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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-01-05
MINES IN 1872
Last Year the Most Notable I'm
the History of Iron Mining.
30 saws a Prominent Writer TO the
Minneapolis journal.
MINNESOTA AHEAD.
Future OF the Industry in the
Lake Superior Country.

Future OF the Industry in the
Lake Superior Country.
The year 1896 has proved famous
Inc in the annals Of iron miners of the
!. treat bessemer region OF America, the
lake Superior district. Beginning in
period Of great depression, with the
weight of 3, coo, 000 tons of unsold ore
biled in mountains on the docks at
ports of receipt on Lake Erie, with
business unsettled and production. Of
ron small, it ends with colors flying
In such wind OF trade as has not
been known for years. The Sproalic-
ion ofs3ig iron has increased 33 per
sent during the year, ana the.furnaees
IL the country are now consuming
bout 10000 tors Of ore per weekmore
man ever before in the history OF. the
lraGe.
The total iron shipped by water
rom the docks on Lake Superior and
Michigan this year has been 12,2l5:-
lis tons, and 1t is probable that
lnough more was sent by rail TO the
lnal day Of the year to make the sum
Total almost exactly l., 5000,oo tons.
This is 2,87o,ooo tons more than In
sos, the year that has SO far led in
Production. But this increase does
lot show the full measure Of the iron
trade for the year, In the spring of
895 after the enormous shipments Of
she preceding year, there were on
Ne docks at Lake Erie almost 2,ooo,-
loo tons ofore. In the spring Of 1897
before began the movement of this
tear; there were 100000 tons largely
fuscld on the same docks. This has
low all been sold, and there are indi-
,ations that the unsold ore on docks
sext spring will be a very meager
amount.
j The chief events Of the year in
Enong the mines have been the pur-
ehases OF the leading Gogebic mines
by the Carnegie interests, and the
lump in production of Mesaba ores.
Ehief development Of the year has
been on the Minnesota ranges, and it
Is evident that for years to come they
lYl attract attention given to iron
pre- mining, The state may not take
first place in sthe production OF ore
for some time, but by reason Of its
Rast reserve store of ore and the much
territory to be covered by prospect0rs
IL will be the favorite field. This
lear about As per cent of the produc-
tion Of the lake region came from
Einnest ia and rs per cent OF this
thare was from the new Mesaba range.
This for state that had but two
mines till six years ago, and whose
llew ore range made its first appear
snce in November, 1892, from u mine
that then was not at all developed, is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-01-05
W Masquerade Ball.

The Ladies of the Guild Have One on the
Tapis for January as,
Arrangements are being perfected
by the Ladies Guild for masque
ball to be given on the evening of
January %. The best of music will
be secured and everything done to
make the affair a success. Already
costumes are being prepared by some
who wish to appear unknown. Invi-
tations will probably issue the fore
part Of next week. The ladies have
Ia reputation for giving enjoyable
affairs and this promises to be in line
with the pleasant evenings provided
heretofore.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-01-05
%. $500 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE

industry that has made such strides.
through bad times and good, and to-
day stands regnant in all the world?
For the paramount position in the
steel markets Of the world has in the
past year moved across the Atlantic
to the United States, where it will
remain an indefinite period.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-07
SEARCHING ASHES FOR JEWELS
4 CIubman's Wife'- Diamonds Lost in
Rirc.

