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The Virginia enterprise., 1897-03-26
ORE POOL GOES TO PIECES.

ORE POOL GOES TO PIECES.
A dispatch from Cleveland on
Tuesday announces that after
several postponelnents the much
talked of meeting of the Besse-
mer Iron Association, known as
the ore pool, was held there on
that date. The meeting was
fruitless of results, it being de-
cided that no further effort to
reach an agreement would avail,
and the association Was formally
dissolved.
The big interests of the Min.
nesota ranges, the Rockefeller.
Carnegie interest and the Minne-
sofa Iron company were unable
to agree, and it was announced
after the meeting that the differ
ent companies on the Mesaba
would make preparations imme-
diately for the sale of ore and for
a production suited to their ideas
of the demands of the market.
irrespective of what might be
done by the owners of mines on
the older ranges. This means
lower price for ore and a greater
production than would have pre-
vailed if all the com mpanies were
included in the pool, An effort
is being made to effect an agree
ment between the producers of
all ranges aside from the Mesaba
but it is doubted if such agree ii
ment can be reached.
It is thought that one serious
effect of the breaking up of the
ore association will pe a reduc-
ton in the wages of labor, which
in some cases has already taken
place, and in others is likely to
occur. Strikes and labor riots
are apprehended by some, and in
case of an attempt to reduce the
wage scale below the already low
rate these fears are wellfOunded.
A few of the producing interests,
however, including the Rookie.
feller interests on both the Me-
saba and Gogebic ranges, have
announced that they do not in
tend to make any reduction in
wages no matter to what price
ore may fall.
1t is predicted that the failure
of producers to agree upon a
price for ore will cause a boom
in the iron business, as many of
the furnace owners are said to
have been holding off in the ex-
pectation that something definite
would be agreed upon, and they
will now resume operations.
TEMPLE LADIES' QUARTETTE.
Of the Temple Ladies' Quar-
tette, the Duluth Herald of re.
cent date says:
1.-THE concert by the Temple
Quartette at the Bethel last eve
ming was one of the very best in
the Peoples concert series of
this year. The hall was filed.
The quartette u is composed of
Miss Louden, first soprano; Miss
Farrell, second soprano; Miss
Shannon, first alto, and Miss
Stoughton, second alto. They
had been heard a number of
times before this and already
established themselves as favor
ties, but if they had not last eve
ning's concert would have done
it. Their voices blend admira-
bly, and there is perfect even
ness. The shading is excellent
and an artistic finish is revealed
which makes their singing de
light. It would be difficult to dis:
tinguish the best number, but
most of the audience would prob
ably have selected 20, Softly
Dream" by Mohring, if compell
ed to make a choice, Home,
! T.. - 1.
The Virginia enterprise., 1897-03-26

5en u'"O ICUA-up Ill Europe
with a protracted war at the end
would doubtless be a great boon
to this country. but the chances
are that, Notwithstanding the roar
of the British lion and the growl
of the Russian bear. amicable ar.
engagements will yet be made to
fry the fat out of Greece without
resorting to extreme measures.
The Bessie mine at Humbolt
which has been operated since
January last by the Common
wealth Iron Co Commonwealth,
closed down last Friday. The
property has been thoroughly
explored, resulting in finding
only one deposit of ore 4Ox15
feet in size. No ore has been
hoisted. as the company decided
not to go to the expense until the
extent of the deposit is deter.
mined. The new machinery put
in will be removed at once. The
company is about $4,000 out by
it's test of the property.-Iron
Mountain Press.
The company owning the
Ridge copper mine at Rockland
in Ontonagon county has decided
to resume operations which were
suspended ten years ago. Fifty
thousand dollars will lie expend.
for a new equipment of machine
ry, sinking fourth shaft and
extending the drafts fa.: enough
westward to open up substanti
ally a new mine. After the
mine has been unwatered work
will be furnished $50 to 200
men.
Rock H. Charming. who will be
pleasantly remembered by the
Iron Mountain friends as a rep
resentative of the Northern Min
eral Mining and Smelling COM
pany, mas been elected supervi-
sor of the township of Missabe
Mountain, MINI. Rock is now
superintendent of the Genoa
mine at Eveleth. Press.
Gen. Manager P. w. Scott
came over from Virginia to look
after his interests about Hibbing.
He has an option on the miner
al belt east of this place near the
Longyear property, where he
expects to do considerable ex-
ploration work. He has three
pits already in ore and one drill
hole in which over 100 feet of
good ore has already been shown
up. Capt. Cole is doing the
dril)ing.-News.
The Reeves mine tax bill was
formally passed by the House OF
Representatives On Tuesday. The
iron interests of Minnesota have
no cause to extend thanks to the
predominant granger element OF
the state Legislature for the ev;.
dent solicitude displayed in this
latest attempt to hamper an al.
ready weakening industry.
It is reported that the Duluth,
Missabe & Northern Railroad Co
may this year carry out their
original plan of building a coal
and merchandise dock, near the
company's ore docks.
Work will be resumed at the
Mahoning about April 1st.
Messers. Crockett & Stevens
have practically completed their
who'd contract ar tho Adams
This firm has put in over 5000
cords of wood the past winter.
The Genoa mas a stockpile OF
over 100000 tons, and employs
some $50 men.
MICH cows FOR SALE.
Rermen Stolberg left on Wed
nesday for the farm districts,
where he will purchase carload
The Virginia enterprise., 1897-03-26
CARYE MT POSSUM,

