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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-05-12
THE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatches.
CONGRESSIONAL.
roceedings of the Special Session.

Proceedings of the Special Session.
! In the senate on the Sd Senator Chandler
M H) introduced bill for the issue of
certificates of indebtedness up to $50, OOO.-
100 to meet deficiencies In the revenues.
The free homestead bill was considered
and in executive session the Anglo-Ameri-
tan treaty was discussed. In the house,
by a two-thirds vote, Speaker Reed was
sustained in his attitude in declining to APP
point committees during the tendency or
the tariff bill. A senate resolution appro-
priating $4,000 for the congress of the Uni
%ersal Postal union was adopted, and Mr..
Showalter, the republican chosen at spe-
cial election to represent the Twenty-fifth
Pennsylvania district, was sworn in.
The senate finance committee on the 4th
reported the tariff bill to the senate. The
new bill is radically different from the
Dingley bill. practically amounting almost
TO another measure. 1t will be called up
on the 18th. The bill to provide new homes
on the public lands for actual ana bona
f1de settlers known as the free homestead
bill was passed. The Morgan Cuban reso-
1ution again went over. The sundry civil
bill was considered, but was not COM
pleted. The house was not in session.
, The senate on the 9Th by vote of 43 to
16 refused to ratify the general arbitration
treaty between the United States and Great
Britain. The sundry civil appropriation
bill was considered. Mr.. Deboe. of Ken
lucky took the oath of office.
The senate on the 9Th agreed to an amend
fnent to the sundry civil bill revoking the
order of President Cleveland. made Feb
ruary % last, establishing forest reserva-
tons aggregating II, 000, 900 acres. The sun
dry civil bill was passed. 1t carries an ag-
gregate of $53.0O0,000. Senator Bacon (Ga)
introduced a joint resolution deprecating
war and announcing the policy of the gov
eminent in favor of arbitration. Referred
TO the committee on foreign relations. The
house adopted a resolution providing that
the house should meet only on Mondays
and Thursdays of each week until other
wise ordered
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-05-12

After six years Of experiment the at
tempt to make soldiers out of the In
dams will be abandoned, and the last
company will be mustered out at Fort
Sill on the 31st ult.
Gov. Black signed the greater New
York charter, to take effect January l,
1898.
A new wheat pest "a small worm) is
doing great damage to the wheat fields
in northern Indiana.
The regents of the University of Mich
igan have elected Prof. Harry b. Hutch
ms acting president of the university
during the absence of President Angel
as minister to Turkey.
The third annual conference of the
National Municipal league. whose OBJ
ject is the promotion of good govern
ment in cities, met in Louisville. Ky.
R. f. Beach. of Chicago, broke the
American indoor swimming record for
100 yards, doing the distance in
1907 Is.
While boatriding at Evansville, Ind,
Fred Melsheimer, Fred Rumpf and an.
other boy fell into the river and were
drowned.
The Mutual Life Insurance company
of Indianapolis went into receivers
hands with risks amounting to $4,000
600.
The convention at Kansas City, Mo-,
of the International Association of Ma
chinists adopted resolution demand
ing an eight-hour day in every branch
of the trade on May 1, 1898.
Farmer Martin Burns defeated Dan
s. Mcleod in wrestling match at Dav-
export, Ia, for the worlds champion
ship.
Mason Smith, convicted of numbering
his wife on their farm near Nevada,
Mo-, has been sentenced to 40 years inn
prisonment.
The United States revenue cutter
Bear has sailed en- her annual cruise to
the Arctic.
R. w. Casey, the best known miner in
the west, blew his brains out at Dead
wood, S. D.. in fit of dependency
He was the first man to locate claim
in Deadwood.
A very successful trial trip of an air
ship was made in Nashville, Tenn, by
Prof. A w. Barnard.
Forest fires were doing immense dam
age on the Indian reservation near Kesh-
ena and in other portions of Wiscon-
sin.
A fire in the cold storage warehouse of
the Merchants Refrigerating company
in New York caused a loss of $500 600
and so men were injured and one killed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-05-12
Eieht-Hour Day for Machinists.