New York. April Under instruc-
tons from Mrs. Robert Roosevelt.
whose husband is a wealthy member
of the Long Island Country Club,
number Of wCrlxmen spent yesterday
digging and grubbing, and sitting in
the blackened ruins Of the clubhouse.
Diamonds are in the ashes, thousands
of dollars worth. The gaunt heap of
embers which dis1igures the pretty
park landscape at PASSPORT Is probably
richer to the ton than any patch of
blue clay in Kimberly. Nearly all the
members who had apartments at the
club lost valuable personal property.
but Mrs. Roosevelt suffered more Sc
yerely than any of the others.
In her husbands room was trunk
which contained among other articles.
a Jewel case in which were diamonds
and other stones valued at So, 600
When the building was destroyed on
Sunday afternoon, the trunk vanished
utterly from sight, reduced to fine
ashes.
Mrs. Roosevelt FASTENED to consult
a lapidary, who told her that if the
stones could be recovered their value
would be only slightly impaired. If at
all. by the fire. AS for the settings,
they would of course have been melt
ed and amalgamated with the debris.
Ii was obviously well worth while to
undertake the expense of searching for
the gems. Therefore, Mrs. Roosevelt
employed a man whom she could trust.
and instructed him to make a minute
search throughout the ruins for her
diamonds. This man picked four trust
worthy assistants and set them to work
yesterday.
The villagers took an intense interest
in the operations of the searchers. The
reports of lost precious stones had eX-
cited the cupidity of the country peo-
pie. and there had already been some
irresponsible prospecting among the
ashes. One resident had found a small
lump of gold, in which was embedded a
diamond but he was Informed that the
intense heat to which the gem had been
subjected had rendered it worthless.
All desuItory searching was stopped
when Mrs Roosevelt's contractor APP
peared on the scene, for the ruins were
placed under strict guard. The men
had provided themselves with rakes,
shovels and-most important of all
the finest of sleeves.
They set to work Systematically,
passing each heap of cinders and debris
through one process after another I'M
til there remained small doubt in their
minds that not even the smallest gem
could lurk I'm it. As a last resort the
contractor even passed the dust and
ashes through his fingers, letting it
trickle slowly to the ground, and stop
ping to scrutiniZe every hard morsel
that met his touch.
Very grimy work it was, and before
the labor ceased for the day all the
men looked like chimney sweeps. No
Jewels had been found, so far as could
be ascertained, but the methods of
sitting has been so plainly thorough
that a necessarily small part of the
wreckage had been inspected.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-07
Clean Out the Temple.

Once. in Jerusalem, the grandest hg-
ure in human history, went into the
Temple and found there the money
changers, the ancestors of the spanish
bond sharks, the oil and sugar vultures,
and He straightway cleaned them out.
Nearly two thousand years later the
prototypes of those expelled cormorants
befoul the temple Of American honor
and human liberty. No such divine
being yet has appeared with the fiam-
ing sword of a heavenly inspiration to
drive them forth in infamy and with
the scorpion whip OF universal exc
Grafton.
But He. the prince of reformers and
patriots has left his sacred mandate
to all good and true men, to follow his
example; to scourge from the holy
places the devils of greed who defame
them,
That mandate. ignored by the Ameri-
can President, rests upon Congress and
the people. To them is given the mes
sage from on high to purge their coun-
try from the disgrace of the wiles of
Hanna. McCook and Rothschiid; to
drive the money-changers from the
temple.
There were many leading and prom
inent characters in the days when the
TempIe was relieved Of its best bust
ness interests" There was Thomas.
! who doubted, and Peter, who denied.
/ If they had lived in these degenerate
! days they might have groveled in the
1 fear of Pontius PLATE Reed. And there
was Secretary Judas. He would have
! been for peace at any price; only now
/ the price would have been in gold in
! stead of silver There was the good
centurion, ready To fight anything: and
/ the Sanhedrim, always at the beck
and call of the money-ChanEers.
! History only repeats itself! The same
/ characters, all but the Holy one. are
with us to-day with their weakness, or
/ wickedness. or corruption! The Tenn
ple. too is here. represented by the Cap
/ itol on the Hill And even We have
the White Sepulchre," concerning
which the less said the better,
But the money-changers are in the
/ Temple Who will throw them down
! its marble steps?
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-07
THURSDAY. APRIL Z. 1888
The Expected Happens.

