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3M, (DOTIWT ETIMMe SEW f 1 1 e:n: Hnhnol Miwrt . Calumet, Houghton County, rvlichigan. Tuesday, March 16, 1897. No 106. Our HobbyHats ! bve m . .in Av of Styles and Qualll lea In Hat, and olulm to have the Lest se ajeasiuujrwi , 4ecied stock In town, Knox And ongley H T J T 1 I Tiger And Champion .... ,v,A above brands made. We nave t hsSes Fedoras. Crusher, Pashas in all We have them all In both the stiff and soft co'ors aad qualities. SPECIAL: . . . .. . in vi v ku v m hlch irriide SIOO IUrvrle to tlir holdrr ji June w 17 - he lock J number. Ask for a ticket with your purchae. You may ie the right one. EDWARD HAAS &CO.. Gurnet - - JVLicmgan r- rn Extra Session Ready to Transact Tariff Legislation. REED WIELDS THE GAVEL AGAIN. ' ADVERTISE "D IT you were face to face with a pro spective customer what would you say to insure a sale ? Say the same, in an advertisement, to our many readers, every one a prospective buyer. People would be clad to deal with you if they knew how you could benefit them iiiiiimiiniiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiii:iiiiiHimiiiiiiiiin USE THESE COU 1 i L He-Elected Speaker by the Republicans by a Vote of 100 Halley, Drmucmt, Re ceive 114 Vote and 1111, Popular, 21 Oue Vote Cant for Newlands, Silverite Desk of Senators Adorned with Flow, ers-llobart In the Chair. Washington, March 16. The main In terest in the assembling or the Fifty fifth congress In extra session Monday under President McKlnley'g call cen tered at the house end of the Capitol, where theorganlzatlonof the new hous and the seat lottery were the drawing cards. Great crowds were attracted to the galleries hours before noon. As the hands of the clock pointed to 12. Major McDowell, the clerk of the house, rapped the house to order. Rev. Cou- den, the blind chaplain of the hous?, then delivered the invocation appeal Ing to the throne for God's blessing on the work of the new congress and the new administration. The clerk of the house then read the president's procla matlon convening congress, after which the roll was called. Iteed lie-Elected Speaker. Thomas B. Reed of Maine was re elected speaker of the house, the vote Handing: Reed, 199; Bailey, Democrat. 114; Bell, Populist, 21, and Newlands, Silverlte, 1. After Reed's election the members were sworn In and organization com pleted by election of the Republican slate as follows: Sergeant-at-arms, Benjamin F. Russell of Missouri; door keeper William J. Glenn of New York; postmaster, J. C.McElroy of Ohio; chap lain, Henry M. Couden. President McKlnley's message calling attention to the need of more revenue was received late In theafternoon. The new tariff bill prepared by the Republican members of the ways and means committee was then Introduced by Chairman Dlngley. FLOWKKS TOR SKNATOKS. HORSES WRECK A TRAIN. Mortgage Sale ! -A T L. GITTLER'S STORE- od . Goods . Are . Given . Away ! Jis, per pair 26: ht overalls, per pair 45s jep'johoPH, per pair 20c in mining nhoen, O. K f I 25 V Rubbers 20c V storm rubbers 20c (Wn fine black cheviot suits, -4 A .Tears 85s ' Botoo 3 bucklearctic best fl.78 Boston 3 buckle articles best J ....S1.80 Children's caps 20c j Youth's suits, 14 to IV jearn, an woo' f 2.2j Men's Cheviot black euits, bent qual ity r, Men's good quality underwear, per suit :-f,0c Ladies' all wool underwear, finest qnahty lo0 Necktie, bent quality JC Suspenders, fiae quality 10c All other goods will be sold at 25 per cent below wholesale cost. W. W. ELLIS, Trustee. The Biggest Man The t'pper limine Called to Order by Vice President llobart. Washington, March 16. There was an abundance of llowers on the desks of senators Monday when promptly at 12 o'clock Vice President llobart called the senate to order. There was an excep tionally full attendance of senators. The public galleries were packed and the reserved galleries well filled. The chap lain's opening prayer Invoked Divine grece and blessing on the senators and members now about to take up the work of the extraordinary session and on the president and vice president. The roll call disclosed the presence of eighty eight senators. The new senator from Kansas, W. A. Harris, took the oath of office. McIJrlde of Oregon presented the credentials of Henry W. Corbett, appointed by the governor of Oregon to fill the vacancy caused by the failure to elect a successor to Mitchell of Oregon. The governor's certificate was read and McBrlde requested that the new senator be sworn in If there be no ob jection, but Gray of Delaware said un usual circumstances attended the ap pointment and that the credentials should be scrutinized. He moved that the credentials be