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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-05-30

Mr.. w. Rees, treasurer oI the
MAR Lake Superior Iron com
oUETE pany, has been here during
RANGE. the week, looking over the
properties in the interest Of
his company. Mr. Rees is not at all
satisfied with the slow way ia which
sales OF hard ore are made. His com
pany has not sold pound OF ore of this
class for the season, and arc stocking il
upon the docks at Cleveland. Unless
something turns up for the better in the
near future they may decide to close
their hard orc mines. For such orc as is
mined at section q the market is
very inactive, and the price quoted is
too low to permit Of anything like a fair
return for the cost OF production. For
ores OF best quality, good price is
secured. The trouble is the Lake
Superior is not producing enough OF this
cnss.
A few men are engaged getting the
Foster mine OF the Cleveland.Clifs com
pany in shape FOR resumption. A sale OF
"A small amount OF ore has been made.
But few men will be employed at this
place, but every little helps.
At the Cleveland Lake shaft they
are moving an ore pocket SO ~ TO make
the work OF car-loadng more conven-
lent.
AT the Saw Mill pit the water is all
out, mud cleaned up, the back cleaned
off, broken pipes repaired, and the con
tractors will he sending ore to surface ON
Monday next.
AZ the Moro mine they expect TO finish
shipping the stockples nest month. No
mining is being done here, and probably
none will be for some years TO come.
At the Cliffs shafts the crusher is treat
ing about 400 tons OF ore daily, and an
other one may be added so this amount
can be doubled. There has been no
trouble this season, no brcakagcs TO
delay. II is hoped that the stockpilcs
at these shafts may be cleaned up so
that the mine can be started up the
coming year, or in 1898 at the latest.
This property contains magnificent
Slopes OF ore that, under modern meth
DDS OF mining, ought to be cheaply
secured. The trouble has been that
there has been no sale for this class OF
ore at price that would pay for the
labor and other costs OF mining. The
ore now shipped is being sent 10 Cleyc-
land. IL is not high in iron, giving from
fity-nine TO sxty-two per cent. With
the Cliffs shafts working IL would be
grand thing for lshpeming.
The Robbins exploration is being
operated, as is that of the Marquette q
Negaunee Exploring company Iron
Ore.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-05-30

The Pike option at Wake
GoGEBIc field owned by Capt. Il. d..
RANGE. Pike and other Bayfield,
parties, will be known here
after as the West Brotherton. Articles
OF incorporation OF the West Brotherton
Mining company were fled Monday with
the secretary OF state az Madison, Wis.
The water is nearly all pumped out Of
the Mkado mine, east Of Blacl, river,
and mining will commence there in about
ten days. Capt. Dan Sullivan former
ly with the Montreal, is in charge OF the
work.
We are informed that the Tildcn mine
is employing only 200 men mt the present
time. --News-Rccord.
IRoNwooD, Mich, MAY &c Twelve
hundred men were laid off tonight at the
Norric, East Norrie and Pnbst mines.
The mines IRE practically closed
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-05-30
4 From The Mines.

authorities, and wc hope to see the
city end Of il completed as soon as pos
sible.
The work Of unwntcring The Hamilton
and Ludineton mines Is progressing
steadily aud satisfactorily. No unox
pected difficulties have been encountered,
and the management expect to have the
mines free OF water in short time
Rangc-Tribunc.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-05-30

