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f BBDB (DWFim (DWWRY ITIMM OTIW Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, Monday. December 7. 1896. Vol. V. No. 24. Seal Skin Caps. Tehayc just received an elegant assortment of Fine Seal Caps, in the Turban. Detroit and Montreal shapes.- They aVe of the celebrated Hansen' Fmpire For Factory make. Trices from f 12.00 to 20.00. RUSSIAN VESTS. Tbis w juet the garment for thin rpaah blizzard like weather. A thor ough wind breaker and very Af,n. Houghton, - The Eagle djust rweived a complete Btock of the ( the market. iDfj awo wp uuo huo w assortment. Prescriptions -:- With extra care and the most reasonable prices charged for them. CLEMO & MITCHELL. Fifth Street. - It's Worth Your The Next . . . .. ADoutzu pattern nats, tne laiesinoveiues from Paris and Lpndon, at less than haif price. About 15 dress patterns and skirts, im ported from London and Paris, at less than half price. Afewtailor madeskirts less than half price Orders taken for Ladies Suits and Coats at a great reduction for the next ten dayn. A handsome "Tickets to all parts of the World, Do You Want to . -i":! .' 1$ if J V 1 f i ,1''.. I II So, Soe BAJARI & ULSETH, Contractors and Builders, and Dealers In Ail Kinds of Lumber, Sash, Doors, Moulding, Also Brick and Lime. 10 'act everything In the lumber line, and o! the very best and latest pattern. Yard at Foot of Portland Street. Izes from 30 to 40. v Calumet. Drug Store best brands of fancy toilet soaps on , li j i i v i I pcnumw. Compounded:- - Red Jacket. Attention Ladies Few Days. . .i suit at 12.50. OATES. The Tailor. You Burn Money when you waste fuel. Try our ... . New Era Radiator X- UAfi;( Ufl nnnnp iUI llcavjHB rooms. FRANK B.LYON, Build a House7 SEESIS TO BE A FACT. McKinley Will Convene Congress in Extra Session. NEWS COMES DIRECT FROM CANTON Btatementa Made by Friend of the rreal- dent-Elect Who Uv .Inst Reached Washington Mark Hanna Inspects the New Library Hulldlng to See If It la a Suitable Place to Hold the Inaugural Hall Congressman Dlngley ou Cuba. Washington, Dec. 7. There Is practi cally no longer any doubt of the In tention of President-elect McKinley to convene the Flfty-flfth congress In ex traordinary session early next spring. There were several arrivals of friends and confidents of Major McKlnley's di rect from Canton Saturday who bring the very positive announcement that a call for a special session, to be con vened a few days after the 4th of March has been decided upon. It is stated by men In a position to known that this decision has been definitely reached by Mr. McKinley since his consultation with Mr. Dlngley, chairman of the committee on ways and means, and Mr. Dlngley had been trusted with the privilege of making known this inten tion at the proper time. Senator Thurston's Conviction. Senator Thurston, one of the latest arrivals from Canton, expressed Sat urday In the most positive terms the conviction that an extra session will be called. The senator was one of the earliest and staunchest supporters of Mr. McKinley and there Is every rea son for believing that his utterance is Dyirru iu u, uegrec, wiuugu me echo.- tor himself declines to say such is the case. "All I can say," he said Satur day, "Is that I have very recently seen Major McKinley, and that I am con vinced a session of the next congress will be called for about the 15th of March. That ought to be satisfactory. I cannot Quote any one, but I do not consider that there Is any doubt on the point." "Shall we have the extra session re gardless of the result of the senatorial elections this winter?" was asked. ri edged to the People. "Yes; the complexion of the senate will not be allowed to Influence the de cision at all. The Republican admin istration has been elected under a pledge to the people to reform the tar iff, and Its duty to this country Is to proceed about that business at the ear liest possible moment and either to keep Its pledge or make it manifest that It Is Impossible to do so. I think we ought to secure a tariff which could be put Into effect by the beginning of the next fiscal year." senator i nursion s.nu ne am noi con- uider tn passage of th pmgiey bin at the snort session as possiuie. MA KK II ANN A IN WASHINGTON. InxpccU the Library Hiiihling for the In augural Hall. Washington, Dec. 7. Hon. M.A.IIan na. rnairman 01 me itrnuuiicaji nauun al committee, accompanied by Hon. H. C. Payne of Wisconsin, arrived In Washington at 7:40 o'clock Saturday morning and went to the Arlington hotel. Mr. Hanna declared that the purpose of his visit was confined, at