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LIBRARY ' Of THE J cctir3cri::::K.!$ fEDB TOFEEE (DOTMEl lYIJMM lit VOL. VI. CALUMET, HOUGHTON COUNTY, MICH., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1898. NO. 18 J. n R23MEMB THE DA TE. XHE. EMPIRb'STMLORS Will Make a Special Offei hDuMic for five days, beginning today. V it of clotbe we win u ive a pi- ui cum u ior a pair n pants extra, u flvfl days only. Thi i no bluff, the peop'e of Houghton county know 7 ...AtrariHV Don't raise your rotnere. nmv r.. THE EM PIKE TAILORS, CALUMET, MICII. I), llorwl z. Manager, Opposite RheVs Liyry Oik'street. . i c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 c ..V 0 Do You Know We can aid you in passing the time pleasantly by selling you one of our fine Enameled Iron' Beds, which, when fitted with one of our spring is a sure eure for insomnia. COUi 4. John Gatelv &, Cn . 355 444 Fifth Street, Calumet, WHOLESALE LIQUORS, CIGARS, IMPORTED WINES AND CORDIALS. Telephone Or Mail Onlens Will Keceive Prompt Attention Pneu , matic Resi (lent Is last what bicvele riders are IooUd FRANK n. LYON. Gonerl SfacBtnicmlhiaifi) & rowley Are Trepared To Do All Kindt Of Papor Hancina. Painting And Decorating Kaloin!nlnjf, etc., In all the lateet styles. Leave orders at Meesrs. Blatterj A Ryan's Livery Stable. To any leaving their measure for a Heme rn- we do opportunity. Special attention paid I WAKT YER, U HONEY, Yes, 1 do! i , the international hymn now. King coal wm never mon ho v. run trail he ig todny, arl we are proud to pay that we have a coaling station w ere every ono in Calumet can jjet tuDpHen of good, hiitb-grade, well screeced coal at a reasonable rrice. iwii v. itor.iiTi. Vail aud Wood Healer, V have them in a variety of eryfes and priv to nt the rondi'iou ot yonr porkKbouk. If you wih to tnke ndvan takeotour monthly payment plan we vumM be plenoej to have you do i-o. We itiArge jou i ointrPt. Fifth St . Red Jacket. feV YOUR LIFE Wc) ttftNfk, IS SPENT t'i Pf IDE GOiTH BEFORE A FALL and the bnuzhty Don deserves hia fate. An honeet pride in preeentinK a respectable and Unhionable appearance commendable to all, and the only way td obtain it i to have on artistic tailor create you a suit of rlothinuruch as we can Ot you with from exclusive stylea in fabrics, and It will raise you several de reea in your self esteem. You may want a suit of clothe for the Fourth ,f .1 uly, If so, leaye your order now. J. B. Rastello, 217 Sixth St. Single Tube Easy Riding for. We We them in different Hardware, Calumot, Mlch.( BLUE'S BRAVERY He Distinguishes Himself at Santiago. INSPECTS SPANISH FLEET. Enters the Enemy's Country Alone and Makes a Recon noisance. Admiral Sampson Cables the Authorities at Washington That Cervera's Fleet In All In (lie Harbor at Santiago The lot teries at Havana Open l ire on One of the Auxiliary Oiinhoat Now Illoekad lug the Harbor at That Place. Washington, June 13. Admiral Samp Bon haa settled beyond further question the presence of the entire Spanish fleet In the harbor of Santiago. In a dis patch to the secretary of the navy, re ceived at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, the admiral says; "Lieu to mint lilue Just returned after a detour f seventy statute miles to ob serve the Jiarber of Santiago de Cuba. He reports the t-paiish ih?et all there. The Spanish attacked vigorously the camp nt Guantfnan.o. An outpost of four marines wciv killed and their bodies mutilated barbarously. Surgeon Gibbs was killed." Wnshirisli r June 15 The last lln- rrt. i' rwr .'..iil.t it-ll .mnv InVO LVWtl'.l US I' .u"' ' r i ita 1 to the preren. e of Cervera b beet In Its , entirety in Santiago barber was re moved Tuesday when Admiral Samp ton's dispatch reached the navy depart ment. I'p to that time InftrmaUen to the number and character of the ves sels lying in the harbor, shielded from observation by the hills, had been ob tained through Cuban scurces, supple mented by such glimpses as could be M.inlnixl V,ir noi-nl niVn-f.rt ffniii th (nil- ' -.v-' v,,v,- h.ucPVMr ...c-ord- Ing to Lieutenant I'.lue the shl.s have been actually seen by an American ofll cer, counted nnd Inspected from such points of vantage as wrre afforded by the high hills- surrounding the harbor. The ofiicials are full cf praise for Lieu tenant IMue's achievement. Victor Rlue has been long known in the navy as an enterprising and daring young officer, but it required a good deal of sustained courage fcr him to go ashore in a hoftlle country and alone make this reconnul.sance. ,, NothhiK leM Than n Spy. He was In the eye of military law nothing