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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-01
Enormous Deficit.

New York, Nov. Pin response to a
request from Comptroller Palmer, Cor
poration Counsel Burr, of Brooklyn,
rendered an opinion advisingthe former
to cease all payments on behalf of the
city until January 1, on the ground
that the city books on November last
showed deficit of between $1,000, 900
and $4,000, 900, and that the same copdi-
ton now prevails.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-01
Autonomy Becomes a Fact.

Madrid, Nov. 27.-The Official Ga
zette publishes the royal DEGREES grant
ing autonomy to Cuba and Puerto Rico,
thus removing the anxiety that has be-
gun to be expressed on all sides as the
result of the governments reticence
and unexplained delay.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-01
A Great Gun.

Washington. Nov. 27.-The largest
cannon in the world is being built at
the Bethlehem iron works for the pro-
lection of New York harbor. twill
require 1000 pounds of powder to dis
charge it, and will carry steel projec-
tile weighing 1900 pounds in almost a
straight line more than 18 miles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-01
Can Easily ne Settled.

Washington, Nov. 26.-Hawaiian Min
lister Francis NJ. Hatch, who has just
arrived in the city on his return from
Honolulu, expressed the opinion that
the trouble between Japan and Hawaii
had been smoothed out and can be set
tied now without difficulty or irrita-
ton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-01
salvation Army Congress.

New York, Nov. 27-The Salvation
Army began congress Friday at its
headquarters in this city in furtherance
of the colonization scheme that has
been so much talked of lately. The
congress" opened with council that
was presided over by Col. William
Brewer, the commander of the Greater
New York division.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-01
Burned to Death.

A crew of section men set fire to
some grass along their road in the bot
tom just outside of New Ulm and left
it Some little children living imme.
diately above these swamps, on what
is called Dayton's Bluff, saw the fire
and ran down and played with it. The
clothing of 5-year-old son of August
Kelz became ignited. and before any
one could come to his relief, he was SO
badly burned that he lived but few
honrs
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-01
They Were Married.

There was wedding at Crookston.
the ceremony being performed in the
Jail to meet the convenience of the
groom. who is serving a sentence Of
fifteen months for illegal sale of liquor.
The bride, comedy lady of 90, did not
permit the awkward circumstances of
her fance's Imprisonment to delay the
ceremony beyond the appointed day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-01
Coal Strike Broken.

Coal City, H., Nov. 27.-The strike in
the Wilmington coal field is broken.
The mines of the Star Coal company,
Big Four Coal company and Whining
ton Coal Mining and Manufacturing
company resumed work at the 77A-
cent scale. Over 1000 miners are en-
ployed in these mines.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-01
A Possible Clue.

Another clue to the identity of the
dead woman. whose body was found on
the hillside near Lam bert's lake week
ago. came to light, when a woman
giving the name of Mrs. Nellie Hartley,
OF IL Sixth street south, Minneapolis,
called at the undertaking rooms and
partly identified the clothing found on
the corpse. She also claimed to recog-
nice the tooth in the lower jaw con
tanning the amalgam filling. She
thought the dead woman was friend
of hers named Seidenbender, who is
said to have disappeared during the
early part of last summer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-01
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
Lost for Five DAYS.

James Allen, VINO carries the United
States mail from Walker to Graceland,
reached the latter place after having
been lost for five days. He was sorry
looking sight, with his clothing torn to
shreds. his feet almost bare and cnt
and bruised On Friday morning. Nov.
8. Me- Allen attempted to come over.
land from Walker on new wagon
route he had been told of, the steamer
on which he has carried the mail all
summer having been forced to stop
running on account of the ice in the
lake and river. He was not acquainted
with the country and got turned around
and bewildered. He tramped around
the country, which is entirely unset
tied. for five days and four nights,
without bite to eat, with the excep-
ton of a piece of bread which he found
on trail he was following. The
bread was widowed and gnawed by
animals, but seemed to sustain life in
the weary and well-nigh discouraged
traveller.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-01
An Epidemic.

