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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-03

In the Texas house bill was intro
ouced prohibiting the manufacture or
sale of pistols in the state, and provid
ing fine of $1,000.
AT the celebration of the semicenten-
NAL of the New York academy of medi-
cine at Carnegie hall President Clevland
was the principal speaker.
Two thousand pounds of dynamite
exploded at the Crystal Ridge colliery
near Hnzelton, Pa, killing Waterman
Rickert and Engineer Youger.
The National Woman Suffrage asso-
citation closed it's annual session in Des
Moines, Ia, after adopting resolutions
urging congress to submit a proposition
for suffrage amendment to the consti-
tuition; urging legislatures to submit the
matter to their states. and declaring in
favor of international arbitration of all
disputes.
While crossing the Baltimore & Ohio
railway at Eastwood, Ind, Katie and
Dottie Miller, aged Is and II years. the
daughters of farmer. were struck and
killed by train.
Thomas jackson (colored), found
guilty in Judge Ewing's court in Chi
cago of five burglaries. was sentenced
to 100 years in the penitentiary.
Willard Cotton, travelling salesman,
killed his wife IN quarrel in Cleve-
land, o., and then took his own life.
The business portion of Caledonia,
O., was destroyed by fire.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-03
LATER

It was learned, the 5Oth, that the
Cuban insurgents had captured and
destroyed four of the forts of the Span
ish trocha. One garrison deserted in
body to the Cubans.
Under orders of Gov. Adams, B rig
Gen. Brooks and staff and all the state
troops except 100 men under command
Col. Merrick were withdrawn from
Leadville, Colo, the 3Oth.
j. B. Inks, the murderer of John
Patterson, was hanged at st. Joseph,
Mo-, the 30th.
Fire consumed tenement house in
Chicago the morning of the 30th, and
drove 30 families into the street in scant
clothing.
In Pike county, Ohio, gang of ten
men on the farm of William Thomas,
were telling large trees for railway
ties, in forest remote from houses.
They had shanty in which they slept
and prepared their meals. While at
the noon meal the 30th tree, left
nearly chopped through, fell on the
shanty. Thomas Lohr, Evans Davis
David March and Frank Slade fatally
injured. The other two men were
more or less seriously injured.
The U. S. cruiser Brooklyn was run
onto a sunken ledge of rocks in the
Delaware river near Marcus Hook, Pa,
the 31st. The big vessel is seriously
damaged.
One of Weyler's supply trains was
blown up by dynamite on the railroad
north of Cienfuegas. Cuba Out of the
guard of 100 soldiers on the train, AZ
were instantly killed or injured.
About midnight. the 3lst, fire de-
stroyed the building occupied by Mr..
Schraeder and family in Brooklyn,
N. Y. The father was absent at the
time and Mrs. Schroeder and her five
children were burned to death.
In fight on the public square at
Franklyn, KY, the 3lst, Lowell White
sides fatally stabbed Bailey Edison.
After separation Edison shot and killed
Whitesides.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-03
DOMESTIC.

At Plattsmouth, Neb., the coach
shop of the Burlington d Missouri rail-
road was burned, the loss being $780,
600, and George Fletchner, foreman
in the shop, was killed.
A bill has been introduced in the
Pennsylvania legislature making it
misdemeanor to engage in or play foot
ball in the state.
The Economy Light and Power COM
pauy's plant in Joliet, ILL.,. was de-
stroyed by fire, causing loss of $780,
900.
The reports received by the weather
bureau in Washington show the in
tense cold wave to be general over the
entire United States.
Michigan's famous minority represent
fation law in cases of stockholders has
been declared constitutional by the SUI
preme court.
The whole of the business portion of
Pacific junction. Ia. was destroyed by
fire.
In Minnesota the thermometer reg
istered 81 degrees below zero at Vir-
ginia. ~ at Tower and 40 at Ely.
The greater portion of the village OF
Poland, N. T.. was destroyed by fire.
The Williams block in Chicago was
burned. the loss being $3.50. 900, three
firemen were fatally hurt, three serious
ly injured and half dozen others in :.
jured by the falling of wall.
Fire destroyed the elevator and malt
house of the W. FL. Purcell company in
Chicago, the loss being S350,OOO.
The WlnISOr h<,fol ot Fort Cr,;fb
Ark, was destroyed by fire and Isaac
I'll. Pray and A. K. Mullison, Chicago
statesmen. persisted in the flames.
Fire destroyed Joseph Popp's livery
stable in Toledo, o. Many fine horses
were being boarded there, and % were
burned to death.
The national convention of the Wom-
ans Suffrage association met in Des
Moines, la, and the president, Susan b.
Anthony. delivered her annual address.
The house of A. e. Vandawater near
Belleville, Mich, was burned and his
wife and two children were cremated.
The Murdoch hotel, the oldest hotel
in Logansport, Ind, was burned, entail
ing loss of 100000.
Three children died at the home of
George Madison near Jeffersonville,
Ind, from the effects of eating apples
that were poisoned.
The national board of trade at it's
annual meeting in Washington re-
elected as president Frederick Fraley,
of Philadelphia.
A sleighing party drove into quarry
at Pemberton, Pa, and 20 persons were
badly injured.
An earthquake shock was felt at
sNachias. Me.
The D. q. YuengIjng Brewing COM
Dany in New York failed for 100000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-03
APPEARANCES DECEPTIVE.
Real Gain Shown In Trade, Although
Progress Is Slow.

