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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
JOENSON'S REPORT.
The Bureau OF Engraving and Print
ing Made a Remarkable Rec
ord the Past Year.

Washington. Dec. 30 Claude n.
johnson, director of the bureau Of en-
craving and printing. in his annual re-
port says:
During the year there were 81, :
AIS sheets of stamps and government
securities printed and delivered, at a cost
of 81 ,59S. This sum, however, includes
So, $50 increase Of stock, $4,000 paid for ma
chinery and s6,41s paid to outside employees.
Deducting these extra amounts, the cost
per 1000 sheets this year was AZ cents less
than last, making total saving of 81, 700.
The average number of sheets handled by
each employe was $3.50, which is the best
record ever made by the bureau, and an
increase of Sc per cent. over the year 1893.
A remarkable record was made by the
bureau in supplying adhesive stamps to the
internal revenue bureau In II days after
the passage Of the act the bureau had de-
livered 1S5, 390, 926 stamps. This work was
done in addition to and in connection with
the new bond issue, and in addition to
supplying increased demands for United
States notes, silver certificates and treas
ury notes, as well as the issue of a new
series Of postage stamps for the Omaha
Trans-Mississippi exposition
1t is recommended that the approp-ia-
tions for printing postage stamps be made
direct TO the bureau, and to settle the point
that the government and not private este D.
Hshments shall do this work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
SILVER THE BASIS.
Com missioner Harden Reports ON TIN c
Currency of the Philippine
Islands.

Washington, Dec. Am interesting
official report on financial and indus
trial conditions in the Philippines. pre-
pared liy Edward W Harden. appointed
last August as special commissioner
for that purpose, has been made pub
lie by Secretary Gage. 1t shows,
among other things, that silver is the
basis of the island currency, that the
per capita circulation for the entire
population of the islands is about five
dollars on a silver basis, or half that
On a gold basis, that the Mexican dollar
is the Gin chiefly in use, that Spanish
oppression extended to finance to such
a measure that Sc, 600, 900 of $40. 900 ,oO9
bond is-ue in July, 1897, was foated as
forced loan from those having claims
against the government, that practical
~ all the trade is in the hands of for
eigners, that exports in 1897 exceed
imports by SO, 999. 29o in total vaiua-
ton, that the four principal industries
are hemp, sugar, copra and tobacco.
and that the establishment of cord
age-making plant would probably be
paying investment
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
HEALTH OF THE ARMY.
Reports from Hospitals Show Thai
1t Has Greatly Improved With
in the Last Two Months

Washington. Dec. la great i'm
provement in the health of the army
has taken place within the last two
months, as shown by the last reports
to the surgeon general from the field
and general hospitals. The hospitals
at Chickamauga park have been emp
tied and abandoned. The same is true
of the division field hospitals at Camp
Hamilton, Lexington, Kentucky and
Jacksonville, Fla. The hospital train
which has carried nearly 1000 sick men
from the various camps to general hos
pitfalls is now lying idle at Washing
ton The general hospital at Fort Nc
Pherson, Georgia, has only 200 patients
remaining and reports 423 vacant beds
The Josiah Simpson hospital at Fort
Monroe has AGO vacant beds. The gen
eral hospital at Fort Myer, Virginia.
has $50 vacant beds and only 162 pa
tents remaining. The hospital at Fort
Thomas, Kentucky, which recently re-
ceived the sick from Camp Hamilton.
reports 81 in hospital and 100 vacant
beds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
FILIPINOS WILL RESIST.
Advices Say They Have Decided Not
to Recognize the Ccssion of the
Islands to the United States.

Madrid, Dec. 2.-Advices from the
Philippine islands say the insurgents
there nave decided not to recognize the
cession of the islands to the United
States and that they viii resist to the
last. 1t is also claimed that the United
States will require 10000 troops to pu.
down the rebellion, and it is alleged.
that the insurgents hold 10000 Span
ISL prisoners whom they will force to
serve against the Americans.
An official dispatch from Gen. Rios,
governor of the Visayas islands, reports
that the Spanish troops at Iloilo have
made successful sortie, inhicting
heavy losses upon the insurgents. The
spreading of the insurgent movement,
the dispatch says, is not directed
against the Spaniards, but against the
Americans
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Agricultural Experiments.