M. F. Barber, the genial agent
for the Lake Superior Powder
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Official Paper, City Of Virginia.
CITY Officials.

Mayor, JOHN G. JACKSON.
Recorder, JOHN CosTlN, JR.,
Treasurer, J. r. JAMES,
ALDERMEN
2. K. BROWN, w, g. CARR,
S. SAX, GUST. JOHNSON
T.. A. CoFFEy, J, +. CAMERON,
JOHN BYRNE, G. A. LUNDsrROM.
Municipal Judge, CHAs. f. NELSON,
Clerk OF Court, AXEL f. CARLSON.
JUSTICES.
II. ]. EATON, VIVIAN PRINCE,
JAMES MCGINDLEY,
Chief Of Police, JAMES MCALpINE.
Street Commissioner, HENRY KING,
Chief of Fire Department. NJ. SCoLLARp,
Secretary Fire Dept, A. f. BICKFoRD.
The Mails.
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ARRIVE
D., NJ. & N. Ry.
Duluth and West Superior. .......... l0:45 a m
D. & I. II. Ry.,
Tower and dEly................ ...... 10;30 m
Duluth. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. TAO p m
DEPART.
D. & I. r. Observation-Disclosures. -. 7:48 q m
D., NJ. & N. Ry.............. >. ...... 12:40 p m
D. & l. r. Ry to Diwabik, Tower
and Ely............ 4:l5p m
Tho mail closes Is minutes before train
time on D., NJ. & N. and so minutes before
train departure over the D. & I. r.
E. C. BURKE, Postmaster
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THE VIRGINIA. ENTERPRISE.

Entered ut the Post Otfice ut Virginia, Mimi,
as second class mail matter. r.
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Terms, s2Per Year, in Advance.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-08
SAID TO BE 4 PRINCE Of SWINDLERS.
New YorkPo to


NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The police say
that Emmett c. Gibson, also known as
George A. Sherin, who was arrested to-
day and is now prisoner at ponce
headquarters, is the most accomplished
bogus check and hotel swindler in the
country Gibson, according to the
police, has succeeded, bys means OF for-
gerry, bogus checks and dealings IN
stocks and bonds and playing his Wlles
upon f1rst-class hetelkeepers during the
last four years, in getting and spending
in the neighborhood of 500, 900. Among
his victims, according to Police captain
McClusky, are Henry CIews and John
Wanamaker The police have been get
ting complaints from different flrst-
class hotels in this city,sfor many days
back Bogus checks We're laid down
by Gibson in payment sef board bills:
The checks We're honored in almost
every case, their worthiessness only
coming to light when he. had made hlm-
self scarce. Complaints also reached
headquarters from the police OF other
cities, both in the West and the East,
and the police recognized Gibson's
handiwork.
Detectives were put on the Clews
case and they located Gibson at the
hotel Bartholdi. They did not find him
in when they went to the hotel yester-
day to bag the game. He was, how
ever, found in the Grand hotel. The
detectives saw a tall, slim. sharp-fea-
tured man, with blue eyes, high fore
head and blonde whiskers. He was
well dressed and very cool when the
officers invited him to take stroll to
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police headquarters, protesting that the
police had made a mistake. At police
headquarters he described himself as
Emmett c. Gibson, unmarried, thirty
nine years old, of the Bartholdi hotel,
and native of this country. He said
he was vice president of the Akron
Street Railway company, OF Akron, o.,
a lawyer, and once upon time judge
in an Ohio town.
The specific complaint entered on
the blotter against him was made by
the auditor of the Imperial hotel. He
alleges that Gibson was guest at
the hotel in August, of last year, and
presented a worthless check for $500
in payment of a $265 board bill. Glib
son laid down" the check and went
away with the balance in cash. He
was seen no more at the Imperial.
"Gibson had an Office in the Mills
building not long ago. said Capt. Nc
Cluskey 1T was handsomely appoint
ed. He talked about his connection
with the Akron Street Railway COM
pany as a winning card to gain conf
dence. He won over even Mr.. Henry
Clews. In fact, his office was next to
Mr.. Clews. When he had wormed
himself into Mr.. Clews good graces,
he calmly laid down with him $1,000
check. Mr.. CleWS caShed II only TO
discover how worthless it was, but
Gibson had gone. A paddock was put
on his office door. Gibson met Mr..
Wanamaker in Philadelphia some time
ago, and the dry goods man was at
tracted by him. Gibson suggested a
paper to be started and run by him
in the interest of Mr.. Wanamaker's
"Good idea Mr. Wanamaker said
to Gibson, and a plant was purchased.
The next thing Mr.. Wanamaker knew,
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-08

