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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
Packing Plant Leased.

Swift & Co., the big meat packers of
Chicago, have taken long lease of the
packing plant at South st. Paul This
move of Swift is along the line of Ar
mour & Co., who have for some time
been killing for them their beef for the
local trade. For years the big Chi
cago houses have been buying beef on
the hoof in the northwest, and have
shipped it to Chicago. killed and
dressed it there and shipped it back to
sell. This was an expensive process.
But the packers would rather do it
than establish plants in the Twin
Cities and recognize that point as a
packing center. Of course, this state
of affairs could not last forever, and it
now looks very much as if the break
had come.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
The states RehuttaI.

Chicago, Oct. 0. = The evidence for
the prosecution in the Luetgert trial is
now before the jury. The state rested
its case Friday afternoon. The closing
testimony was of the same impeaching
character as that which marked the evil
dence of the preceding day. Prof.
George Dorsey had his innings during
the afternoon session, and he made mat
tiers unpleasantly warm for DR.. Airport.
Dorsey called attention to the fact that
during his examination Airport had
identified the femur of a gorilla as
that of man; that he identified hui
man femur as hogs femur; had de-
clared that the sesamoid of a buffalo
was the patella of dog, and had given
it as his opinion that piece of tenn
poral bone of shepherd dog was the
temporal of monkey. Ex-Judge Vim
cent cross-examined the witness briefly
without material benefit and let him go.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
Dead.


Samuel j. r. Mcmillan, senator from
Minnesota from 1875 to 1887, died at
his residence in St Paul, Oct. 3. Death
was due to an aneamic condition of the
blood.
Senator Mcmillan was born in
Brownsville, Pa, in 1926. on the ami
versary of the birth of the illustrious
Washington. During his infancy his
parents removed to Pittsburg, and at
90 he graduated from Du Quesne col
lege. since merged in the Western Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
He moved to Saltwater, and in 1856
went to st. Paul In 1864 he was APP
pointed associate justice of the SUI
preme court, and in 1874 was chosen
chief justice.
During his service in the senate, Mr..
Mcmillan was chairman of the COM
mittee on claims, and afterwards sue
ceeded Roscoe Conkling as chairman
of the committee on commerce. He
also served on the judiciary committee,
where his professional attachments
won him high place in the counsels
of the senate, and on the committee
on revolutionary claims.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
YOSEMITE VALLEY.
Plan to Abolish the Toll Roads Lead
ing to the Park.

Plan to Abolish the Toll Roads Lead.
ing to the Park.
AT recent meeting of the Yosemite
commission in San Francisco the abo-
lition of the toll roads leading to the
valley, so that free access may be
obtained, was brought up by
State Vice President Kinney. All
four roads, he said, were pri-
vate property, which should be
appraised and purchased by the gov
eminent. To this end letter had been
prepared directed to the secretary of
the interior, the governor and the Cali
fornia representation in both houses
of congress. The communication re-
ceived the approval of the commission,
and was directed to be mailed to all
concerned. It starts out by calling at
tention to the hardship caused by all
visitors to the Yosemite valley and the
National park by reason of the roads
leading to and within the National
park being all private toll roads. But
while the state of California had ex-
tinguished the private tolls within the
Yosemite grant, all access to the val
ley is over and across the Yosemite
National park, which is under federal
Jurisdiction. There are four toll roads
in this park. OF this the Big Oak fiat
road is 33 miles long, 20 miles of which
are in the National park. It's esti-
mated cost is $1,000, and the toll
charged is two cents. The length of
the Tioga road is given at sc miles, of
which 4S miles are in federal jurisdic-
ton. It's cost is estimated at $62, 900.
''The policy of the national govern
1nent," continues the letter, has been
repeatedly declared in reports of
various secretaries of the interior to
the senate and house, and in a bill
passed by the senate of the United
States May Is, 1896. to be that these
roads shall be made free public high
ways in and to the National park, just
as California has purchased and made
free roads in the Yosemite state grant.
The federal government has set apart
a number of national parks, to all of
which, excepting the Yosemite National
park, it has given due and proper con-
sideration For two of these parks.
to wit, the National Yellowstone park
and the Chattanooga National Military
park, sums aggregating 100000 in
each case have been appropriated,
largely due to facilitate access to them.
The Yosemite National park has great
beauties and attractions, yet it has been
neglected and no access can be had to
ii except over private roads and by
the payment of toll.
THE commission urges immediate
action, and believes it should be taken
at the next session of congress. To
secure this, an impartial body of men
should estimate upon and fix the value
of the roads named, and the owners
should consent in writing to sell the
roads for their appraised value. st.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
Cleveland street,. Flooded.