referred to the com mittee on privileges and elections, and It prevailed by unanimous vote. Hoar and Cockrell were named a committee to wait on the president and Inform him that congress was In session and ready to receive any communication from him. The senate then at 12:20 took a recess until 2 o'clock. HAD FOK OFFICE SEKKKUS. Two Persons Are Kllltd and Several Oth ers Injured. Kansas City, March 16. A Missouri Pacific passenger train, north-bound, leaving here at 9:15 o'clock Sunday lght, was wrecked at Wolf Creek, Can., one and one-half miles east of Hiawatha, at midnight Sunday night, by running into a bunch of horses. The engineer and fireman were killed, ex press messenger, baggageman and con ductor, badly injured and three passen gers hurt, one of them severely. The dead are: Ed Nye, engineer, Kansas City, aged 40 years, leaves wife; Patrick Connor, fireman, aged 32, Kan pas City, leaves wife and three children. The Injured are: John H. Meyers, con ductor, Kansas City, slightly Injured; Jack Appleton, Kansas City, slightly hurt; H. A. Kemp, express messenger, badly scratched and bruised; Mead ows, traveling man, Atchison, Kan., two legs broken; L. F. Bacon. Kansas City, traveling passenger, and ticket agent of the Santa Fe, slightly in jured. Two of the other passengers, names unknown, were badly bruised. Bacon sent a message to his wife in this city, stating that he was able to be around and would be home. The train consist ed of engine, baggage and two chair cars and one sleeper, and carried a light load. All but the sleeper were overturned. The engine turned over on Engineer Nye and Fireman Connor and crushed them to death. The passen gers managed to escape with compara tive ease, but It was some time before aid from Hiawatha was received for the injured. A train bearing physJ clans left here for the scene and will bring the dead and Injured to this city. Engineer Nye was one of the oldest engineers In the service, having been cn the road for fourteen years. J. B. Meador, one of the Injured In the wreck, died at 9 o'clock Monday morning. Meador travelled for a Leav enworth grocery house and lived In Atchison. Five horses on the track caused the wreck. The grade was down hill. The horses were standing in bunch on a curve and could not have feen seen till within seventy-five yards, Evidently the engineer caught the first glimpse of them as he rounded the curve and realized that he could not stop, and pulled the trottle open. Four of the horses were thrown clear off the rails. The fifth went under the wheels, The engine turned entirely over, land Ing with Its nose pointing in the oppo site direction to which It had been traveling. The baeeatre. smoker and chair car were piled up in a heap. The fireman and engineer Jumped, but were caught under the engine, Connor being killed Instantly and Nye living but ten min utes. Drummer Meador of Atchison was seated In the middle of the smok er. The car fell over against the en gine and his leg was caught and smashed by a heavy timber. Before he could be extricated steam from the en gine cooked his flesh horribly. He was cared for as well as possible, but died In terrible agony. Austerland will prob ably die. Kffl TO President McKinley s Sugges tions to the Lawmakers. MORE REVENUE IS A NECESSITY. ar d the smallest, in town, will get equal sat faction in the fit of hi clothes if our tape tape line has been around him. We have a sort of pride in fitting men that other tail ors cant please. It's the know how that tells the taste, and our experience atid ob servation has given us that. Come in an ook over our stoek of spring goods, and ry not to be amazed at the prices we quo t e n Street, Vivian, The Tailor, Red Jacket. You Want to Build a House? II So, See AJARI & ULSETH, Contractors and Builders, and Dealers in All Kinds of Moulding. ' p WWW! W - Also Brick and Lime. everything In the lumber line, and o! the very best and latest pattern. rd at Foot of Portland Street. rnt master General Will Adhere to the Four-Year Tenure. Washington, March 16. Postmaster General Gary made the definite an nouncement to the Associated Press Monday that the administration after deliberation has decided to adhere to the four-year tenure of office policy for all postmasters. He stated that except in a few cases where removal ior cause was required on account of dellnquln cy, Incompetency or other Instances of unsatisfactory conduct or administra tion of the office, all postmasters, fourth-class as well as those of presi dential appointment, would be allowed to serve out a term of four years. This official statement of policy, one of the most Important so far determined upon by the administration, has been await ed with great interest by the entire corps of postmasters and by the pat rons of the 70,675 postofllces throughout the country. United States Supreme Court. Wflshlncton. March 16.