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NOTICE.

My wife having left my bed and
board, will not be responsible for anv
debts contracted by her in my name.
Dated this 10Th day of April, 1914
stephen Stiglich.
""Ne'''setheht' 30-7-14
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CONFIRMATION OF FALL OF
TAMpICO RECEIVED TODAY
Continued From First Page.

ing officers in the Mexican federal ar
my, had taken command of the forces
outside Vera cruz. superseding Gen
eral Maas.
This news caused all manner of
speculation Some officials were in
clined To attach special significance To
the move, seeing in it evidence of
Huerta's intention to strengthen his
position and possibly To assume an Of
fensive attitude.
on the other hand, IL was suggest
ed that General Mas conduct had
displeased the dictator and that his re-
moval very probably had nothing
whatever To do with the international
situation.
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GAY & sTURoIS ASSETS
ARE St,315,000 AND LA
BlllTiES, $3.50, 900.

Advance figures los Grccnhale, as
siFn"" for Gay n Sturgis, show as
sets as follows. Stocks CALI pledged as
'"IIaicraD. $i35,o0o exchange seats
$4,000. customers debit balance S45g. e
'''' notes receivable and misccllano-
Gus 100000; total assets, S1,315.O0O.
Liabilities Bank loans and balance.
F''l'0oo, due customers S1.223.SG5: to-
lAi liabilities, S1s7O.O0O Paine. Web
Der n Co.'S wire.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT.
April 30: Nav 7. IA 81

April ~; May Z, IL, Fl.
STATE OF MICHIGAN.
The Probate Court for the County OF
Houghton.
AT a session OF said Court, held at
the Probate Office in the Village of
Houghton, In said County. on the
2Sth day of April a. ID. 1914.
Present: Hon. Geo. c. Bentley. Judge
OF Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Peter
j. Nappa, deceased.
William J. Galbraith. executor Of the
last viii and testament of said deceas-
ed having filed in said court his final
administration account, and his petit
ton praying for the allowance thereof
ana Tor the assignment and distribu-
ton of the residue of said estate.
1t is Ordered, That the 2Gth doy ot
May, a. ID. 1914, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon, al said probate office, be and
is hereby appointed for examining and
allowing said account ana hearing said
petition;
II Is Further Ordered. That nub,ic
notice thereof he given by publication
OF a copy of this order, once each
week for three successive week pre-
Vious to said day of hearing. i'm the
calumet News, a newspaper printed
and circulated i'm said county
tSeaD GEO. C. BENTLEY.
A true copy. Judge M proha,.
Lillas G.. Mitchell.
Register of Probate.
Ga'braith 81 Mccormack,
Attorneys for Estate.
business address:
Calumet. Mich.
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BROKERS' GOSSIP
MetaI Situation Improved.

The copper producers report renew
ed the buying of clecu" by consum-
crs at l4A cent level, principally for
june and July shipment. The demand
is strong from both domestic and for
eign sources, and according to pro-
duccrs, the outlook Is much improved
compared with last week.
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MINING NEWS AND STOCKS
B. & s. VICTORY
SAVES MILLIONS
Court of Appeals Decision Will
Decrease Mines Earnings