most, exclusively to the making of preparations for the Inaugural cere monies next March, and to deciding some points in connection with the proposition to remove the headquarters of his committee to Washington, with the view of continuing the work of the committee in preparation for the cam palgn of 19M. His first act was to make an inspec tlon of the new congressolnal library building with a view to Its reception or rejection as the place for the inaugural ball. The eligibility of the building has been strongly urged by those who think the selection of this building would do much to disarm the criticism of those who. on principle, oppose an Inaugural festival. Mr. Hanna was accompanied In his Inspection of the building by Mr. Payne and several other friends. Mr. Payne said, in reply to a question as to the accuracy of the reports con cerning Mr. Hanna's intention to call upon Senator Sherman as the agent, of Mr. McKinley. with the view of offer ing the senator the state department portfolio, that he had no doubt Mr. Hanna would make a social call upon the senator, but that if he should do so, tne lncident need have no special slg- nlflcance. as they were personal and political friends. "I don't believe," said Mr. rayne. "that the personnel of the cabinet will (.a riH.ifd for a month yet. or for a loneer time." Mr. Pavne declined to discuss the re port that he would be a member of McKInley's official nousenom. I) INC. LET ON CUR A. No Radical Action To Re Taken by Thla .Country at Present. Washlngt4n, Dec. Representative Dlngley of Maine reached here from Canton Saturday. He declined to ais- cuss the cabinet question or anything rHatlnir to his visit to Major MCKiniey. He said the Cuban Issue depended upon th information the president might rnnvnv to congress. As far as the pub lic was informed there was nothing new In the situation. Diplomatic ques tions, he said, generally should be left tn the administration and not handled by congress. From what is publicly known about the situation, Mr. Dlng ley said he would Infer that no radical action la to be taken at this time by thla country. He added, however, that there might be important developments and conditions of which the publlo is uninformed. . Chan area In the Nary. wnahlneton. Dec. 7. Captain 0.. Evans haa been relieved of the com ri Af the battleship Indiana and or- I dered to Washington as a member of the lighthouse board. Captain IT. C. Taylor has been detached from the na val war college and ordered to command the Indiana. Commander J. McGowan has been ordered to command the na val training station at Newport in place of Commander Dlcklns, who is ordered to Washington as assistant to the chief of the navigation bureau. Senator Shoup'e Opinion. Washington, Dec. 7. Senator Shoup of Idaho, who reached the city Satur day, expressed the opinion that the passage of the Dlngley revenue bill at the short session of congress was im probable, believing the conditions in the senate to be the same as when the mo tion was made to take up the bill for consideration. The senator thinks therefore that an extra session is likely, although that will have to be deter mined by the Republicans when they get together in conference. iMued a Fraud Order. Washington, Dec. 7. The postofflce department has issued a fraud order against the Standard Shoe company of Nashville, Tenn. The order was Issued on a telegraphic request of Inspector Whiteside. Presidential Appointment. Washington, Dec. 7. The president has appointed Polk W. O'Sulllvan reg ister of the land office at Prescott, A. T and Joseph Smith as register of the land office at Crookston, Minn. Coinage of the Mint.. Washington, Dec. 7. In the report of the director of the mint the total coin age during the year is placed at $71,- 188,528. MURDER OF MRS. GEDDES. Probability That It Wa Not Her Huaband Who Killed Her. Bloom lngton, Ills., Dec. 7. The the ory that Mrs. Fred Geddes, who was found strangled to death and hanging to a door of her home in Ford county few mornings ago, was killed, not by her husband, but by a stranger, is gaining ground. The murder occurred Just across the line, not far from Anch or, McLean county. Geddes is an ig norant German fram hand, who has enjoyed a good reputation. The little daughter of Geddes, aged 5 years, told that her father killed her mother and Geddes denied the crime. The woman was killed before daybreak, and It Is believed that the child could not have distinguished between her father and any other man, and Geddes said that he had gotten up and gone to the field before daybreak. Children of a neigh bor now say that a