An epidemic of verminus bronchitis
is reported among the cattle in Mower
county. This is the first time that the
disease has broken out in the state,
although some isolated cases of it have
made their first appearance in the
past, but were not officially reported
to the health authorities.
The state Psychologist, DIR. West
brook. and his assistants, have been
Investigating it Drs. Reynolds, Brim-
ball and Wilson recently visited q
large farm near Taopi where the di-
sease was prey alent and found that %
cows had already died and about rs
more were affected. In several cases
the worms were not found in the
throats of the diseased animals, and
the department is conducting expert.
ments to see whether these worms are
really the cause of the trouble, as has
been generally supposed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-20

to ocean steamers lying in lake docks
and carried with a single handling to
Liverpool, we can hold our own against
anybody. For that day we must pre-
pare ourselves, and to the student Of
economics and the patriot the deep
waterway from lake to ocean is a
thousand times more essential to our
future well-being and growth than IRON
clads or sea-coast Notifications.
No time is to be lost in getting ready
for the work. 1t is a colossal under
taking that must be completed a Sec
ton at a time, at great expense and
with the engagement Of the best engi-
neering talent that the country affords.
To be ready for the conflict that is
tai waterway should be provided for
without a moments delay. The repre-
sentatives, not only of the Northwest,
but of the whole country whose pros
perity and whose position in the worlds
markets must be so largely dependent
upon this enterprise, should unite to
secure for this project every possible
assistance and encouragement from the
nation, and to push into the background
all other schemes for the expenditure
of public money until we are provided
with what will soon be recognized as
an indispensable adjunct to national
growth and national prosperity.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-20

and go to trial He did So. The case
consumed some time. City Attorney
Darragh tried the case himself and
tried it for all 1T was worth We had
given the police an adjournment Of
ten days to bring their witness from
Superior. They did not produce them
for they could not. We tried the case
on it's merits and won on its merits
After some further conversation Mr..
Costello admitted that at first the pro-
posal was that his client should plead
guilty in open court and that SEN
tence would be suspended Knowing
Judge Orr pretty well. Mr.. Costello
told his client that Judge Orr would
not suspend sentence for any one; that
he was called on under the ordinance
to impose fine and would undoubted-
ly do so. The judge is running that
side of the court and neither the police
department nor any other department
was running it. Besides all that, there
was a serious question whether the
municipal court could suspend SEN
tence. A district court judge had de-
clared some time ago that such sus
pension could not be had. So Mr.. Cos
tello directed his client to refuse any
such proposition. 1t was then that the
OFFER to dismiss the case in court, after
am admission of guilt at headquarters
was made.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-20

mier or may SNUFF him out. Like Sails
bury. he has much to lose but more
fortunate than the Conservative leader
he stands to win In equal proportion.
The interest of America in the session
and its outcome will be largely senti-
mental. The Venezuelan question and
the arbitration treaty will come in for
comment and possibly criticism, but
both have passed the stage where they
are likely to develop into sensations.
Ireland's effort to escape from unjust
taxation will engage the sympathy Of
the United States, but beyond that this
country will watch developments large
ly with idle curiosity. Whether Sails
bury or Kimberly energies the hero Of
the impending battle really concerns
the people of America only in moderate
degree
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-20
PARLIAMENTARY PROSPECTS.

Lord Salisbury is again busy keeping
his troublesome majority in line with
the chances not more than even that
he will be able to save his government
from disaster during the session Of par
lament which has just convened. His
followers are hopelessly divided upon
the two most important measures to
which the party is pledged and almost
any day may add the name Of the
marquis to the list Of England's EXPIRE
miers. The interest of the session will
center around the Irish question, which
comes up this time in a new guise,
and 1.-The education bill, which, after
the struggle Of the last session, will
be presented in much simpler form.
The government programme, modest as
it is, bristles with difficulties; and the
avowed idea Of the opposition is to pre-
vent Salisbury and his associates from
suffering with ennui. The Conserva-
tive leader goes into the session with
not much Of anything to win and yet
with his political fortune and future
staked on the result
Added interest is given to the new
session by the fact that the Liberal
party enters upon it under new leader
ship. The Earl Of Kimberly, a man who
has been prominent in the affairs of the
empire for years, but whose name is
comparatively unknown in the United
States, has fallen heir to the position
vacated by Lord Rosebery. To Liberal
leadership there attaches Of necessity
comparison with Gladstone, a deadly
parallel that Swallowed the Inflated
career Of Lord Rosebery as the party
captain. To the public mind Kimberly,
especially in America, will seem poor
figure as contrasted with the grand
old man." On the contrary, he will
have Rosebery as foil, and it is diff
cult to see how he can conduct more
bungling campaign than did his prede-
cessor. The opportunity of the session
falls to Kimberly. The events Of the
next three months may make him pre-
fzFroFTOq
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-20
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