Butte. Mont MAY 14-As a result
Of the decision handed down rccent.y
by the circuit cour, Of appeals in san
Francisco holding. i'm effect. that James
N. Hydcs process i'm use at The Butte
a. superior Vompanys plant is not an
iuitinerment of The patent of the Min
erals Separation company Ltd, aud
reversing the decision of The federal
district court there was great interest
manifested m mining circles here, not
only within the Butte n superior cir
Gle bat AMONG the hundreds of share
holders as well as independent mining
companies
Far Reaching in Effect
The decision I~ Tar reaching i'm itS
effect Ia fact IL s one "f The most
important, if not one of the mast far
rraDhiug mining decisions ever reG-
dcred by court m this country. ltO
means "a saving Zoo round numbers. #
>s0u.00o year to the Butte q Su-
pcrior COMPANY for the company
Wunld have been forced Gee pay about
u:aJ amount annually r royalties had
the lower CONT been sustained
World Wide Effect.
bun the decision reached over an
beyond THE Butte * superior company
IL means that mining companies every
where are open Go use the process
known as the nroth agitation process.
j, means. m the grand sum total Of al
time and many companies. hundreds %!
millions OF dollars saved ju royalties.
Explaining The ease m nutshell
from historical and prcsrnt-meaa-
ing standpoint Attorney j. Bruce
Kremer senior counsel for Hyde and
the Butte y Superior company said.
Bruce Kremer's Version.
This action was instituted by the |
Minerals separation Ltd. and Min
erals Separation American syndicate
Ltd, two English corporations. agains, !
James VI. Hyde, the suit being filed |
on oct. 3. 1911, i'm the United States /
circuit court. district of Montana
northern division.
Hyde's Contention.
The defendant Hyde. claimed that
the patent was invalid because it lack
Cd novelty ana because the process
claimed by the patent was old in the
art Of Rotation.
~ trial of the case was had in the
local federal court and resulted i'm de
cisiuu being rendered on the twenty
sixth day of July. 1913. which opinion
upheld the validity of the patent. de-
cree being entered i'm favor OF the com
plaiuants and AGAINST the defendant
rujuinng HYDE from issuing the pro-
ccss and ordering au accounting"
Description OF Process.
The oil notatiou process miuhJ brief
ly ice Described as follows.
\ mixture of ore. oil and water *
agltated by rotary stir. or otherwise.
The valuable motalliforous part of Tho
ore through au affinity of the oil for
The suph.des viii noat when assisted
ny the air included ng agitation. while
The worthless gau-ur viii SIMS.
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Opportunities There Compared With
Those in the United States
and Canada

island with the hopes Of bright busi-
ness future ahead OF him.
An interesting island which I did not
visit is st. Vincent. This island is To-
Gated only thirty-one miles from the
Barbadoes. 1t is only eighteen miles
long and eleven miles wide,. with a total
area of only 140 square miles. This
small area, however, contains almost
every kind of soil and physical condi-
tons, such as hills and mountains.
ravines and rivers. together with pre-
ciptous cliffs. That 1t is of volcanic
formation the reader does not need to
be told, recalling the terrible eruption
Of May, 1902. when its Soufriere ex-
ploded with a force that killed more
than 1000 human beings.
1t has but one port at which tho
steamers call, that of kingstown. on its
leeward coast, a clean, tropical appear
ing. self-respecting little city Of about
5000 inha bitants. II lies behind a white
sandy beach, with red tiled roofs gleam-
ing amid groves of palms. through which
a church spire can be seen here and
there. Upon the northern headland of
the large bay stands one OF those pic
turesque forts which the French and
the English were SO fond of building
more than century ago. Says a writer:
1T il now used as a signal station.
but the view outspread beneath its
ruined walls is just as enhancing as 1t
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of the population Is black. Briefly, II
appears to me that Martinique has all
of the disadvantages of the Barbados
with none of the advantages. Moro
over, many feel that Mount Pelee is not
yet exhausted and may again break
forth. Therefore the impression that
Martinique left upon me was no better
than that obtained at the Barbados.
The White Star people gave us a very
good opportunity of seeing the island,
the steamer making stops at both Fort
de France and St. Pierre, the former
representing the island at its best and
the latter the island at its worst. Ger
tainly II there ever was a combination
of sunshine and darkness these two
cities seen on the same day present
such a picture.
OF the Virgin Islands st. Thomas Is
the only one at which large steamers
make port. This island is thirteen miles
long and only three miles wide. Tn
like some of the other islands. ii has
been Invested of its forests, but is ex-
quisite just the same. st. Thomas has
very good harbor, deep and land
locked on three sides by hills. The chief
port of this island is Charlotte Amalia
and 1t Is considered to be one of the
best in the West Indies.
The town Of Charlotte Amalia Is built
upon three of the hills and is most pic
turesque. The houses are mainly OF
stone with red tiled roofs. some having
tropical gardens attached, and thus
white walled houses and palms, ba-
nanas, &c, are interspersed with lanes
and stone steps climbing the hills and
meandering through the gullies. Most
Of the population of St. Thomas lives
in the town of Charlotte Amalia. The
outlying country affords n beautiful
view of the whole group of Virgin Is
lands Santa Cruz st. John and Porto
Rico. This is the first place where one
sees houses of two or three stories in
fact st. Thomas reminds one much of
San Juan, Porto Rico.
Although the island Is Danish, still
English is the prevailing speech. The
population of Charlotte Amalia, which
is about $4,000, Is composed OF both the
black and white races. This town once
served as an important commercial
port, but shipping has fallen Off greatly
owing to the few native industries now
carried on there and the fact that there
IL no agriculture to fall back on.
The writer does not see much of a
future for st. Thomas which would at
tract one. The antiquity of the place
its old fort, it's traditions connected
with the pirates and buccaneers are
pleasant to dream about, but its size
It's agricultural limitations. &C., discour-
age the American from going to this
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Statue Of Nelson in Trafalgar Square, Bdgeown Barbados

