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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-07-27
JUST A SHORT ONE.
A Few Words from Corporal Cooke of the
18th Minnesota, Co. L.
Camp Ramsey, MINI.

EDITOR MINER:
1 have started two or three times
to write an article to the MINER but
can never get time to finish a letter
at one sitting and before / can get
around to finish it, the first has gotten
cold and without interest.
I believe there are still twenty of
us from Ely in the company, and of
course. we think we have the best
company in the regiment. They have
the best muster record, i. e., there
were the fewest rejected on physical
examination; the best hospital record
and the best guard house record of
any company in the regiment.
We had regimental muster Monday
and were in line from O'Clock to 1870
P. NJ. 1t was very hot day and
hard on the boys. There were about
fourteen in the regiment tainted from
heat and exhaustion, none OF which
were from company L.
The boys all seem to like camp life.
We have a good cook, considered the
best in the regiment and that helps
matters a good deal. Jack Bedford
holds down that position. He was
sick and off duty for two days and the
boys began to kick right away. When
it was reported that he was rejected,
half the company said they would
jump the job.
We are having battalion drill these
days and it keeps the boys busy learn
ing all the different moves. We have
not received our guns yet but have
our uniforms and look little more
like soldiers than we did before.
Will send more next time.
CORP. E. A. COOKE,
Co. L, 18th MINI. Vols.
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Ore ShipmentS.

The total amount Of shipments for
the month to July 10, inclusive, was
5,l05 cars, representing 129,625 tons,
divided as follows: Chandler. $500
cars, or 10000 tons; Minnesota group,
], 300 cars, or $1,000 tons, and Pioneer,
2S5 cars, or 7,l25 tons. The Mime
sofa shovels will not operate during
the balance of the month, while that
Of the Chandler will work day and
night, and the Pioneer will probably
put on steam shovel soon. Ship
ments thus far this month compare
very favorably with those of a year
previous, but the seasons business
will fall considerably under last years.
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ored that the "poor mans COW" will
be made campaign issue at next
Springs election and that an "anti-
COW ordinance" ticket will be elected.
Well and good. However, just few
Of the present aldermen Of the city
are for the enforcement OF the cattle
ordinance and enforced it will be 80
we are Informed regardless Of whom
it may hit. Remember the ordinance.
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speaking roughly and would not be
surprised IL the amount was greater,
Oliver employees 4,5oo men in man.
ufacturing iron and steel products.
Ii his freight bills are equal to S., 600,
900 what must his other expenses be
when the ore is transformed into the
manufactured product. Don't think
because Mr.. Oliver does not hustle
around briskly that he is not doing
business every minute that he is
awake.
&c. d. Frazer, secretary to Mr..
Oliver, is wise young man. He is
entrusted with handling matters of
much concern, and Mr.. Oliver learned
long ago that he is capable and reli-
able. | noticed that Mr.. Oliver de-
clined to be interviewed. l am not
surprised at that. A man with so
many interests will never have any,
thing to take back nor roget if he
never says anything. The Oliver
Mining company last year mined l.
100000 tons of ore in St, Louis county
and about 2,ooo.o 900 tons on the old
ranges of what is known as hard ore.''
The presence of DR.. Hulst, Mr..
Oliver and Thomas Bardon in Duluth
at the same time has given rise to
speculation concerning the sale of the
Pioneer mine to the Oliver Mining
company. 1t is regarded as quite
certain that the deal will be consum-
mated some day but when is matter
that even thosein close touch with the
transaction are unable to say.
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PIONEER DEAL NOT DEAD.
Large Number of Prominent Iron Men on
the Ranges at Present.