Progress Is Slow.
New York, Jan. 50.-R. G. Dun & Co.,
in their weekly review of trade, say:
Nearly everybody had promised him.
self land of milk and honey after New
Years, and the slow progress looks like
standing still to men in such a state of
mind. Moreover. there are multitudes
throughout the country who have been TAX
ing large ventures in advance of or apart
from their regular business because they
expected a rise in prices. But prices fail
as yet to bring them profit. Wheat has de-
clined severely, cotton has scarcely risen
enough to pay brokerage, wool holds
steady in spite of enormous buying, wooden
goods hardly change in price, iron and it's
products decline, leather is sluggish, hides
are lower, for some shoe manufacturers
accept shade lower prices, the average of
railroad stocks is slightly lower than ii
was December 81 and the advance in trust
stocks has been small. To traders in such
properties the month has been disappoint-
ing. Yet during the week the record shows
that ten iron works have started and only
two have stopped, IL wooden mills have
started and nine more are about ready
to start, while three have stopped. 1t
would do more harm than good to exagger-
ate the Improvement. But a study of con-
dltlons governing business indicates that
the wheels are on the right track and NOV
ing in the right direction. Merchan-
disc exports from New York in January
nave been about per cent. larger than last
year and imports Is per cent, smaller than
last year, when the excess of exports was
over $1S,0OO,000, while cotton exports from
other ports have also been larger
The decline in wheat of over cents, in
spite Of an official report of yield far below
estimates generally accepted, reflects
perception of the error of the report
and also of the influence of enormous
exports Of corn instead of wheat-S0,OOO,
900 bushels in seven months. When two
bushels of corn can be had for less than
one bushel of wheat 1t Is largely preferred
In European markets, and in January
7,S59,127 bushels of corn have gone abroad
from Atlantic ports, against S, 3O6 349 last
year. while Atlantic exports Of wheat and
Hour have been 6,535,1I bushels, against
S,S43,679 last year AS the great crop OF
corn prevents much advance in it's price
its outgo affects the demand for wheat. A
heavy liquidation of speculation has oc-
CURED, with the price of corn scarcely
changing"
Bradstreet's says:
There is a moderate increase in the dis
tribution of heavy winter goods but COM
mercial travellers very generally report
that buyers are even more conservative
than earlier in the month, and that whole
sale trading in January, except in lines
specified, is smaller than for years. Mer-
camille collections are interrupted, and the
Improvement looked for in iron and steel
Is not in sight The most favorable feature
OF the business week is the sudden and
sharp falling off in the total number of
business failures in the United States the
aggregate being 3o6, as compared with AZ:
last week, a decrease of 103'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-03
Elected senator from Washington.

Olympia, Wash, Jan. 3O.-George F.
Turner, the well known lawyer of
Spokane, who received the caucus NOM
ination of the populists and free silver
republicans, was elected United States
senator by the Legislature on the first
ballot, receiving CT votes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-03
THE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatches.
The Proceedings Of the Second Session.
CONGRESSIONAL.