Sales oi ore thus far fall
IRON short condidornbly OF the
TRADE business done up to the third
REVIEW: week oi May last year. The
holding off 81 some consum.
ors 10 get a clearer ideu 81 their profit
able requirements Is likely TO have its
effect upon the vessel situation, and
mny lead to a further rcstric-
tive policy ut Lake Superior mines. II
the business in ore that many have
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-05-30
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"a bars Fairbanks Laundry
Soap, none better, 81. 90
- bars Fine Toilet Soap, LOO
Peerless Tobacco, per h.. "a
36 lbs Rice. fanciest broken 100
IA lbs Prunes 1880 choicest
Oregon Fruit 100
20 lbs Prunes 1880 choicest
Oregon Fruit LOO
- lbs. Raisins, 3 Crown
London Layers, 100
26 lbs. Raisins, . Crown
Mnscatel, 100
26 lbs. Currants, choice,
large. fine, blue fruit 100
fl lbs. Full Cream Cheese. LOO
Arbuckle's or xxx COT
fee. per h.. 10
Sun Dried Japan Tea. per
h., .15
II lbs. Fancicst Lemon
Cling Peaches 100
20 lbs. Ideal Golden Xc
Sugar 90
Lard. per h., .05I
Is 2.lb. Cans Corn, LOO
13 3 10. Cans Tomatoes. LOO
13 Bib. Cans Peaches. 100
IL , lb Cans Strawberries. 100
4 1-Gallon Cans New York
Apples, 100
Royal, Pearl, or Prices
Baking Powder, 40
All other prices in proper.
ton 20 the above.
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once, and then breaking away from them q
young Inulatto girl came dcfiantly up the
stairs.
II was poor Eleanor, a dcmented girl,
against whom there was no charge. She
was found some time ago in the Capitol
grounds wandering about, and In Il condi-
ton To demand care. She is cncicnte. ex-
pecting To be confined at any moment.
As she Continually wandered away from
the almshouse hospital, where She was
taken, they brought her u the workhouse.
She does not wear the blue gown, but
the brown wrappers supplied 10 the hospital
patients. She is Il beautiful girl, with soft
silky curis and the big soft eyes of n calf
She is left to coDsOrt with the negro and
they work upon her cXcilable and nervous
temperament, melting her To outbursts
On this occasion they had told her to kick
the door open downstairs, and She had done
1t. Then she had seized q scrubbing brush
and an empty bottle and rushed away from
them to give defiance TO the keepers. She
came upstairs and sat down on the steps or
the next stairway, hueEfHk her weapons
of warfare, and declaring that she would
brain Mr.. Talbotif he came near her.
Some one told Mr.. Talbot, but he remained
below stairs, saying he would not inter
fere with her. Mrs. Giles came out at once,
however, and, talking TO her quietly, get
the things away from her, and was about
to get her to go back her cell. The girl
had quoted down and/was behaving her
self.
at this jnncturc Mr.. Talbot rushed up the
stairs from the basement in one OF his
furious moods and ordered her to get up al
once, in a command that dDuld have been
heard all over the housa.5 The girl ut once
threw herself face do OwitOn the steps, and lie
siezed her and pulled her to n sitting posi-
her.
She screamed and struggled and abso-
lutcly refused TO get up, at which he called
the other keeper and they proceeded to drag
her by the arms up the hard stone steps.
She screamed at every step and Mr.. Talbot
ordered her to shut up, but she simply
writhed aud tried to bite their hands. and
screamed all the louder. This pitilcss bump
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and we sat neekly down in our blue gowns.
In ai56nt TWO minutes there was a cheer
IN. Hsprldly rustic Without. and q pleasant
faced, gray-Daired lady, followed by two
Young ss2paen anxk -eRil1. canlc bustiing
In.
''Goea1nornsug:sr,ras,, said she. "Isn't
1t beautiful outside? Well. now you are
all In hefe for sniffc nftc prayers and some
hymn nsipgiug--thQ1fs good
She Dusted about "a nttle in the room, and
preAntly asSed-au 10 stapd while she read
the Gospel; tlien she read the special and
genrrai, fsray crs,S aheoizos, a &neeling. After
this they passed around CarGs with hymns
printed 0fi Them ami lad singing.
1t was Il very pleasant thing to me to see
this woman giving, up her Sunday morning
TO come down, here on ilis labor of love,
but want to make one suggestion about
IL. Personally, size made me feel very, very
far away from her-vcry distinct and
branded 'r-@, 7~.t'srs=4r
She did not lake my hand and look into
my eyes as q sister, and say TO me: What
are, you here, for? What are you trying
to make OF this Punishment? Are you going
to be .better?1-g s,,>s
She didn't do IL with any of them. She
tried very nobly 10 do good, and l merely
wish TO point oIt to her, and to every one
who goes among such people, that the work
must be Il very personal matter; all differ
chctS III es'atc hias' oc Wipeu Out, theTe
must De none OF the feeling off, am ho!ier
than thou the entire intercourse must
be sunk 10 the level OF brotherhood in
humanity.
THE effect upon me of this visit was to
max me feel an outcast, one or 4 mob and
not an individual, branded. beinired, and
hopelessly cut off''fFOin the world Of good
people. The a!Oofness OF the callers did
more harm than their papers and prayers
and songsdidgood. II isnot su ch ,hingslhat
elevate. bIt the expression OF n belief
by one human being that another is still
good and is going to improve.
This diversion being over. there was
nothing else TO do before dinner. and in my
impatiencc at the lack Of good a ccomplished
in this meeting, l went to my room ard
threw myself down on my pallet. Aarga.
ret Wilson was lying on hers with weary
look on her face.
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Bergen Was