Kansas City, Mo-, May THE con
vention of the international Associa-
ton of Machinists adopted resolution
demanding an eight-hour day in every
branch of the trade. May /, 1898, was
set for the day when the demand will
be made, and unless the concession Is
made they will refuse to work. Direct
ly 10000 men will be affected and 100,-
600 indirectly. Only eight hours pay
will be asked for the shorter day, the
object being to provide more men with
work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-05-12
warehouse burned.

Minneapolis, Mimi, May 6.-Fire de-
stroyed the building of the Itasca Ware
house company with a loss including
contents of $25O,00o. Among the prin-
cipal losers were the Standard Rope &
Irvine company, of New York. which
had Irvine stored to the value OF $72 900.
The Milwaukee Harvesting company
lost 100 machines and all their repairs.
Besides these there were about 100 par
ties with household goods In storage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-05-12
Argentine Congress. Meets.

Buenos Ayres, May 8. The con-
gress of the Argentine Republic opened
Friday. President Uriburu, in his mes
sage, referred to the. foreign relations
Of the republic as excellent and de-
scribed the general situation as one of
progress. The president said that the
government was considering the ques-
ton of redeeming the public debt, the
formation of cash reserve and re-
vision Of the tariff.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-05-12

Further advices from Paris say that
159 bodies had been taken from the
ruins of the bazaar that was burned.
those dead including many of the most
conspicuous women in Paris society. OF
the 400 or more injured many will die.
Pharsalos has been taken by the
Turks. The Greek troops abandoned
the town aud fed to Dokomos, 10 miles
south.
Eleven men were drowned through
the inflow of water into the Kelloe coli
ierr. near Durham, England.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-05-12
DOMESTIC.

