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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-10
LIGHTNING ROD INDICATED.
instances Where Unprotected Build
mas Suffered More Than Rodded.

rom ~" pittsburgh Chronicle.
Telegraph
There was time, and that not -
maay years ago. when the lghtuing
rod AGENT was a familiar figure in c.
."rH farming community This indlvid-
"'l could converse 10y the huur on the
projection afforded by the rods. point
Ing out how they projected far enough
INTO the air to attract any lightning
that happened to be in the vicinity
ana how they conducted the thunder
bolt Co the ground without any dam
age To the house barn or other build
ing TO which they had been fastened.
80 convincing were the arguments of
the agent that he generally went away
with contract in his pockets. to re-
turn few days later with the rods
which. AS per contract, nc fastened Oh
the structure designated for protcc-
tion.
Thus il came about that the travel
el in rural districts, wherever he turn
ed, saw the ends of metal rods point
dwellings,, schoohouScs and barus, and
even from a church here and there.
Meanwhile the lightning rod agent
NaXcd fat with prosperity, and laughed
the sewing machi:lc agent to scorn,
Eut there came Il time, some years H.
ter, when the lightning rod and it,
agent fell into distaVor. Sceptics arose
some of them persons vcrsed in tht
science Of the thing. and boldly de-
Clared that the lightning rod afforded
no protection whatever indeed som'
| there were who said that instead a.
! being Il protection it was menace t.
the safety of the building 10 which i
chung. This antagonistic idea sprca,
lightning rod agent gradually disap
peared from the fields of his tormc
activities leaving the sewing ma
chine agent ana the book agent mas
ters of the situation
But now comes another change. Tn
lightning rod and it's agent have b..
Nindicated, And by no less an auth
GRITTY than the University Of Missouri
That institution has issued bulletl
i'm which it is declared that the roo
| give buildings protection from light
, ming. and their use is advocated TN
declaration is the result of an inNesti
cation which disclosed that in the las
three years only three buildings i
Missouri equipped with lightning rod
we're damaged. Records in other stat
show an insignificant amount of dam
ag" from lightning To rOdded house
In Iowa. where figures were gathered
only about one county in ten reporte
iany damage to houses equipped wit
rods while nine of ten of the coun
ties reported yearly damage to the IN
Irodded houses. The total loss iron
lightning To unrodded houses in tw
years was $4,000 and the loss 81
rodded houses was only $4,000 TIL
rroportionatc loss on roddcd houses il
| case rods gave no protection shoul'
have been one fourth or $4,000. Thus
the bulletin says. the rods reduce ~
| danger of lightning To at least onc-ll.
! teenth of the norman danger VIII
| such a vindication TO add to the old
time arguments. the i!sil,ninS rod mai
| may now look forward with confidence
| TO an early return of prosperity.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-10
Deer With White Hoofs Is Shot

During the hunting season just
closed. Stephen Charlebois of Escanaba
shot deer, the hoofs of which were
white. II is claimed by hunters THAI
this marking is unusual and that a
deer with white hoofs had never been
seen before in the district. The usua
color Of the fore hoofs is black Mr.
Charlebois will have his specimen
mounted to exhibit as a rare curiosity
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-10
UPPER PENINSULA
Killed a Big Red Fox

W lille out deer hunting ole day re-
Gently VI. NJ Whitman Of Munsng had
the good fortune to shoot "A full grown
red fox with an uncOmmonly tine pclt,
for which he has refused SO.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-10

Levin Jewelry Cos. grand r,moNa!
sale now going on. Come early. The
pick of the stock is at your disposal.
Advertisements
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-10

beautiful engraving free with cycry
purchase at y off grand removal SALE
at Levin Jcwclry Go.
Advertisement. :!
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-10

81 Paul is TO have garage ~ y
$50 feet, largest in northwest
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-10
Is an Expert on Bounty Animals

Us an Expert or bounty SN'''o's
Through the ability of County Clerk
J. \. Seiner 10 recognize the scalps and
skins of different animals. "a consider
able sum of money is being saved the
county i'm bounties each year says the
Escanaba Press In the past few year,
coyotes have found their way into the
peninsula woods and for a number of
years trappers were able to collect vol
bountics on coyote hides. II Is openly
boosted by hunters of the district that
years ago they were able to trim up
rabbit scalps to give them the appear
ance of wild eats and collected bOun-
ties ON them. hunter brought the
skin of fox to the court house ana
made an effort to collect wolf bounty
on it, Mr. Semer at once recognized
the pelt US that of a fox and the hunter
lett the office highly disappointed.
Hunters are many times puzzled to
determine between the head of a wild
cat and ~ lynx, but the county clerk
is yet to make his first error N the
classification OF the two animals
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-10