Gibson had sold the plant for several
thousand dollars, and Philadelphia has
not known him since, so far as [ know.
| have not yet a definite idea of the
amount of Gibson's swindles | am
told that they will foot up to more
than 100000 in four years, and he op-
Grated in both the East and the West.
Among the hotels here at which
Gibson stopped and presented his
bogus checks were The Netherlands,
the Fifth Avenue and the Imperial.
He beat the hotel Netherlands out of
an $50 board bill on July "a last He
stopped one day at the Fifth Avenue
and check was cashed for him.
When he paid his bill he managed TO
get a SO rebate, and the Fifth Avenue
saw him no more"
Capt. McCluskey enumerates among
the hotels which have suffered from
Gibson's patronages the Parker house,
Boston; the Hollenden. Cleveland; the
Stratford, Philadelphia; the Bristol
Inn, Akron, o., and the Cadillac, and
the Lincoln, Pittsburg A widow in
Cleveland is said to have been de-
frauded of $4,000 by Gibson Among
the papers found on him were papers
in a suit instituted against him by the
German-American bank, of Pittsburg
AhRON, u, Ocl. rl.-Efnnett =. CID
son organized the Akron Street Rail-
way and Illuminating company of this
city about two years ago. At a meet
ing of the directors of the company
last January he was removed as presi-
dent and became vice president of the
company. He was formerly located at
Chicago. where he had an Office, and
was known as speculator. Later he
moved to New York and opened an Of
fee on Broad street. in the Mills build
ing.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-08
Street Car Company Refuses to Accept the Selby
Avenue Ordinance Changing the Cable.
WIFI Hurt The Bonds.
CUT orr Some Revenue
and Cost Some Money.
The Assembly Inclined to Retaliate Through the
Fourth Street Paving, But the Aldermen Hold
Back-Text of the Presidents Communication.

way, the thing might as we'll be tested
now as not.
Aid. Kenny thought the Seventh ward
alderman was only looking for the in
terests of the Seventh ward, and if the
company would agree to change the
Selby avenue line, a resolution would
be introduced at the next meeting, al
lowing the granite pavement to remain
in it's present condition for two or three
years more.
Aid Sanborn replied that it would be
time enough to talk about that matter
when the time came.
The motion to refer to the committee
on streets was carried by vote of 9
to 1, Aid. Sanborn voting against the
reference.
NO CONSIDERATION" NEEDED.
The assembly, which held a regular
session Immediately after the adjourn
nIent Of the board, also took whirl at
the paving of Fourth street. The same
play was made in the assembly as in
the board that there was no practical
use of rushing the paving resolution
through, but the measure was passed
after some discussion with but one
dissenting vote.
Assemblyman Albrecht introduced
resolution of the same purport as the
one introduced by Aid Sanborn in the
board, and asked for it's passage. No
useful purpose, Mr.. Albrecht said,
could be subserved by referring the
resolution to the committee on streets,
which motion had been made by Mr..
kirke.
Mr.. Johnson said he rose to point
of order and explained that his point
was that the motion to refer took pre-
cedence. Mr.. Johnson took the same
n
other members of the board of alder
men that the resolution should not be
rushed through until it was thoroughly
understood. Measures of such i'm
portance should not be passed after
hurried reading. Mr.. Thompson
thought drastic measures should be
taken to compel the street railway to
do something. The public, he said,
were tired of the talking and wanted
some action taken by the council.
Mr.. Dix also insisted on the resolu
ton being passed at the meeting.
Corporation Attorney Markham ex-
planned the details of the contract so
called entered into between the board
of public works and the street railway
company in May, 1895, in which the
company agreed to pave the street
with standard granite. He thought
the council had not the power to grant
a perpetual franchise for the cable line,
and questioned, under decision of the
supreme court, whether the franchise
granted for the cable line was a valid
one. If the idea was to force the COM
pany to pave the street with asphalt
then the resolution was a proper one,
and, if the company refused to do SO,
it might be sufficient grounds to for
felt the franchise granted for the cable
line.
On the motion of Mr.. Kirke to refer
the vote was to 2, Messrs. Johnson
and Kirke favoring such action. The
resolution was then passed by vote Of
6 to 1, Mr.. Johnson being the only one
to oppose it. The absentees were
Messrs. DAILY and Arosin.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-08
KL0NDIKE DlE'TaL may NOT BE GOLD
Dr. Emmens' Statement That He Is Transforming Silver
Causes Director of the Mint Preston TO Theorize.