The Bank of Linn Creek, Mo-, pri-
waite concern. closed it's doors.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the Sd was: Wheat,
34,412,O0 bushels; corn, 1917, 900 bush
els; oats, IL ,722.oOO bushels; rye, 3,11O,-
900 bushels; barley, 2,294,OOO bushels.
John V. Crum, aged "a, the famous
.sprinter, died in the hospital at Des
Moines, Ia, as the result of an opera
ton for appendicitis.
The banking houses of J. B. Wheeler
&c Co., both in Manitou and Aspen, COL,
went in to the hands of assignees.
While walking on the railway tracks
near Martinsburg. w. Va, Benjamin
Shepard and Martin Rizer were killed.
Both were farmers.
The Incorporated towns of Indiana
held elections. Local issues only were
involved.
The town Of Pulaski, Va, was Sc
verely shaken by an earthquake. but no
damage resulted.
Reports from many towns in south
western Michigan say an earthquake
shock was felt for several seconds. At
fell into the street.
The Woman's building. which is one
of the chief features of the exposition
at Nashville, Tenn, was thrown open
to the public.
For the first time since May 1, 1881,
when the prohibitory law went into
effect, a saloon opened it's doors in To-
peka, Kan.
a ten-ton block of cut stone smashed
through the side of train on the Chi
cago & Alton railway in Chicago, in
Turing five passengers and wrecking
three cars.
The famous racer Joe Patchen has
been sold for $4,000 to C. w. Marks, of
Chicago.
The biennial reports of the grand Off
Eers of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen show receipts of 81, 15S.2O1 and
disbursements of $1,1O9,36O. Total
membership 1852, with $50 lodges.
Over $4,000 men were at work on the
1evees south of Red river, near New
Orleans, putting them in condition for
expected high water.
Three thousand miners went out on
strike in the coal collieries Of upper
east Tennessee and southern Kentucky.
Jacob S. johnson (colored), an ex-
preacher, was hanged at Somerville, N.
j., for the murder of Annie Beekman.
He died protesting his innocence.
Lee Reilly set 10000 ems of noupa-
reil on linotype machine in Leadville,
Col, in 7hours and 10 minutes, breaking
the worlds record.
Fire destroyed large portion of the
business center of Caldwell, o.
Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles left Wash
ington on his way to the seat of war in
Europe.
The universal postal congress met in
Washington, IS countries. comprising
most of those in the postal union, be-
ing represented. Postmaster-General
Gary delivered the address of welcome.
Fire destroyed the building of the
ftasca Warehouse company in Mime
apolis, the loss being $25O,0O0.
The residence at Winwah Park, near
New Rochelle, N. Y, of Col. C. II. Green
was burned with it's contents, the loss
being 100000.
President Mckinley has named Henry
a. Castle, of Minnesota, as auditor for
the post Office department, and Stan
ford Newell, of Minnesota, as envoy ex-
-traordinary and minister plenipoten-
fiary of the United States to the Neither
lands.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-05-12
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Rev. Otis Wing, the oldest clergyman
in New England, if not in the United
States, died at his home at Newton
Junction, N. H., aged 80 years.
Rev. Edward Fairfax Berkeley, D. D.,
the oldest Episcopal minister in the
Missouri diocese, to whom belongs the
credit of Henry Clay's conversion to the
Episcopalian faith, died in st. Louis,
aged 81 years.
Albert G. Porter, ex-governor of In
diana, ex-congressman and minister to
Italy under Gen. Harrison's admins
tration. died at his home in Indianapo-
lis, aged "A years.
Edwin Il. Thorne, the actor, died in
New York after long illness.
Admiral Meade (retired), United
States navy, died in Washington. He
saw hard service before, during and
after the civil war, and had been in all
parts of the world on important naval
and diplomatic missions.
Mr.. Charles Trowbridge, the oldest
mason in Illinois and probably the old
est in the United States, died at Ke-
vance, aged 72 years.
Miss Elizabeth Lawther, aged 60, was
married at Mexico, Mo-, to her third
cousin, Col. H. Lawther, of Fulton, who
is 84
James B. Runnion, for 10 years associ-
ate editor of the Kansas City (Mo.) Star,
died at the age Of 81 years.
Iowa republicans will hold their state
convention in Des Moines on August IS
to nominate state officers.
FOREIGN.
1t was said in Athens on good author
ity that the powers had made overtures
to Greece on the subject of peace, but
that the government declined to in
yoke the mediation of Europe. Alto
gether IA officers had been recalled from
Crete to be sent to Thessaly. and this
also was proof of the intention of the
new cabinet to continue the war.
OFF Girdleness lighthouse in Scotland
the British steamers Collynee and Grin
goe collided and the Collynee sank and
II of the crew were drowned.
Fire broke out in crowded charity
bazaar in Paris and frightful panic
and rush for the doors ensued. Scores
were trampled down and the latest re-
ports admit that more than 200 persons
were killed or fatally injured, most of
them being women.
The James Morrison Brass Manufac-
turing company, the biggest concern of
its kind in Canada, failed at Toronto for
$4,000.
Five anarchists convicted of partici-
patton in the bomb outrage on June
last in Barcelona, Spain. were shot.
One report from Athens says the min
listers of war and of the interior have
returned from Pharsalos and made a
report to the cabinet which favors dis
continuing the war, and another dis
patch says the war will be continued.
The Greeks routed the Turkish troops
both at Velestino and Pharsalos in the
biggest and most important battles of
the war. Crown Prince Constantine and
Prince Nicholas fought courageously in
the front rank. The losses were heavy
on both sides.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-08-05
Largest Brick Building.

Every few know it, but it is fact, !"
explained prominent builder to re-
porter, "that the pension office building
is the largest brick building in the
world. It has been subjected to much
criticism, but it can stand it, for as
time passes along there are many things
seen about it that escaped notice when
it was newer. In all there are over TO-
900, 900 bricks in the building. General
Meigs took liberties with bricks that no
tother architect had ever attempted. He
mot only used bricks exclusively for the
building, but he used them in construct
ing the stairs throughout the building.
In the matter of stair building bricks
have often been used for the riser, but
the step has always been of iron, wood,
slate or stone. In the pension Office both
riser and step are of brick. AS brick
building, therefore, pure and simple, it
is unique in construction outside of the
fact that it is the largest exclusively
brick building in the world. Wash
sington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-08-05
Mistaken Pride.