ridor, aGd then some people from the Cen
trail Mission were announced.
\ gray-ha ired minister was among them
anu a young woman, very prettily gowned,
who presided over the organ. The coiOred
girls sang the familiar hymns with as
much fervor as though they were holding
revival meeting. and the minister offered
an enthusiastic Methodist prayer. While
he prayed poor Eleanor from above in
dulged in series of violent screams OF
rage. pounding on the bars of her door with
her tin cup. The minister prayed that
the spirit OF the Holy Ghost might enter
into her, " hiie the women looked at each
other as though they aged the spirit of
humanity mi ght he brea thed into Mr.. Talbot.
Tie girls were given an eloquent ser
mon, and one thing that the minister said
was particularly touching. "Oh, you wo-
men, YOU womenr' he said. your mission
on earth is 10 upiift man. You might be
s"cii noble. splendid women, every one of
you. And here you are groveling and mis-
erab,c in sin and disease. Oh, why won't
every one of you live up to the great pos
sibiiity there is In you?''
The girls liked to hear him talk, and
one Or two uf the white women wept. But
Il less fortunate speaker followed him, and
with various peculiar characteristics OF
manner made them laugh. For this orfense
.Otla of the girls got placed in the dungeon,
and were there al day Monday. 1t seemed
rather severe, bit it may be q necessary
punishment.
had a EetioD that ought to get put in
the dungeon myself, but did not know
how 10 bring IL upon myself. l was told
that tic Place is an empty cell, SO dark you
caDnot see yGgr hand before your face.
And as also told that they occasionally
hang the prisoners up III here by the wrist.
! canDct vCuch for that. and IL IL did occur
il must have been for some flagrant offense.
After church was over we broke up the
chapel, ami the good people departed.
The evening times., 1896-01-04
BOARD OF TRADE MEETING.

Active Operations for the New Year
to BE Commenced.
Now that the holiday season is over and
things are assuming their ordinary aspect
i'll the business world, the Board OF Trade
is about to commence active operations for
the new year.
A meeting OF that body has been ordered
for the evening OF Friday next in the hail
OF the Builders Exchange. The principal
| topics 10 be considered at this time are The.
recommendations contained in the reports
of the committees on sewerage and streets
and avenues. which We're submitted To the
board at the annual meeting.
These recommendations are in substance
that the sewerage system OF the District
be extended and completed in accort!ance
with the report made by the boa rd of SAINT
tary engineers. in $50. ut the earliest pos
sihic day: and also that Il comprehensive
system of street extension I've pursued 10
completion without further loss OF time
1t is also urged that the necessary appro-
priation sh ould be made by Congress to paw
for the land taken by condemnation pro-
ceedings.
The meeting will be in charge of the COM
mitteeS named, who have taken steps to
provi,. competent and interesting spca kers-
In addition to- the other business before the
meeting. n proposed amendment to the bv-
laws. submitted by the committee on fl
nance Il t the last meeting. increasing meul-
bcrs' dues from $5 to $40, will be voted on
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"why don't you go in to the meetings,

why uoH ycu 81 III " tHG HSStluSb,
Margaret?'
why should /? Does II do any good?
They make themselves feel important, and
don't do us any good. The girls just go in
the hope of their giving them something
We'll, what would make you be goOd?'
l said TO her i'll an intense desire TO help
her or the others or some one. and to give
information to those who wished to be
charitable.
~ suppose the only thing that will ever
help any of us is TO stop drinking" she
replied. 'YOu notice that every one who
comes here gets here through drinking.
They're out in the world without a home.
with insufficient clothes, friendiess and
forlorn. They get few cents by beg
ging OF little work, and they buy the one
thing they can buy for q few cents to make
them. happy-tbat's- -iiquor.''
"wouldn't good cup OF coffee do just as
well?"
lit would do better, but they get into the
habit of taking the other, and coming here
makes one lose resolution. One says after q
while thatitdoesu tniake any difference"
THEIR CONVICTION.
Her apathy was something hard 10 resist.
All the prisoners seemed to have that same
settled conviction of their position AS out
casts. Most of them don't care; they accept
il, and work the humble Uriah Hecp act
when people are around who can give them
anything, then they curse them behind their
back and say vile:,nd miserable things about
them.
"Iehal,neyer give another beggar a cent" T"
said, sitting up, and was SO violent as to
attract Margaret's 8 attention. 81 shall never
again, SO long as live, dole out Just enough
change to these people TO go and buy drink
and get hack here again. / can sec that it is
thrown away, absolutely"
We had no chance fur further conversa-
The evening times., 1896-01-04
;alked and pushed each other and squab-