CHICAGO, Oct IA Washington
special to the Inter Ocean says: The
director of the mint has not yet recov-
cred from the shock he received last
week from the visit of Dr. Emmens,
of New York, and the statement the
doctor made that he was Transforming
silver into gold and selling the product
to assay Offices in New York.
Mr. Preston is not a gullible man
when it comes to such things, but last
spring he had no hesitancy about TAX
ing up Prof. Bryce's proposition to ap-
point a board of experts to test his
process of making gold from base met
al But he is very glad that he is not
called upon to demonstrate that Dr
Emmens is a crank, or that he does
not know what he is talking about.
Mr. Preston finds no satisfaction in
ridiculing the claim of Dr. Emmens
that he has discovered d process by
which he can transform silver into gold,
for the fact remains that the doctor
has sold the mint through she best as
sayer in the government employ more
than $1,000 worth of a metal which was
accepted as gold because it bore all
the tests of gold There is also the
doctors promise to furnish the gov
ernment with $4,000 worth of this metal
in the next two months and $4,000
ounces month next year.
1t is not joke with Director Pres
ton; either he is buying gold from DR..
Emmens or he is not, and if not he
has no one to blame except the assayer
and the tests adopted for determining
what is gold. There is in this PROPOSE
ton of DR.. Emmens the bare possibili-
ty that new and better methods of as
saying gold shall have to be adopted.
The doctor has the best end of the
al as the product from Mexican silver
dollars, and leaves it to the govern
ment to determine it's value, and he is
willing to furnish the government un-
limited quantities of this metal claim
ing that he can do it at profit so long
as the government pays him in gold
pieces for it. He does not want to sell
his secret in fact, says he will not part
with it, and the government cannot
compel him to do so. He has his COM
pany organized, and each stockholder
is pledged not to sell his stock.
Mr. Preston thinks it looks like a
clear business proposition; and either
the government is being sWindled
through it's own faulty assay of the
metal or DR.. Emmens is producing
gold from some other metal. The di-
rector of the mint acknowledges that he
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-08
Senorita Cisnercs Free.
Girl Patriot Makes Her Escape
From a Spanish Prison.

HAVANA, Oct. THE beautiful
young Cuban patriot, Senorita Evange-
lima Cossio Cisneros, heroine of the
sensational adventure with the Spanish
governor of the Isle of Pines, has es-
capped from the Casa de Recogidas
(house Of scrapings), where she had
been confined for several months on
charge of conspiracy against the crown
of Spain and of an attempt upon the
life of Gov. Berez, governor of the Isle
of Pines.
According to the statements of the
jailers or attendants, she made her es-
cape some time last night At this
mornings roll call she was missing,
and when search was made for her the
attendants found that one of the iron
bars of the room in which she had
been confined had been filed and bent
outward The bar could not have been
moved except by a great outlay of
strength and all the circumstances go
to prove the cooperation of outsiders
in her escape. The authorities have not
yet secured any clue as to the where
abouts of Senorita Evangelina. Sew
eral of the employees of the establish
ment have been arrested.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-08