more or less than a spy. and had he been captured by the Spaniards he would have been tried by a drum head court-martial and executed. Con sidering the fact that the marines' fight at Guantnnamo last Saturday night was really the first engagement of the war on shore Admiral Sampson"s reference to the affair In his dispatch Just posted was remarkably brief. Hence; it Is Inferred that perhaps too much Importance has been attached to It by the public. The action of Lieuten ant Colonel Huntington in removing his men to a more secure point than the exposed position occupied by them on Crest heights Is taken here as an Indi cation that no offensive movement is to be attempted by the marine corps, but that it will limit its operations to the defense of a small point in Guantanamo harbor to protect the coaling of our warships, and perhaps to serve as a cable station when the necessary op erators and instrument are secured from Cape Haytlen to enable Admiral Sampson to reopen the cut cable. It does not follow by any means that the place seized and held by the marines on Guantanamo bay Is to be used as a point of debarkation of the United States regular troops now on their way to Cuba. Another Tolnt Selected. On the contrary, there is the best reason to believe that another point very much better adapted for a land ing has been selected. Rut this point also Is believed to be much healthier than any point on the shores of Guan tanamo bay. where yellow fever Is said to be epidemic all the year round. The officials here were very reluctant to be lieve that the Spanish who fought the marines at Crest heights had been guilty of the horrible barbarism of mu tilating the bodies of soldiers. The first press reports by some of the officers were supposed to be based upon the horrible wounds-Inflicted under certain conditions of range by the steel-clad bullet of the Mauser rifles. Admiral Sampson's report, however, seems to remove all doubt on that point, for his surgeons undoubtedly would be able to distinguish at once between the effects of a bullet and of p. machete. FIRED ON UI.OCKAHKItS. Shell rroni the Havana Hutterle Go Wide of the Mark. Kev West, Fla., June 15.Captaln General Iilanco has apparently not yet abandoned the hope of luring the Amer lean warships within range of the Ha von batteries. He tried It again on Friday morning last, but with no bet ter success than In his previous at tempts. Advices received here are to the ef mrt that five Spanish ships ran out to the mouth of Havana harbor on the day mentioned and headed in an easterly direction. The vessels of the biocKaa Ing squadron were lying well off shore, h npnreat cot being closer than 2.000 vards. Unon sighting the Spaniards thov ran In a short distance and opened Are on them.! The volley of shot and shell brought no response from the ene my, but the quintette of ships speeauy turned tall and hugging tne snore, uu- Ae ih batteries, ran back into tne nar bor. The American ships, however, did not urcent the bait and "made no fur- hr ittmnt to molest them. In the afternoon three f the Havana batter rts, The Santa Clara battery and sand batteries No. 1 and No. 2 deliberately opened fire on one of the auxiliary gun boats which was cruising closely along the shore. About a half dozen shots were fired, none finding any other mark than the sea, although several dropped too closa for comfort. The gunboat made no re ply, but hurried : out of range and re ported th? aitc!: in th? flagship of th blockading squadron. No attempt at retaliation, however, was made. SAN JUAN IJOMIIAKD.MKNT. Captain of a HrltUh steamer Hay Little Damage Wan Hone. New York. June 15. The liritlsh fteamer Tyrlan which sailed from San Juan de Porto Rico on June 6 has ar rived. Captain Angrove reports that the Spanish torpedo-boat destroyer Ter ror was In port when he palled, with steam up and stored with coal, water and provisions. On arrival at San Juan the Terror's boilers were leaking. Re pairs were made and some tubes were fitted in the boilers. Captain Angrove Fays that very little damage was caused by the bombardment by Admiral Samp son's lleet on May 12. The fort?, he says, were not Injured. One church had a large hole in it where a large shell passed through. The cap tain laid he visited all of the forts to see the result of the assault, but could observe nothing unusual. At the gate way of, one of the forts stands an un exploded American Fhell which Is kept there nn a souvenir. There were In port the Alphonso XIII and four of the old style gunboats. Another l'iulit sit CuiiiiHiiera. Caimanera. June 15. Another