Cleveland, o., Oct. 9. The biggest
water main in the city broke with a
crashing noise in the downtown dis
trict Friday and practically paralyzed
business in that part of the city. The
break occurred at the corner of ST. Clair
and Bond streets. Paving stones and
dirt shot into the air and the column of
water rose 80 feet above the sidewalk
The entire street was soon flooded to
the depth of three feet and the base
ments of every house and business
block were flooded. 1t was fully an hour
before the water could be turned off,
The damage will amount to thousands
of dollars.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
TOO MUCH FOR SPAIN.
View of Situation as Given by the
Cuban Insurgents.


New York, Oct. 7.-Tomas Estrada
Palma. chief of the Cuban junta. has
just received letter from Gen. Gomez.
commander in chief of the Cuban army.
"Weyler's successor in Cuba" writes the
general. "in order to cope with the rebel
lion at its present standing will be
obliged to demand 100000 troops and $780,
OOO,0 600 and even then he will fail as ig-
ANONYMOUSLY as Weyler has failed.
Our men were never imbued with
more hopeful spirit than they are at pres
ent. The campaign In Las Villas has been
an utter failure. The Spanish soldiers
avoided us at every possible opportunity.
This served to encourage our men. am
glad to say that we are all confident Of
ultimate success. II Weyler be recalled
his successor here, whatsoever he may be,
will be surprised to see the spirit OF VIC
tory which animates the brave Cuban
troops. We cannot be subdued and no one
knows this better than Weyler."
With the Gomez letter was one from
Gen. Calixto Garcia, who commands the
troops in the eastern provinces. 1t gave
some particulars concerning the cap
ture of Las Tunis on August 30 last.
1.-THE dynamite gun which you sent u.s."
writes Gen. Garcia, played an important
part in the capture of Las Tunis. It's de-
structive shells spread terror through the
Spanish troops We besieged it for three
days, when it finally surrendered. We
found many of the troops in a terrible con-
dition. At least 100 men fell victims to the
dynamite shells, a good many more being
badly wounded. The rest of the 500 men
were in an utterly demoralized condition
when the Spanish flag was hauled down.
Our losses numbered 60 men. All the sick
and wounded Spaniards were sent to hos
pitfalls and given every possible attention.
The prisoners were all released.
eff we had a few more dynamite guns,
we should soon end the war. Reports of it's
destructive work here have spread all
through Cuba and have disheartened the
Spanish soldiers"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
Delays Her Answer.

London, Oct. s. = Arrangements
have been made to hold an informal con-
ference between the chancellor of the
exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach,
and other British officials on the one
side and the United States monetary
commissioners and Col. Hay, the United
States ambassador. on the other side,
for the purpose of securing more def
mite understanding as to what the
United States and France expect. Con-
sequently the British government will
be unable to fulfill the promise of the
chancellor of the exchequer to give the
United States commissioners a reply
during the present month, and the de-
lay will possibly last some weeks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
THE BLUE GLASS CRAZE.
A Washington Reminder of a Fad
That Swept the Country.