E. ]. Healey, Of the New England Furnf-
ture company, left for La Crosse on a pleas
ure trip yesterday afternoon. -- 7'-.
The semi-annual examinations in all grades
of the public schools will begin this week
preparatory to the promotion Of pupils on
Feb. 1.
Miss PheIan, principal Of the training
school, yesterday addressed the teachers of
the city kindergartens in the assembly room
Of the high school, her subject being ''Habit -
Charles Hane. under Indictment by the
grand jury charged with embezzling some
$500 from the A. Booth Packing company was
admitted to bail yesterday in the sum of
81, 1000.
Caroline E. Haywood, as executrix of the
last will and testament of Charles H. Hey
wood who died in Massachusetts last April
has begun an action to collect the sum Of
81, 400. 45 alleged to be due plaintiff on life
insurance policy issued to Charles H. Hey
wood in April, 1895.
Emmett R. A. Messenger has begun an
action in the district court for divorce from
Elizabeth Messenger, on the ground of de-
sertion. The couple were married at Wa
basha Mimi, Jan. "A, 1884. The complaint al
leges that the defendant deserted her hus-
band in October, 1889, and has never since
lived with him.
Olaf Peterson, a soldier recently discharged
from army service at Fort Smelling, sustained
fracture Of the ankle, yesterday morning,
by falling upon the slippery sidewalk at the
corner OF Seventh and Cedar streets He was
carried to the United States recruiting office,
in the Phoenix building, and later removed to
the city hospital.
Totunden Elisha No. 81, Finnish temper
ance society, Of Hebbing, Mimi, has filed
articles of Incorporation with the secretary
of state. The capital stock is s., 000 The in
corporators are Abraham ellis. president;
Esk Reinholm, vice president; Haming Lee
pannan, secretary; Charles Rash. treasurer
and Arodd Lamar, Charles Rask and William
Lepannan the trustees Of the association.
Joseph Youngwirt was sentenced to the
xvnr for Cf VIZ Inv fhA -
disorderly conduct and resisting an oficer
Youngwirt and several companions were Gre
ating a disturbance in a Rice street saloon
and when ordered to desfst by Officer Grei-
mann. of the Rondo street station, the pris-
oner continued his boisterous demonstrations.
Tho officer placed the man under arrest but
was given tussle by his prisoner before he
could get him to the patrol box. g ''1'' a.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-20
CLAIM TT WAS AN ERROR.
Basis of Complaint Against an
Elevator Company.

Matt Golden, of Louriston, thought
he had a case against the Cargill Ele-
vator company week or two ago, and
he Immediately filed a complaint
against the company with the state
railway and warehouse commission,
alleging that in December he, Golden,
had dealing with the Cargill com
pany at De Graft, a station on the
Breckenridge division of the Great
Northern. He declared that the eIe-
vator company named paid him three
cents per bushel less for wheat in
store than for wheat he delivered in
wagons ON the same day, which, he
believed, TO be unfair and illegal
The elevator company was notified
of the complaint by the commission
and yesterday filed an answer. The
Cargill company admits that its agent
at DeGraff paid three cents less a
bushel on the day mentioned in the
complaint, but averred that the fault
was that of the home office, where the
error was committed inadvertently by
the clerks. The Cargill company i'm
mediately agreed to reimburse Mr..
Golden the three cents per bushel he
had lost by the transaction The COM
mission therefore discharged the COM
plant against the Cargin company.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-20
MAKE IT GENERAL.