talked ana pushed each other and SQuab-
bIed.
Have you all got chuck in there?n yelled
Talbot. Then, as they had, he closed the
door and gave us orders to proceed. The
colored girl was right. Our Sunday dinner
consisted OF just what she said il would
The women gathered around the table
again, peeled the boiled potatoes with
their fingers, dipped them in the salt
dipped their bread In the bean soup. and
managed to make ont their dinner. Some
Of them had an apple saved from their
Christmas, and thisdelcacy made the dinner
more palatable; but that was for only one
or two. The others had just what was
served.
I stole out to the sink to wash my cup
and there met the kitchen wench. who had
a buttered Sa andwich, some sprouts OF eel
cry and little cranberry, all rolled greas-
lily up in newspaper. l gave her o cents
and retired to my room 10 enjoy it.
was going to divide with Margaret Will
son. but she received better dinner than
from the matron's table.
This constant kindness was meri:ed 10y
the woman. She worked more faithfully,
and she was refined and educated. We
turned our backs on the corridor 10 try
to eat, but the others walked up and down
and looked hungrily in on us. felt that
wouldn't do that again while was there,
If the food made me i'll. II was too teastly
selfish.
The evening times., 1896-01-04
COURT ASSIGNMENTS.
Changes Dependent Upon Chief JUS
fict AIyey'S Movements.

Changes Dependent Upon Chief JUS
tjce AIvey'S Movements.
The Justices of the supreme court of the
District had lengthy conference this morn
ing in reference TO the assignments for the
present calendar year.
In view OF the withdrawal of Chief JUS
tlce Alvey from the court of appeals to ac-
cept service with the commission recently
appointed by the President in the Fenezu-
elan matter, and for other rea SONS, IL was
decided not TO change eXi>tiiic assignments
unit, it shall be asccrtaiGed what viii De
the proper disposition as Ia the vacancy.
- Under this arrangement Chief Justice
Bingham will continue to preside In equity
court No. /, Justice Hacn"r IN equity court
No. and in the orphans court, Justice
Bradley in circuit court No. l, Justice Me-
Comas in circuit court No. ., Justice Cole
in criminal court No. / and Justice Cox will
divide his time as circumstances may pro-
vide bet ween criminal court No. =.
The latter's designation 10 the district
court in the street extension proceedings
will probably cause a much larger pro-
port ion than usual OF the criminal business
to be heard by Justice Cole.
The evening times., 1896-01-04

try the keepers patience great deal with
their impertiDent remarks. As they en-
tered the lower han they all began to an
nounce what they believed they were going
to get for dinner.
"Ain't no use comm down here nohOw
Amt going TO give us anything but bean
soup, dry bread and potatoes
Julia, shut up!' the keeper said.
But Julia didn't shut up. She kept on
talking in an undertone which reused the
risib!es of all her companions. They all
The evening times., 1896-01-04

ing OF her poor body over the stones made
every woman who witnessed it shudder for
the girl. The danger to her was apparent
on the face of things. Mrs. Giles pleaded
with them TO be careful of her.
They hauled her upstairs, threw her into
a cell and locked the door. She imnicdi-
The evening times., 1896-01-04
Daily bargains
A
Few
Bargains.
We're getting ready for

We're getting ready for
new consignments for the Spring
trade now.
All those lines we intend to
drop We are forcing out-you
know what that 1neans-prices
away below zero.
We haven't a great many-wc
keep too clean a stock, we don't
accumulate a lot of odds and
ends-but there are a few mig hty
good bargains to be picked up
Just how in all three of our de-
partments - especially Carpets.
We've some short pieces OF Car
pet that are going for about half
what they cost us.
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girl was annoying and exasperating to .
degree. But the girls physical condition
bespoke merclfulness for her, which her
mental condition seconded. Mr.. Talbot
was in no danger OF being hurt when be
took hold OF her; the matrOn by kind words
had already overcome the girl.
Mr.. Talbot has violent temper, which he
does not seek to control. II he would SO
maltreat demented and delicate girl, is
there reason to suppose he would use proper
The evening times., 1896-01-04

ateiy shivcred the window pane with her
fists, streaming like ~ maniac, AMI they
took her ont AMI put her in a dark tel.
Then Mr. Talbot came down tn the office.
his fa,e iBflamcd witt anger, AMI every
o.,e siirank lack in The ward.
TALBOT IN NolRANGER.
There isn't the slightest doubt but this
The evening times., 1896-01-04

ton, as the dinner call of "Chuck up
brought us down to the basement floor to
get the ratioDs for the ward. AS an extra
man had arrived at the wOrkhOuse as q
keeper the colOred girls were allowed to
come down stairs from their floor and take
their chuck all together in the big base
ment room which was used as work room
by them.
We stood In our doorway and watched
them troop down stairs. They are GER
tainly a most unmanageable company, and
The evening times., 1896-01-04

Judgment in governing those VINO have no
unusual demand On his fOrbearance?
While we We're still discussing this
was ca He'd, with Mrs. Wilson, to get the
corridor ready for afternoon services. We
arranged the benches In the form of a
chapel and brought the organ out The
negro girls were all brought into the cor
The evening times., 1896-01-04
LAST HOURS AS A vAGRANT.
Miss wilbur's Courage Was Oozing
When Her Release Came.

