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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-04-20
TAX ON MINES.
1t Is Proposed to fix Taxes on Mining
Properties this year.

This being an even-numbered year.
the assessors in their travels this
srring will make assessments on real
estate as well as on personal prop
erty. The personal property is assess
ed every year, while real property is
valued only every other year. Two
weeks from Saturday. on the last Sat-
urday in April. the assessors of the
county will meet at County Auditor
Halden's Office and receive the books
for their respective districts, after
which they will start out to perform
their duties.
There will be no changes in the
methods this year, except that the
iron mines =: mi ing locations will
come in for larger values than they
have received in The past says the
Herald. The intention Of the county
officials is not to tax them at their
real value, though that h been pro-
posed To TIA, THEM at their full
yalne wauid be regarded as unjust for
the reason that no property in the
county is taxed on that basis. and to
single out one class Of property for
taxation in that manner would be an
injustice, according to these officials,
which would hardly stand.
There is room, however, for large
increases without the valuations be-
coming unjust. Very few mining
properties have in the past been
assessed anything like in proportion
to other property, The mines in this
county do not pay so large proper
ton of the taxes as do the mines in
other ranges, where the matter Of
taxing iron properties has been more
rigidly attended to than it has here.
1t is not expected that the assessors
themselves will do much toward rails
ing the mining valuations to their
proper level. 1t has not been the ex-
perience of the taxing officials in the
past that this can be depended upon.
They will therefors merely receive
their ordinary instructions. and il
the returns they make on the mines
are not satisfactory the board of
equalization has not only the power
TO make them right, but it will have
all the necessary informatson.
The state board of equalization will
be watching this matter pretty close
ly also, and it is possible that it may
find occasion to touch up some of the
assessments fixed by the county
board.
AS was the case last year, the stock
piles at the mines will be assessed as
personal property. The mine owners
objected to this on the ground that
it was a double tax. They claimed
that when the ore was in the mine
1t was taxe1 As real estate, and when
it was mined and placed in the stock
pile, it was taxed again as personal
property This view was not upheld
by the taxing officers, but to make it
more even the assessors lowered the
valuation on the stockpiles. Ore in
docks is also taxed as personal prop
erty, but as there is little ore in the
docks on May when assessment is
made, the county does not get great
deal from the process.
The legislature Of 1897 passed a law
requiring that all grain in elevators
or on railroad rights-of-way should be
taxed anainst the owners in the
assessment district where it is locat.
ed. This is anew provision and it also
is productive Of little result. The
assessor was able to find plenty oil
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-04-20
Gun Club Shoot.

The Ely Gun club he'd its first
shoot of the season Sunday when the
new magautrap was pnt IN operation
aud some very good srures made
among which were: Eisnach. 81;
Columbo, 10: Brownell, Is; Hodge, 13;
Rapson, Is: Bedford, IA; Beck, l6:
Larson. II; Gleason, Is; James. Is and
White, IL, out of possible %.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-04-20
IL 40, 1893. 5000 PER YEAR IN ADvANcr

grain in Duluth elevators and in the
railroad yards, but he experienced a
good deal of difficulty in locating the
owners. With.an active market on
the Duluth board of frasie wheat
sought to be assessed might easily
change hands several times while
the assessor is looking at it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-04-20

The 600 new ore cars ordered recent
II by the Duluth s. Iron Range
company, of the Illinois Car and
Equipment company, are now being
set up at Hegwitch. ILL.,, and the first
instaIlment of them will be delivered
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-04-20

rooms on Sunday April Ath at $50 A.
NJ, for the purpose of attending, in
4 body, services at the NJ. E. cdurch
where Rev. DR.. Forbes OF Duluth.
will address the members of the order
on the occasion of their 10th ami
versary. Visiting brothers especially
welcome.
PETER SCHAEFER, Secy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-04-20