strange man ran from the Geddes house Just after day light. This theory accounts for the action of Geddes in insisting, when told of his wife's death, that a Joke was be ing perpetrated on him. FIFTY PASSENGERS HURT. Cable Car Collision on a Steep Incline at New York. New Y.Mk. Dec. 7. Duffy's hill, steep Incline on Lexington avenue, was the cene of a cable car wreck Friday night In which fifty persons were In jured or shaken up. Among the In jured were: John Brown, conductor; Isidor Cohn, George Cranston, laborer; Mrs. Sarah Cross, Mary Fredenburg. Peter L. Meyer, carpenter; Mrs. Mary Ormond, Agnes Ormond, Mrs. Ruth Rosenthal. Although none of the Injured went to the hospital, all were in need of medi cal attention. The wreck was caused by the failure of the brakes to hold. A runaway car collided half way down the hill with a car containing nearly fifty passengers. All tne passengers were more or less injured. Some were bruised by the force of the impact, oth ers were cut by falling glass, and oth ers, especially women, suffered from shock. Those who could hastened to their homes as quickly as possible. - To Abolish College Football. Madison. Wis.. Dec. 7. It is said that at the meeting of the association of col lege presidents of the middle west, to be held In this city Dec. 14, a proposi tion will be made to entirely aboiisn football from the list of college sports. President Adams of Wisconsin is presi dent of the association, which embraces the colleges of Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. The mam pur pose of the meeting is to discuss the relation of universities ana me pre paratory schools and agree upon a uni form standard of admission to tne uni versities. . Another Tollgate Darned. Tv.ni,fnr Kv.. Dec. 7. Turnpike relators burned the tollgate on the Oenton i pike, three miles from town. TYldav night. The- gate was kept ty Thomas Hunter, a one-armed man, and former county superintendent or. schools. He had resumed the collec tions of tolls after the gate had been once chopped down and after he had received a final warning. Shortly aft er midnight eight unmasked men 8" rlved at the tollhouse. They quietly went to work and moved Hunter and bis furniture outside the tollhouse to a safe distance. Then they set fire to the tollhouse and watched it burn. Germany Will Aleo Retaliate. Berlin. Dec. 7. The National Zeltung says of the proclamation by the presi dent of the United States relmposlng tonnage dues on German vessels: "The tnnnace dues of Hamburg, liremen. etc., will certainly be raised. They will not be applied, however, as In America, to state purposes, but exclusively to Improving the harbors, and will thus benefit all shipping." The North German Gazette declares that President Cleveland's tonage dues contention is disputed by the German government, which has loagea a pro test. Murdered ilia Raby. Pltsburg, Dec. 7. Mike Romlnski, a Founder, employed at Carnegie's in Braddock. beat his R-months-old child to death Friday night because its cry lnir annoyed him. He was arrested and will bs held for murder. . IASAVE11YD0LDPLAN. Filibuster Will Demand an Escort of Warships. INTENDS CARRYING ARMS TO CUBA. Owner of the Three Frlenda Will Inform Attorney General Harmon That He Haa Contracted to Land a Cargo on the Isl and and Will Demand an .Escort of Uni ted Statee War Vessels Claim. He fa Not Violating the Law, Jacksonville, Fla,, Dec. 7. The Cuban delegate here has received a request from General Antonio Maceo for a large supply of arms 'and munitions and medicines, to be sent immediately. The Dauntless and the Three Friends will leave for Cuba at once with the supplies. No attempt has been made at secrecy and the United States mar shal has been Informed that the Three Friends will carry a cargo of munitions of war to Cuba. Mr. Bans, the owner, goes to Wash ington at once to inform the attorney general that he has contracted to land a cargo on the coast of Cuba and will demand that his, vessel be escorted there by a United States warship. He insists that under the ruling of the United States supreme court In the Horsa case the carrying of arms on an unarmed vessel Is not violating the law. The Dauntless will take on her cargo of arms at Eau Gallle. The Commo dore left for Cuba Saturday with arms. Colonel Emilio Nunez of the Cuban Junta is now in Jacksonville directing the movements of the expedition. LETTER FROM GEN. GARCIA. Inaurgent Leader Telia of Ilia Meeting with Gomes. New York. Dec. 7. Cuban Delegate Palma has received a letter, dated Nov. 8, from General Callxto Garcia. After Garcia had left Guaimaro a heap of