~
That Swept the Country.
Up on Capitol Hill, in a house in one
of the quiet streets, there is window
which, venture to say, is the only sur
vival in all Washington of a craze
which once swept the country.
1t is window of blue glass.
of plain, undecorated blue glass.
It must be 20 years, at least, since
somebody gave to the world the in
formation that blue rays were health
rays, and that to sit in light falling
through blue glass would cure you of
almost anything you happened to
have. 1t would cure even nervous
prostration and appendicitis, though
believe neither of those aristocratic
complaints was in fashion then. Half
of the houses one passed had blue
window. There were even blue glass
sun parlors, and invalids basked in the
CHASTITY light, and many of them
regained their health, till somebody
proved the blue-glass idea to be utter
nonsense, when, of course, they dis
covered that they hadn't really been
helped at all. I dare say that blue
glass window has been there on Capitol
Hill for a score of years, and some day
I mean to make SO bold as to ring the
bell of the house it belongs to and find
out all about it.
The blue-glass craze is dead these 20
years, nearly, but over in Virginia they
still laugh at certain Virginia con-
gresham because of that old fad. The
congressman's wife-he wasn't con-
gresham then, by the way = was
not in good health. She had gone
to the springs for little visit,
and during her absence her hus-
band heard of the blue-glass cure.
There was none of the magic glass to be
had in the village in which they lived,
and to send to Washington for it would
involve delay as well as expense. The
future congressman was then, as he is
now, a man of resource. He bought
pot of blue paint, and gave the glass of
his wife's sitting-room coat of it. He
gave the sashes coat, too, and he lib
orally sprinkled the carpet with the
paint, but when all was done he found
that no light penetrated the painted
glass. He had his trouble for his
pains. More than that, he had to hire
somebody to scrape the paint off and
repaint the sash, and what the story of
It has cost him in cigars since goodness
only knows.-WashingtO n Post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
A Mandamus.

Judge Russell, of Minneapolis, has
granted James c. HAYES, the deputy
oil inspector appointed by 81. w. Foote
and removed by F. C. Barrows. his sue
cessor, peremptory writ of manda-
mus, compelling the last named to re-
store HAYES to his position. Judge
Russell granted an alternative writ of
mandamrs May 25, but the present in
spector failed to respond, and the per-
emptory writ is accordingly issued.
Assistant Attorney General Edgerton
has filed notice of an appeal to the SUI
preme court. HAYES was an old SOL
der and pressed his claim under the
new law giving veterans the prefer
ence in public positions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
Satisfaction to the queen.

They have quaint ideas of the de-
mands of loyalty in the far east. Some
years ago an English official in India
was robbed, and due complaint was
made. After some months the emir
of the district reported: "The natter
you mention has been thoroughly in-
vestigated, and not only have the rob-
bers been put to death, but all their
children, as well as their fathers and
grandfathers. I hope this will give
satisfaction to her majesty the queen
Detroit Free Press. J
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
Big Yield of Corn.

Orrin Pike, who lives three miles
south of Rochester, can boast of the
greatest yield of corn reported this
fall in southern Minnesota. He ex-
hibited three stalks, on which were
six ears of dent corn. There was one
large stalk, the parent, and two suck
ers. all three the product of one kernel.
This was demonstrated to skeptic
when the stalks were broken apart
and shown to have grown from the
large central stalk. There were 2, 1854
kernels of corn on the ears, every one
of which appeared perfect. This is a
new variety of dent corn. though it is
sometimes noticed in sweet corn, yet
it is seldom that suckers produce any
thing but nubbins.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
News IN Brief.

August Anderson. mill employee at
Minneapolis, while on his way to work,
was run down by a bicycle scorcher
and so severely injured that death en-
sued. The scorcher escaped.
While Mrs. Reynolds was absent
from her home at Osseo, the building
caught fire and her nine months old
child was burned to death. A barn,
with 40 tons of hay, was also burned.
The Great Northern railway threat
ems to move its depot at Morris mile
west of town. Each freight train now
has to be cut in three sections to keep
the street crossings open.
The old Northern Pacific depot at
Little Falls and several cars were
burned. The depot was full of freight
and considerable baggage was stored
there. The fire was the work of
tramps.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
Rise in Silver.

