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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-02-26
LATER.
Minneapolis Loses 1t.

Cincinnati, Feb. 22.-The executive
assembly of the grand council of the
Knights of Pythias met at the Grand
Hotel here this evening under the COM
mand of the supreme chancellor, Wal
ter B. Richie. There were also
present Supreme Vice-Chancellor Col.
Grove, Prelate Steinhart. Keeper of
Records White, Supreme Master of
Records Sample, Supreme Master at
Arms Gardner.
The session was executive. Judge G..
n Orr and Fred B. Wheaton, of Mn
neapolis, were present to resist the
a abandonment of the meetings of the
grand lodge and grand encampment of
the Uniform Rank in that city.
1t was resolved, however, to abandon
Minneapolis this year and to hold the
biennial convention of the supreme
lodge at Cleveland on the 25th of
August, 1896. 1t was also decided to
hold no encampment of the Uniform
Rank this year. This action was taken
because, as alleged, the railroads re-
fused to give the Pythians one cent
per mile rate, the same as given to the
encampment of the Grand Army to st.
Paul.
At Baltimore, Md, the 23d, seven peo-
pie were asphyxiated, one fatally hurt
by jumping from window, and five
others more or less injured by fire in
the residence of James r. Arminger.
Fire broke out in the Pratt Sanitar-
ium, Chicago, the 22d. Twelve bed
ridden patients had to be taken out OF
windows and down ladders by firemen
Eleven houses were burned in Balti-
more, Nd, the 22d. Twenty families
were turned out into the street on a
bitter cold morning with scarcely any
clothing.
Two trunks containing the bodies of
a woman and a man were discovered
at the Rock Island depot in Des Moines,
To-, the 22d, by blood oozing out OF the
bottom. The discovery will lead 10
the unearthing of gigantic scheme OF
grave robbing. The trunks were
shipped to Des Moines from Council
Bluffs. The man who claimed the
trunks was arrested and he stated that
the bodies were for the Des Moines
medical college.
Edgar Wilson Nye, the humorist,
known as "Bill" Nye, died at his home
in Asheville, n. c., the 22d. from par
alysis. From struggling frontier ed
itor he developed into one of the lead
ing humorists of the time. At the time
of his death his income from his pen
was at least $50, 900 annually.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-02-26

Amelie Rives Chanler, the authoress.
was married at Castle Hill, Va, to
Pierre Tloubetzkoy, Russian prince.
William Scott. of Delphos, O.. celc-
brated his Tooth birthday. He claims
t. be the only original Jackson demo
crat living.
Republicans of Indian territory will
hold their convention to select dele
gates to st. Louis at Mushogee April
rs. The democrats will select their
national delegates at Vinita June 0.
The National Republican league will
hold it's annual convention at Milwau-
kee August Is to 81, at which time the
presidential campaign for the ticket
will be officially opened.
Leander j. Critchfield, an attorney,
CD years of age, for Is years reporter of
the Ohio supreme court, died at CO.
lumbus.
Indiana democrats will meet at In
d;anapolis June "a to select delegates
to the national convention.
Judge John Il. Grace, of the court Of
appeals, died of heart failure while sit
ting alone in his room at hotel in
Frankfort. Ky. He was 63 years old.
Iowa democrats will meet at dubuque
May 20 to select delegates to the nation
al convention, and at Ottumwa August
ii to nominate state officers.
Detroit has been selected as the place
and May IA as the date for holding the
Michigan state convention to choose
delegates to the national convention at
ST. Louis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-02-26
STILL QUIET.
Business rs Yet Shows Little Sign of q
Boom.