II. Paurs November postal receipts
were $112,SSL6i an increase OF So
yN1.l1 over November 1911.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-10

Minnesota in 1871. has sold Zoo
acres Of state lands at prices rang
inc from So to S2l an acre.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-10

Pennsylvania began issue Of No"
1914 auto license tags December !.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-10
Eavors COTTAGES at Normal

Favors Cottages at Normal
During the visit of the legislators
elect of the upper peninsula to the
Northern State Normal school at Mar
quette last Thursday afternoon. a ques-
ton as to the necessity of new and
larger dormitory was asked 10y one of
the state solons. The inquiry was di-
rected to President Kaye. II was evi
dent that the majority of the men did
not know the dormitory is owned by
Longyear Il Aver and is conducted pri-
vately for the exclusive use of the
school but believed II was state prop
crtN.
President Kaye does not think there
Is need for a new dormitory since
three fourths of the students live al
private homes. He believes. too. that
in case IL is ever deemed necessary to
have another building of the kind. Tie
state should erect structure decided
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
BEEF TRUST WILL
DISSOLVE ITSELF
GOVERNMENT WILL HOLD UP CIVIL
SUIT CONTEMPLATED.
HAVE PLAN READY AUGUST I
If Plan Is Not Acceptable Suit viii Be
Filed-Government Contends That
Company Controls the Meat
Industry.
(Copyright.)

Washington.-Attorney General Wick
ersham was advised Monday that the Ma
tional Packing Company would be volun-
tarily dissolved by the beef packers by
August /. In view of this action, MIR.
Wickersham announced that the govern
met would hold in allegiance the civil
suit which it is proposed to bring against
tine company to compel its d~isintegra-
ton.
Mr.. Wickersham was notified of the
"beef trusts" intention to dissolve by
james A. Fowler, assistant attorney.
general, who returned to Washington
from Chicago.
The packers, it is said, expect to have
ready a definite plan by August 1, or in
case they find themselves unable tc
agree upon a basis of dissolution, they
will advise the department of justice o.
that fact by August 1. In the latter event
the proposed civil suit under the Sher
man law, it is intimated, will be filed
This move comes after several govern
mental attacks upon the "trust." Th'
house judiciary committee a few day
ago decided to investigate the industry
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
TAFT VETOES THE WOOD BILL
Army Reorganization Should Be On
Comprehensive Plan.

Washington.-President Taft vetoed
the army appropriation bill carrying a
provision to legislate Maj. Gen. Wood
out of office as chief of staff. The presi'
dent returned the bill to the house with
a sharp message on the propriety OF at
taching special legislation to an appro-
priation bill.
Chairman Hay of the house military
affairs committee, one of the leading
sponsors for the special features OF the
bill, retorted with a public statement IN
which he charged the president with mis-
stating the facts concerning the bill in
his veto message, and alleged the pest
dent had vetoed it to pave the way Tor
a veto of the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill, which pro-
vided for abolishing the court
President Taft has told friends he vii
veto that bill also.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
81 Killed in Storm.

Kansas City, Mo.-Twenty-six per
sons are known to have been killed and
many injured by a storm that passed
over central west Missouri, demolishing
buildings, tearing down wires and leaving
the smaller towns and country homes
completely wrecked. The storm struck
Kansas City Saturday, causing the death
of two persons and doing damage
amounting to may thousands of dollars,
swept t, the south through Bates coun-
ty, where it left a trail of death and
destruction. The path of the storm was
half a mile wide and five miles long.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
COTTON CROP
PROSPECTS GOOD
TIMELY RAINS IN THE WEST, TOO
MUCH IN EAST.
TEXAS IN FINE CONDITION
Warm Weather During Latter Part of
Week Made the Outlook Hopeful-Cul-
tivation Has Been Thorough.