shine the Barbados are doubtless worth
considering, but they are no place for a
young man with ambition and capital.
Hence, i Will say no more about them.
Moreover, personally, l prefer the Ba-
hamas as "A place to rest rather than the
Barbados. OF the Bahamas will speak
later.
AS mentioned in the first letter con-
corning his trip to South America, the
West india islands are simply the peaks
of mountains, all Of which are the re-
suit of volcanic disturbances. Nearly
every island gradually rises from the
seacoast to an elevation in the centre,
which usually consists of a high noun
tain. In most cases the volcanoes are
nearly extinct, but some Of them are yet
grumbling. A few years ago one of them
had terrific eruption. l think 1t was
twelve years ago In the month of May
that Mont Pelee suddenly broke forth
and practically wiped out the city of st.
Pierre, with 10000 inhabitants.
Certainly there Is nothing in st.
Pierre to interest person at the pres
ent time. The city Is as barren as an
abandoned granite quarry and reminds
me very forcibly Of visits to Pompeii.
Even to-day the ruins are being
searched for remains Of relatives and
property, although I was told that he
place is still under police control. Two
or three streets have been eXcavated and
some half dozen temporary buildings
erected; but otherwise little has been
done.
However, II Is interesting to see what
sunshine, rain and balmy breeZes viii
do, for vegetation is already slowly
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cOnfronts barbados when the sugar
crop is on the verge of failure
All land suitable for crops il in a high
state of cultivation and sells at from
5000 to $500 per acre. The poverty and
the frugality OF the laborers are such
that they save material which in other
islands is looked upon as waste, even the
"chompings" Of sugar cane, II Is said,
being carefully preserved after they
have extracted the juice from the stalk
by mastlcation.
How long this state of affairs will
continue ! do not know. Certainly
either these negroes will some day re-
volt and demand land or else their
economic habits will enable them to
migrate to other islands and absorb
them. 1t depends upon which system Is
economically the more sound.
I cannot learn that there are any
mining operations IN the islands ex-
cepting for small product Of pitch. I
do, however. learn that there is large
supply Of petroleum beneath the sur
face. Whether this petroleum really
exists or not I cannot say but GER
tainly there are some wonderful under
ground springs of the purest water,
which must add TO the healthfulness Of
the islands and their attractiveness 20
visitors. How oil and water mix, or
rather do not mix, on such n small area,
I do not know; hut ! presume that they
come from entirely different strata
formed by the volcanic eruption which
caused this island to peak above the
surface Of the water.
The only port and commercial city of
account Is Bridgetown, which has only
n small harbor, where it is difficult to
land. Compared with the wonderful mar
bors OF some OF the other islands the
Barbados are very conspicuous by an
absence of good harbors. In fact Cuba
and Hayti seem to have a monopoly OF
good harbors.
Notwithstanding the commercial dis
advantages in this way, there IL still
considerable commerce. the exports
being heavy. The imports are not worth
while considering, and although Great
Britain consumes only about one-siXth
OF the exports, she has the advantage Ct
one-half Of the imports. I am told, how
ever, that Canada is developing an i'm
portant business with the Barbados and
that in the future Halifax vii. p.ob-
ably have most of the business. These
exports consist mostly OF fruits, al
though the fishing industry Is gradually
growing and already assumes some i'm
portance.
see no opportunities for the young
American in the Barbados. Not only
are the people prejudiced In favor Of the
English, hut there IL no vacant land.
the country IL OVERLOADED with blacks
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Roger w. Babson's Conclusions as to
Industrial and Commercial Open
ings in the Tropics