The iron hand Of the European con-
cert is upon US at last Great Britain,
France Germany and Austria have
called the proud American people to a
halt, and told them in the polite Ian
guage of diplomacy that they must not
punish Spain for the massacre Of Amer
lean sailors. nor do anything to fur
ther the cause OF human liberty in the
Western Hemisphere.
The movement would not have been
attempted if il had not been invited
and Unanswered for by the President
of our country. 1t viii explain the
franti, and disingenuous appeals he has
made for delay, ami Tor repeated de-
LAYS. always swearing 10 patriotic
motive While he was diplomauZing I'd
preciritate this outrage upon the Amer
lean people. 1t viii explain why he
was So anxious yesterday for Ameri-
can lives in Havana. and why his al
legged message was suppressed.
The whole thing was to be expected.
Day in and day out, ever since the
Maine was blown up by Spanish
treachefy. The Times has warned Con
gress and the country that this afro
cious scheme was being cooked be-
tween the White House and the cab
inets of Europe. We have admonished
Congress that it was promoting the I'M
clean thing. every time it has sue
cumbcd to Executive plaUsibllity and
hypocrisy. and granted more and more
delay. 10 the amusement Of the civil
lied world
Now Ne see what comes Of 1t all
VIII America submit TO this indignty
pat upon it through the indebtedness
of its Chief Servant?
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-07
Keeping Cool.

There are all sorts OF ways of keep
ing cool, and very nearly all of them
have been recommended in the present
crisis. OF course. it is never desirable,
when there is fire. say. to rush around
in such a state of excitement that
feather pillows are carried carefully,
one by one. down the stairs, and valua-
BILE china pitched out of the window.
But neither is it desirable to insist that
all the furniture be carefully packed,
labeled and shipped by the proper con-
veyance, and that. as the burlesque fire
laws of certain young ladies' semina-
ry once prescribed, each person shall
pack her trunk with care and delibera-
ton, being careful to put dresses on
top; and she should also be careful to
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-07

dust off the top of the mirror and the
top shelf of the closet before leaving
her room." The person most usetul
at a fire is one who has all his WITS
about him and moves quickly, ana the
person most useful in a war crisis is
the one who. in the words OF that as
tute warrior. Gen. Forrest, gifts thar
fustest with the mostest."
1t is a great mistake to suppose that
while we are waiting and keeping cool.
and avoiding precipitation, Spain is fol-
lowing in any sense a do-nothing poll
cy. With every day of delay the Span
ish nation is becoming more and more
convinced that it can whip us with
one hand tied behind it. This would
be of no particular consequence IL none
of our citizens was in their power,
or if their war vessels were not peril
ously near our shores. As it is, while the
President has been keeping cool. anu
getting ready for war with one hahd'
and trying to keep it off with the other,
there are American citizens in lmml-
nent danger in Havana, and they nave
been in constantly increasing DANGER
for months. There is no reason on
earth why transportation should not
have been ready for these citizens. They
have been anxious to leave for some
time 1t has been known that they
were in danger. They should have been
provided with means of transportation
long ago. AS il is, they have been
obliged to keep cool under circum-
stances very distressing indeed.
While the President has been keep
ing cool, and trying to reduce the
American people to the same state OF
| chilliness. with the aid of cold water
and chopped ice. Spain has been max
/ ing preparations for war. 1t is time to
/ understand this, and to strike. instead
4 of standing meeldy up as target for
/ the enemy to hit.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-07
THE SEVENTH ON PARADE.
Members of the Old Resiment Deco-
rated for Long Service.