Boom.
New York, Feb. Pr G. Dun &
&C. in their weekly review of trade say:
THE restoration Of the treasury reserve
has been effected with remarkably little
monetary disturbance. The rapid rise in
the price OF bonds strengthens public con-
ndence. Prompt q 2tion of the house on the
silver bill has helped to increase foreign
confidence In American securities In no
important branch of business is there yet
apparent much disposition to expand
Prices OF commodities as a whole are now
at the lowest average ever known, though
only one-half of one per cent below the
average of September g. 1895.
Hides, leather and their products, textile
goods and iron products have declined
much since that date, and meats are also
lower Receipts of wheat continue heavy
and depress the price, February delivery
to 72&, although what is nominally called
cash price Is ~ cents higher. Corn is
one cent lower for cash. western receipts
having been large. Cotton again declined
one-fourth cent with large realizing. re-
ported sales aggregating 1,000, 900 bales for
the week Speculative estimates are per-
slStently repeated, but receipts do not
FAVOR them, nor is actual consumption en-
couraging, as declining prices of goods
show. In almost all manufactured prod
ucts decline continues, though In some
classes quotations are so irregular that
the change cannot be accurately meas
ured. Bessemer pig iron and gray forge
are shade lower at Pittsburgh, and struc-
tural beams and angles have been reduced
TO secure business, but new orders for
products are comparatively small, and
some furnaces in that region have been
banked Textile manufacturers fail as yet
TO meet the demand expected, and prices
are generally weak.
THE volume of domestic trade reflected
by clearings Is 3S.7 per cent. larger than
last year. Railroad earnings in February
thus far are 1876 per cent. larger than last
year. Stocks weakened until Thursday,
but then advanced and closed about IS
cents per share higher for railroads Ex-
ports of products in two weeks of February
have been per cent. larger than last year.
with prospects of increase in grain. though
cotton bills are growing fewer. The i'm
ports no longer show the increase formerly
observed. but for two weeks have been
1873 per cent. larger than last year.
Liabilities in failures during the first
two weeks of February were $3.50, 1903,
against $5,55O,9SG last year. Manufacture
ing liabilities were $3,1539S6, against ST.
5a2,3l9 last year, while trading were 49,
S42,053, against $2,353 O19 last year. Failures
for the week have been $50 in the United
States, against 800 last year and G6 in Can
ada against Sc last year.
Bradstreet's says:
while no radical improvement has ap-
peared in the general trade situation, more
favorable influences are reported than for
some weeks Reports from leading cities
south are that the recent relatively favor
able state of trade is marked by less active
demand in almost all lines. No improve
ment is shown in demand for cotton ard
wooden goods, manufacturers of each con-
tinuing to find cause for complaint"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-02-26
WIND, SNOW AND DUST.
They Unite Forces and Sweep Over Chi
cago and Vicinity.


cago and Vicinity.
Chicago, Feb. i9.-Cticag has never
before experienced in winter storm
like the one thar swept ovnr the city
Tuesday evening. 1t was o1e of min
gled dust and snow that blinded the eyes
of those who happened to be out of
doors, and covered hats and coats with
mud. Outside -ep,rt, indicate that
the storm, with it's accompanying pc
culiarities of muc and sand, was gen
cral throughout northern Illinois.
Wisconsin. Minnesota and Iowa,
Washington, Feb. 2O.-An official
statement concerning Chicago's "black
snow" was gwen Wednesday by Chief
Moore, of the weather bureau. Mr..
Moore's explanation follows:
''The black snow which has lately fallen
in Chicago and the northwest is entirely
similar to the e! eat fall of January, 1895.
the nature of which was thoroughly in
vestigated by the weather bureau at thar
time. Notwithstanding. the theoretical
suggestion that the black deposit of last
January might have come from beyond
the earth and might be meteoric or cometic.
or might even be the volcanic dusr from.
Alaska or Japan, careful investigation
showed that 1t was due to none or these
causes. On the contrary, microscopic ex-
animation proved the black deposit con-
tanned about four per cent. of the most
delicate organic structures isuch as
diatoms and spores) and about six per cent.
of the finest possible inorganic matter,
such as make up the ordinary fine silt ano
clay soils.
''All this fine material is easily caught UP
by dry winds whenever they exceed
20 miles per hour and is carried to great
distances before it has time and oppor-
tunity to settle on the ground. 1T is easily
brought down in large quantities by snow
or rain, but is only perceived by the or
binary observer when there is clean sur
tace of snow for it to fall upon. Largo
portions of courtty from Nebraska south
ward to the gulf are covered with this fine
SOIL whose derth sometimes is 100 feet.
A gale of wind has been known to carry
away six inches of the surface soil from a
freshly cultivated field and spread 1t over
the land a hundr ed miles away. The black
ness is due to the fineneSS of the Silt, AMI
not to any magnetic iron.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-02-26
Holocaust in SnaIn.