Large Number of Prominent Iron Men on
the Ranges at Present.
Between the presence of the state
railroad and warehouse commission,
their attorneys, the officials of the
Duluth s. Iron Range and the Duluth
Missabe & Northern roads, Henry
Oliver and DR.. Nelson p. Hulst, quite
a notable party-oI rather parties
of men interested in one way and an
other with iron mining and railroads
are ''doing" the ranges says the Trib-
une. Thomas BardoD of the Pioneer
was in Duluth yesterday. Mr.. Oliver
is the President of the Oliver Mining
company and is naturally the man
about whom all interest seems to
center, Speaking of him yesterday a
mining man said:
Henry w. Oliver is the best bust.
\
ness man that ever stepped on the
soil of Minnesota. He is a wonder
and no mistake. A man cannot com
prehend the extent of his interests
nor his transactions. We are ac-
eustomed to speak of the Rothschilds
as the acme Of wealth but it woulG
break Rothschild to pay the Oliver
Carnegie freight bills for ore. Why
the combination pays not less thar
S., 900, 900 every year for transporting
ore from the mines of Minnesota anC
Wis consin to the furnaces. l an
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A GALA DAY FOR ELY.
Skerbeck's Great 8 and 80 Cent Show t,
be Here Friday July 20.

Skerbeck's Great L 8 and e5 Cent Show to
be Here Friday Juiy29.
The always popular Sherlock Fam
lily with their newly-organized one
ring show will come to Ely on Friday
of this week for two performances,
afternoon and evening reaching here
by special train early in the morning
Of that day. The show, since it's
former visit here has been greatly
enlarged and strengthened and now
presents program made mp from the
very best talent in the arenic profess
sion. Chief among the attractions
offered is Prof. Williams and his
troupe OF performing horses, every
where acknowledged to be the best
in the business. presenting an eXhi-
bition of equine intelligence equalled
only by the higher animal, man. Of
the Sherlock Family. acrobats and
tumblers, columns might be written
but 80 well known are they that the
bare announcement of their coming
is sufficient. Besides these there are
a score of other novel and sensational
features. Remember the date, Fri
day, July 20,
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Explorations at Robinson Lake.

Osterberg Bros, with two diamond
drills have begun operations on lands
owned by Silas Robinson at Robinson
lake to thoroughly explore the same
writes correspondent to the Mime
apolis Journal. This property was
test-pitted nearly ten years ago.
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VIII Run Next Month.

Ballasting is now nearing compile
tion on the Iron Range roads Stewart
river extension, which has been built
to avoid stiff grades on heavy traffic.
Trains will probably begin running
over the new line the first of next
month. Passenger trains. work trains
and light traffic will probably con-
tinue to go via the old line, so as to
leave the new route as free as possible
for ore and heavy traffic. 1t is esti-
mated that the heavy locomotives of
the road will increase their capacity
at this point IS per cent by this re-
duction in grades
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Gun Club Tournament.

1t is expected that next Sunday a
special train will arrive in this city
from Duluth with the Duluth, Sup
erior, Two Harbors and Tower gun
clubs for tournament shoot with
the Ely boys.
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The Railroad Com ,nissione rs.

The board of Railroad and Ware
house Commissioners who have been
hearing the railroad cases in Duluth
the past two weeks made a tour of
Inspection of the road yesterday.
They visited Ely and remained about
an hour in this vicinity.
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corporal.

Saturday evening, Ely Lodge No.
35S. /. o. G. T., entertained their
Soudan brothers and sisters, the Sou
dan lodge coming up in a body. A
good time was had. Speeches, reci-
tations, music and refreshments were
in order. Among the visitors were:
Misses Florence Childers and Annie
Jeffry, Mrs. A. M. Tonkin, Messrs.
It. Childers, c. Jeffry, Gus Morton. j.
Roberts. j. Sloggett, Ed. Hill, John
Rogers, W. Richards, W. Mitchell,
II. Tregellis, Arthur Cundy, John
CIulow, 1. Odgers, Tom Harvey and
Richard Carpenter.
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How Bedford Enlisted.