The bill when mas Deen SuDHllIleu W
the legislature providing for placing
the employees Of the grain inspection
rules is open only to the criticism that
it does not seem wise to legislate for
part where legislation is need
ed for the whole The bill is similar in
its provisions to that which failed to
receive executive approval two years
ago. 1t is no answer to the proposal or
such a law that what it would provide
may have been already put into effect
voluntarily by those in charge. This
is, indeed, an obvious evasion. How
ever satisfactory the conduct of any
department may be, there is never
any assurance of it's continuance on
that plane for more than a few years
to come. No one knows at what time
any part of the public service may De
placed, by subsequent elections, in the
charge of a thorough-going spokesman,
who could proceed to undo, in less than
thirty days, all the reforms that had
teen accomplished, no matter how ap-
rarently stable their tenure, and no
matter how admirable their practical
workings. The public wants civil serv-
ice reform; not merely by the consent
OF a few individuals, but by such i'm
perative statute that no ill-wisher of
reform could bring it to grief hereafter.
While the grain inspection service is
one employing a large number Of en-
ployes, and requiring special skill and
fidelity in the performance of their du-
ties, there are other departments Of
the state work whose number, impor-
tance and employees will increase with
our development in population. and in
industry. To all Of these, as we'll as to
the grain inspection work, the reform
system ought to be applied and made
both mandatory and permanent
What we want, therefore, is a law
enaeting civil service reform for all
branches of state work, and for every
bureau, department and force connect
ed with it. Executive officers should be
allowed to select those at the head of
subordinate departments; but, be-
yond that, every employee should
be covered by civil service rules,
should be appointed on proba-
ton, after ascertaining fitness to
be tested by suitable examinations, and
removed only for cause. Minnesota
might just as well adopt this system
now, voluntarily, to her honor and her
profit, as to be forced to it later on in
lf-defense, after enduring innumera-
BILE abuses and misfortunes. What we
ought to have, in the interest Of the
public, is a law making applicable to
the entire state civil service the pro-
visions contained in this bill for the
grain inspection department; and an
other law providing for the enforce
ment Of a similar system in the public
service of all cities of more than 90
600 inhabitants. This is genuine civil
service reform, and we hope that the
legislature will neither ignore nor deny
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-20
THE BUSY WORLD,

Peter Luger, of Fargo is at the Windsor
]. A. Payne, Duluth. is at the Metropolitan.
c. H. Fuller. of Philadelphia, is at the
Ryan.
]. NJ. Underwood of Lake City, is at the
Ryan.
G. N. Cosgrove, of LIE Sueur, it at the
Ryan.
Henry c. Black, of Rosetown, is at the
Windsor.
J. H. Black, of St. Peter. is guest at the
Windsor.
G. E. Dayton, of Oelwein. To-, is at the
Windsor
w. c. Luther and wife, of Dubuque, are
at the Ryan.
Robert R. Guy and wife, of Winnipeg, are
at the Windsor.
Charles Swenson. Of Rush City, is a guest
at the Merchants.
A. B. Briggs, of Big Timber, Mont, Is a
guest at the Merchants.
H. X. Owens, wife and two children, of
Seattle. are at the Windsor.
w. T. Carney and Parker Paine, of Du-
luth, at the Merchants.
Alex Falconer. Of Hutchinson, Is in the
city and registered at the Merchants.
Paul Halsecke st. Peter; George w Conell.
Duluth, w. @. LeDuc, Hastings, registered
at the Metropolitan yesterday.
Court Calls Today.
,Jury7Judges Willis, Kelly, Brill-65. 80, 80,
Court-Judges Otis, Lewis-6s, 81, 81, "A, 10,
II, IL, "a a
Chambers-Judge Bunn .saH
Uunted States Circuit-Judge Garland, lat.
LIST, 1,15S LIS. \. b-s
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-20
AT THE THEATERS.

Inc attraction at the Metropolitan opera
house for the last half of the week, beginning
tomorrow evening, is Neil Burgess County
Fair" This typical drama of New England
rural life has for many years been a popular
and successful theatrical production, and in
its present form, revised and improved in
many ways, it is said to be more pleasing
and enjoyable than ever.
1t Is pleasure to witness a production at
the hands of such an excellent company as
that presenting THE Last Stroke at the
Grand the present week. The play is mag
nihcently staged with special scenery and eff
fects. 1.-THE Last Stroke' is full of pat
riotism and appeals to the best sentiments A
popular-priced matinee will be given today
at 80
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-20
Sad Case of Kennedy.