New York. April tine oeV-
enth Regiment Armory resounded
with cheers at o'clock last evening
when the gallant regiment. stalwart ana
white-trousered MARCHED for inspection
before the newly-appointed major gen
eral, Charles e. Roe. $50 strong.
The galleries were filled with ladies'
who waved tiny lChandkerchiefs, ana
when the regimental colors filed past
the general. rose in their seats ana
cheered "Old Glory almost as robustly
as the men.
After Gen. Roe had inspected the men
Col. Daniel Appleton began the battal-
ion drill, more difficult than usual owing
to the companies reporting with every
member present, and as the splendid
regiment executed a difficult evolution,
the applause again sounded as distant
thunder. One of these. charge OF bat
TALON front. by the right flank, double
quick time, was particularly effective.
After the inspection the regimental
cross of honor for long and iaithful
service. and the marksmen's badges,
won during 1897, were presented, ana
made a prominent ceremony
The cross of honor. with the inquire
''7'' set with brilliants, for twenty-five
years service was presented TO capt
William A Palmer First Lieut.. john W.
McDougall and Private William L. ID.
Kemp.
The cross of honor in bronze with gold
bar TO the cross, for twenty years serV-
ice, was given to Capt. William j. I'm
derwood Lieut.. William II. Folsom Pri-
waite George L. AndrOus and Private Jo-
seph r. Dederer.
The cross of honor with silver bar. for
fifteen years service. was awarded to
Cant Francis @. LangdOn, First Lieu
tenant Robert Mazet, Second Lieutenant
James Wortherspoon. Orderly Sergeant
Robert NJ. Kalloch, Private Ezra w.
| Bennett, Private John w. Scott Private
| Edward c. Schoonmaker and Private
Robert S. Holt. jr.
Those who received the bronze cross for
ten years service were: Capt. Christie
pher j. COLES. First Lieutenants Am
brose G. Todd and William Sherman
/ Scott, Color Bearer Herbert Groesbeck
/ Quartermaster Sergeants Wesley f.
/ Smith and Alanson g. Wilson, Sergeants
/ Thomas G. Dougherty, William b. Miles
! Walter III. Brown and Raymond T. Smith
Corporals Arthur Drake, Thomas 5
/ Veitch and Robert c.. Sherman and Pri-
Yates Fred &. Wightman. G.. o. Wood
4 house, jr.. Albert I. Strauch, Robert ii
! Lockwood. Charles r. Shaw, Benjamin
/ A. kellogg. Joseph $ Woodhouse. Per
| cival r. Irving. George Oakley. Edward
/ Scheitlin, ir, and Thomas Il. Aldrich.
! Musician Louis II. Campbell was deco
rated with the Field Musicians Long
/ Service medal for ten years service.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-07

All doubt as to the inside facts Of
the desperate play going on between
the White House. the Vatican and the
palace al Vienna are dispelled by the
disclosure exclusively made for the
first time in The Times this morning,
In it's Madrid correspondence the New
York Herald vaguely hints at the same
thing and promises a startling surprise
when the time comes 60 tell what a
brilliant coup the wise and well-ad-
vised Queen Regent Christina has made
in a beautiful peace measure which she
is preparing to send, or even may have
sent to cuba,
The Times has forestalled the Herald,
and all its other contemporaries at
home and abroad, in publishing the
STORY Of the shrewd game which has
been prepared between Washington
and Rome. II is the basis for the delay
which Mr.. Mckinley was determined
60 have at any cost, because he had
promised Leo Mi by cable to secure
it,
The details Of the plan have been al
ready given in our news columns. In
brief they amount to this. that Chris
tina. aided by the Pope and the Presi-
dent. has secured a promise from the
principal powers Of Europe that, in case
she shall open negotiations with the
Republic of Cuba on the basis Of in
dependence, they win jointly use their
military power to suppress the Carlist
or any other internal movement in
Spain Of revolutionary or any other
character threatening to the present
dynasty, the integrity of which they
agree To guarantee.
II is to give the Pope and Franz
Joseph time to perfect arrangements
for carrying this scheme into effect that
Mr.. Mckinley is suddenly so solicitous
for the precious American lives in Gu
ba The success Of the movement has
depended upon its absolute secrecy.
The powers i'm the combination need
time to mobilize the army OF occupation
which viii become necessary in Spain
when the news reaches the populace
that their queen has agreed to part
with the Pearl of the Antilles. and that
It is finally and forever lost 70 the king
dom.
Time also is needed to reach the Gu
ban government and generals. and to
negotiate a basis Of purchase. Because
this is the same jolly nine-lived cat OF
the Spanish bond deal, with its activi-
ties transferred to Rome, Vienna and
Madrid. That beautiful peace mes
sage" to which the Herald correspond
ent refers with hated breath, is nothing
more than a proposition to the Cubans
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that they may have the island. which
they are already in possession of, il
they will only assume the terrible debt
which Spain has incurred in her efforts
TO crush or exterminate them.
Here is where the American end of
the Intervention was to come in. Sup
posing that the Cuban government were
TO refuse to accept this beautiful peace
message" with the Rothschild four
hundred million debt attachment. then
the noble Mckinley. in the interests OF
suffering humanity alone, was TO pitch
in with the American Army and Navy
and force them into submission and ac-
ceptance
What effect The Times exposure of
the project may have is hard to esti-
mate. Ii is certain that every pre-
caution has been taken, both in Wash
ington and in Europe, to keep the
matter profoundly in the dark. The
Carlists and Weylerites, both in Spain
and Havana, would go mad with rage
if they had even a hint of it. But it is
too big a thing to hide under a bushel,
and the Only wonder to us is that either
we OF some Of our enterprising contem-
poraries have not caught il and turned
il inside out before.
Let US remark in conclusion that with
such a holy cause in operation, inVolV-
ing. as il does, not only religion and
mercy. but the largest bond deal In
modern history. those senators ana
members who rather like 10 take a lit
tie plunge in the Street themselves
when somebody else puts up the mar
gins-oueht to be willing to give Mr..
Mckinley all the time. power, money
and troops that he may ask for.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-07