President John 5. Pillsbury, of the
tate university board OF regents. has
prepared his annual report on the ag-
rlcultural experiment station The
work that is being carried on at the
various sub-stations is described in de-
tail The farm at Grand Rapids now
comprises 95 acres. What was at one
time a heavy wooded plat has now
been so improved as to allow the use
Of machinery. In a muskeg swamp
open draining work has been in pro-
gress, with experiments in what kinds
Of vegetables will best grow on it.
AT the Coteau farm in Lyon county
the study of soil moisture, soil fertili-
ty, production of forage crops and for
estry production has been carried on
for some time. The forestry planta-
ton. started in 1894, is reported as be-
ing in excellent condition.
The Federal government appropri-
ates $4,000 annually for the work in
this state, but the total expense
amounts to over $50. 900.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
Iind-S Maiority.

The secretary of state has unofficial
returns from all the county auditors
in the state. Those yet to come in
viii not alter the figures materially.
They show that Lind has a plurality
of 20, 800 over Eustis, and a majority of
II. 746 over all.
Other candidates on the republican
state ticket have pluralities as follows:
Lyndon A. Smith, lieutenant governor,
25, 663; Albert Berg, secretary of state,
IS, S4S; r. c. Dunn. state auditor, A,
564: A. L. Koerner, state treasurer, 43,
664: W. 3. Douglas, attorney general,
80, $50; d. f. Reese, clerk of supreme
court. 1868. For justices of the SUI
preme court, Lovely polled lbs. S97
votes Brown, 10Y, s54, Lewis 100, CO..,
CAVITY 9S, 715, Mitchell s9,675, Buck, u.s.
lis. Koerner leades in number of
votes, having received 40, ISL. Bob
Dunn comes next with 13S, $50. Dug
las and Reese come close after Dunn,
the former having 137, $50, and the lat
ter 137, ST., Lyndon A Smith received
only $50, 207 votes,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
Conscience Stricken.

Harry Root, aged is years. walked
into the Central station at Minneap-
oils and announced that he was bur
glar and wished to give himself up.
Questioned by Captain Coskran, he
confessed that he and companion
had gone through jewelry store at
80 Nicollet avenue. securing six opera
glasses, some cuff buttons. watch
chains, and pins. He had been for
mer employe at the store, and in that
capacity had managed to get a wax
impression of the lock, with which he
had a key made to order and thus eff
fected entrance. He had afterwards
pawned the plumber. He was without
employment and could not agree with
his step-mother, for which reason he
left home. Urged on by hunger, he
had committed the crime.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
The Naval Reserve.

Washington, Dec. 2. Lieut. ". b. b.
Sutherland, in charge of matters per-
1oining to the naval militia, has made
report to the assistant secretary Of
the navy upon the naval militia during
lie war. At the begin ming of the year
an allotment Of $4,000 was made to sew
e-al states having naval militia organi-
zations, with total of 4.445 men. The
states were California, Connecticut.
florida, Georgia. Illinois. Louisiana,
Maryland. Massachusetts, Michigan,
New Jersey, New York, North Caro-
Ina. Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
South Carolina and Virginia. The Dis
trict of Columbia has since mustered
in an organization. He says that the
war has demonstrated the necessity for
the maintenance of a national naval
reserve which he recommends. He
comments the patriotism of the re-
serves AID in conclusion SAYS that he
considers that continuous annual ap-
preparation of 500, 600 will be sufficient
TO provide for force of naval reserves
to aggregate 1000 men at the end of
three wears
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
MONTH OF BIG GALES.
Peculiar Meteorological Statistics
Reported for November by the
Chicago Weather Bureau