Memphis, Tenn.-Excessive rains fell
during the week in Georgia and the two
Carolinas. Elsewhere the rainfall was
highly beneficial and will contribute
greatly to the plants growth. Warm
weather set in at the close of the week
following unseasonably low tempera-
lures east of the Mississippi river for
several days. This made the outlook
more hopeful and the week as a whole
was a favorable one.
Widely scattered local showers in Ok
lahoma and Arkansas were of a very
great benefit in those states and the late
planted cotton is beginning to come up,
but there are still some fields that have
not %sprouted.
Conditions in Texas are Uniformly good,
no complaints being received. The cot
ton is not so well advanced as last year,
but is now growing rapidly and the state
of cultivation is excellent.
Cultivation is generally well advanced
save in the Atlantic states, where, owing
to too much rain, a few fields are grassy
As a rule good stands have been OBJ
/ tanned and the plat is beginning to lool
more vigorous than heretofore. 1t j
| still small, however, as growth has beef
slow. Warmer weather and shower
! are needed in all central and western
states to stimulate the plant.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
FEDERAL LOSE ONE HUNDRED
Rebels, Under Rojas, Lost but Ten
Men.

Chihuahua, Mex.,One hundred killed
is the estimate of federal losses in the
skirmishing thus far at Lacruz, ninety
miles south of here, where the vanguard
of the government troops of Gen. Huerta
is attempting to move n%orthward toward
Bachiniba, the rebel stronghold. Col.
Rojas, of the rebels, reported to Gen.
Orozco that he had lost ten killed.
Luis Terazzas, a grandson of Gen.
Terazzas, one of the early governors OF
the state of chihuahua, under the Diaz
regime, was one OF the rebels wounded.
The federals We're reported to haVa re-
tired a few miles south OF Lacruz.
Distinct tension is apparent at Juarez
over news of government plans to cap
ture this town and the city of chihuahua,
the only important rebel points.
The approach of big federal columns
from the state of Sonora makes it OBJ
vious that fighting will occur close 70
the American border within a few days
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
Will Enforce Prohibition.

Fort Smith, Ark.-With the decision
of the United States supreme court up
holding the law prohibitig the introduce
ito of liquor into that part OF Oklahoma
formerly know as Indian Territory, I'm
Gle Sam becomes a full-hedged advocate
Of prohibition and the federal govern
ment will shortly begin waging the
greatest prohibition fight it ever engaged
in. Nearly t~hree-quarters of a century
ago congress decided it was a felony to
introduce liquor into Indian communities.
It is under this law that Uncle Sam will
invoke to keep old Indian Territory as
dry as a desert.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
ALTON B. PARKER
SEEKS GUARDIANSHIP
PROMINENT DEMOCRATS GATH.
Erred AT BALTIMORE.
JAMES ALSO A CANDIDATE
Plan to Swing Vice-Presidency to an
Illinois Man Is Launched-Gov.
Burke May Be Content With
Second Place.

Baltimore, Md.-Democrats in the pre-
convention councils here paused to watch
affairs in the Republican national con-
vention at Chicago. With the leaders
OF all the rival candidates for the presi-
Dental nomination here there were quiet
conferences to prepare plans of capturing
the uninstructed delegates. Alton Is.
Parker, of New York, was said to be
the likely choice for temporary chair
man of the convention, with Senator
elect Ollie James as the next strongest
candidate.
w. F. McCombs, of New York, cam
paign leader for Gov. Wilson, took
charge of Wilson headquarters and an
nounced that Senator Gore, of Okla
homa, and Representative Mitchell Palm
er, of Pennsylvania, would second the
nomination of the New Jersey governor.
j. Hamilton Lewis, of Chicago, came
in with a plan to swing the vice-presi-
dency to an Illinois man. Senator Bank
head, of Alabama, who Is looking after
the interests of Oscar Underwood, talked
things over with national committeeman.
Friends OF Gov. Burke, of North Das
kota, say that if tho convention is dead
locked the governor will be a dark
horse" candidate, but that if the NOM
nation goes East or South Gov. Burke
will be a candidate sor the vice-presi.
dency.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
RIPARIAN LANDOWNERS WIN
Court of Claims Decide Cases Involving
Levee Disputes.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. said to con
troll 116 suits involving 200 plantations,
worth several million dollars, in the
flood section OF the Mississippi river val
lev between New Orleans and Cairo. ILL.,,
were announced by the court of claims,
mainly in favor of the landowners, on
the question of government liability for
damages accruing from levee eonstruc-
ton work. For seventeen years the con-
troversy has peen waged before TINS
court, involving the legal liability OF the
federal government for having construct
ed and completed the levee system along
both sides of the Mississippi river by
combining the flood waters in a narrower
channel and placing plantation lands be
twee the improved levee system and the
low water banks of the river, now Ill
the adopted artificial channel, n thu
DESTROYING these lands.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
WATCHING THE CANAL BILL
England May Make Representations to
United States.

