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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-09-02

Michae! Toohey, better known in
Peeler basin, where he has been mining
sill summer, as Burns, died one day
last week. He is supposed to have
come from Connecticut, as he spoke
of going there sometime before he
died, although the Whereabouts Of his
relatives or immediate friends are not
known by anybody here lie was in
terested in several mining claims in
Peeler basin. He died very suddenly
of pnumonia, there being DO one
present, as his comrads had come into
town after physician, and on their
return he was found dead.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-09-02
RUBY KING.

The extension Of the Forest Queen
is now producing some finer ruby than
we ever saw from the Queen. A piece
of solid ruby as large as mans head
was brought into our Office (and taken
out AGAIN., last week, from the King.
1t was a beauty, such as many men
would knecl before and worship. A
large dump of this mineral awaits the
completion of road to the mine In
order to be taken to the smelter. The
road will be completed in few days.
ASSAYS I5,34o.5 OUNCES.
The Eureka is proving itself to be
one Of the leading mines of the camp.
Large quantities Of ruby are being
taken out from which the above assay
has been made. The gentlemen who
have this nine bonded hope to be
able to take out enough ore before
snow flies to pay off the bond The
Eureka is On the same vein as Is the
Ivanhoe, Ella and Fair View, allb;@
bonanzas.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-09-02
N.4RHET REPORTS.

The following price. furnished u by MvssA \
Shurilcf Go:
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-09-02
THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 1880.

Business IS
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SUPERSTITION.

Old Salem's Credulity and Plantation Ne
gro Notions Among the Indians of Indian
Territory-A Witch Condemned to Be
Hanged-A Witch Bear.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
ST.. Louis, June ia recent dispatch
from the Indian Territory has exercised the
newspaper press. 1t stated that woman
in the Seminole nation had been sentenced
to death for the crime of witchcraft, and
the day of execution was fixed for Tuesday
last. No other particulars were given of the
singular proceeding. 1t was learned to-day
through Mr.. Marston, missionary, that the
woman to be executed was negro woman,
and Major Tufts, the present United States
Indian agent of the Territory, had sent a
runner named Winner to the head chief,
Gov. John Chupeo, at Measoka, the capital
of the Seminole nation, with a messag q
ordering him to stay the execution OF the
woman until he could make an investigation.
The runner was sent from Muscoda,
and thsre was no doubt he reached
the Seminole capital in time, and that the
execution has been suspended. The Greeks
dro Eoportou IO 10 CouSiuordDly oAClI gu Ou
the subject of witchcraft superstition,
a negro among them being the most violent.
They think their animals are bewitched,
and there is much talk about certain
witch bear against which heavy charges are
brought. He is said to come amongst the
cattle and mules at night, and those which
he chooses to bring under his influence rove
about at furious rate, and never become
docile afterward.
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Horse Thief Shot.

There is q man named Keisholf, who tray
els under the aliases of Kaiser and Collins
residing between Sunrise City and Rush
City, who is we'll known as horse thief, and
who has served one or two terms in the
State prison for horse stealing. For some
time past he has been operating in the vi
cinity of Forest Lake. On Friday afternoon
last he was seen by a man named Edward
King, residing some four miles north of
Forest Lake, riding a dark bay stallion, and
King was we'll satisfied that the horse had
been stolen. He called upon Keishof to
halt, but instead of doing SO he put spurs to
the animal and endeavored to escape. After
calling upon him two or three times. King.
who was armed with gun loaded with buck
shot, fired, and, as the sequel showed, hit
both the horse and the man. The horse ran
some two miles when he dropped from Ak
haustion, and Keisholf took to the brush
and succeeded in eluding his pursuers. The
horse was wounded in the neck, but not
fatally, and is now in the possession of Mr..
King, awaiting a claimant. Keisholf was
tracked for some distance through the IN
derbrush, and evidences were plainly visible
that he had been wounded, but thus far
nothing has been seen of him. 1t would be
almost too good luck to find his dead body,
as he has been terror to that section of the
country.
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General Temperance Convention.