into the country and visited their homes
impressed at the superiority OF their
habits over what / have seen in our
Southern States.
1t is in the island of Trinidad that is
located the famous Pitch Lake from
which the asphalt has come which has
paved so many of our American streets.
I think that / described this lake in a
former letter and hence will say no
more about II here.
In addition to the pitch, oil IL now he
ing found on the island. If this is good
oil II will be greatly appreciated. l
found that on most OF these islands
gasolene sells at from so to as cents a
gallon, while all the coal Is imported
from other countries. Even the lumber
is also imported. for forests are scarce.
In short, these Islands are good for
but one thing. namely, the raising of
tropical fruits, sugar and other tropical
products requiring heat and moisture.
For this very reason the islands are
always sure to be more or less I'M
healthful. The conditions best for the
growth OF tropical fruits are always
worst for man, physically, mentally and
spiritually.
Moreover, land liz high in price in
Trinidad as in Jamaica and the Bar
bados. I found no plantations for sale
at less than 5000 per acre and some
owners wanted double this amount. ON
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the other hand, ! am told that the
market is very narrow and that II is
almost as difficult to sell as to buy
There Is just enough Spanish blood in
these people to make them pretty good
traders. In fact a combination of In
dian, Spanish and English is pretty hard
to beat in a bargain. Certainly / had
rather take my chances in New York
than In Jamaica, Trinidad or even the
Barbados, which I next visited. How
ever. recognize that having spent only
short time in each place my conClu-
sions may be unjust.
Certainly, like most Of the places de-
scribed in this letter, Port of Spain
lacks a good harbor. Considering the
wonderful unoccupled harbors of Cuba
and Haytl 1t is surprising how unpro-
tected are the ports of thase other ISL
ands. For this reason among others
cannot believe that these cities will
ever become much larger than at pres
ent.
The Barbados are commonly called
Little England. The main island Of
the Barbados itself is only twenty-one
miles long and fourteen miles wide, with
an area of only 166 square. miles. As
the population is 100000, or about 1,2OO
per mile, 1t apparently is the most
densely populated country in the world
with the exception of China.
The great majority of the people on
the island | found of the African race,
and certainly less than 10 per cent are
white people. Considering the great
majority of blacks and the intense 10y
atty OF these people to England, the
mother country, 1t certainly speaks well
of the English methods of colonization.
Where Islands under Spain. France and
other countries have been the seat OF
continual warfare peace has reigned al
most continually in the Barbados.
found this Island fairly healthful,
with little swampy land and swept by
strong sea breezes day and night. Hence
the principal industry is as a health
resort, frequented by people Of all
lands. The temperature of the winter
season runs from 20 degrees to so de-
grees and the summer season from
rs degrees to IS degrees. This tenn
perature, together with the beautiful
foliage, makes II exceedingly attractive
tive.
All kinds OF tropical fruits abound.
such as oranges, manages, lines, to-
gether with large quantities of sweet
potatoes. An authority on the resources
of the islands says the soil Is porous, in
the main consisting Of dlsintegrated
coral rock, or limestone, and Is espe-
cially adapted to the cultivation OF sugar
| cane, which has heen the islands chief
| industry since the middle of the
seventeenth century The average sugar
and molasses crop for thirty years past
has amounted to i6,l45 tons and 37,400
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was when red coated soldiers were posted
here to watch the movements of French
fleets that secured the leeward shores of
all the Caribbees. Neither has the town
1t guarded changed much in the CEN
fury past. for though some stone struc-
lures have been erected since enamel
patton time. say. sixty years ago. Kings
town depends for attractions upon it's
surroundings and not upon its archi-
lecture"
The above mentioned earthquake laid
waste about one-third Of the island. To
certain extent the land has been re-
claimed, but still the island Is the centre
OF very volcanic district dreaded by all
people The greatest sufferers from the
eruptions were certain Carib Indians
descendants of the original inhabitants
or the island. These are a very poor
people who are unable to support them
selves or to be OF much service.
The entire population Of the island
including these poor Indians. Is only
about O,OOO, of which number less than
one-tenth are white. Therefore, to my
mind, there Is nothing attractive in even
st. Vincent. An authority on the island
gives the following account of the re-
sources thereof.
The white population has steadily
dwindled for years, and this last great
upheaval has discouraged the few who
remained. Comparatively few English
settlers are left on the island, and of the
European stock many are Portuguese,
who are Industrious. but non-progres-
sive, being mostly laborers and small
shopkeepers. There are a few coolies
and many negroes, with their related
colored stock.
The seat of government is no longer
here. but in Grenada, and the beautiful
Government House. with its facilities
for pleasurable existence and delight
full surroundings. Is rarely occupied by
the Governor himself. Consequently
| there Is no initiative, no actual head, no
animation. and the people lead a list
less, ambitionless existence, more alb
sorbed in recollection of the past than
In plans for the future.
While 1t is difficult to provide for a
people so suddenly torn from their
homes as We're the Indians and negroes
dispossessed by the Soufrere, there are
resources enough in the island more
than to satisfy population twice as
large as now lives in St. Vincent. Many
or the sugar plantations have been
abandoned land they once formed a fer
tile belt almost entirely arouni the
island, but their abandonment has been
more the result OF apathy and indiffer-
ence than Of disbursement.
| While sugar is no longer the profitable
crop 1t once was. still 1t can be produced
at living wage for the laborer and
small return for the planter. especially
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FOR YOUNG MEN IN ISLANDS OF CARIBBEA