Off flrrht. engaging both land and seafortes. - ; . raimant.r Camlf McPalla on the crest of the hill was attacked by an overwhelming Spanish fore1. Nine hundred marines, aided by the rapiu-tire guns of the Texas and Marble head launches, riddle the bush es along the coast while the big gurs of the ships themselves ripped the un dergrowth and trees into shreds, send ing the Spaniard Hying to places of safety. The battle lasted all night and v.ts remaikable for the ferocity of the evening attacks. LKlTEirS DOWNFALL. The Young Speculator Compelled to Sur render 10,000,000 IStifthclHof Wheat. Chicago, June 15. Joseph Leiter has surrendered to his creditors "16,000,000 bushels of wheat. His grain deal, be ginning in April, lS'JT, has collapsed. His estimated loss is $.'.000,000. On wheat owned May 21 Mr. Leiter might have realized a profit of $4,500,000. Since then the market has declined, and financial support which he had hitherto received being withdrawn, he retired on the best terms possible. His credi tors are financial Institutions in Chica go, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and New York city. These concerns lent money on his wheat at 80 cents or less a bushel.' They are amply protected. The Illinois Trust and Savings bank probably will be selected trustee for the Leiter grain and place one or. two broker representatives in the market. Accurate figures as to Mr. Letter's hold ings when he decided to liquidate are difficult to secure. The best estimates indicate that he has 12.000,000 bushels c wheat In Duluth and Minneapolis. 2.000,- 0C0 bushels en route, to Europe, and 2,- COO.000 bushels In or en route to New York. Mr. Leiter will not make an as signment, and court proceedings for the settlement cf his grain account will cot be necessary. Armour bought all of Lelter's cash wheat In the northwest, amounting to 4.000,000 or 5,000,000 bushels. Semi-authoritative information Is also obtained that Armour will take up all of Lelt er's wheat. This Is the artl-cllmax In the great board of trade drama In which the Leiter family loses millions. London. June 15. The collapse of the Belter wheat corncr has caused a panic In the Liverpool market. In London the news of the collapse was received with enuanimlty. The consensus of opinion of a number of operators on Mark lane Is that the English markets will gain steadiness now that "the plunger oper ating without regard to market prece dence Is shaken out." It H asserted on Mark lane that the collapse was due to Messrs, Armour ,and Pillsbury. The newspapers general ly rejoice at the breakdown ci me i..eii- er plans and point to it as a moral. The Star says: "If the prime mover tn tnis war against mankind is beggared by his greed the retribution Is well merited. Nothing can atone for the awful suf fering Leiter and his accomplices have caused." New York, June 15. Justice Daly of the supreme court has issued an at tachment against the property of Jo seph Leiter, the wheat speculator, for $79.1.925 In favor of Otto E. Lohrke, William P. Callaahan and -William Knight, gram dealers, for money ad vanced. STATE LAISOK C0MM1SSI0XEKS. Annual Convention of National Associa tion Ope 11 11 at Detroit. DetroitJune 15. The latwjr commis sioners of a score of states have ar rived Tor the annual convention of the National Association of Officials of 13u- reaus ot uaoor niausuis, k.h " open at the Cadillac hotel and continue Its sessions for three days. The open ing address will be delivered by Carroll D. Wright, United States commission er of labor and president of the associ ation. The feature of the opening trsslon will be an address on "The Worklngman of Michigan," by J. L. Cox, state labor commissioner. Iteports embodying the work of the various state bureaus will be presented to the convention, and among the general subjects which will receive attention are the relations of alcoholism to Industry and crime, the watre question, the subject of arbitra tion between employer and employed, and the results of the national bureau's Investigations during the last rear. M1LEST0LEAD IT Army Which Will Make an Attack on Havana. LEE SECOND IN COMMAND. He Will Get the Army in Shape for the Capture of the City of Havana. The t i:pelitlou to Leave M ill He the Army to Invade 1'orto llW-o 1'iuler Com mand of General C'oppinjfer General Shafter Kx peeled to Call for,I.arffe Ile liiforeeinent 'Within the Next Few Month -ICecrultlng Work Going On. Washington, June 15. Major General Miles, commander of the army, will return to Washington from his south ern trip at once. He will remain In the department