ruins, the letter said, the march was resumed toward Puerto Principe. The forces of Garcia and Gomez met about twelve miles from there, at La Gloria village. In the presence of both armies Gomez shook Garcla's hand and con gratulated him on his glorious victory. Thirty-one prisoners taken by the Cu bans were delivered under a flag of truce to a Spanish column at, El Faro. The Spaniards apparently had neither ambulances or litters. When they re treated from Guaimaro all the wounded were tumbled into six small Jolting carts and driven hurriedly off the field before their wounds were dressed. Gen eral Garcla's letter confirmed the news of the death of Major Winchester D, Osgood, who gained athletic fame as the half-back of the Cornell football team and later of that of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania. Expect. CougreM to Act Alone. St. Louis, Dec. 7. Congressman Seth W. Cobb of St. Louis Is authority ffr the statement that congress will rec ognize the belligerent rights of the Cu ban patr!6ts whether President Cleve land recommends It or not. I "The sit uation is a grave one," said Mr. Cobb, 'and it is difficult to say what the president will do. It Is my opinion. however, that President Cleveland will. In his message to congress, speak kind ly of the Cuban patriots, but will not recommend any action. I don t think he is in favor of taking any positive steps and will leave that to congress." LOST A BIG SUM. Mra. rani Freeee Drop. ,O0O on One of Chlcago'a Crowded Streets. Chicago, Dec. 7. Mrs. Paul Freese, aged 60, of 4739 South Halsted street, lost $2,000 Friday noon while en route from the First National bank to the bank of Greenebaum & Sons, at 83 and 85 Dearborn street. The money was In greenbacks and was tied up in a com mon handkerchief. Before entering the door of the Greenebaum bank she missed the handkerchief and realized that the money had been lost. Whether Mrs. Freese lost the money or was made the victim of pickpockets she is unable to say, but slightly enter tains the former theory. There was $4,000 in the original package, but she divided it Into two parts, one of which she put Into a pocket in her underskirt and the other she lost. The money was to be used in raising a mortgage on the family home, Mr. Freese being a per manent invalid. Central station de tecUves were notified, but have little hope of recovering the money. ' Winning on the English Turf. London, Dec. 7. Now that the rac ing is over, it is interesting to scan the list of winning owners. Thanks chier- ly to St. Frusquln, Leopold ae uoms chlld heads the list with $233,830 ttake money. Persimmons brings the Prince of Wales next with $134,096, and the Duke of Westminster Is third with $110.0&0. Lord Rosebery is fourth with $64 216. and M. Le Baudy comes sixth with $59,530. Pierre Lorlllard won $14, 410, the Wlshard stable won $11,635. Au gust Belmont won $2,240 and Richard Croker won $1,925. Apprentice Roya Desert. Newport, It. I.. Dec. 7. One hundred naval apprentice boys made a dash for liberty Saturday afternoon and twenty succeeded in escaping from Coasters Harlr island. The Newport and Fall River police have been asked to help th United States officials capture the boys. The trouble is said to b the outgrowth of the denial of the boys re quest for furloughs for the Christmas holidays. Kanaaa Rank Cloaea. Baxter Springs, Kan., Dec. 7.The nter bank closed its doors Saturday mnmlnr and Is now In the hands of the state bank commissioner. The bank i aiA to be in bad condition and it is not believed that resumption is possl vi. i.t and liabilities are not stated. - FIGHT TO BE REOPENED. Revival of Pension Troubles at the lows Soldiers' Home. Marshalltown, la., Dec. 7. Reports reached here Friday from Washington and Des Moines relative to a revival of the pension troubles at the Iowa sol diers' home. ,A Des Moines paper Fri day morning asserted that United States District Attorney Fullen was preparing to cause the arrest, on in formation lodged before Commissioner Mason, of Commandant Ratekin and all the members of the board of trus tees of the soldiers' home on charges of violating sections 4745 and 4747 of the revised statutes of the United States, in retaining excess pensions of Inmates over $5 a month. A number of the inmates of the home brought suit about a year ago against the offi cials of the institution for retaining part of their pension money and con verting It into the contingent or sup port fund. Judge lilndman sustained them. The case was carried up to the supreme court, and the ruling of the lower court was reversed. Friday's de velopments