New York, Oct. 9. = Silver scored a
rise of one penny to 81 pence in London
Friday, and two cents to So cents in
New York. Bullion dealers are unable
to assign any other cause for the rise
than the scarcity of supplies. The In
dian demand of late has been quite
heavy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
Wages Voluntarily RAISED.

Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 7.-Three coal
mining companies here-the Standard,
the Dora, Elliott & Darlington. Melon
aid and Carbon Hill-employing 1000
coal miners-have voluntarily advanced
wages ten to twenty per cent
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
Honor for Hoke smith

Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 9. = Hon. Hoke
Smith, former secretary of the interior,
has been elected president of the board
of education of this city, to succeed
Judge Howard Van Epps, resigned. Mr..
Smiths election was unanimous. He
represents the Sixth ward on the board
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
Tidal Wave of Gold.

New York, Oct. 9.-On Friday the
total engagements of gold in London
and Paris for shipment to this city were
announced to be S3,s50,OoO, making the
total for the movement since September
30 S8.15O.OOO.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
Obedient Youth.

Didn't 1 tell you that if you went
swimming again l would punish your"
asked the stern father.
81 didn't forget" replied Johnnie,
whose hair was dripping. "but can't
swim q stroke. Free Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
WIN Coin No More Silver.

Paris, Oct. s.-The European edition
of the New York Herald asserts that the
Indian government declines to reopen
the Indian mints to silver.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
Disaster In a Mine,

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. GA heavy ex-
plosion of gas occurred in No. slope
of the Parrish Coal company at Plym-
outh Tuesday afternoon, by which three
men lost their lives
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
Ex-Congressman Dead.

Scranton, Pa, Oct. S.-Hon. Lemuel
zimmerman, of this city, capitalist
and ex-congressman. died suddenly of
heart disease Thursday afternoon at
Plossburg, Tioga county.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
Jumping Cocoon..

Some of our readers who have been
in Mexico, or the southwestern United
States, may have amused themselves
by watching the queer motions of
jumping BEANS which are the seed
vessels of plant, each of which oon-
tains the pupa of an insect whose
spasmodic movements cause the beam
to hop and roll about. More remarka-
BILE are the jumping cocoons," recentl
ly described by DIR. Sharp and found in
South Africa. The cocoon is formed
by the mother insect, and is very hard.-
The pupa, when ready to emerge, must
cut it's way out The front of its head
has sharp chisei edge. and by driV-
ing this against the inside of the she'll
it gradually makes a hole. The yio-
lent motions of the pupa within cause
the cocoon to leap SO that one has been
seen to spring out of small glass
bler.-EntomOlogist
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
Beet sugar Seed.

The report of State Treasurer Koer-
ner on the legislatures sugar beet seed
scheme has been completed, and it is
shown that out of 27,471 pounds of
seed purchased for S2,75o67. 2,232
pounds were sold at an income to the
state of S279. The remainder is stored
away in Nortbrup, King & Co.'s ware
house in Minneapolis. waiting for next
season. There were 160 orders taken
for the seed last spring.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
WEYLER RECALLED.
Spanish Cabinet Names a New Gov
ernOr General for Cuba.

Madrid, Oct. 9. - The cabinet has de-
cided upon the immediate recall of Gen.
Weyler from Cuba. Capt. Gen. Blanco
y Arenas, marquis of Pena-Plata, will
be the new governor of the island. Gen.
Blanco will be accompanied by Gen. Ar
derine as vice governor of Cuba, by
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
New Minister to DoIfvfa.