Phil May. the artist and caricaturist,
tells of a funny experience he had on
his return from a tour for the London
Graphic:
When I came back to London, I
fastened to the Office, and imagine my
qualification when I saw everywhere
resplendent banners bearing the inscrip-
ton in large letters, Welcome to
May
"This is indeed fame,' thought,
and when I got to The Graphic Office
there was another inscription, with
flowers and all the rest Of it, Welcome
to M. and g." The @. worried me a
bit, but then the name of the man who
went out with me commenced with q.
told the editor of my qualification.
why, you egotistical idiot, he re-
marked politely, sits nothing to do
with you! It's the marriage of Prince
George and Princess May.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-08-05
N. f. A. ExcursiOn:.tO Milwaukee

TEACHERS and THEIR FRIENDS who
contemplate attending the n. E. A.
Meeting at Milwaukee, next July, will
do we'll to see that their tickets read
via the WISCONSIN CENTRAL LINES,
from St. Paul and Minneapolis. Ele-
giant day-coaches and the finest sleep
ing and dining cars, combined with the
best train service make the ride plea
SAINT one. Your nearest ticket agent
can give you full information, and sell
you tickets.
JAS. G. POND, lG. P. A.,
Milwaukee, Wis.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-08-05
HER LIFELIkE STATUE.

It Signa1ized Her Departure From the
World of Artists.
Before her marriage she had been a
famous sculptures. She had made sew
cral portrait statues of we'll known
men, and every one predicted for her a
still more brilliant future, when she
suddenly set all predictions at naught
by marrying wealthy man who dis
approved of her keeping up her profess
sional work. She was very quiet under
this restriction, but was supposed to
rebel inwardly Therefore when at a
dinner party one evening she asked her
old friend General Bashar to come to
see her on the following evening and
inspect her last piece OF work, which
she thought the best and most lifelike
she had ever executed, he supposed he
was expected to use his influence to pre-
vail upon her husband to permit her to
resume her place among the working
fraternity of artists.
81 am sure you will like it, general, "
she said, with winning smile. "It
fairly lives and breathes. confess I
am in love with it myself.
On the appointed evening the gen.
eral, with some misgivings over the
delicacy of the task Entrusted to him,
presented himself. Instead of inviting
him to. the studio his hostess, to his
surprise, offered to bring her last bit to
him.
"Oh, it's statuette, is it?'' he asked.
''Well, yes, you might call it so,"
she answered, as she went out of the
room. In few minutes she returned,
bearing in her arms-a baby Chicago
Times Herald
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-08-05
The Price of Songs.

The following list shows that great
deal of money is made from popular
music in England:
Sir Arthur Sullivan is said to have
realized $40, 900 by his celebrated song
"The Lost Chord. Balfe appears to
have received high prices for the copy
rights of some of his songs. For II
Dreamt Dwelt In Marble Halls he
got $4,000, the same for when Other
Lips, . and e5, for The Heart
Bowed Down" When recently put up
for auction, e1,212 los. was obtained
for the copyright of Michael Watson's
song Anchored. "-Harper's Round
Table.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-08-05
STREET RAILWAY DEVICES.

Among Them q scheme to Keep Com
ductors Honest. ~
1t is many years since Mark Twain's
lines immortalizing the enforced
punching of variously colored slips by
street railway conductors to prevent
their holding up the, company" ran
riot through the land, and the "buff
trip Slips the "pink trip slips and the
"blue trip slips have long been aban-
doned by most street railways in favor
of the clock faced indicator. This is a
fairly good device, but still it may be
worked by clever man not unwilling
to divert a few nickels to his own
pocket. In Toronto the company has a
scheme which, SO far as any one knows.
has never yet been circumvented by a
conductor. Indeed. it is difficult to see
how it could be got around without the
connivance of passenger. By this plan
the conductor does not touch money or
tickets at all. When collecting, he car
ries around specially made receptacle
into which the passenger must put his
own ticket or B cent piece. The con-
ductor who violates the company IS rules
by taking the fare from the passenger
and putting it into the fare holder is
liable to discharge. At the end Of each
collection the receptacle is hung upon
special hook and must there remain un-
til more passengers board the car.
The cars of the trolley line betw cen
Minneapolis and st. Paul are fitted with
admirable appliances to prevent acct
dents to passengers careless in stepping
on and off. At the rear end of each Car
are folding gates which are under the
control Of the motorman, who does not
open them until the Car has reached a
full stop and closes them before it
starts again. Controlled by the same
lever as that which opens and closes the
gates are folding steps, which let down
when the gates open and close up when
they shut.
The managers Of this same line have
carried the street Car advertising notion
to a greater length than the managers
Of most other trolley lines in the United
States. In addition to the ordinary space
for advertisements over the windows,
the backs of the seats are provided with
panels for the display of advertising
matter. This does not, however, seem
to attract the advertisers of the twin
cities very much, for the panels are very
rarely utilized except for amusement
ments.-Exchange.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-08-05
Not discouraged.