Pioneer Pross:-There are a number
Of stories about camp and one they
were telling yesterday was how Jacl
Bedford enlisted. He is now the cool
for Company L, but at his home il
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Auction Sale

There will be sold to the highest
bidder, at the City Pound, Saturday
morning at 10 o clock, one horse.
r. WALLACE, Poundmaster.
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Taps have been placed on the hyd-
rants and water can now be secured
between the hours Of of 9 and 10 Sc
the forenoon. Those living in the
lower end Of the town have little
the best of those on the hill as Wheb
the pipes are full they can secttS
water at all times.
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UP to July IA, the total expen-
ditures connected with the conduct OF
the war has been Sl23, 600, 900, over ST..
800, 900 day. The loss to the United
States forces up to that time was 247
killed, 81 missing and 1923 wounded.
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WEAK LUNGS.

book by DR.. Robert Hunter of New York, gives
all the latest discoveries of medical science regarding
Consumption. Asthma, Bronchitis. aud Pulmonary
Catarrh, explains their differences, and points ont
the curative treatment OF each form of lung
disease.
DR. Hunter IS OF the oldest and most expe
renced lung specialists of the world having devoted
his professional life, since ISL 20 the Special study
and Treatment of Lung Complaints He was the
first to discover Consumption to be local disease OF
the lungs and 20 show that it destroys life solely by
strangling the breathing power of that ors~n-
He the father OF the JootI treatment of the
lungs by dntfseptic mcfieaiod air hdldttoas in
veutor of the st Gthclr0 Instruments elposef
foy NE Of t,,J diseases and the discoverer of the
only known geTmicide which has power 10 Kill The
0eyBss Of consumption in the iIapgx of the patient
His antiseptic inhalation is the only scientific treat
of lung diseases 1t applies the remedies to the
very seat OF the disease in the only direct and
nonsense way. Its is attestsd by thousands
whom II and restored TO health from these
dread malades.
copy of DR. Hunters book will be sent free to all
subscribers of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE who are in
terested by addressing him at III West 45ih Street.
New York.
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were taken and held that afternoon; whether
Gen. Butterfeld, in his report, recognized the
services and sacrifices of the Third Brigade or
not
They also know, OF ought to know, that
those cannon were not taken from the redOubt
till n late hour at night. rs il was too hot a
place for that kind of business that afternoon,
and would probably have been so that night,
had the enemy not been in retreat
As TO who the parties were that took the
guns from the redOubt / neither know nor
care; but | have not the slightest doubt that
the quotation given by the comrade IS
correct
These statements are offered simply for the
purpose of corrOborating the comrade and
letting the boys know that there are still
some of the men living who participated from
start to finish in many of those struggles, and
that when they write, they should be a little
more considerate than some of them are lest
it be inferred by those who were actually
present that they were not there, but are
writing simply from their recollection of what
someone has told then.-WM. HARPHAM,
Co +, 55th o. V. l., Third Brigade, Third
Division Twentieth Corps, Guthrie, Okla.
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shall be held as the property of the whole
equally, without distinction, and may be
used for the common benefit or disposed of
for the same object. And any person. officer
or otherwise, who shall improperly retain,
secrete, use or needlessly destroy such
property, or any property found, captured,
or confiscated, belonging to the enemy, or
shall williully neglect to render a full and
fair statement of such property by him SO
taken or held, shall be guilty Of misde
mean0r and, on conviction, shall be pun
ished accordingly.
ART. XXIX. Safety or Intelligence
Fand.-All money, plate, watches or iewelry
captured by honorable warfare. found, taken
or confiscated, belonging TO the enemy, shall
be held sacred, to constitute liberal safety
or intelligence fund: and any person who
shall improperly retain, dispose of, hide, use
or destroy such money Or other articles above
named, contrary TO the provisions and spirit
of this article, shall be deemed guilty of
theft. and. on conviction thereof, shall he
punished accordingly. The Treasurer shall
furnish the Commander in-Chef at all times
with full statement of the condition of such
fund and its nature.
ART. XXXIlI. Volunteers. persons