WHICH Hef HtIeuSt CdMe.
At 4 O'Clock we cleared the sewing room
out again and went upstairs. The white
women began. at once 10 make friends with
the new prisoners and to try to extract
their story. / walked down To the rear cor
ridor and paced up and down, threshing over
the possible reasons why l was not re-
leased.
i wondered if there was going to be some
hitch which would make me serve my fif-
teen days, but the alternative OF twenty
dollar bond seemed to make that impossi-
bic. 1 was sure any one would go on my
bond, for / certainly was determined To
never again repeat the offense.
To those who argue that there Is little
In environment to q right-minded person
The evening times., 1896-01-04
SUNDAY IN THE woRKHoUsE.

EvangeliSts Who Were so Near ana
Yet So Far Away.
While I was stroliing about rejecting
on these conditions, the word went through
the ward that the church people were COM
ing. All who cared TO we're invited TO go
into the parlor to take part In the service
that is, IT was the general understanding
and Mrs. GaEnan, prayer book in hand.
invited me to 20 with her. This visiting
committee was composed of Catholic ladies
from St. Peters parish.
IHent in with about four of the Others.
The evening times., 1896-01-04
BRUTAL TO A WOMAN.
Demented Inmate, In Il Delicat g Contli-
tion, Roughly Handled. =

While we stood there some comnotinD
weiled up from the basement, and VIC all
went forward to see what it was about.
There was suppressed roar from the col
ored element, made by everyone talking at
The evening times., 1896-01-04

leaving US some tracts 10 read 1 must say
don't think the reading -in=4lem very
edffyiDg, though IL may be that il 10 proper
meat for babes go
The evening times., 1896-01-04

See THE Russian Honeymoon at Net
zcrott's Hall. Saturday evening, January
A, by Vassar Students
The evening times., 1896-01-04
Called Out the Engines.

ShHeu Out Tue EhSines.
A false alarm of fire was turned in from
box 13S this morning. The department
responded, but did not go into service.
The evening times., 1896-01-04
Close OF THE EXPOSE

Continued from First Page.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
THE CoMMoDoRE's DYING JOKE
Hoard Reporter Wish Him to Hurry
| Up, and Pleaded Inexperiencc.

Hoard Reporter Wish Him to Hurry
Up, and Pleaded Inexperiencc.
Some reporters were waiting for news
after midnight recently of the con-
dition of Cornelius Vanderbilt. 1t is no
fun to kick your heels against the pave
ment until three or four o'clock in the
morning, and the reporters grew rest
less. This reminds me-" said one, re-
fectively, ''of the death watch on the
old commodore. Things were quite diff
ferent then from what they are now.
When the old commodore was Just
taken i'll he used to send for us every
day and have us up in his room and tell
us all about, himself. He used to read
the papers, and he noticed that great
deal of space was devoted to him.
"'Well, boys he said, one morning.
4 hope live little longer, for your
sakes. You seem to be making lot Of
space out of me-
FINALLY, though, when he became too
Ill to see us, we had to camp out as we
are doing now, and it soon became
tedious. We used to camp about ~
feet from the front of the house In
which the old gentleman lay, and some
times you could hear what was said In
the siclroam. .... .a
Among us was certain gentleman
who is now the respected father Of
n family. He was rather impatient. It
was late mt night. He had voice in him
like a bull.
"'Oh, why don't he dep he sudden
ly exclaimed, petulantly.
1--WE thought no more Of his remark
until n few minutes later, when trim
servant girl came out of the house.
She looked us over and watched us for
a few moments. Then Dec said some
thing and she came over to him and
handed him note. He opened it, won
dering what it could be. On the paper
was a score or so of words written in
the. old commodore's well-known
scrawl. They read:
81 rust you will pardon me, but as
this is the first time l have ever died
am little inexperienced and don't ex-
nctly know how to go about it. If you
will bear with me little while, how
ever, will try to do my best
'The Old gentleman had heard the
pious remark, and it had been too much
for his grim sense of humor."--N. Y.
Press