-The attention of the United States supreme court was given largely Monday to the power of states to tax irancmsea ui 1-.0,1... . such as express, telegraph and railroad companies. Two Kentucky cases, in ivtnir the constitutionality of the law 0 ICO1) nnfl affecting the Henderson the other the Adams Ex press company, were both decided fa vorably to the state. DAN STUART DISAPPOINTED. Crowd Which lie F.xpected to See the FlRht Will Not lie There. Carson, Nev., March 16. Dan Stuart I Is somewhat discouraged over the out look for attendance from east of the Mississippi. According to latest advices there will perhaps be a single special train from that section from which had been expected at least one thousand or fifteen hundred people. Telegrams show that some parties have chartered a spe cial car which will be attached to a regular train. Definite figures cannot be obtained, but It is estimated that not more than 350 visitors from east of the Mississippi will be in Carson when Cor bett and Fltzslmmons face each other In the ring. The bulk of the crowd will come from San Francisco and there will be a moderate delegation from Denver, Salt Lake and other cities west of the Rockies. According to the indications the attendance may not be over 3,500 unless there is a larger outpouring from Reno, Virginia City and other Nevada towns than is now anticipated. Walling to llaug with Jaekson. Cincinnati. March 16. The Times-Star special from Frankfort, Ky., says: Alonzo Walling will hang with Scott Jackson on March 20, all the published stories to the contrary notwithstanding. The governor finished his long study of the case Monday at noon. He will write "refused" across the back of the petition and troops are already under marching orders to Campbell county, March 19, the day efore the double hanging. Prominent Tennesseean Dead. Nashville, Tenn., March 16. Colonel William B. Stokes died at Alexandria Sunday, aged 83. He was a prominent figure in Tennessee politics before, dur ing and after the war; served In con gress as a Whig; commanded a regi ment of fede-al cavalry enlisted In Ten nessee during the war; was presidential elector for the state at large on the Garfield ticket, and for years one of the leaders of the. Republican arty- Juror Sent to .Tall. Chicago, March 16. Judge Ball sen tenced Juror Fred Schultz to five days in the county Jail Monday for seeking a bribe in connection with the John Lace forgery case. When Schulta was brought before the court he made some sensational countercharges, implicating M James, a witness in the same case, and formerly connected with the sher iff's office, In an attempt to "hang the Jury. . . . Two ol uor Warship MKlng . Norfolk, Va.. March 16.-Nothlng was .pen yesterday of the cruiser Columbia 'an ? monitor Puritan, which she has in fow. The latest report from the vessels 1- that they were observed north of la Uras well out at sea and headed northward- It Is believed they are jnak tag for New York. F.1 tor Dunlop's Imprisonment. Chicago, March 16. Joseph R.Dunlop, publisher of The Dispatch, will be taken to Jollet Thursday unless the United States supreme court gives his case a rehearing. The thirty days' lim it of the final mandate to the lower court to carry out the sentence of two years' imprisonment will expire on Wednesday. As it will be forwarded by mall it is not expected to reach here before Thursday. Tramps Wreck a Train. Clarksvllle. Tenn., March 18. In re venge for being ejected from a train tramps caused a wreck on the Louis ville and Nashville railroad early Mon day morning, a spiked swljch derailing and demolishing a freight, resulting In heavy damage. The tramps had Intend ed to wreck the Chicago Limited, but mistook the train. They have been captured. For the Past Three Years There Has lleen a Deficit, the President Hays, and He Calls Upon Congress to Itemed the Ex isting Condition of A flairs Suggestions as to ItaUing Revenues, Which J the Imperative Demand of the Hour. Washington, March 16. The president Monday sent the following message to congress: To the Congress of the United States: Regretting the necessity which has re quired me to call you together, I feel that your assembling In extraordinary session is indispensable because of the condition in which we find the revenues of the government. It is conceded that Its current expenditures are greater than its receipts, and that such a con dition has existed for now more than three years. With unlimited means at our command, we