Chicago, Dec. meteorological sta
tistics and tables compiled by Forecast
CT Cox, of the weather bureau, show
that November has had peculiar COM
bination of normal and abnormal at
mospheric conditions. The gales that
pounded boats to pieces on the great
lakes during the early part of the
month were the severest recorded in
the archives of the weather Office, and
the day of Indian summer which pre-
ceded the cold wave the 22d and the
sudden change between the two were
among the most remarkable phenomena
CT several years observations
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Tommy-"Pa. what does 'better-half
mean?" Papa-"It is a polite way of
saying the whole thing Answers.
In lnstallments.-"Is her hair her
own ?"''I believe bout haft of it is She's
getting il on the installment plan.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"A lawyer, Ell? Does he pursue his
calling?" Hardly, he seems rather
to be trying to ambush it."-Detroit
Journal.
Mrs. Pitt-"Has Mrs. Oakland any chill
dren?" Mrs. Penn-"She has two, boy
and a girl. The boy is '95 model and
the girl e7."-Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
Tommy Gets the Best of It.-Mamma
well. Tommy, you know no one will
love you if you are so naughty
Tommy-"Satan viii. He loves naughty
bows best."-Fun.
Fuddy-"Call Fiddler a poor mani
Why. that fellow has money to burn
Duddy-"Possibly that may account for
il. / know he never has any to spend"
Boston Transcript.
Jack was poor and Clara persuaded
me to marry him; she said true wom-
an always married for love-" "Well?"
Then she went and fell in love with
rich man. chicago Record.
Epitaph.-
He'd riches in plenty. but soon il sped:
Poor TO the grave went he when he was
dead.
He strove to get wealthy, but lost his
health;
Then strove to get healthy and lost his
wealth.
Judge.
"And did your daughter make good
match?" asked one lady of another.
Indeed she did" replied the other.
Her husband is considered the shrewd-
est and most unprincipled lawyer in the
state, and Of course he viii be able TO
crafty her every wish" = Chicago
Daily News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
May Stiffen Cash Wheat.

The mills at the head of the lakes
have been given an all-rail rate to the
seaboard of BOZ cents. This is just
one-half cent more than the the lake
and rail rate now. The mills therefore
are not very much concerned over
when navigation closes. 1t means,
too, that they are in the market for
wheat all through December. They
have bought much wheat to arrive. at
one cent over the December option, and
-four business has been done on the
basis of the spot wheat premium of 81
to cents over December, so they are
practically 81 cents ahead on all they
have purchased. The result is likely
to be stifening in the price of cash
wheat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
Spanish Troops Leaving Cuba.

Washington, Nov. 3o.-Maj. Gen. NJ.
{. Butler had another conference with
the president concerning affairs in
Cuba. In an interview he said that
since the American commissions have
been in Havana, about 10000 soldiers
have been sent back TO Spain. Thirty
two transports will soon arrive there
and take away from $4,000 to 10000
more. The remainder will depart about
the first of January or soon afterward
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
MOST BRILLIANT SERVICE.
Fiftieth Anniversary of Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria Cele-
brafed ut Warrington.

Washington, Dec. "A brilliant Off
tive of the fftieth anniversary of EN-
peror Francis Joseph's accession to the
throne of Austria, was held at St. Mat
thew's church Friday. The ceremony
was under the auspices of the Austrian
legation, and in recognition of its ma
tional character President Mckinley
and Secretary Hay were present in be-
half of the United States government,
while the foreign governments were
represented by the full strength of
the diplomatic corps. The church was
deliberately festooned for the occasion,
flowers and ported plants filling the
chancel-
Vienna, Dec. 3.-The day was ushered
in with the booming of cannon and a
grand reveille sounded by the bugles
of all the regiments of the garrison.
The city was gayly decorated with flags
and the streets were thronged with
people wearing black and yellow or
red and white favors and jubilee med
ais.
The Examinations at night were su-
perb. They extended into the renotest
suburbs of Vienna, every window in
every private house being lighted. The
effects at the Rathaus and the Com
memoration church are grand. The
emperor's bust or portrait everywhere
figured alone, and not as formerly, side
by side with that of Empress Elizabeth.
This gave note of sadness, which was
heightened by the decorum of demon
STATIONS usually noisy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
Asks for Aid.

New York, Dec. 1.-Gen. Jose Gomez
called on Stephen E. Barton at the Red
Cross headquarters in this city to ask
his aid in sending relief to the sick and
starving women and children at Las
Villas, Sanctus Spiritus. and Trinidad.
in Santa Clara province. The general
stated that the suffering was more in
tense there than in any other part of
tie island, and if the relief did not
reach them soon it would be too late.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
State Funds.

The state had SS72, 900 in the treas
ury at the close of the month of No
vember, of which sos, 600 is in the gen
eral fund, $3.50, 600 in the permanent
school and university funds, and the
rest in special funds. The treasurer
has right to go into the pocket where
the state keeps its ''roll'' to meet a
temporary deficit in the change pocket,
which is the revenue fund. and such
an overdraft would have been made if
the state prison had not turned in
S125, 900 the other day. Money for the
October settlements viii be coming in
now, so that there will be no shortage
when the Legislature meets.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
The Public Debt.