London.-Sir Edward Grey, secretary
of state for foreign affairs, stated Ia
the house of common that he was
watching the progress OF Representative
Adamson's bill, which passed the house
OF representatives in Washington May
%, but was unable to estimate TO what
extent British interests and treaty rights
were affected by it until the bill had
passed the senate and assumed its final
form. Until then he considered that
there was no ground for making repre-
sensations on the subject to the United
States government. Sir Edward Grey
added hat he was unaware of any prec-
edent for such legislation in respect to
other international waterways.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
CONTROL FLOODS OF
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
PLAN TO DIVERT WATER INTO
LAKE MICHIGAN.
CONSTRUCT GREAT CHANNEL
Channel From Galena to Chicago Would
Be But 152 Miles Long-Flood
Damage This Year Has Been
5000, ,0c0.

Chicago.-Prevention of Mississippi
foods by the construction of a channel
to divert the h~eadwaters of that river
into Lake Michigan was the novel sug-
gestion of Robert r. Mccormick, for
mer president of the Chicago sanitary
district in an address at the Mississippi
Valley Interstate Drainage conference.
Combining the treacherous water be-
tween high levees has proven unsatis-
factory" he declared, 'and l believe a
commission should investigate a plan OF
diverting the Upper Mississippi waters
into the lake, thus relieving the flood
conditions in the South.
81 have found that there are three
possible routes for such a diversion chan
mel: The first from st. Paul to Green
Bay, q distance of 259 miles; the second
from Lacrosse, Wis, to Milwaukee, 1st
miles, and the other from Galena, Ill.
to Chicago, 152 miles.
"The Mississippi food this year caused
a damage estimated at 100000, 900. Al
this rate the construction of such a di
version channel would be a profitable un
dertaking."
Robert Isham Randolph of Chicago
secretary Of the Illinois rivers and lake
commission, urged that the Mississippi
VALLEY States cooperate to have a fed
eral commission appointed to take u
the work of controlling the river flood
and retaining the OVERLOOKED land
along the river.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
KICK FAT FEE FOR STIMSON
Received $685. 900 for Work in Sugar
Fraud Cases.

Washington.-Fees paid to Secretary
Stimson of the war department when he
special counsel for the government
in the sugar fraud eases were attacked
in the house by Representative Beall of
Texas. He said that $4,000 in fees and
expenses had been paid to MIR. Stimson
in one year.
The house adopted his amendment to
the sundry civil appropriation bill to
prohibit employment of former United
States attorneys as general ounsel for
the government.
Representative Beall charged that the
government recovered 100000 from
prosecution of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
scandal at Savannah, Ga, and paid out
1881 900 for legal services.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
SHOOTS SELF AT PHONE
THAT Ends It." Man in Hoboken Termi-
inal Declares.

New York-Holding a telephone receiv-
er at his ear, with his lett hand, Edward
Mclaughlin, 80 years old, shot hims Ii
to death in the Hoboken terminal OF the
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western rail
road, in sight Of half a hundred men and
women.
Mclaughlin had entered the telephone
booth five minutes previous AMI was
heard by bystanders pleading with some
one over the telephone. Suddenly he
was heard to say:
THAT ends it. Listen, and you will
know why"
A dozen men sprang to his side as he
pulled a revolver from his pocket, but he
had fired before they could prevent the
act. In the excitement some one hung
up the receiver before the identity OF the
one to whom he had been talking could
be learned.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
Citv of Cobre Deserted.