A duffer Of sportsman went out
partridge shooting, accompanied by an
Irish keeper who was good natured
enough to make all kinds of excuses for
his patrons bad shots. At last the
shooter, made reckless by i'll success,
perceived a covey Of birds quietly feed
ii:g on the other side of a hedge and re-
solved to have slap at them on the
ground. He fired, but to his mortifica-
tion they all flew away untouched.
@sOh, faith" cried Pat joyfully. be
CORA, sor, you made them Pave that
anyway. - Household Words.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-08-05
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum,
fever sores. letter, chapped hands,
chilblains. corns, and all skin erup-
tions, and positively cures piles, or
no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money re-
funed. Price % cents per box. For
sale by Scheldrup &F'iesler.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-08-05

An English writer says that if the
Prussian CONSUMPTION were applied in
India England would have 100000
regular soldiers actually in barracks,
with 800, 900 recruits coming up every
year-a force with which not only Asia
but the world might be subdued.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-08-05

Two branches of the Aberdeen Asso-
citation For the Distribution Of Litera-
ture to Settlers in Canada have been
formed in Montreal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-02
Scientific Insect Destruction.

A noted bacteriologist has lately con-
ceiyed plan of exterminating all both
ersome insects by inoculating them
with some disease peculiarly fatal
to their respective species. The plan
was suggested by the successful results
obtained by experiments in Kidding
fields of grain from chinch bugs. Mos
quitoes, which are believed to convey
malaria from the swamps to the human
system, would exist no more. Flies,
which are not as good scavengers as
was once supposed and for whose loss
improved sanitary measures would
more than compensate, would no long
err amble over the heads and noses of
would-be nappers. There is a patho-
genie germ which could be cultivated in
tubes, as consumption bacili are now
propogated, which would sweep mil
lions of the latter from existence.
Bugs, gnats and all insects which ruin
grain and fruit are to be the subject
of meteorological experiment.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-02
AN ESCAPED sAFEBLowER.
James Murphy Breaks Twice From

James Murphy Breaks Twice From
jail Captured in San Antonio.
James Murphy, alias Scully, was ar
rested by Deputy United States Mar
shall F. II. Lancaster this morning on
Alamo plaza. He escaped from the
Fort Leavenworth penitentiary on the
9Th of last month and was convicted at
Topeka, Kan, last April for safe
blowing. This is the second lime
Murphy escaped from prison since
April. He was recaptured about a
month ago in Mobile, Ala. He has a
term of two years to serve. The To-
cal officers have been looking for him
a week. When arrested he admitted
that he was the man wanted and went
willingly with the officer. He was
taken to Marshal Wares office and
from there transferred to the county
Jail, where he will be held pending the
arrival Of Fort Leavenworth officers.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-02

vertical position, and an electric light
would be turned on. Some of these sig
mails would, of course. attract attention,
whether they be put in operation by
day or by night; and the presumption
is that for fortnight a special watch
would be maintained. Count Karnice is
satisfied that. if any signs of life are to
be afforded, they will certainly appear
within Is days. If, therefore. at the
end of that time nothing has happened,
he aould have the tube and other ap-
paratus withdrawn from the grave. The
metal cover would then automatically
close over the opening in the coffin, and
burial would become final.
A journalistic advocate of the adop-
ton by the city of Paris of this scheme
has computed the probable cost. One
piece Of apparatus, he says, would cost
about eight dollars. The average num-
Der of burials per day is 200, and in Is
days would amount to about 5000. In
as much as the device can be used over
and over again, after withdrawal from
grave, it would be necessary to pro-
vide only 5000 altogether, and those
would cost $4,000. BY assessing the
families for whose benefit the invention
was employed, however, the expense
would soon be offset completely. Still,
IL solitary rescue should be effected
in consequence of the use of this APP
paratus at any time within the first few
months no doubt the public would con-
slider the outlay fully justified, even il
there were no reimbursement. But as
yet Paris does not evince faith in the
necessity for employing any such pre-
caution.