1t Is expected that the water in the
lakes in this vicinity will be very low
this spring.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26

can be fred and 10 POUNDS have been fired
at a target in minute, y out of the 10
being hits. One great advantage of emoke-
less powder lies in its use as ammunition
for this type of gun, as Its utility depends
on its being fred rapidly, which Is impossi-
bic when a cloud OF smoke Obscures the
target after each discharge. Rifles of this
type are now made in sizes up to 6.6-inch
caliber. The brass shells, which are drawn
cartridges, are very expensive, but are
perfectly good after firing and are saved
and rehlled. They may be used fifty times
or more.
Ships magazines, of which there may be
five or six on q large battleship, are con
structed, according to an eminent author
ity as tanks of steel within the vessel, and
are fitted with water IN case of there be
ing any danger from fire. They are lined
with wood, preferably teak, but sufficient
space is left between the steel plates and
the teak to allow certain amount of ven
tilation, and also TO guard against danger
of fire from the steel plates, If they be
come hot, setting fire TO the teak. In some
vessels Ventila ton is maintained in these
compartments by means Of exhaust fans.
No iron Is allowed inside a magazine, all
the metal fittings and tools being of cop
per, some alloy of that metal or of zinc.
The magazines are lit by means Of strong
glass bull-eyes, which are Illuminated by
electricity in light boxes. only accessible
from outside the magazine, candies being
provided for the light boxes as an alter
native in case the dynamo breaks down.
ventilator in the floor Of the magazine is
also always provided
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26

federal eunboats had made and abandoned
,a,,nroi attempts TO force their way IN
he James river, and It was during one oil
thsee attempts that the bombarding OF
Howletrs Bluff occurred.
"The battery was situated upon bank
Of CLAW which rises almost sheer loO icet
above the river level at the sharp Dehd
above Dutch Gap. Owing TO the hight or
the fortidcations the guns from the red
erai vessels could not reach them, ana the
Federals themselves were SUBJECTED 10
yerv dangerous fire. l was the commander
of the squadron, and knew the nature CT
the cliff upon which the battery rested
"a hank OF clay, as you know, when TN
darmined does not slide gradually as a
eaodbank does, but comes away in large
sections underneath, and when the toun-
dations are gone the upper shelf naturally
takes A very sudden drop. Determined
Ia throw explosive shells into the lower
strata of the cliff, hoping 70 let the pat
battery down into the river.
This plan was executed, with appar-
ontIv gratifying effects, and ] was con-
graduating myself upon my shrewdness,
9.hen the Confederatos noticed the ma
neuvera and took measures to Illustrate
a. Their counter move was simplicity
itself. They simply moved their three
puue back some 30 feet to a secure posi-
ion. I was extremely irritated at the
failure Of my plan. but as / could not raise
the guns far enough 20 reach the battery
had about decided 70 give up the at
tempt, when my assistant suggested a
novel method Of attack.
"The guns admitted Of an elevation OF
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26

editor DR.. Valtyr Gudmundsson is one OF
the best authorities on this subject. and
uses the quotation as a text to point out
to his countrymen the superior foresight
of their ancestors in this respect The
modern Icelander has not yet realized the
value of insurance, as shown by the fact
that one of the foremost yeoman in the
country had his farm burned down three
times In succession without its being lnsur-
ed. 1t was otherwise in the old days, as
DIR. Valtyr points out. In the time Of the
old republic, the golden age of Iceland ev-
cry yeoman-farmer was by law compelled
to be member of a mutual insurance So
oiety. The method by which compensa-
ton for loss Of fire was made Is thus ex-
planned In Gra-gas, and is a striking proof
of the thoroughly practical views Of the
old Icelanders
There are three houses in every mans
dwelling for which compensation may be
obtained in event of their being burned
down" On Icelandic dwellings each
room was a separate building, and so IL
called "house'D "One is the women s
sitting room, another the common sit
ting room, and the third pantry where
the women prepare the food. If a man
has both sitting room and hall then
at the spring assembly no shall choose
whether he Will rather have the sitting
room or the hall insured. If there Is
church or chapel on any mans farm. then
that is the fourth house liable for com
pensation, where 1t exists. If any of
these houses aforementioned Is burned
down, the owner shall summon five Of his
neighbors, and get them to estimate the
damage that had been done They shall
estimate the damage done to the house
itself, and also that done 10 clothes and
other Vaiuables burned along with It; but
only such clothes and yaluables as the
owner requires for daily use shall be reck-
oned for compensation. If q church As
burned, there shall be reckoned along
with il for compensation all the hangings.
the choir, and the best bell that has been
destroyed, II there were more than one
and all the furniture required for daily
use; the same thing shall be done in the
case OF chapels"
When the damage has been valued bv
the neIghbors, as above provided. one-half
OF the loss had TO be borne by the yeoman
himself, and the other half was made
good by ell the other yeomen In the dis
trict. From each of these a certain
amount was levied In proportion TO the
value Of his property, and if this were NOT
paid within a specified time IL would be
seized by law. Al the same time 1t was
provided that no one could be called uuon
70 pay as his share more than per cent
Of his Whole property. and il was not
compulsory to compensate the same per
son for loss by fire more than three times.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26
UNIQUE DoMBARDMENT.
RicOchetfed Shells silence a Battery
on n High CLIFF.