A large and enthusiastic meeting of the
Father Mathew Society was held in the
Father Mathew hall yesterday afternoon.
After the usual routine business, the ques-
ton of attending the coming convention at
Minneapolis was brought up and carried by
an unanimous vote. committee of three
on general arrangements, consisting of
Messrs. Melady, Roche and Cunniff, was
appointed, and a subscription list opened to
raise the necessary funds. The liberality
with which the gentlemen present subscrib-
ed, leaves no doubt of the success of the
undertaking. Tie society will assemble at
their hall Wednesday afternoon at one
o'clock, and proceed thence to the st. Paul
& Manitoba depot to take the 1:30 train for
Minneapolis. A special meeting of the So
ciety will be held next Tuesday evening at
7:30, which all members are earnestly re-
quested to attend.
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Excursion to Forrest Lake.

The excursion of the Great Union Band
to Forest Lake, yesterday, was marked
success, both in point of numbers and the
enjoyment of the occasion. The weather
was all that could be desired. The morning
was cool and delightful, and at the hour
fixed for leaving fully two hundred persons,
old and young, were congregated at the
depot awaiting the departure of the train.
There was but little delay, and the special
train was soon under Roadway for the objec-
tive point-Forest Lake-a new place for q
Sunday picnic. An hour and half more
brought the jolly party to its destination.
There is no necessity for the GLOBE to re-
peat Its description of this beautiful lake.
It is one among the numerous lakes that dot
the State from the British Possessions to the
Iowa line, and it is "altogether lovely
Arriving at the lake the party proceeded to
the delightful grove adjoining the Quincy
House, where the band took their station
and at intervals disooursed sweet strains of
music during the day. Every sail and row
boat was brought into use, and soon the
smooth surface of the lake was alive with
pleasure and fishing parties. The fisher
men and fsherladies were all successful
duu buO eIdAA OAOuSAt
in several hundred pounds OF
fish, demonstrating that Forest Lake is well
stocked with the inny tribe. The excursion
was under the supervision of the Great
Western Band, and nothing was overlooked
to minister to the pleasure of the party. Not
single unpleasant feature marked the day,
and the party returned home shortly be-
fore o'clock P. NJ, each and every one re-
marking that it was well for them to be
there.
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THE WORLDS WHEAT CROP.
What This Planet Produces IN the Line Q
Wheat and Flour.

What This Planet Produces 6n the Line of
Wheat and Flour
At the convention of millers at Cincinnati
Mr.. Howard Lockwood, editor of the Amers-
can Mail and Export Journal, read very
valuable paper on the wheat crops of the
world. It was very carefully prepared
paper, evidently the result of much careful
research. The following is an abstract of
the address:
In the year 1890 there were exported from
this country 1.124, 1853 bushels of wheat and
724, 023 barrels of -four. The year 1879
shows an export of wheat more than one
hundred times greater than 1890, amounting
to 122, 353, 1886 bushels, while the export of
flour aggregated for the year $500, ia bar
rels, or nearly the same increase. What an
immense significance is attached to the
figures have just read. What progress is
indicated by them! In the year 1890 the
original thirteen States were stretched along
the Atlantic coast, mere fringe to the
mighty government that was afterward
spread over this continent, from ocean to
ocean. These States contained population
about the same as the State of Ohio does to-
day.
The exports of wheat seems to have con-
tinued in about the same amounts till the
year 1875, when it fell off to about al 900
bushels, and kept declining till the year
1899, when only 10000 bushels were sent out
of the country. After that there seems to
have been gradual improvement to the
year 1907, when 1,173,O0O bushels are on the
records.
The year 1919, however, shows an almost
entire wiping out of our report in this line, but
LISP bushels having been sent out of the
country. In 1915 there are to be found no
entries OF exports of wheat, and only 103, 900
barrels of -four. From 1915, however, the
flour reports took an advance to over 1000
barrels, and have continued to run up heavy
every year down to the present time, increas
ing until 1879, year showing an aggregate
of $4,000 barrels, valued at $29, 500O00
Exports of wheat varied from 1914 to 1910
and 1916, 1886 showing only 2,062 bushels,
while in 1910 1,720,000 are recorded. In
1857, the year of the panic, we shipped
abroad 14,570000 bushels, and in 1862 the
grand figures of 37,8OO,0OO bushels were
reached. It was not until 1873, another
panic year, that the figures of 1862 were
beaten and doubled, the value being SOL )
421, 900. 1873 showed the same result, and
the great year of 1879 showed 122,353,OOO
bushels, valued at $130, 701, 900.
Here is table showing the average an
nual exports of wheat and flour for each five
years, and the average prices, as far as could
be ascertained, from 1890 to 1879:
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-14