Washington.-The Cuban municipality
OF Cobrs has been depopulated as a ie-
suit Of the proclamation Of Gen. Anto-
manchi, in command of the second big
ade of the i~nsargent forces in Cuba, X
horting foreigners to flee from the
troubled zone within twenty-four hours.
State department advices say there were
5000 ref gees 1T FL Cobre AMI a like
number at Palma Seriano. Gen. Motea'
gudo assured Consul Holiday that de
struction Of property would be pre-
vented,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
CANDIDATE
WINS GUARDIANSHIP
VOTE STOOD 55S TO SOP
.,dt Adhefents Supported Gov. McGovern of
|w,sconsin, a LaFollette Man, But He Did
Not Receive the Full Vote of the
LaFollette Followers.

Against the threats, charges
g., iuyective of the Roosevelt
W. supporters in the. Republican
|, invention put through the nrst
= their program by electing Sen
n, Root, Of New York, IS tam
hartman. In spite of the fact
s..or Rosewater, chairman OF the
committee, consistently fLed
,,ssr every motion made BY the
/. forces, it required more than
'. 10 reach a vote on the tenn
Aairmanshlp. -.
Al the roll was beset with
y. from the very first name on
If delegates, but in the end
4. tumult had died away, Senator
found to have won by . vote
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
CONDIN!ON CT TREASURY
Total Balance in General Fund Is
$3.50, 339, $50.

Washington.-At the beginning OF bus
mess Tuesday the condition OF the United
States treasury was:
Working balance in treasury Offices,
S~63,47O,r74.
In banks and Philippines treasury,
S63,212,252.
The total balance in the general fund
was $780, 500 800.
Ordinary receipts Monday were $9jl'-
e54, with ordinary disbursements OF
$1,349,s50.
The deficit to date this fiscal year IS
s1,4o6 ,6O2. as against a surplus OF ST.
6S7, 965 at this time last year.
These figures exclude Panama canal
and public debt transactions.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
ORPHAN COMMITS RASH ACT
In Revenge for Scolding Young Girl Puts
Poison in Milk.

Griffin, Ga.-Fourteen-year-ola Bessie
Metz, an orphan, confessed that she at
tempted to poison officers and patients
at the Griffin hospital by putting strych-
nine in the milk at the hospital.
Nearly a pint Of the poison was used
and the milk solution was so strong that
If was detected before any one drank OF
it. The little girls act was prompted
she said, by a desire for revenge because
tbe superintendent had reprimanded her.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
Colored Delegate Returns Money.

Chicago.-A sensation which eclipsed
even the announcement Of The eolonefs
impending descent upon Chicago was
sprung in a letter in which a Taft reg
ular delegate from Mississippi told Df-
rector Mckinley of the Taft bureau to
take back his money and announced
haughtily that he is not to be bought.
The letter was given out by Senator
Dixon by way of replying to the Mekin-
ley charges of Roosevelt bribery. The
signer is Charles Banks Of Mound Bayou
Miss.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
FEAR A WAR OF CLASSES
Prevailing Methods of Industrial Distri-
button Scored.

misunderstanding methods of in
dustrial distribution will result in a hid
eous war of classes in America. Young
girls of today are merely careless chill
dren, without preparation for the contin-
nance of race and its welfare. The young
have a legitimate curiosity as to the
origin of life, and vague explanations
based on the supernatural do not crafty
it. Schools in domesticity should pre-
pare the child for work.
These were declarations made by
speakers at the national conference OF
charities and correction
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
WARRIOR THAN PROPHET.

aN
Pm a better warrior than
said Col. Roosevelt, when
wed his opinion of the outcome
invention. That wes all he
1'''eVelt directed his own battle
invention hall over . telephone
s. s'eaen away in a room in his
'Pent most of the time with
u his ear, listening to re-
~ lieutenants and issuing or
ysa0a. He was seen only once
sa'ing the day~ss be hurried
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21
Votes for Women.

Washington.-Supporting his resolu'
ton for a constitutional amendment
giving women the right of franchise,
Representative Berger in the house pre-
sented a petition with more than 10000
signers. California leads with lS,5S2
names.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-21

through the corridors. He waved hls
hand and smiled at the people who
ohesred him, and appeared to be as vigor-
ous as 1.-THE day he left Oyster Bay.
The wire over which Col. Roosevelt
..ye his directions was specially III
Stalled and had no connection with any
.witobboard. Arrangements were 50
made that no person other han ool'
poosovelt and the man at the Coliseum
erd Of the wire could overhear the con-
v.rsation. When the convention ad,
! ;o,,rnad the Roosevelt leaders hastened
hack and began a series OF conferences
with their chief, which extended iats
into the night.