on High CLIFF.
Col. Greene of Boston who served as
an engineer in the United States navy for
more than twenty years. retired early 10
the sos, but Is stll on the government re-
serve list OF chief engineers. He dropped
in at one Of the uptown clubs a few even
ings ago while group Of the members
were discussing the recent Commandment
Of san Juan.
THE most remarkable bombardment
which 1 know Of IN the history of naval
warfare said Col. Greene. has received
no place in current histories. and but the
barest mention Of the government reports
ana records Of the war Of secession. This
was the storming Of a little battery con-
ssting Of only three pieces, situated on the
James river, below Richmond, and known
locally as Howietts Bluff.
The James river. about fifteen miles
below Richmond, makes a wide detout.
and. after seven miles turns upon itself
forming the narrow neck OF land called
Dutch Cap This was afterward made IA
moais by the attempt OF Gen. Butter to
reach Richmond BY cutting canal. The
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26
SHOT DEAD on THE STREET.
Mysterious Murder OF "A stenOsra
pher at st. Louis.


St Louis, July 25.-Charles A. Brant, a
stenographer stopped to mail letter at
the corner of Twenty-hrst and Locust
streets tonight, and was shot and almost
Instantly killed.
Three shots were fired and three men
seen to run
Brant staggered across the street and
fell dead
In his pocket was an affectionate letter,
evidently TO his wife, but addressed to
posto ce box 693, Asbury Park N j., also
a viii headed: ITO Miss Mary Harding,
Davenport Inn, Asbury Park, N. j., whom
desire 10 be notified in case of my sud
den death, and who in the sight of God
is my lawful wife. -
Miss Harding is the daughter of Roger
I. Harding, a wealthy citizen of st. Louis,
to whom Brant was married in 1896,
against the wishes of her father. They
were divorced in April, 1897.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26

but 80 degrees. but they could be de-
pressed TO an angle of As degrees and
the assistant had learned at Annapolis
that the extreme angle at which a ball
would ricochet was about As degrees. The
plan he proposed was to run up close un-
der the cliff, inside the range Of the Con
Tolerate guns, and from there to try the
effects of the ricochet shot
81 demurred for some time, but finally
gave him permission to try his plan. and
two of the six vessels comprising the feet
made a Dash to gain the desired position.
This was Immediately accomplished
without damage. The guns were depress-
ed and the trial made. At The first shot
the water thrown up drenched all on
board the vessel, but the officer saw with
satisfaction that the shells had rebounded
ana dropped directly into The battery
above After fifteen minutes Of this novel
bombardment the Confederates abandoned
their position, and the battery was ST.
fenced
There remained, however, an almost
unlimited number of batteries all along
the river which must be silenced before
a Federal fleet could reach Richmond
ana this particular squadron was recalled
before 1t could make secure the advan-
tage it had gained In importance the
bombarding OF Howletts Blum is insignif-
cant. but In character it stands almost
unique in history"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26
-o[oL1Lu TO BE FORTIFIED.
and officers Quarters Also

Ills and officers Quarters Also
Dr. 10 BE Erected There.
san Francisco, July 25--Ma1' Langhtt'
hos TO go to Honolulu with a battalion
~,unteer engineers, to-day received in
-s from Gen. Merriam to cause a
I.-..,.rv survey to be made of the har-
Honolulu and its surroundings as
" ~tsrye of fortifcation plans, and to
- plans for barracks and officers
49,, Merriam has selected Lieut.. Col,
..t1e First South Dakota Infantry
.-.-..r1 the troops going to Manila
te COM an The steamer St. Paul. They
tl5 .r5 rk on Thursday or Friday. They
WI -r-.-- of the remainder of the First
g., colorado and Tenth Pennsylvania.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26
LOAN ASSOCIATION COLLAPSE.
The Liabilities S1s2.OOO and the As
sets $40, 1000.