IT seems that the Chicago local committee
in charge of the preparations for the Repub-
ican convention has got itself into tight
box. All the funds necessary for the expen-
ses of the convention had been subscribed,
but when the time for collecting came around
a good many subscribers refused to come to
time. Chief among the kickers was Mr..
Potter Palmer, who, mortified because the
convention didn't nominate Grant, refused
to pay the thousand dollars he had promised.
The committee is short about ten thousand
dollars of the amount required.
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untries- Bushels. Exports Imports.
DEFEAT INEVITABLE.
The Democrats Certain of the nert Presi-
dent.


dent.
Ia. Z. Mcclure, Editor Philadelphia Times.1
I share the general conviction of most of
the delegates who made the nomination of
Garfield, that he is not likely to prove a
strong candidate. He has been a gallant
soldier. He has filled high measure of
public trust. He has risen to the leadership
of the House. He is able in disputation and lie
is justly esteemed as patriotic; but few would
single him out as great administrator, and
follows too closly in the footsteps of Hayes to
awaken either popular enthusiasm or COM
mand intelligent trust. He would not be
the type of executive that the humiliating
experience of the last nearly for years has i'm
pressed upon the positive Republican leaders
as an imperative necessity. 1t was the pitt
able weakness of Hayes that made it possible
to anchor over three hundred votes in the
convention in favor of Grant, with all the
blemish of his administration, and while the
party will accept Garfield with mechanical
unity, the desperate courage and unscrupu-
lous ystrategy which made Hayes President
will not be repeated for Garfield by the only
men who could repeat it. The nomination
makes every Southern State Democratic,
makes Ohio doubtful, makes New York and
New Jersey hardly debatable for the Repub-
licans, and makes Indiana, California, Ore
gon, and even Pennsylvania, depend upon
the verdict of Ohio in October. If Garfeld's
own State shall be lost in the preliminary Oc-
tober, the ensuing contest will be ended and
his defeat overwhelming; while if he shall
carry it by reduced majority, as is inevi-
table against strong Democratic ticket, his
election will then be no more than possible.
He will be assaulted in his own State and by
his political friends with uncommon hitter
ness and his integrity will be as as positively
questioned as the defamers of Blaine have
questioned the purity of his public record.
His own constituents and party associates
have made this public by standing out as his
accusers. That he does not deserve thus to
be assailed any more than does Blaine do
not doubt, and the independent press of the
country will be faithful in his defense
against all defamatory assaults. But they
have weakened him in the popular vote.
He will be compelled to wade through a
violent flood of partisan bitterness from now
until the melancholy days of November, of
which he spoke IN nominating Sherman,
shall come to deliver him from the angry
waves of the political strife, and as if it
was predetermined that he should be over
weighted in the race, the nomination of
Arthur for Vice President was loaded upon
him to make the battle for the controlling
State of New York a HOPELESS one. 1t is
possible for Democratic folly to elect the
Garfield ticket. It's election will be i'm
possible il craftsmanship and patriotism
shall be among the CONSPICUOUS attributes of
the Democratic candidates. A. X. NJ.
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TIE ELECTORAL COUNT.

The amendment to joint resolution No.
%, now pending in the House of Represen-
tatives, is a most important measure. The
rule relates to the manner in which the cleo
toral votes of the several States for President
and Vice President shall be received and
counted. AS it stands at present, the Vice
President has the privilege of refusing to re-
ceive the vote of any State to which objection
is made, thus giving him practically the alb
solute control of the election. Heretofore
this power has not been abused, yet there is
no guarantee that it will not be abused in
the future. The amendment to the rule
contemplates taking from the Vice President
or the president of the Senate, all discretion
in the premises, and requires that the con-
ent of both houses of Congress shall be OBJ
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TWO EX-SENATORS.