are presenting the remarkable spectacle of increasing our public debt by borrowing money to meet the ordinary outlays incident upon even an economical and prudent administra tion of the government. An examina tion of the subject discloses this fact In every detail and leads inevitably to the conclusion that the condition of the rev enue which allows it is unjustifiable and should be corrected. ' Revenue for 1802. We find by the reports of the secre tary of the treasury that the revenues for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, from all sources, were $425,868,260.22, and the expenditures for all purposes were $415,958,803.56, leaving an excess of re ceipts over expenditures of 19,914. 453.66. During that fiscal year, $40,570, 467.98 were paid upon the public debt, which has been reduced since March J, 1889. $259,076,890, and the annual inter est charge decreased $11,684,576.60. The receipts of the government from all sources during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, amounted to $461,716, 561.94. and Its expenditures to $459,- 374,887.65, showing an excess of receipts over expenditures of $2,341,674.29. Since that time the receipts of no fis cal year, and with but few exceptions of no month of any fiscal year, have ex ceeded the expenditures. The receipts of the government from all sources dur Ing the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894 were $372,892,498.29, and its expenditures $142,605,758.87, leaving a deficit the first since the resumption of specie payments of $69,803,260.58. Oold Reserved Drawn I'pon. Notwithstanding there was a decrease of $16,769,128.78 in the ordinary expenses of the government as compared with the previous year, its income was still not sufficient to provide for its daily necessi ties, and the gold reserve in the treas ury for the redemption of greenbacks was drawn upon to meet them. But this did not suffice, and the government then resorted to loans to replenish the re serve. In February, 1894, $50,000,000 In bonds were Issued and In November following a second issue of $50,000,000 was deemed necessary. The sum of $117,171,795 was realized by the sale of these bonds, but the reserve was steadily decreased until on Feb. 8, 1895, a third sale of $62,315, 400 In bonds for $65,116,244 was an nounced to congress. The receipts of the government for the fiscal year June 30, 1895, were $390,373,203.30 and the ex penditures $433,178,428.48, showing a def icit of $12,805,223.18. A further loan of $100,000,000 was ne gotiated by the government In Febru ary. 1896, the sale netting $111,166,243, but the deficit continued. Jauuary and February Deficit. In January of this year the receipts, exclusive of postal revenues, were $24. 316,994.05, and the expenditures, exclus ive of postal service, $30,209,389.29, a de ficit of $5,952,395.24 for the month. In February of this year the receipts, ex clusive of postal revenues, were $24,- 400.979.38. and expenditures, exclusive of postal service, $28,79G,056.66, a deficit of $4,395,059.26; or a total deficit of $186, OG1.5S0.44 for the three years and eight months ending March 1. 1897. Not only are we without a surplus In the treas ury, but with an Increase In the public debt. There has been a corresponding increase In the annual charge from $22,893,883.20 In 1892, the lowest of any year since 1862, to $34,387,297.60 in 1896, or an Increase of $11,493,414.40. It may be urged that even If the revenues of the government had been sufficient to meet all Its ordinary expenses during the past three years, the gold reserve would still have been Insufficient to meet the demands upon It and that bonds would necessarily have been Is sued for Its repletion. Should Correct KxUtlng Condition. Be this as It may it Is clearly mani fest, without denying or affirming the correctness of such conclusion, that the debt would have been decreased In at least the amount of the deficiency and business confidence Immeasurably strengthened throughout the country. Congress should promptly correct the existing condition. Ample revenues must be supplied not only for the ordin ary expenses of the government, but for the prompt payment of liberal pen sions and the liquidation of the princi pal and Interest of the public debt. In raising revenue duties should be so lev led upon foreign products as to preserve the home market so far as possible to our own producer; to revive and in crease manufacturles; to relieve and en courage agriculture; to aid and devel ope mining and building; and to ren der to labor in every field of useful oc cupation the liberal wages and adequate rewards to which skill and industry are Justly entitled. Demand of the