Lisbon, Feb. 2O.-Durlng the progress
of masked ball given by the Artists
club of Santarem, a town so miles
from Lisbon, Wednesday night, at the
close of the carnival there fire broke out
in the building and the flames spread
with frightful rapidity. A terrible
panic ensued and many of the dancers
and several outsiders who went to their
rescue were either burned to death or
fatally crushed and trampled in the
rush to escape from the burning build
ing. Forty bodies have been recovered.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-02-26
DOMESTIC.

Robert Laughlin, who reported his
house at Augusta, Ky, burned by muir
derers. and whose wife and niece were
burned in the building, confessed that
he was the murderer.
The Ohio legislature raised the retail
liquor license in the state from 5000 to
$3.50.
The safe in the bank at Richards,
Mo-, vas blown open and robbed OF
5000.
The mercury In portions of Maine,
New Hampshire and Vermont ranged
from Is to ~ degrees below zero
The fifth annual continental con-
gress of the Daughters of the American
Revolution began in Washington.
Two adult daughters of Elmer Mi
near, a farmer of Kosciusko county,
Ind, were fatally burned while watch
ing brush fire.
The Wisconsin legislature convened
in extra session at Madison for the pur-
pose of Reproducing the senate and
assembly districts of the state.
Crazed with jealousy because his wife
and SONS had left him, Franz Michae!
Schwah. German laborer in Brooklyn
N. Y shot and killed his wife and fatally
injured his son and grandchild.
The Vulcan coal mine near New
Castle, Col, was wrecked toy terrific
explosion of gas, and all the men en-
ployed in the mine at the time, to the
number of 60, we're instantly killed.
The United Brethren Mutual Aid So
ciety OF Lebanon. Pa, passed into the
hands of Il receiver with heavy liabili-
ties.
Three indians on the Winnebago reser-
vatiOn in Nebraska secured a jug o;
whisky. drank the contents, sank into
0 stupor and were found dead.
Adviccs from Washington say that
the new recruiting system for .ne army,
aided by the hard times of the last few
years. tas resulted in bringing the en-
listed strength up to it's maximum.
Mrs e. u. Bovine. of Hartford, Conn.
was reunited to her husband at San
duslsy. O., after separation OF 81 years.
The annual meeting of the American
Newspaper Publishers association be-
gan in New York city.
A colony of so mechanics and their
families will leave Cleveland, O., to
settle on tract of land in OaXaca, Mex
leo.
Jacob Moser, aged 65 years, shot and
killed in Milwaukee Marguerite Senger,
wife of neighbor, and then committed
suicide. The tragedy was the result of
a quarrel.
Edgar W. Nye, the bill Nye" of the
world of humor, was seriously i'll at
Asheville. N. c..
The boiler of railway locomotive
exploded near Richfield, N. Y, Killing
Engineer John Reach and Fireman
John Lewis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-02-26
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

The Arkansas populists will meet in
Little Rock on July Is to nominate Il
state ticket.
The North Dakota republicans will
meet in Fargo on April Is to select del
egates to the national convention.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-02-26
TIE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatches.
CONGRESSIONAL.