Death of Ex-senator James A. Baysrd OF
Delaware-Ex-Senator Albert Brown, OF
of Mississippi Drowned.
WILMINGTON, Del, June 13.-Ex Senator
Jas. A. Bayard died this morning after being
unconscious several hours. He has been
sinking gradually for several days. His
death was hastenened by fall received in
descending stairs last Thursday week.
There were present at the time of his death
his son Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, DR.. j. K
Kane and wife, daughter of deceased, and
BENZ. Lockwood, of New York, and wife
also daughter of the deceased. The funeral
will take place Tuesday afternoon.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 13.-Ex-Goyernor
Albert Brown, of Mississippi, was thrown
from horse into pond near his home last
evening and drowned. Deceased resided near
jackson, Mississippi He was 76 years old,
was governor of Mississippi two terms,
served his State as member of Congress
and was elected to the United States Senate
in 1853 and reelected in 1857 for second
term of six years, from March 4, 1879 to
1865. During his service in the Senate he
was recognized as leader of Southern
Democracy.
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tanned to the rejection of the vote of any

tanned to the rejection of the vote of any
State.
Fair-minded men of all parties will agree
that the proposed amendment is far more
likely to result in the carrying out of the will
of the people than the practice at present in
force. Now the arbitrary act of single
man may defeat the purpose of four millions
of voters. Under the proposed amendment
the vote of no State can be rejected without
the concurrence of both houses of Congress,
and it is fair to presume that no such con-
curence can be obtained without good
cause. The motives that actuate the two
branches of Congress will be laid open before
the world; the motives of the president of
the Senate can only be surmised.
The proposed amendment to the rule is
an eminently proper one. 1t disposes of the
one-man rule that has SO long existed and is
80 liable to abuse, and puts the decision of a
contested Presidential election where it
properly belongs-in the hands
of the two houses of Congress.
Opposition to the passage of the amendment
argues that there is disposition to leave an
avenue for fraud open until after the pending
election. The Republicans feel sure of their
men. They know that Vice President
who holds his Office by fraud would not hest
tate to perpetrate fraud to keep his party in
power, and they know that President,
similarly installed in Office, will use all force
necessary to carry out the plans of the rulers
of the party.
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The terrible disaster that befel the pas
sengers on the steamer Narragansett on Sat-
urday has excited spssm of horror through
out the country. Unfortunately such acci-
dents, if such they can be called, are too fire.
quent to create more than momentary atten-
ton, except to those directly interested. We
are shocked two or three times year by as
great or greater calamities, yet nothing is
done to prevent their recurrence. Careless
ness seems to have been the cause of the
reigning calamity, as it has been in those
that preceded it, but where to fix the respon-
sibility is a puzzle that battles the most
aakuta
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BIG STRIKE.
The Sulphuret mime to the Front.