for about ten days, when he will go to Jacksonville. Fla., to arrange for the departure cf the I'crto RIcan army of Invasion. General Coppinger, who will be In command of c en F.n al cor r i ng eh. tills army, is now at work 'arranging for the troops and the transports. It Is the present intention to take' net less than l'.OfiO troops on this expedition, and to this number starting from Flor ida it is Intended to add several thou sand of the regulars now on the way to Santiago. Intend to Lead in I'ithoii. It is said to be General Miles Inten tion to nwait in this country the time for sending an army to storm Havana. This army h Ir.tpds to lead in per son, with General Fitzhugh .Lee as hi? second In command. To the latter Is left the - detailed work of getting in shape the army that Is to take Havana. At least C0.C00 or 40.000 will be needed. General Lee will get this force togeth er as soon as possible. . Efforts of "the war department will now be directed toward preparing the volunteers for active service through drills In camp, instruction cf officers, supplying of proper clothing and equip ping the men up to the standard of the regular army. The .lext expedition which is to leave will be that of Gener al Coppinger, and will comprise a large number of volunteer regiments chosen from those reported as being best fitted for actual and Immediate service. These, it is expected, will be sent Immediately to Porto Rico, where the climate is much more healthful than that In Cuba and where protracted campaigning aft er the capture of San Juan is not ex pected. . The Troops Left liehind. When these two expeditions have left the United States the efforts of the gov ernment will be concentrated to bring ing into soldierly condition the troops left behind and those which will be re cruited under the second call. Large reinforcements will doubtless be called for by General Shafter within the next few months, and when the capture of Havana Is undertaken It Is thought that ot less than 100.000 United States troops will be on the Island. As the rscruits come from the vari ous recruiting points they are to be sent at once to their respective regi ments In the camps until all are filled to the maximum number. It Is thought two or three months of drilling In camp and proper discipline In association with ficre experienced soldiers will per form wonders with the volunteer army, while by the time their services are needed the supply departments will be able to meet all their needs, as It has been Impossible for them to do up to the present time. AT CHICKAMAl OA l'AUK. New ArrlTaU Will Cause Considerable lieorganltatlon hi the Army. Chlckamauga Park. June 15. Reports received at-Camp Thomas from the re cruiting officers pent out a short time ago show that several thousand more men can be expected here In the near future. Upon the 'arlval of these new men a considerable reorganization must take place in the army. The present organization is thoroughly satisfactory, but charges to accommodate the new comers will be necessary. There are now' two army corps at Camp Thomas and another will be established soon. The First division of the First army corps Includes three brigades. In the First brigade are the First Kentucky, the Third Wisconsin and the Fifth Il linois. In the second brigade are the Fourth Ohioi Third Illinois and Fourth Pennsylvania, the Second Wisconsin, and the Third Kentucky. In the First brigade of the Second division are 160th Indiana, the Thirty-first Michigan and the third place Is vacant. In the Second brigade are the Flxth Ohio, the 158th Indiana, and the First West Virgina. In the Third brigade are the Second Ohio, the First. Pennsyl vania, and the Fourteenth Minnesota. In the First brigade of theThlrddivlslon are the First South Carolina, the Twelfth Minnesota, and the Fifth Pennsylvania. In the Second brigade. are the Efghth Massachusetts, the Twenty-first Kansas, and the Twelfth New York. In the Third brigade are the Ninth Iowa, the Second Missouri, and the First New Hampshire. In the First brigade of the First division of the Third army corps, are the Four teenth New York, the First Missouri, and the third place is vacant. In the Second brigade is the Second Nebraska, the lecond and third places are vacant. In tie Third brigade are the Third Ten nessee, the First Vermont, and the Eighth New York. In the First brigade of the Second division are the Second Kentucky, roe Ninth New York, and the First Arkansas. In the Secohd bri gade are the Fifth Missouri, second place vacant, and the Second Arkansas. In the Third brigade are the