Milwaukee Wis, July 25.-The complete
report of State Examiner Kidder on the
affairs of the Home Building and Loan
Association, of which John Harvey Mey-
ers was secretary treasurer, shows LA
biities of $4,000 and assets of $1,000.
There viii be no returns to any one who
had money in the concern.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26
r,e RIO Getting Ready to sail.

CHARLESTON. s. c., July 25.-The United
cot transport Tito that arrived here
80 DAYS ago was released from quaran-
me today and came up TO the city.
The ship will carry to Santiago 600 negro
laborers who were hired as bridge build
~ and road makers by Gen. Ray Stone
NJ ITO is being loaded tonight and will
sail earlv tomorrow morning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26
FEATHERWEIGAT FIGHT.
"''iS o'DonneIl Gets the worst of IT
With Luke Stevens

. l5u'laio' n. Y, July 25.-At the Olympic
-..'e'la Club tonight the principal bout
's 'el"een Billy O'DonneH, the feather
''''Snt Of the South, and Luke Stevens Of
sa5 glly. Stevens took slugger's chance
'.u 1ulged in rough tactics. After nine
~ Jus OF this sort of thing O'Donneu to,l
cl+. .,5e nelly that he was i'll and could MOI
stevens got the decision.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26

IT, Yuma Ca, July 25.-AIr. William Pr,
On an ol1 and honored citizen Of Srrevar
veStdrSI' nee az his home. near Fnect.
of aoo morning. Mr.. Prior was s vsars
dre5 a. 1io Mr., Mrs. j. II. Hammond and chin
in sviysr-iiaa "kinsyille are visiting friends
Inc. ne crop prospects in this oo,n,,.
In years. as 5000 as mas been known
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26
PROTEST AGAINST MIAMI.

49, CrIberSOn Wants Texas Begi-
ments sent Elsewhere.
r,.,,s,on Tex. July ga special from
,nsttn to the Post. says: Gov Culberson
h.s nrotested to the war department
o..inst the keeping of the First and Sec
"a Texas Regiments in camp al Miami
Fis owing to the alleged unsanitary con-
5it,ons at that place"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26
BIRDS THAT DO NOT SING.
They Far Outnumber the Musicians
of the Feathered Tribe.


From the Philadelphia Times.
Singing is applied to birds in the same
sense that il is to human beings-the ut
terance Of musical notes. Every person
makes vocal sounds of some kind, but
many persons never attempt to sing. So
It is with birds. The eagle screams, the
owl boots, the wild goose honks, the crow
caws. but none of these discordant sounds
can be called singing.
With the poet the singing of birds means
merry, hght-hearted joyousness and most
of us are poetic enough to view it in the
same way. Birds sing most in the spring
and the early summer, those happiest sea-
sons of the year. while employed in nest
building and in rearing their young. Many
OF our most musical singers are silent
all the rest of the year; al least they utter
only low chirpings. Ii is natural, there
fore that lovers of birds should regard
their singing as purely an expression of
joy in the returning spring, and in their
happy occupations.
Outside of what are properly classed as
song BIRDS there are many species that
never pretend 10 sing; in fact, these far
outnumber the musicians. They include
the water birds of every kind, both swim
mers and waders; all the birds of prey,
eagles hawks, owls and vultures; and al
the galinaceous tribes, comprising pleas
ants .partridges, turkeys and chickens. The
gobble of the turkey cock, the defiant crow
of the "bob-white,' are none of them true
singing; yet it is quite probable that all of
these sounds are uttered with precisely
similar motives to those that inspire the
sweet warbling of the song-sparrow, the
clear whistle of the robins or the thrilling
music of the wood thrush.
But naturalsts have set apart a very
large group as song birds, and even among
these there are many species thai never
sing at all Birds are grouped according
to the anatomical characteristics, the
structure of their bones, bills, feet and
wings And thus we have the sonsless
song birds looking al the matter from the
standpoint Of the classifying naturalist.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26
RUSH HELD FOR TRIAL.
Goes to Jail at Dayton in Default OF
$500 Bail.