Washington, Oct. 9.-The president
has appointed George H. Bridgeman, of
New York. minister to Bolivia
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13

Washington, Oct. 9.-Friday's state
ment of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, $213,-
245,143; gold reserve, $149, O99,664
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-10-13
Queer Money of the Northwest Coast

Queer Money Of the Northwest Coast.
All along the northwest coast Curl
ously shaped plates of copper are en-
ployed as currency of high denomina-
ton, blankets serving for small change,
as it were. They are stamped with
grotesque faces, and in former times.
they were manufactured by the Hud-
son Bay company for use in buying
furs of the Indians. In those days they
were made of native copper, found in
Alaska and British Columbia, but now
they are cf imported metal. The queer
est thing about them is that they rep
resent no constant value. A copper"
may be worth only two or three blan-
kets when new, but it increases in worth
every time it changes hands, until il
may be appraised at 1000 blankets
\. Y. Journal.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-03-11

IL CASE OF unusual importance TO
IA both citizens and non-cltizens in
the Characterization came up last week
In Judge Sprlnger's court in this city.
The case at bar was one in which a
ten year lease by Cherokee citizen 10
white citizen OF the United States
was involved. In instructlng the jury
the court said; "You are instructed
that the verbal lease mentioned Ia the
evidence Ia this case, alleged TO have
been entered into between the plaint-
IN In this case and Sunday and wife,
for the use OF certain farm in the
Cherokee nation, and TO run for pc
riod Of ten years in consideration OF
certain Improvements TO be made
thereon by the plaintiff In this case
was, in so far as the same was a lease
upon lands In the Cherokee nation,
void under the laws OF the Cherokee
nation; the lessee being a citizen Of
the United States ana the lessons citl-
zens OF the Cherokee nation, aud TO
this extent could not be made the
basis Of a valid consideration for the
notes sued upon; but In so far as said
lease was a contract for labor and inl-
proyements, II was valid to the extent
that the plaintiff would be entitled TO
the use OF the premises for such time
as would compensate him for the i'm
provements which he actually placed
upon the land; and ifyou believe from
the evidence that the value OF the inn
proyements placed upon the land by
the plaintiff In this case exceeded the
value OF the use and occupation OF the
premises for The time they were held
by the plaintiff, and that such excess
was the sole basis OF the consideration
OF the notes sued upon In this case,
such consideration was valid, and In
that event you will find for the plaint-
III upon the notes sued on, according
to their tenor and effect. But II you
believe from the evidence that any
part Of the consideration for the notes
sued upon was the REIMBURSEMENT OF
the use OF the promises In question by
the defendant, PLOUGH, the subsequent
lessee OF the defendants, at their In
stance aud request, such relInQuish-
mcnt OF void lease would not form a
basis for the consideration OF the notes
In question, or for any part thereof;
and II you lind from the evidence that
such rcliuQuishment was part OF the
consideration OF the notes sued upon,
such consideration was Illegal and the
whole transaction would be void, and
in that event you will find for the de-
fendants.' From the above It will
readily be set0 that while the court
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-03-11
puestrow stIll Alive.

The above assertion would be a great
surprise TO everyone II true, but equal
ly great was the surprise Of those per-
sons for whom / did some engraving
after they had been Informed by my
worthy competitors that such work
would have 10 be sent 10 Kansas City
or elsewhere to be done because, as he
acknowledged, he was not competent
TO do II but took special care TO men
tion that no one In town did such
work. Thanks 70 them for these un-
true statements. Now l will again
state 10 the public in general that l
do all kinds OF engraving, plain aud
ornamental, on any metal that can be
engraved. IL you have any article
you wish engraved, bring or send II TO
me; II Will receive my personal atten.
tion at once. Prices always the low
est consistent with tirst-class work
Thanking my many patrons for their
very liberal patronage In the past and
soliciting continuance Of same In the
future l am, the public servant for
trade, AUGUST ScHLIEcKER,
Pract!ss; Jeweler and Engrayor.