who may come forward, and shall voluntarily
|
registered on the books of this organization,
shall, so long as they continue at peace, be
entitled TO the fullest protection in person
and property though not connected with this
organization, and shall be treated as friends,
and not merely as persons neutral.
ART. X&XIV. Neutrdls.-The persons
and property OF all non-slaveholders who
shall remain absolutely neutral shall be re-
Spected SO far as circumstances can allow OF
it, but they shall not be entitled to any active
protection
ART. XXXV No Needless H'dste.-The
needless waste or destruction of any useful
property or article by fire, throwing open of
fences, fields. buildings or needless killing of
animals, or injury of either, shall not be toi-
Grated at any time or place, but shall be
promptly and peremptoriIy punished.
ART, XXXVI. Property Comfscated.-
The entire personal and real property Of all
persons known to be acting either directly
or indirectly. with or for the enemy. or
found in arms with them, OF found willfully
holding Slaves, shall be coniiscated and
taken whenever and wherever it may be
found in either free or slave States.
ART. XLVI. these articles not for the
OrertbrOr Of G0UerHmcnt.-T'ie foregoing
articles shall not be construed 50 as in any
wav to encourage the overthrow of any
State Government. or Of the General Gov
ernment OF the United States, and look TO
no dissolution of the Union, but simply TO
amendment and repeal; and our flag shall be
the same that our fathers fought under in
the Revolution.
Under this Constitution the offices of
President and Commander-in-C Chief were
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C"lfEL oOS AND IIk OSl
a trifle until the next March, paying the
Tent in advance, purchasing for cash q
lot of hogs from the family, and agree
ing to take care of the stock on the
farm until it could be sold, which they
faithfully did.
After they had lived there few weeks,
attracting no observation, others joined
them from time to time, including two
of Browns young daughters; and one
would go and another come, without ex-
citing any particular remark. They
paid cash for everything. were sociable
and friendly with their neighbors, and
seemed to pass their time mainly hunt
ing in the mountains; though it was
afterward remembered that they never
brought home any game.
On one OCCASION, neighbor remarked
to the elder Mr.. Smith Gas old Brown
was called, that he had observed
twigs and branches bent down in a pecu-
liar manner; which Smith explained by
stating that it was the habit Of Indians
in travelling through strange country,
to mark their path thus, so as to be able
to find their way back. He had no
doubt, he said, that Indians passed over
these mountains, unknown !" .he inhab-
itants.
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'THEY WOULD SHOOT Down THE SIDE"
that we would be supported by brigade, Il
think Ransom's. We were urged to do our
duty; every survivor should have furlough
and the first promotion in his company.
Every fourth man was given scaling
ladder Then the command was: Right
-double-quick-M March," " Down
through one gully of tangled brush, over a
hill and through another gully and to an
other hill we went. We struck the Jackson
road There was a cutoff in the road maybe
four feet deep, running straight toward Fort
Hill At the top of the range of hills was
the first works, slightly more than head
log.
As we reached the cut in the road-I think
it might have been $50 feet yet to the fort
not shot had been fired; we could see the
Johnnies ready for rs.
There We're the black, frowning mouths of
guns run out loaded with grape and canister
and as far as one could see densely packed mob
of the hardest-looking ruffians l ever saw,
every man with gun at his shoulder, finger
on the trigger.
believe every man thought as | did: If we
could get near enough, they would shoot over
us, which we found was correct. At the
word fire" " think the advance was not
over 80 feet from the ditch squirt of flame
seemed to take my breath from me, and the
conclusion seemed to lift me from the ground; !;
but on we went in the ditch and tried to
climb the works. but the soil was so loose We
could get no footing.
Our color-bearer had climbed through a
hole made by shot from our own guns and
planted the Stars and Stripes. Someone
threw it back Our brigade in reserve gave
the Johnnies enough, so they let US alone.
After the Johnnies Stacked firing, they would
reach out at arm's-length and shoot down the
sides of the works; so We had to hug close to
the inner bank, and then we were in danger
from our own guns A 1l6th ILL., boy and
lay close together We made up our minds
we would get out, as the Johnnies said they
would take US in as soon as it got dark.