The Proceedings OF the Second Session.
In the senate on the 26th Cuba. the pro-
posed International monetary conference
and the Nicaragua canal each came in for
q share of attention and the measures were
discussed at length. LIN the house the
day was devoted to a continuation OF the
debate on the Indian appropriation Dill A
bill to restore Jonathan Scott. veteran
OF the Fifth Iowa cavalry, to the pension
roll was passed over the presidents veto.
The military academy appropriation bill
was passed In the senate on the 9th. Sen
ator Sherman In speaking on the Nicaragua
canal bill declared that the governmental
execution of the project was the only feast
BILE one. BY a vote of l3l to lis the house
agreed to the conference report on the
immigration bill. A favorable report was
made on a bill to PROHIBIT the employment
OF prison labor on government buildings.
In the senate en- the 2Sth the bill for an
international monetary conference was de-
bated. Senator Chandler IN. HI speaking
IN favor of 1t and Senator Stewart (Nev)
against. The nomination of William 8.
Forman as commissioner of internal rev.
enue was confirmed. =. In the house the In
dian appropriation bill was passed and the
agricultural appropriation bill was con-
sidered During a speech Mr.. Grosvenor
(OJ attacked eX-Gov. Altgeld, of Illinois,
for charging that the last election was cor
rupt. The appropriation bill for the Dis
trict of Columbia was reported.
By the decisive vote of 46 to the senate
on the Goth passed the bill for the appoint
ment of commissioners to an information
monetary conference. A bill granting a
pension of eight dollars a month to Mrs
Martha Frank, Of Georgia, widow of SOL
dier In the Indian war Of 1918, and now 1929
years old. was also passed. The credentials
of William E. Mason as senator from ILL
nois for the term beginning March next
were received. Adjourned to February l.
49,. In the house the bill making appropria-
ton for the military academy was sent to
Their considered, and a report providing for
the Incorporation Of the purchasers Of the
Atlantic & Pacific railroad was rejected
after an animated debate between Messrs
Powers, of Vermont. and Barrett. of Mas
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-03
FOREIGN.

The officials of the japanese legation
il, ST. Petersburg confirm the report
that the bubonic plague has broken
out in the island of Formosa.
1t is announced that 100000 persons
are now employd ppon the relief works
in the famine-stricken districts of In
dia.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-03
A Veteran Gone.

Chicago, Jan. 30.-Gen. John Eugene
Smith, a veteran of the civil war, died
at his Warren avenue home Friday,
aged 81 years.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11

male captives onwards--ths only repre-
sentation yet discovered which shows
the Egyptians bearing away the spoils
OF vanquished foe. within the walled
fort OF the Sati is the most curious
scene OF this very interesting fresco.
Al first sight the battle appears to be
between men and women, and, though
the women clearly belong TO the Sati
tribe. the men are neither Egyptian nor
SAT-. The natural supposition is that
they are the Bedouin allies OF the
Egyptian who. like the modern Bed
onin, prefer plumber TO fighting. These
Bedouin, seeing the Sati defeated in
the held, have scaled the walls by
means OF a ladder. only to be met and
discounted by the women. In every
register OF this fresco the Bedouin are
seen stabbed, tripped up, pulled down,
and utterly defeated by the Sati women
In the middle register Is the Sati chief,
who tears his hair on hearing the news
OF the defeat Of his people; Bedouin
who tries TO force his way into the
chiefs presence is killed by a woman.
On the lowest register are two Egyp-
tians armed with long picks. mining
under the wall; they have almost made
their way through Within the wall
are two OF the Sati men listening in
tently to the sound of the picks.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11


In one OF the battles founght between
the Mahrattas and the Moguls during
the eighteenth century, before Brit
AIMS Indian empire was established,
the Mahratta state elephant bearing
the standard was told by mis- mahout
TO stand still. Just as the order was
given the mahout was killed. AS the
battle went on the Mahrattas fell back
before the Moguls. and would have lost
the day. but seeing the state elephant
still standing immoyable with the
standard still flying, they rallied again
and again. and won the fight. When ii
was over the elephant refused TO move
from the spot, remembering the COM
mand OF his dead mahout At last
some one recollected that the mahout
had occasionally put the elephant In
charge OF his little son. So the child
was sent for. but the village was a
day and half's journey, so that three
days elapsed before the boy arrived.
During those three days the animal
stood there on the battlefield. and food
had 10 be brought. When the child
came on the morning OF the third day
the elephant knew him directly. and
remembering that the mahout had
sometimes delegated his authority 10
the child. the wise and faithful animal
obeyed the boys order. and walked
quietly away With him.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11