f ft CONGRESSIONAL.
The Proceedings Of the First Session.
The speech Of Senator DAVIS (Minn)
supporting the resolution. of which he Is
the author. enunciating the policy OF the
United States on the Monroe doctrine was
the event of the senate OIL the l1th The
military academy appropriation Dill was
considered and Senator Was (Wis) Of
fered an amendment increasing the num-
Der Of cadet appointments by two at large
from each state. an aggregate OF 30. SEN
ator Mitchell (Ore.) reported on The Della
ware contested election case. recommend
ing that Mr. DupOnt(rep.) be seated. In
the house the agricultural appropriation
bill occupied tho time and an amendment
was pending when the house adjourned
making mandatory the execution of the
provision In the bin for the distribution OF
seed.
In the senate on the 18th tho military
academy and the pension bill t$142, OOO, 900.
were passed. Senator PETERS resolution
for an Investigation of the recent bond
Issue was discussed. but no alton was
taken. In the .,ousc the agricultural ap-
preparation bill ($3 16S, 1922 was passed
after making 1t mandatory upoh the Sec
rotary of agriculture to distribute seeds.
resolution was adopted directing the
committee on ways and means to tnveStf-
gate the effect of the difference of ex-
change betw sen gold and silver standard
countries upon the manufacturing indus
tries OF the United States
In the senate on the 18th Senator Car
ter (Mont) offered q resolution to recon-
nit the tariff bill to the finance commit
tee for further consideration. The diplO-
matte and consular appropriation bill and
about 60 private pension bills were passed.
lin the house the army appropriation
bill. carrying $2S 1902 was passed; the
conference report to the urgent deficiency
bill was adopted: and the bill to extend
for five years the time in which the govern
ment can bring suits to annul patents to
public lands under railroad aGd wagon
road grants was passed.
The resolution for the rec ognilion of the
belligerent rights of the Cuban insurgents
and the alternative resolution for the rec
cgnftioh of Cuban independence were dis
cuSSed in the senate on the goth, Senators
Cameron. Call. Lodge and Morgan speak
ing in favor Of the resolutions. In the
house the conference report on the diplo-
matte and consular bill was agreed to. the
senate amendments to the pension bill
were sent to conference and the indian ap-
preparation bill was taken up. The latter
carries $3.50 9s. or 1872 les than the
law for the current year.
The senate was not In session on the 21st
LIN the house the senate amendments to
the military academy appropriation bill
were cOncurred in. The senate bill to
amend section 1924 of the revised statutes.
relative to the power of the secretary of
the treasury to remit or mitigate fines.
penalties and forfeitures, was passed; also
the senate bill relating to final proof in tim
Der culture entries Mr.. Colson (Ky.) in
Produced resolution to investigate Sec
rotary Carlisles action in declining to ac-
sept certain bid for bonds. Adjourned to
the 24th.
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MISS BARTON SUCCESSFUL.
Porte Assures Her Observation-Disclosures
of the Massacres.

of the Massacres.
Washington, Feb. ia cable dis
patch received at the state department
Tuesday afternoon from Mr.. Alex w.
Terrell, United States minister to Tur-
key, dated at Para, the European quar-
ter Of Constantinople, contained the
intelligence that the efforts of Miss
Clara Barton, president of the Amer
lean National Red Cross society, to oh
tain the permission of the Turkish gov
eminent to distribute relief to the suf-
fering Armenians had been successful.
The decision of the sublime porte not
to allow relief measures to be extended
by the Red Cross society or by it's Off
GERS made it doubtful whether Miss
Barton and her party would succeed in
their object. 1t appears from Mr.. Ter
rell's dispatch that Miss Barton had
been presented by the minister at the
porte and had received renewed assur-
ances of full protection and aid for
her agents in dispensing charity. Her
assistants, says Mr. Terrell. gc at cnce
to the interior. Miss Barton's head
quarters will be at Para. The dispatch
ends with these words: 1.-THE door is
thus opened wide for charity"
New Haven, Conn, Feb 22.-Rev. DR..
Newman Smythe, of Center church, fur
pishes important news with reference
10 the Armenian massacres, as follows:
Letters have been shown me from per-
sons engaged in relief work among the Ar
menians which give the following care
fully prepared statistics concerning the re-
cent massacres by the Turks under the
tolerance Of Christian powers in 1856
These statistics are given in detail for the
several villages In Harpoot province. /
give the summaries as follows:
Bmrned to death. i,46
Preachers and priests killed. .......... 81
Died unprotected in the fields. 1870. 4.s4o
Died from fear. ......................... 669
Wounded 90 S'e IVY
Forcille conversions. ..................15, 066
Women and girls abducted. 5,546
Forcible marriages. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Dol
Churches burned. ........................ ~
Destitute and starving. .................94,25 $50
1.-THE account does not add the number of
English and American cannon with the
cobwebs left over their mouths Other let
tiers say that further maSSacreS are feared
in Harpoot. The Turks say they killed too
few the last time and will kill more in the
next massacre. The Turkish government,
having learned that our missionaries were
giving four or five cents day to the desti-
tute, in some instances have taken this
money away by force of taxes, and from
this cause, the letter adds, many are still
starving and dying.
"Allow me also to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of S125 from students at Yale for the
relief of the family of an Armenian stu
dent at Yale. This money has been for
warded to the American board"
, 1896-04-02
SNAKE STORY FROM FLORIDA.
A Rather Poses as a Mesmerist and
Suffers Death.