Hoar. The necessity of the passage of a tar iff, law which shall provldJ ample rev enue need not be further urged. The Imperative demand of the hour is the prompt enactment of such a measure, and to this object I earnestly recom mend that congress shall make every endeavor. Before other business Is transacted let us first provide sufficient revenue to faithfully administer the gov ernment without the contracting cf further debt o fthe continued disturb ance of our finances. WILLIAM M'KINLET. Executive Mansion. March 15, 1897. BUTLER GIVES UP. ne Is Confident the Supreme Court Would Decide Against Hlut. San Francisco, March 16. Frank But ler, alias Ashe, alias Newman, the ac cused murderer of Captain Lee Weller, Arthur Preston and Charles Burgess, has decided to give up his fight against the efforts of Australian police to se cure his extradition from this country. He gives as his reasons for this action W i FRANK BUTLKB. that he has no hope that the United States supreme court will reverse Dis trict Judge Morrow, and he cannot stand the cost of carrying the matter to the court of last resort. Butler said that he had considered the matter and had come to the conclu sion that he felt confident the supreme court would decide against him, and that an appeal would give him nothing but a postponement of the day upon which he would have to return to Aus tralia to answer for crimes with which he stands charged. He considered it best for him to no longer oppose the matter of his extra dition. Ultimately, he said, he would have to go to trial for his life, and the cooner the thing was over the better It would be for him. He will go back and face his accusers and depend upon the loopholes of the Australian criminal laws for his escape from the gallows. 3 SPAIN MAY EVACUATE CUBA. Wejier Is Instructed to Send 10,000 Sick Soldiers Home. Havana. March 16. It Is reported upon excellent authority that Spain will begin a vigorous policy of subjugation in the Philippines at the expense of the Cuban cause. General Weyier win sena come of his troops to Manilla. Ten thou sand sick Spanish soldiers here will be sent home that the same number may be spared from Spain. From all pres ent Indications the Interior of the Isl and will be abandoned by General Wey ier and his army placed nearer the coast. , It is believed that a crisis Is approach ing. The Island may be evacuated by Spain. The southern half of Santa . Clara province has already been aban doned. The arrears for supplies and due the troops amount to $46,000,000. Consul General Lee's family will return to the United States within two weeks, and there is a probability of a change In the consulship. Would Not Allow Her to Ijtnd. Memphis, Tenn., March 16. The Mis sissippi river continues to rise and the situation in the low lands of Arkansas opposite this city Is very serious. At Sans Soucl, a small town immediately below Osceola, the Anchor line steamer Bluff City attempted to land her pas sengers and freight. The citizens and levee patrolmen ordered the captain to keep his beat moving, saying that the waves from the steamer's wheels would break over the levee. The captain, however, attempted to land, when the boat was met by a fusillade of bullets from the shore, but fortunately no one was hurt. No Vote for Senator In Kentucky. Frankfort, Ky.,March 16. There were large crowds In the senate chamber and the hall of the house Monday In anticipation of a ballot for United States senator to succeed Senator Blackburn, but In respect to the late Senator Sawyer, both branches ad journed about noon w ithout a Joint ses sion. At the executive department and at Bradley's headquarters In the hotel. It Is denied that there Is any coalition with the Democrats to elect Governor Bradley senator over Congressman Hunter, the Republican caucus nomi nee. Dull Itonds Forfeited. New York, March 16. In the criminal branch of the United States circuit court, presided over by Judge Benedict, General RolonT, secretary of war of the Cuban republic, and Dr. J. Castillo Mon day failed to respond to answer to In dictments charging them with violation of the neutrality law In connection with alleged filibustering expeditions to Cuba. Their ball bonds were declared for feited. Dr. Joseph J. Louis and Editor Enrlques TruJIllo Indicted on similar charges pleaded not guilty. Dr. Louis' ball was Increased $1,000. Sentenced to Death. Auburn, N. Y March 16. Frank N. Sheldon was Monday adjudged guilty of murder In the first degree for the killing of his wife on April 30, 1895, la the town of Brutus, this county. Judge Dunwell sentenced Sheldon to be elee trocuted in Auburn prison during tfce week commencing April 25. M f V.'