is puzzled. He also admits that he can
see no way of showing that this
metal is not gold without at the same
time showing that much of the gold
from the mines deposited in the mints
is also baser metal, for the same test
is applied to all.
DR.. Emmens' metal is about the same
color as the Klondike gold which Mr..
Preston has received considerably
lighter in color than the California gold,
and the doctors metal assays about the
same, only a little lower than the
Klondike gold The doctors metal is
valued at from $13 to $l4 an ounce, the
Klondike gold at from $14 to SIS an
ounce. Both carry considerable silver,
and that explains why they are of
lighter color and of about the same
value.
The similarity of the two products,
that from DR.. Emmens' laboratory on
Staten island and the gold from Alaska,
suggests to Mr.. Preston that perhaps
they have been produced from the same
causes DR.. Emmens says:
Take a Mexican silver dollar and
dispose it in an apparatus. which will
prevent expansion or flow, then sub
ject it to heavy, rapid and continuous
beating under conditions of cold such
as to prevent even temporary rise OF
temperature when the blows are
struck. Test the material hour by hour,
and at length you will find more than
trace of gold"
He says his secret is that of sub
jecting silver to this heavy, rapid and
continuous beating without increasing
the temperature to expand the metal
1t is as cold or even colder Immediately
after the beating as before, and he
claims to have a force engine capable
of producing pressures exceeding 500
tons per square inch, and that he can
put this enormous pressure upon the
metal without increasing the tempera-
ture.
This theory has suggested to the di-
rector of the mint that the Klondike
gold may have been produced in like
manner. 1t is in the arctic region and
from glacial drift. There was accord
ing to the geologists, heavy, rapid, and
continuous pounding among the glac-
iers of the arctic region at one time,
and it ground the rocks into powder,
which has since flowed down the noun
tain sides and frozen In the sand and
mud.
Mr.. Preston has not developed his
theory, but DR.. Emmens' explanation Of
how to produce gold from silver sug-
gests to him that nature may have had
just such a laboratory as DR.. Emmens'
up in the arctic region some thousands
of years ago, and that it produced and
stored the Klondike gold, and this
theory, wild as it may seem, is another
troublesome one to the director e +He
mint for if he should succeed in demon
strating that Dr. Emmens arge1..e.. -
men gold is not god, he may also dem
orstrate by the same method that the
Klondike gold is not gold, but some
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-08
Tamfnany Boss Beaten.
Forced to Accept the Will of
tn, Machine Leaders.

NEW YORK, Oct. THE most i'm
portant political events of today were
the yielding of Richard Croker to the
demand of nearly all the (other) Tam
many leaders that the nomination Of
Thomas F. Grady, for district attorney
of New York county, be not forced
upon them, and the withdrawal of ia
cob Rupert Jr., the Tammany candi-
date for president of the council of
Greater New York. This ticket, pre-
pared by the executive committee, was
subsequently nominated by the county
convention: Sheriff, Thomas Dunn; dis
trict attorney, Asa Bird Gardiner; reg
lister, Isaac Frommes; county clerk.
William Sohmer; supreme court Judges,
Francis M. Scott and Charles H. Van
Brunt; city court judges, John FL. Nc
Carthy and Edward F. O'Dwyer; pres
ident of the borough, Augustus w. Pc
ters; coroners, Edward L. Fitzpatrick,
w. w Hart, Jacob E. Bouch and An
tonic yucca.
The Republican convention of New
York county tonight nominated this
ticket: Judges of the supreme court,
Charles H. Van Brunt and Thomas AL
lison; judges of the city court, Elisha
K Camp and Henry G. Boety; sheriff,
Thomas L. Hamilton; county clerk,
Gen. James R. Obeirne; register, George
H. Van Setback; district attorney, Will
lam K. Olcott.
The National (golO Democracy,
which failed to make nominations last
week on account of a rumored deal
with Tammany hall. held it's city, coun-
ty and borough conventions tonight in
Cooper Union. The city convention
indorsed the nominees of the citizens
union for city officers, and the borough
and county conventions indorsed the
nominees of Tammany hall. This lat
ter action was taken because Corpora
ton Counsel Scott had been nominated
for judge of the supreme court by
Tammany hall
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-08

baser metal, and that the millions of
it now being delivered to the San Fan
cisco mint may be no better than ar
gentarumen. 1t would swamp the mint
and upset the gold standard.
There is no question about DR.. En-
mems having disturbed the theories of
Director Preston, and he is not one of
those who can find an explanation for
the doctors claims that will not also
upset every security we have in gold
as a royal, metal. But Dr. Emmens has
puzzled such men as Prof Crookes, the
inventor of the Crookes' tube, which
produces the X-ray, and it may not be
unreasonable that he should also puz-
zle the director of the mint.