France Is very pleasing. and as well
built roads extend from the capital in
many directions 1t may be made the
place of departure for various points
OF the interior and Windward coast
country. Huge rounded hills come down
to the sea between this place and st.
Pierre, where they are abruptly cut
down, affording the geologist a glimpse
Of many different strata.
BY complete system of post roads
the entire island tsave the devastated
section, which covers about one-fourth
of the total area) is placed in commune
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puncheons. with an area under crop
each year of about $4,000 acres, tn.
largest quantity in any one year being
$4,000 hogsheads of sugar and 81 200
puncheons Of molasses.
The prevailing low prices are now
causing some Of the planters to turn
their attention to cotton, indigo and
tropical fruits, which have been neg
lected in the past In the almost exclu-
sive cultivation OF sugar cane. Arrow
root, cassava, maize, Guinea corn, yams,
sweet potatoes. bananas, &C., are Guilt
waited to n limited extent but hardly
more than enough to suffice for home
consumption. 1t Is due to the total
neglect OF these civilizations by the
laborers twho. unlike others Of their
class in the West Indies. generally have
no gardens or provision grounds') that
they are wholly dependent upon their
labor on the sugar plantations for
existence.
For the Barbados 1t Is a question of
working or starving, and hence the
Barbad!an negro Is the most Industrious
and reliable of his race in the West
indies. In other islands the blacks
can exist independently OF the planta-
tions, as they have their own grounds
for cultivation. obtained either from the
Government or by squatter's license.
from which they derive mere living
with a minimum Of labor.
In such islands as Jamaica. for ex-
ample. the wild breadfruits, plantains.
&c, almost suffice for their mainte-
nance. In Barbados, however, there is
no land available for the poor mau to
cultivate. all the holdings being in the
planters hands. There are no Crown
lands, as in other islands. and (as yeD
no abandoned estates which can be
squatted upon. Hence the problem that