II is a blessed secret. this living by
|ths day. Any one can carry his bur
Den. however heavy. until nlghtfall.
ANY one can do his work. however
bard. for ore day. Any one can live
sveesly. pa,ientiy. lovingly and purely
|rnsil the sun goes down. And this is
az that life ever really means TO u.s.
Just one little day. DO today's duty:
|fghi ,oiay's temptations. and do not
|rtaksa and distract yourself by look
|.ag forward 20 things you cannot see.
|srd eosld no; understand n you saw
|sAen" God Kiyea Us nights TO shut
|town the cnrialn OF darkness on our
linie days. We cannot see beyond.
short horizons make life easier. and
hive Is one % the blessed secrets Of
Rave, true. holy living.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11

the wider the circle OF what we can
|-.vere. the greater the measure OF our
|.xp life. As the sentiment OF rever-
|.res grows in US. the richer life be-
|..mes the wider the realm OF beauty.
"a the more assured the conditions
1 ~ truth. What we cannot respect and
admire has for us nothing OF worth.
|when We see the beauty. grandeur and
Esubllmity OF nature, Il becomes 10 us
!. urlceless source OF JOY and pleasure.
when we find what there Is loving.
noble and self-sacritieing in men. hui
{manity becomes to us constant source
! n help and strength. Then we en-
Itsr into real sympathy with the world
!. around us. and we feel the true spirit
i, brotherhood which binds us TO all
Eour fellows. What we revere is what
I'VE love. and is thar which gives ms the
grace TO live as men. Loyalty OF soul
Ia greater than knowledge. and no gain
In wisdom can atone for loss Of reyer-
&-,aa
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11

Perhaps the biggest horse in the
world is the white Horse" OF Berk-
shire. England II is a figure OF 10
yards long. cut in the side OF a hill.
A long way of 1t looks as though
drawn In chalk lines. but the outlines
are really deep bitches In the soil. kept
clean and free from grass by the peo-
pie. who take great pride in II. The
bitches are six yards wide and two feet
deep. The eye Of the horse is four feet
across. and the ear is fifteen yards
long II can be seen for sixteen miles.
When the time comes 10 clear out the
bitches, the people make kind OF pic
mic OF IL. and play all sorts Of rustic
games. who made the white Horse
or what FOR. is rot known for certain.
though King Alfred has been mention
cd in cot nection with II. II is certainly
very old.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11
RECORD BREAKING RUN.
Union PacInc Captures The Long Distance
Record.

Onion Pacific Captures The Long Distance
Record.
The Union Pacific has added laurel
to its wreath by record breaking run
from Ogden 20 Omaha. There was no
thought of attempting to make a
record until the train had reached
Cheyenne, one half the distance. when
circumstances developed which made
it necessary to hurry up. Orders were
given and the special was sent for
ward like the wind. There were some
stretches of the track where the regis
ter showed speed of eighty miles an
hour, and many stretches of seventy
and seventy-two miles an hour. One
piece of track of sixty miles was cover
ed in fifty-fonr minutes and another
stretch of thirty-six miles was travers
ed in thirty-two minutes.
The banner run, however, was be-
tween North Platte and Omaha. The
distance is POI miles, and it was made
in 275 minutes. When it is considered
that the engineer had run through
from Ogden without rest this feat can
be figured upon.
The special slowed down four times
Tor gravel trains and twice on account
Of slow track, caused by the recent
heavy rains. 1t stopped at scuyler
for friend and also at Fremont to
let him off, besides three stops for coal
and water.
In going into South Omaha the
train was slowed down at Ayery's, out
Of South Omaha.
This run will take its place among
the historical runs of the United
States, and is cinehing argument for
the fine condition of the Union Pacific
equipment and roadbed. as well as for
the efficiency of its employees.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11
cnrleu. u.e OF the Mlero.eepe.