Washington. Dec. 2.-The monthly
statement of the public debt shows
that at the close of business in Novem-
Der the debt, less cash in the treasury
amounts 10 S1,127, Az, 4s7, an. increase
over tbs last month of SIC SOC, Sos. This
increase is accounted for by a decrease
of nearly $4,000 in the cash on hand,
and an issue of about the same amount
of bonds which had been paid for in
preceding months.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
Terrible Results of the Storms Off
the New England Coast.
Steamer Portland with Over $50 Per-
sons on Board Goes Down-Not
One In Saved-Scores of YES
sells Wrecked.

Boston, Dec. News of the loss of
the Boston and Portland Steam Packet
company's steamer Portland off Cape
Cod and the death of more than $50
persons, comprising the passengers and
crew of the steamer, and the news from
hitherto unheard-of ports in Cape Cod
showing that at least a score and a
half of vessels were wrecked along that
shore. with the loss of u lives, has come
ss a dire climax to the previous report
of disasters resulting from Saturday
nights storm. There are still other
places TO be heard from on both sides
of the cape, which have not been
reached by train on account of wash
outs and which are cut off from other
means of communication by broken
wires, blocked highways and shattered
bridges.
Over Two Hundred Lives Lost.
Up to Wednesday morning, while the
total loss of life cannot be estimated
with any degree of accuracy, it is
known that more than 200 persons per-
ished.
Vessels Lost.
From present reports it is known
that SO vessels have been totally
wrecked, while 40 are ashore with hard
IL a chance of being saved. Of the SO
total wrecks, barges not included, 43
craft aggregate 12,2o2 gross tonnage
OF those in perilous positions, IS ag-
gregate 1859 tons. The stranding of
the big English liner Ohio and the
ocean tug Tamaqua are not included
in the estimate given, nor many of the
big coal barges ashore in Boston har-
Dor. The position of these latter craft
is now dangerous, for they are ex-
posed to the northeast storm which
began Wednesday morning.
Fate of the Portland.
The Portland was last seen afoat by
4 fisherman in the vicinity of Thatch-
er's island at eight o'clock that same
evening. Nobody knows what hap
pened in the awful hours Of the angry
sea which followed, and the lips that
might tell the tale are sealed in death
The surmise is that with the wind
blowing a gale at the rate Of 30 miles
an hour, rate which has never been
equaled but once before in the written
history of weather along this coast,
with the waves running to mighty
heights. the great steamer became dis
abled. The Portland, with its side pad
die wheels and large exposure of hull,
must have been smashed by the seas
and rolled by the mad waves.
The Portland was built in Bath, Me-.
in 1890, and was a side-wheel steamer
CT 1877 tons net burden. Her length
vas go feet; beam, ~ and depth, Is
feet She was valued at $3.50, 900 and is
fully insured.
Five Bodies Recovered ut Orleans.
Orleans, Mass, Dec. Five bodies
have been recovered here from the
Portland. The vessel was wrecked Just
north of Cape Cod. The wreckage and
8 great many bodies are drifting south
possibly as far as Nantucket. 1t is
Ilought that the northeast gale will
bring bodies in. The entire cape is
patrolled.
Crew of Ten Men Lost.
Provincetowu, Mass, Dec. 1.-The
schooner King Philip. of Fall River,
Las been totally wrecked on the cape.
be crew, probably numbering ten.
have been lost. The schooner was of
i.224 tons gross register.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
Industrial Commi..ion.

Washington. Nov. 30.-The United
States industrial commission reassem-
bled here after recess of about ten
days The members present were Sem
ators Mallory and Daniel, Representa-
tives Gardner. Livingston and Bell. and
A. L. Harris. j. NJ. Farquhar M. D..
Eatchford and j. L. Kennedy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
school Books Stolen.

Thieves broke into the Meyers school
house, district No. g, Dodge county,
stole all the library books and scat
tered them through the streets of Sky
berg. The district had purchased
about $40 worth of new text books.
and it is presumed the thieves intend
ed to take those, and when they found
out their mistake were so mad they
threw the old books away.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
First Shin of sugar Fleet.