From Silver World, Lake City, Col, June 5. !
The purchssers.of this old location which
is an extension of the Cora vein about one
and hsIf miles south of this city. have rea-
son to congratulate themselves on the rich
returns which seem to-awsit their VEN
ture, as it is improving daily as depth is at
tanned in the shaft, which is now IS feet
deep. An essay of ore from the bottom of
the shaft made Wednesday by Bouton, gave
476 ounces silver per ton. The ore IS fine
crystallized gray copper, with brittle silver.
Width of vain at bottom of shaft, six feet.
The shaft is to be sunk ITO feet Mr.. s.
Hartman is manager of the compapy's in
terests, which were recently acquired through
Chas. Schandrew of st. Paul, for Minnesota
capitalists,
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residing twenty-five miles up the lake from
this city, on the west side, was found dead
on Friday morning last in the milk house, a
short distance from the dwelling house. 1t
was at fret supposed she had been killed by
lightning during the severe storm at the
time, but on examination not single mark
of injury could be discovered, nor had the
building been injured in any manner. The
opinion of the physician called in was that
she had died from fright
Louis O'Connor, of Credit River, Scott
county, made quite an important capture
last week. For months he has been trou-
bled by some animal. Chickens, geese and
turkeys would nightly disappear leaving no
clue to the marauder. On Wednesday of
last week Mr.. O'Connor solved the mystery
surrounding the disappearance of his fowls,
and at the same time brought to speedy
Justice part of the gang of marauders. The
party numbered fve-all wolves. Two
young ones, about two months old, were
killed, but the mother and two young wolves
escaped.
Albert Lea Standard, June 10: Wednes-
day night of last week the dwelling house of
o. L. Esse, in the town of Hayward,
Freedom county, was struck by lightning,
and demolished beyond repair. The house
contained six or seven occupants, five of
whom were in the chamber, and, strange to
say, not oAe of the entire family were killed.
A little girls hair was scorched, and the face
of one of the others showed signs of faint
stroke, but besides the natural shock of the
thunder bolt no injury was done to the 9th
ers. The roof was 80 badly despoiled that it
had to be pried up in order to extricate the
children.
Window Cottonwood County, Reporter:
The greatest hail storm ever known visited
Arno, Cottonwood county, last Thursday.
1t began about O'Clock P. M. At first the
hail was small, but began coming larger and
larger until at the close the hail stones were
enormous. After the storm was over some
were picked up that measured twelve and
| one-half inches in circumference. One just
| filled pint bowl. Where one struck and
went into the ground the hole measured
eight inches across, which would take pro-
jectile twenty-four or five inches in circum-
ference. In coming down they sounded like
shell and solid shot coming through the air.
Many panes of glsss in the east windows were
broken. Not much damage seemed to be
done to crops it being so early in the season.
No one as far as heard from was hurt by
| the hail
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-14

While on the subject of British consump-
ton of breadstutfs, it may not be considered
depression to refer to the remarks made
on the opening day by our friend on the En-
glish delegation, Mr.. HILBERT. l understood
him to say that his people would buy our
wheat, but did not or would not, if they
could help it, buy our -four. Let us see what
they have done in this line during the past
twenty years. In the year 1859 Great Britain
imported of wheat -four made in this coun-
try 232, 900 barrels. During all the years up
to that date there are only two in which the
quantity fell below the figure, while the i'm
portations average far above, reaching in
several years as high as 100000 to 3,O00,-
600, aggregating nearly 25,000,000 barrels
for the twenty years; the last year, 1879,
showing 3,629,000. TIE British official fig
ures just referred to place the quantity at g.
663, 900 cwts. This does not look as though
our English cousins could stop buying from
US, even if they wanted to. Mr.. HILBERT al
so made the statement that American -four
sold in English markets for less money than
in New York. Did he mention this fact as
being something strange, or simply that it
was q condition of affairs very detrimental
to his interests as British miller Does
he not know that American millers and
shippers, in placing our surplus -four when
necessary upon British markets at prices
lower than those ruling at home, are doing
only the same thing that British shippers
have always done in every line of goods
manufactured in the kingdom ? We are apt
scholars, and we were taught long years ago
by our English cousins to throw on other
markets our surplus, and, if necessary, dis
pose of it at the best attainable price. Just
what margin of profit there is to our millers
at prices now ruling in English markets for
American -four 1 know not, but 1 have not
the slightest doubt in my own mind that we
will continne to ship good supply to those
markets, and IN view of the fact that We ar
constantly cheapening the cost Of manufac-
turing by increasing production and by the
use of most improved appliances. In view
of these facts see no reason why we should
not always undersell, if necessary, any COM
petitors from any quarter.
Present wheat production of the world
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THE DEMOCRATS WILL WIN.

The Republicans have undertaken to re-
ceive the nomination of Garfield with hur-
rah, just as if there was prospect of his
election. There is not remote possibility
of his success. Garfeld's nomination rem
dered it absolutely certain that the South will
be literally s'solid' for the Democrats. He
cannot hope to carry a single souther n
State. One hundred and eighty-five cleo toral
votes will elect the President. The South,
with New York and Indiana, gives 1873 as