So, under the smoke of the guns, we made
break for liberty and reached the outer
works.-A. f. GoLDsBERRY, Co. E, 127th
H., Maynard, Iowa.
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declared TO have no rights which the white
man is bound TO respect. together with all
the other people degraded by the laws
thereof. do for the time being, ordain and
establish for ourselves the following Provis-
ional Constitution and ordinances the better
to protect our people, property, lives and
liberties, and to govern our actions.
ARTICLE l. Qualifications Of MEMBER
ship.-All persons of mature age, whether
prescribed, oppressed and enslaved citizens,
or of prescribed and oppressed races Of the
United States, who shall agree to sustain
and enforce the Provisional Constitution
and ordinances of organization, together
with all minor children Of such persons,
shall be held to be fully entitled to protec-
tion under the same.
ART. XXVIII. Properfy-All captured
or confiScated property. and all property
the product of the labor of those belonging
to this organizat.o on, and of their families
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8 USED BY BROWN is AN ARSENAL.
Meantime, the greater number of the
men kept ont OF sight during the day, so
;ls not To attract attention, while their
arms, munitions, etc, were being gradu-
ally brought from Chambersburg, in
well-secured boxes. No meal was eaten
on he farm, while old Brown was there,
until Il blessing had been asked upon it !;
and his Bible was in daily requisition.
THE FIRST BLOW.
The night of the Oath Of October was
originally fixed upon by Brown for the
first blow against slavery in Virginia,
by the capture of the Federal Arsenal
at Harper's Ferry and his biographer,
Redpath, alleges that many were on their
way to be with him on that occasion,
when they were paralyzed by the intelli-
gence that the blow had already been
struck, and had failed.
The reason given for this, by one a
certain "Col." Hugh Forber, an Eng
lish adventurer, and general dabbler in
civil discord, who had been with Brown in
Iowa, if not in Kansas, atterward figured
as revealer of his secrets, or what were
alleged to be such. He had been disap-
pointed in his pecuniary expectations.
who was in his confidence, is, that Brown,
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Ashtabula County, O., sick of the ague.
He visited his family in Essex County,
n. Y, toward the end Of that month.
In May, he was in New York City,
Rochester, and Boston, where he learned
to manufacture crackers On the Sd of
June, he was at Collinsville, Conn,
where he closed contract for a thou
sand pixies, that he had ordered some
time before.
He was soon afterward again in
northern Ohio, and in western Penn
sylvania, proceeding by Pittsburg and
Bedford to Chambersburg, where he re-
manned several days. He was in
Hagerstown, Nd, on the 30th, where
he registered his name as Smith and
two sons, from western New York"
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the 10Th preceding and we were not spelling
for o fight. All at once we heard Capt.
Gillette's Attention, Co. Z; fall in"
He read an order from Headquarters of the
Second Division. Fifteenth Corps, Maj F. p.
Blair commanding, that one man from each
company in every regiment in the division
volunteer for storming party, and with
fixed bayonets to make an assault on Fort
HILL in our immediate front.
After second appeal | said was willing
to 90. fell in where the party was forming
on the Jackson road / was very near the
head of the column. After our number had
reported an order was read to the effect that
we had volunteered for a very hazardous
duty; that we were to drive the gunners from
their guns at the point of the bayonet, and
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The SCHooLHOrsE IN THE MoUNTAI,
to be separate, and in all cases TO be held
by different persons john Brown was
chosen Commander-in-C Chief; J. II.
Kagi, Secretary Of War; Owen Brown
(son of john, Treasurer; Richard
Realf Secretary Of State.
Brown returned to the States soon
after his triumphal entry into Canada as
a liberator, and was at Cleveland from
the Goth to the seth Of March. He
entered bis name on the textbook, as
John Brown, Of Kansas" advertised
two horses for sale at auction and, ut
the time Of the sale, stood IN front Of the
auctioneer's stand, notifying all bidders
that the title might be considered de-
fectiye, since he had taken the horses
with the slaves whom he liberated in
western Missouri, finding it necessary
to his success that the slaves should have
horses, and that the masters should not.
But" he added, when telling the story
sfterward, they brought a very excel
lent price"
PREPARING FOR HIS RAID.
Early in April following, he was in