Some years ago, on one of the Prus-
san railways. barrel which should
have contained silver coin was found,
on arrival at its destination, TO have
been emptied OF its precious contents
and filled with sand. Professor Eh-
renberg. being consulted on the sub
iect. sent for samples OF sand from all
the stations along the different lines OF
railway through which the specie had
nassed. and by means of his
microscope identified the sta
ton from which the interpolated
sand must have been taken. The sta
ton once fixed upon, Il was not diff
ficmlt TO hit upon the culprit among
the small number of employees on duty
there.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11


On one OF the walls OF n tomb re-
Gently discovered in Egypt by Profess
sor Flinders Petrie. Is pictured battle
scene anterior in date 10 anything yet
found OF that description. Previous to
this discovery the earliest representa-
ton Of a battle Is that found at BENZ
Hasan Of twelfth dynasty date. which
ia a POOR and tame depletion when
compared with this campaign against
the sati az southern Syria. Here the
Epyptlans are seen armed with the
early hattleaxes. d stick to the end Of
which thin piece OF metal is attach
Oh. The Sati are armed with bows
and arrows Some OF the Sati lie dead,
n,erced with arrows; others are en-
ragged IN band-to-hnnd struggle with
their enemies, while others still break
their bows in token OF submission. In
the lowest register Of this mural deco
ration an Egyptian Is seen CARRYING on
n sati Girl on his shoulder. while oth-
a., among tho victors arc driving the
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11

Nearly every regenerate person can
brace his religious life 10 the agency
|ot some individual. Sometimes Il Is a
mothers prayers. sometimes fathers
counsel, sometimes the holy living OF
lone Of Gods children. But even more
frequently our religious experience can
ID traced to word directly spoken
M some one In whose Christian char
|sster We had confidence. An unsayed
person may sit under the most faith
|nl preaching for years and remain
|unmoyed. while the simple question.
directly spoken. Are you a Chris
|tianf" may do more to awaken his
conscience than any number Of SER
.~oaa
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11
I..sa...as ..a.r.a..sa

!; Is sometimes easier 20 resist a
|frsa, temptation tHan lisiio one. We
10 ros realize the lowering effect Of
b secession Of ,rliiing iFansgre1sions
|ntd - we make no effort 70 say no
b. Their Is they confront Us one BY
Zee But &c 10 realize the probable
|rnassqasneeA 81 yielding To that which
|s,asds before Us In the Enise Of q
|srsat roRer. and 40 the more reso-
bu;ely Withstand t. Persons some
|tints wonder Aow Erca, a temptation
|itsy could resist. but Il might be q
|Eood moral exercise 20 Try how small
b orr thsy can withstand.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11

The Fatherhood Of God is only right
iy understood by those who have been
transformed by the Spirit The mys-
teries OF Gods provinces are read in
clearer light. The greatness OF His
love grows more and more impressive.
The thought OF holiness becomes an
aspiration. Sin shrinks from holiness.
but love longs for it. The narrow way
in not lonely. nor gloomy, nor thorny,
nor distressfuI. II is not devoid OF
beauty. II has sights and sounds
which are rapturous to the eye and
ear OF him who has been transformed.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11

That moral heroism is often greatest
Of which the world says least, and
which is exercised in the humblest
spheres and in circles the most I'M
noticed. Let us. therefore. turn our
youthful imaginations into the great
picture galleries and yalhallas Of the
heroic souls Of all times and all places.
and We shall be melted TO follow after
good. and be ashamed to commit any
sort OF baseness in the direct view OF
such CLOUD OF witnesses"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11
salt.Incrusted Lake.

One OF the grea; curses of the gold
bearing districts OF Western Australia
Is lack OF water. The government con-
structs rain water ''soaks" or reser-
voirs. and the owners OF sheepruns
sink spouting artesian bores, and yet
In some parts decent water fetches rs
cents a gallon and upwards. Black
Flag lake, shown in accompanying pic
ture, serves to indicate the dreary DESC
lateness OF the region. The lake is in
crusted with salt. much as lake in
more favored olimes might be covered
with ice. The tracks of a regular high
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11

The Lattice-leBT plant, so called from
its resemblance % lattice blinds. is a
native Of Madagascar. 1t IL one OF
the most extraordinary plants in ex-
istence. because tin leaves have the ribs
and yeiniugs only, and appear but as
the skeletons Tbs tissue usually found
In the interstlces is quite absent. 1t
Is an aquatic plant. and looks exceeds
jngly delicate ana graceful as it floats
on the surtara ~ tas water.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-11

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case OF catarrh that cannot be
cured by Hairs catarrh Cure.
y. ]. CHENEY * CO, Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned. have known F. J..
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able 10 carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West a. 1ruax, Wholesale Druggists. To-
ledo, o.
Malding, Kinnan & Marvin. Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo O.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimo-
nials sent free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold
by all druggists.
Halls Family pills are the best.