$500 Bail.
Dayton, o., July 25.-Dr. G. w. Rush
was bound over to the grand jury to-day
from the preliminary court, on the charge
Of shooting his father-in-law, George De
Witt, and is now an inmate of the county
Jail in default of $500 bail.
The case was on continuance from last
week The trial was sensational through
out
Mr.. Harris of Savannah was not per-
mtted to testify
On the announcement of the courts de-
cision, the prisoners counsel filed re-
quest for discrimination in the Probate
Court ana the hearing will be taken up
again next Friday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26
GOVERNMENTS NEW BONDS.

VTSOhS Ohering TO TaI1e $1,000
or Less VIII Get Them.
Washington, July PA treasury state
nieh1 shows there are about 800, coo persons
70 Whom bonds under the governments
popular loan will be allotted.
"A. AZ persons offering to take $500 or less
VIII receive bonds.
HE hrst shipment of the new bonds was
s+."ue Today. The bonds will be sent out
Ss rapidly as possible.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26
koREA's KING TO ABDICATE
"'''ish Consul at Seoul Refuses 10
Receive Him.

union july ga dispatch to the
ID'iS cnroheile from Shanghai, says that
- iloul' the KING of Korea, desires to all
" or. ana TO take refuge at the Ryitish
esoH9uIdte al Seoul. The British cons,ii
--ele uecIlnes TO receive him
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26
NEITHER KNOCKED OUT.
McPartland and EVerhardt Fight %
Rounds,

'-'''IU UIIU EVeFMaFdt EIght 20
Rounds.
New York, July 25-Kid MCFARLAND Of
New York and Jack Everhardt of New
orleans fought twenty-five rounds tonight
at the Greater New York Athletic Club,
Coney Island, and at the end of the fight
ooIh men were able to go several rounds
more.
referee Sam Austin satisfied every one
oy declaring the bout draw This is the
unIa time these men have met, and to-
Ilsht contest leaves the question of su-
Ilenacy between the two men to be set
lied at some future time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26

The output of gold in Australia for
the first half of this year viii be largely
in excess Of that for the same period last
year The same is true OF the South Afri-
can gold mines and Of the United States
mines. The Klondike and Alaska regions
viii yield $259o0.Og0 this year Tine esti-
mate that the worlds output of gold would
reach $300,0000o0 ia 1870 was too low.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26
s,re FOR sHAFTER's HOME CAMP
rract Of Land Near MorFisviile' Pa
rnder Consideration.

rr-otor. n. j., July 25.-Adjt, Gen. Cor
81. win General Manager Hutchinson OF
~. p.arsvvanla Railroad, and number
Of other railroad officials, to-day inspected
.-,o-. of land near Morrisville, Pa, with
NV 60 establishing camp OIL zen
s.seter's forces now at Santiago. ms Is
Gen. Corbin's second VISIT TO tne pace, alg
Win its advantages.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26

Florida Central II PeninsuIar Railroad Co
EFFECT JULY 1898
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26

Kaiser Wilhelm has been camping out
for a week under tent on the island Of
Heligoland. He took three car loads OF
baggage with him.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-10-26
Quick Profits.

Business" Is the watchword Of the
day, and the small boy is developing
on that line with a rapidity which as
tonishes the previous generation. But
the practical side of his nature has
not Obscured the poetry of childhood.
The fairy tale is as potent as ever,
and there was a smile Of pleasure on
the face Of the lad who remarked at
breakfast:
IL had a beautiful dream last night"
"What was it?" his father asked.
81 thought 1 was out in the woods
and 1 saw a most gorgeously dressed
lady coming toward me-"
THAT Is good deal like some Of
the stories that you have been read
ing"
Eyes. 1t doesn't get very different
until the end. I knew by her looks
that she was the fairy queen, and l
made up my mind that wasn't going
to lose chances like some Of the boys
In story books, who didn't know .
good chance when they saw It."
"Did she offer you three wishesr
"Yes. And called to mind how
she sometimes took advantage of a
mortars being excited and nervous
when he wished, in order to make him
waste his opportunities and have q
good laugh at him. So, when she said.
Little boy, I'll give you three Wishes
I didn't jump at the chance. said,
viii you give me whatever I ask forT
She answered, Yes; you r'y have
three wishes"
What did you do?"
~ wished for four"