Being hypnotized by a snake SENS to
be a little out of the ordinary run Of
hypnotic influences, but a story comes
to the Philadelphia Press from Flor.
ida Of a rattlesnake which at least pos
sessed this power in one instance.
The incident occurred in a small vii
lage of Florida recently. A young girl
, 1896-04-02
London or Kashmir.

A man who had Travelled much. ses-
ing many lands aud varied peoples.
confessed that lie had never felt the
delight Of satisfied curiosity in such
fullness a on the day when b.. first
walked into London. a mere youth. and
stood amid the crowd and shops Of
Regent street. A born wanderer by ma
II and possessed Of the means to
crafty his desires. his fancy had Hxsd
on Kashmir. out Of many places full
Of wonder and romance. a. 4 land
where he should find truest enjoyment.
To foster this idea he avoided all books
that affected to treat Of Kashmir and
refused to believe that anybody had sver
been there. In his imagination he nav
1t a = region Of flowery valleys, soft
wstered meads, peaceful vistas and psr.
pstual sunshine.
BE duly reached Kashmir, and he
has long since returned, q thing he once
thought might never happen. OF Kash-
mir he speaks reasonably and with
calm appreciation. but ask him to tell
again Of how he first came to London,
and in answering his voice takes q tone
Of enthusiasm and mystery. He refuses
to sully the recollection BY analysis or
dim It by any later Observation-Disclosures. He
was young then, and it was London
Chambers' journal.
, 1896-04-02
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

H. G. Balch is home from a trip to
Zion.
Father Cummiskey went over to the
capital today.
VIM. Lawrence has returned to his
home In Denver.
Rev. C. o. Anderson and family left
today for Kimball, Nebraska.
Miss Grace Raymond Hebard, secre-
tary Of the university board, returned
from Cheyenne on the morning train.
Daniel johnson of the upper Big
Laramie returned from the Pacific
coast this morning and will go out to
the ranch AT once.
Yardmaster Jordan and wife left on
the morning train for Zion. 1t is not
improbable that they will extend their
visit to California before returning to
the Gem City.
, 1896-04-02
GRIZZLY MENTIONED.

For fine watch repairing 20 to Carter.
In spite Of the hard times, Brown
manages to set the best table.
Two Cripple Creek miners hired a
team in Laramie yesterday morning
and left for Rand, Colo.
Mr.. Kleiser will give an entertain
ment of a superior order at the Metho-
dist church Saturday evening. He Is a
reader of ARE ability.
Cards are out for The coming mar
riage of T. S. Taliaferro Of Green River
TO Miss Lucy Ramsey of Alexandra,
Va. on the 18th of this month.
The American Economist of March
u contains as a frontispiece an excel
lent photo-engraving of Hon. Frank
w. Mondell, our able and handsome
congressman.
The reception and banquet to be
given to The department commanders,
Col. n. J. O'Brien and Mrs. Anna B.
Holiday. will take place at North Star
hall Monday evening.
The services at st. Matthews pro-
cathedral tomorrow Good Friday
will be as follows: s a.. M, Litany and
way of the cross; 10 a. m, Mathis,
Ante Communion and Reproaches; -
IN. to 3 p. m, three hours service; Ais
p. m. children's service: 7:3O p. M.
evensong with sermon
The Ancient Order of Hibernians are
making great preparations for their
dance. to be given at Maennerchor hall
next Monday evening. Nothing will be
left undone by the arrangements COM
mittee to make the affair a grand sue
cess in every detail. The guests Of the
society will be made to feel at home
and will enjoy a pleasant evening.
Joe Cranwell and viii Goetz, two
old-time Cheyenne printers, came over
from Cheyenne this morning and are
today shaking hands with their many
friends in this city. Tomorrow they
will proceed on their way to Honolulu,
where situations are awaiting them on
the Star, of which paper Ed Towse, a
former well-known newspaper man of
Wyoming is the editor.