James Kennedy, young fellow Of some re-
fnement, walked into the central police sta
ton last night and asked to be sent to the
workhouse as vagrant. He had no home
he said, nor place where he could get any
thing to eat and would rather work for the
city as a prisoner for his board than starve.
Kennedy is % years of age and was born
and raised in St. Paul. His parents are both
dead, but he has relatives in comfortable cir
cumstances, who, he says, refuse to shelter
him unless he can pay his board. This he
claims he did for a time. but compelled
to shift for himself when he could obtain no
employment.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-20
Horse showed Some Abuse.

Andrew Nelson, a blacksmith at Payne
avenue and Beaumont street was arrested
by officers McEllistrom and Moorse last even
ing on the charge of cruelty to animals Mel
son and companion were attempting to urge
on a horse from which, the sweat almost
running and whichseould not move from where
it had stopped at the corner of West Third
and Washington streets. The animal had
evidently been driven long distance at break
neck speed and was in pitable condition.
Nelson's companion was allowed to go. as he
had not been driving.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-20
WOODMEN WILL FEAST.
Pine Cones and Other DeIicacies
VIII Be Served.

Local members of the Modern Wood
men of America are busy arranging
for the convention, which Isl to be held
in Assembly hall Feb. 2. Ten camps
have a joint committee at work, and
it is proposed that the banquet to be
held at Market hall Monday evening,
Feb. 1, shall surpass anything ever be-
fore given by the order in this section
of the country. One thousand plates
Will be laid, and the demand for seats
is SO great that there will be no vacant
chairs. The state consul Of the order
will preside as, POSTMASTER, and there
will be addresses by DIR. G. A. McCol-
lom, of Minneapolis; W. H. Kemp,
Harry Franklin and other prominent
people within and without the order.
The committee on arrangements met
last evening.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-20
NngIe Wants Damages.

Ernest G. Maggie has brought suit in the
district court against the Palace Furniture
and Carpet company, J. B. Weidenborner. A.
Weidenborner, e. K. Stalo and Linsey Wat
ers, to recover the sum of S., 200 damages for
alleged malicious prosecution and false ar
rest The complaint alleges that the de-
fendant Linsey Waters, on Aug. g. swore out
q complaint charging the plaintiff with selling
and disposlng of mortgaged personal prop
erty and procured his arrest on such charge.
The plaintiff imprisoned for two hours,
when he gave bail and was released. The
complaint further alleges that the plaintiff
was subsequently tried in the municipal
court and acquitted of the alleged crime.
wherefore he demands judgment against the
defendants for So 600.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-20
John Limbs Libel Suit.

The complaint In the libel suit Of John Lind
against the St. Paul Dispatch for $4,000 dam
ages, the particulars Of which the G ! o Q
published at the time the notice Of the ac-
ton was served, fled in the office OF the
clerk of courts yesterday. Mr. Lind sets up
the publication OF an article last August,
charging him with endeavoring to have In
fidelity taught In the New Ulm public schools.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-20

John Hennessy, who says he was but late
ly released from Jail at Winona, where he
was held on the charge of highway robbery,
was locked up at the central station last
night, charged with street begging and be-
ing drunk. Hennessy is AZ years old and was
formerly a railroad switchman. He was
Minnesota streets, soliciting passers by for
money.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-20

Frederick w. Faber, a Seventh street
druggist. filed a deed OF assignment yester-
day to M Brooks Henderson.
Henry B. Morrison tea merchant on Sixth
street doing business under the name of H.
B. Morrison & Co., filed deed Of assignment
yesterday to Charles R. Woods.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-20
TO FORFEIT A FRANCHISE.
City Action Relating to the Former
Subway Company.

The suit of the city against the North
American Telegraph company institut-
ed by order of the common council for
the forfeiture Of the franchise Of the
former National Subway company, is
on trial before Judge Otis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-20
TEMPERATURES.
zero.


Barometer, 1924; Thermometer, 8; relative
humidity 81; wind, southeast; weather, part
cloudy; maximum thermometer, 16; minimum
thermometer, 10; daily range, %; amount
of melted snow in last "A hours, 0.
Note-BarOmeter corrected for temperature
and elevation. p. F. Lyons, Observer.