San Francisco, Dec. 1.-The Ameri-
can ship Edward O'Brien will be tn.
first ship of the sugar feet to be put
on between Honolulu and New York.
She has been chartered to go to Puget
sound and load coal for the islands
and then take cargo of sugar around
the Horn to the factories of the frust
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
Gift to Gen. wbeeIer

Huntsville, Ala, Dec "A beautiful
black Kentucky thoroughbred richly
caparisoned with major generals
trappings, was presented to Gen Jo-
seph Wheeler by the citizens of Hunts
vile.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
MIST Get Ready to sail

Savannah, Ga. Dec. 2.-Gen. Fitzhugb
Lee received a telegram from the war
department instructing him to prepare
enc division of the Seventh corps for
:;lcsr.tt,:ate GepartU IRE to CuEa.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
Hazing AboIished.

Princeton, n. j.. Dec. All a mon
ster mass meeting in Alexander ball
the students of Princeton university
PASSED res oiuiions abolisaing hazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07
Value of Property in St. Pau,.

City Comptroller McCardy has pre-
pared table showing the valuation of
the real and personal property in St.
Paul and OF which the tax estimate
for next year viii be based.
The table prepared in assessment
districts shows the valuation of per
sonal property in the city to be SIS.
4s9, 467, the valuation of real property
to be SIS. 523. 015. a total of S94. O12. 4so
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-07

John Burns, of Montgomery, was
found dead in his bed.
At Little Falls the residence of Chas.
Schilling and all contents were burned.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-08-26
cIENEGA'S DARK HISTORY.
The Band of Cutthroats That Once In
tested the Arizona Station.

Those who can remember back to 1872
and thereabout in this part of the terri
tory recall that Cienega Station had re-
narkably tragic history.
1t was once the abode of small though
desperate band of Enthusiastically the
employees of the stage company-who
posed as honest hosts while operating a
private graveyard for unfortunate travel
erS not unlike nor inferior to that which
has clothed the name OF Bender with its
worldwide terror and adherence. 1t was
the most important station between Tue
son and Silver City on tho old ButtcriiCld
stage route that ran between San Diego
and Ell Paso.
The tragic mysteries of Cienega Station
were never entirely cleared up, for muir
ders and robberics and hold ups followed
so swiftly Oh the heels of each other that
the real miscrCants wCr" never dealt with
by the authorities.
That their crimes were avenged, how
ever, as crimes always arc, is shown in the
Indian massacre which occurred there in
the fall of 1873. Ono dark night the
Apachcs gathered in silence on the sur
rounding hills, and at daybrcak, with Il
whoop and yell, they rushed in on the lit
tie band ut the station and masSacrcd all.
II any escaped, no one knows who it WAS
or where he went, and tho presumption
is that all were killed. On little knoll
back of the station are tho mounds of IS
unknown graves marked by a single shaft
that tells the work of the avengers. Most
of the crimes pcrpctratcd by tho white
men at Ciuncea were laid to the door Of
the Apachcs, and it was altcrwnrd found
that mocca>ins were kept by the rohE,crs
Us part ui their highway parapEcrnalia.
The most widely known Crimo of tho
Ciencea 1cnds WAS the capture of S75.UOO
en- route from III Paso to san Diego in
charge OF small government guard
These were funds of tho United states
paymnstcr, and the three men who ut
tempted to convey them in II buck hoard
past CiCnega Station were murdered on
the spot. 1t was known that this crime
was perpetrated by Americans disguised
us Apachcs.
At this timo it was impossible for these
Cienega Blenders to get out of the country
with their treasure, so most of it was
buried in secret. Then came the Apache
avengers. Often since then idle prospect
ors have made vain searches for the hid
den treasure.-Arizona Gazette.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-08-26
Tho Latter Day Funeral.

There is change in the conduct Of fu-
neral professions. There was a day, and
not so very long ago, when funeral pro-
ccssion, the hcarsc or funeral car and its
string of attending carriages always NOV.
ed decorously along, the horses at Il walk.
Then, when the funeral train was long,
people with Il grain OF superstition in their
composition always had to wait for many
minutes before they could cross the streets.
But now the funeral procession of New
York moves at u half gallup at least, if not
almost a full gnllop. The horses trot
along briskly, almost II great part of tho
time Us if they were pleasure bound 1t
takes no time at all for the longest train
Of death to pass by. 1t is seldom that one
secs nowadays IL funeral that moves along
slowly, and when one docs travel through
the streets at an old fashioned pace it near
~ always attracts commcnt.-Ncw York
Herald