF the
cargo was left In the boat during the
winter while the ship was tied up at
the Copper Range docks and this was
unloaded last week.
The Berlin and the barge Aurora
are the only two remaining boats
which wintered here, and they will
pull out tomorrow morning. The
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03

crews arrived the early part Of the
week and the hitting out has been
completed. The Aurora win be TAX
eu 10 Port Arthur for a cargo and. the
Berlin 10 Two Harbors.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
Forseaats rm Z ?. N. saturday.

Upper Michigan Not received.
Lake Superior. Moderate to brisk
east and northeast winds.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
An Expensive Wedding.

"The bride nearly tainted during the
ceremony and had to be supported by
her father until it was over"
YES. and now hear her father Is
supporting both of them"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03

what did your lawyer friend say
when you asked him for his daugh.
serT
He refused to answer any question
without retainer."-Satire.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03

Head Of the Firm-I don't see how
you are going to support wife on
your present salary. Smart Clerk
Neither do ], sir.-London Punch.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03
All About StaaIinn

Rashness is the faithful hut unhap.
py parent OF misfortune. Fuller.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-03

Cha ssified Ads bring results.
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