indicate that the fight Is to be reopened. Commandant Retekln said he knew nothing of any probable proceedings. and was not worrying over the matter at all. He merely enforced a rule adopt ed nearly two years ago by the board of commissioners retaining the excess of pensions over $5 monthly and send ing it to dependent relatives in cases where there are such. Otherwise it is turned into the general support fund. All applicants for admission have this rule impressed upon them before ad mission and agree to abide by it. He t is of the opinion that no action can He under existing conditions. Commis sioner Birchard refused to. say any thing until he could confer with other members. A special meeting of the board probably will be called at once to confer upon the matter. SITUATION AT CHIPPEWA FALLS. No Immediate Prospects of the Water Leaving Entirely. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Dec. 7. The water receded thirty-seven inches Fri day, but it rose eleven inches Friday night, and is now stationary. There seems to be no immediate prospect of the water leaving the city entirely; neither is it expected that it will again attain Its height of two days ago. Fri day some of the merchants began mov ing into the abandoned buildings, but work was not continued Saturday on account of the condition of the river. No risks will be assumed by the busi ness men, who perfer to remain where they, are, rather than expose their ef fects to the flood. All feeling that great destruction to property will cease at once has pafcsed away, and things are fast assuming their normal condition here. Anchor ice is still coming down the river, but in greatly reduced Quan tities, and the gorge la not assuming much larger proportions.' Th6 Central road has2j'c;'. enaVVd to use Its tracks, for a fef hours, but had to abandon them Saturday morning on account of the rise during the night. Its depot is badly wrecked and will not be fit for use again. The operator has taken up his quarters In a boxcar. Seeking a Pardon for an Abscouder. Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 7. A petition was filed with Acting Governor Worth- Ington Friday afternoon asking for a pardon for Tate, the former state treasurer, who, in 1S88. fled, having em bezzled $247,000 in twenty-two years of public service. The petition is signed by 1.100 women and 100 men. in tne most Instances the signers are persons of prominence. The project has been conducted with great secrecy. Tate is supposed to be In Japan, though he has not been, heard from for three years. and some of his close friends believe him dead. Found the Missing Rody. South Haven, Mich.. Dec. 7. The body of Rose Golns, the colored cabin maid whose whereabouts have been persistently sought since the burning of the steamer City of Kalamazoo Monday morning, was found by drag ging the river Friday morning. The town and surrounding country had been thoroughly searched as she was said to have been seen on the dock after the fire broke out. - Congressional riuralltlea In Iowa, Des Moines, la,, Dec. 7. The follow ing are the congressional pluralities in Iowa, all being Republican: Clark. First district, 3.295; Curtis. Second, 3. 320; Henderson. Third, 10,423; Upde graff. Fourth. 8.868; Cousins, Fifth, 7, 368; Lacey, Sixth. 1,201; Hull, Seventh, 6 226; Hepburn, Eighth, 826: Hager, Ninth, 2.382; Dolllver, Tenth, 10.968; Perkins. Eleventh, 6.826. - 1 i Waa Not " Dynamite Dick." Kansas City, Dec. 7.A special to The Star from Guthrie, O. T., says: Later Identifications proves the outlaw killed near Blackwell not to be "Dyna mite Dick," but Black Craig, one of the most notorious highwaymen of the west, who has operated for years In the Indian territory. Arkansas, New Mex ico and Colorado. Shot Her Child and Herself. Newark, O., Dec. 7. Mrs. A. F. Glels ner, wife of a glassblower, who came from LaSalle, Ills., four years ago, shot her Infant child In the head Saturday morning, killing it instantly. She then shot herself In the mouth and is now lying In a precarious condition. Mr. Glelsner thinks his wife Is insane To Tunnel Under East River. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 7. The New York and Brooklyn Railroad company has applied to the railroad commission for permission to build a tunnel under the East river. The commission has t Dec. 15 as the date for a hearing on the application. Ordered to Bell the Stock. Detroit, Mich.. Dec. 7. Judge Dono van In the circuit court Saturday grant ed an order authorizing the receiver to sell the Mably & Co. stock m bulk to W. H. Peck V Co. of Rochester for 1160,000. ,