In order to keep Congress quiet yeSter-
day, and TO bolster up the Fitzhugh Lee
dispatch which of itself was not particu-
larry alarming. the Administration patri-
OTIS were clever enough to fake a report
that Havana was in the hands of a mob
and a massacre would follow instantly
upon publication of the Presidents mes
sage. Later. the story was found 10 be
utterly without foundation. But it serv-
ed its purpose. 1t McKinleyized Congress
to sleep
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-07

Gallon, Ohios April Fire that COM
pletely destroyed the handsome residence
of John Minnick, on State Street. this
morning, cost Mr.. Minnick and his son
George their lives. The son, in trying to
save his father, was overcome finally by
the fire. He was alive when rescued, but
died shortly afterward.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-07

As an evidence of good feeling toward
this country Ensign Powelson has been
ordered to leave the wreck of the Maine
by the Spanish naval authorities. They
have grown tired of seeing American Off
GERS on the remains which they now claim
as their own Ensign Powelson should be
promptly reprimanded for doing anything
disa greeahle TO our friend and ally or any
of its agents. Such incidents tend to put
us i'm an attitude even more apologize
than that we now occupy. if that be
possible.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-07
BARK LENA KAYSER SINKS.
The Crew of Seventeen Rescued by {.
Pilot HOnf.

Fernandina, Fla, April THE German
bark Lena kayser. with 1880 tons of
phosphate from Fernandina to Melbourne,
which struck on the outer shoals in going
out. drawing twenty feet. was pulled of
yesterday morning by tugs, but sunk
about twenty miles loft shore at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon. i
The crew of seventeen men were saved
and left the ship bl small boats, being
picked up by pilot boat later.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-07
China's Sad Plight.


(From the Boston Journal)
There is something plaintive in the complaint
OF patriotic Chinese that they have no ports left
in which 10 receive the five warships which aIe
being built for them in foreign wards
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Top Notch of Irreyerence.

A bomhardment Of Boston, besides being I'M
pleasant, would be saeregious Fancy an irreyer-
ent shell Pumping down on the state house or
in Cohley Square. The mind shudders at such
vision.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-07
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Readers OF The Times vino may az any time
be unable TO procure copies Of it at any news
stand or railroad station railroad trans VIII
confer favor upon the management by sending
60 this Office information Of the fact
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Communications intended for publication In
The Times should be tersely and plainly written
and must in all cases be accompanied by the
name ana address OF the writer. REJECTED com-
municatious VIII not be preserved and on! man
uscripts OF obvious importance viii he returned
&C their authors.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-07
A Spanish Cipher.

From the Richmond Dispatch.j
We wouldn't be surprised il Young Al.,honso
XIII should become Alphonso o before lie reaches
years Of discretion
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Look out for Good Friday The Span
iards are excessively superstitiOus about
that day, and especially in connection
with war. To begin hostilities against an
enemy on Good Friday would be regarded
as an omen of victory by everybody in
the kingdom, from the queen to the poor
est peasant. Weyler might think it
lucky time for movement of his own; or
the Spanards in Havana might try to do
a little business. But, by tomorrow, the
Americans ought to be away from there.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-07

The reasons why Mr.. Mckinley has
hoped to drive the Maine massacre into
the background. become plain on the
foreign intervention plan. Whether that
works or not. the President may as well
Sist upon whipping Spain for that atroci-
". and that Congress must and will force
bodies of brave sailors the sharks in Ha-
vana harbor are feeding on. nor how the
other. the bond sharks, are devouring the
nations honor; but the American people
do