First Maine, Fifty-second Iowa, and the First Massachusetts. The Third brigade is yet vacant. The nine batteries of artillery are brigaded under Genere.l Wllleston, but have not yet been assigned to either army corps or division. The Sixth army corps is the next ore to be established. Thi3 corps will likely be encamped on Mis sion ridge, near Green's lake. Every effort Is now being made to furnish the Camp Thorrraa troops with the neces sary equipments fer field service, and Colonel Rockwell Is exerting himself in the way of equipping the men so that they may be ready tc leave for the fror.t at a moment's notice. Major Nye. who is in charge of the commis sary supply department, has now on hand a sufficient amount of provisions to supply all the soldiers for thirty dayw: CiivRlry Ordered to Jju kson ille. Cheyenne. Wyo.. June 15. Orders have be-n received by Colonel J. L. Torrey for the Second volunteer cav alry to move from Fort D. A. Russell, with their horses,' to Jacksonville, Fla. The regiment is thoroughly uniformed, nrmpd and equipped, and considering the short time It has boen organized. It has reacl .tl a high ttate of perfection In drill evolu'tlors. Orders for Georgia Volunteers. Washington, June 15. Orders have been issued-fiT the- First and Third reg iments of Georgia volunteers to report to Major General P.rooke ocmmandlr.g the First army mrp? at Chlckamauga. Ca.. and for the Firrt regiment of .Mis sissippi volunteer infantry to proceed to Jacksonville. Fla.. and report to Ma jor General Lee, commanding the Sev enth army c-orpSj Flower Donates $1,000. Tampa. Fla , June 15. Roswell F. Flower of New York has wired $1.0LO for distribution among the Second and Sixty-ninth volunteer regiments of New York. rot our m'hilk A 'sioioi kaokd. Thunder and Lightning Add Terrors to Santiago lloiiihardtiient. London, June 15. The morning papers publish further long accounts of the bombardment of Santiago de Cuba on June 6,'confirming the reports from the United States that Morro castle and the Estrella battery were both set afire by the American shells and that the Span ish fortifications were immensely dam aged. These versions say that tha Mas sachusetts and the Suwanee weresome what injured by shells. The Dally Telegraph's correspondent says: "The spectacle was one of awe inspiring grandeur. Nobody who saw It could ever forget it. The lightning flashed and the thunder boomed, drown ing the roar of the guns, while a tropi cal rain poured throughout a perfect de luge. The Spanish shooting was bet ter than the American. "The sunken collier Merrlmac does not block the entrance to the chan nel. Admiral Sampson Intends to try to force the entrance when the troops ar rive. He expects to lose a ship or two. but Is convinced that he will succeed." The Daily Chronicle's correspondent says: ' It Is surprising that the Amer ican losses were so small, as the en gagement was very severe. Altogether the bombardment might fairly be claimed by the Spaniards as a victory, for after three hours' firing by the pick of the American fleet Spain's colors were still floating." SIX MEN DROWNED. Terrible Mlue Accident Oeeurs at StotU City, Mo. Airora. Mo., June 15. An accident in the mine of the Mount Vernon com pany at Stotts City, a mining camp twenty miles from this city, re.-ulted li the death of John Durham, his son WllUam Durham. J. W. Newman, Will lam Rrownand John HoHck. Sam Ben nett, another miner, had a narrow es cape from death. For some time the mine has been un der wter A.d the men mentioned were at work on a raft pumping it out. With out warning a mass of rock from thu sides of the shaft above them fell onto the raft, breaking It up and precipitat ing the men Into the water. Sam Den nett, who escaped, did so by clinging to a log of the raft until rescued. The other five men sunk to the bottom of the shaft and are lying In sixty feet of water. Kx position at Winnipeg. Washington. June 15. In a report to the state department. United States Consul Graham at Winnipeg says that the Winnipeg Industrial Exposition as sociation willj hold Its eUhth annual exposition at Winnipeg from July 11 to IS next and urges a nigral patronages by manufacturers and dealers of the United States as the best means of bringing American goods to the favor able notice of the people of the domin ion. Senator Aldrlrh Ileturned. Newport. R. I., June 15. United States Senator Nelson W. Aldrieh was re-elected by the legislature on the first ballot. The vote is as follows: Sen ateNelson W. Aldrlch, 25; E. Benja min Andrews, 1. House Aldrlch, CI; Andrews, I; L. E. Oarvln. 1.