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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-06-18
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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-06-18

died last Wednesday after "a short ill-
ness. The funeral occurred Wednesday
afternoon.
Mrs. j. n Mnrgison returned Monday
from Detroit where she has been in at
tendance at the state encampment 81
the l.. q. + NJ. az "A delegate from the
local lodge.
Supervisor G. r. Lawrence, oi lIema-
titc and T.. q. SearIs, 81 Mansfield, were
among the supervisors from outside
who were IN attendance at the board
meeting.
Alexander d. Rogers, oi Tanton.
Mass arrived in Crystal Falls last week
and will make his home in the future
with lis brother, Chns. Rogers, Of this
city.
Attention il called to the lack of suit
able tenement houses. Houses To rent
are very scarce, in fact il may be snid
that there are none 20 rent in the town.
w. j Blair, of Iron River, was in the
city last Wednesday. Mr.. Blair il at
present in the employ of the Buckeye
Stave company as head woodsman.
Balbrgan underwear, golf shirts.
nrgligee shirts, bicycle suits and bicycle
shoes ~ the latest styles and at rock
bottom prices at the Fair.
The Maccabecs will have n grand pic
nc at Fortune lake on the 25th Of July
10 celebrate the anniversary Of the inst
tuition 81 the lodge.
Matt Hurjn purchased the barn ON the
corner lot next the Iron County bank
and has had Ole IIagcr busy all week
tearing II down.
y. X. Moore, receiver for the Iron
Star company, was IN the city several
days this week looking over the Great
Western mine
Don't sweat making boys shirt waists
when you can buy them in endless pat
terms and nobby styles 1T the Fair.
Mike Mitchell, Of Iron River, came
over 10 the capital Wednesday to look
up 4 few business matters.
Il. l. Hollow, the delegate to Detroit
from the local lodge, X. o. Il NJ, re-.
turned Monday
Mrs a. Lustiield went TO Mcnominee
Thursday morning to visit her mother
who il very sick.
ID Il Henley came over from Atkinson
last Thursday 70 attend the meeting oI
thc county board.
a musicale will he given at the NJ. T.
church Monday evening. Admission
twenty-five ccnts.
The Parks Mercantile company pur.
chased the fine grny team OF Fred
Neleuth
Sherwin Williams paint, the best III
| the world, brushes, etc. at Wehse' +
store
New crash hats just the thing for the
hot weather, pretty and chenp Mt the
Fair
A T. Flewelling left Thursday on i
business trip through the peninsula.
A T. Floweling has been absent on
professional business this week.
j. III Parks has sold the lanes resi-
lcnce 10 John Ilnssclstrom.
y l.. Clinch went to Chicago last Sun
day for short vacation.
DR. A. M. Darling is building barn o.
his lot on Fourth street.
Wall paper, late styles from ionr cent,
up To fifty cents per roll at Wehse' 4
I
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-06-18
THE IRON MARkE Y.
The Cleveland Iron Trade Reviews Resume Q
the Week in Iron Circles.

The Cleveland Iron Trade Reviews Resume Q
the Week IN Iron Circles
The condition oi the ore trade il inr
from encouraging TO the vessel interest.
Tho ahipmcpts through the 500 chnnl
up 10 Juno we're ,629, lO3 gross tons,
or $50, 900 gross tons ia excess oi last
years movement 10 the same date. and
with the Escnnnba inorcnAc the record
oi 1897 10 June Il exceeded consider.
ably over 900 900 tons. Yet there
are mnny vessels without cargocs- ycs-
sells going 20 Lnko Superior or already
there. without any assurance cf a down
cargo. Lake Erie dock machinery Is
fully occupied unlonding the orc that
comes. The situation emphasizes thus
early in the season the depressing effect
ot record breaking cNrgoes, causing the
freight market TO settle down into u
calm, with only the prospect oi drjitinu
along in this liieiess condition through
the season Little arc hns sold recently.
Some Mosabi transactions arp under
negotiation a. low iisures. physical con.
diiion being very important considcra-
ton with iurnacemen.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13

Rockford. ILL.,. Oct. l~2.-Samuel Ensign,
an engineer OF the old-time Racine a Mis-
sissippi railroad and n resident OF this
city for many years, has returned. old ana
broken I'm health, with a sad story OF I'M
prisonment and suffering In Cuba. When
Ensign lett Rockford he went TO Cuba.
where he obtained a situation as an en-
gineer in a sugar refinery. One night En-
sign. with two fellow-workmen, resisted
an assault made upon a native woman by
Spanish soldiers. The next morning En-
sign says all three were taken prisoners
10 Havana. where they were placed In
Moro castle. One OF the men died In
seven months and the other lived two
years and a half.
For IL years and Ave months Ensign al
ieges he was confined in the castle, al
lowed to speak to no one and only TO
walk through a corridor 24 feet long for
recreation. At the expiration Of that time
he was taken out to work with a ball and
chain on his ankle. constructing a plaza.
At that he worked ive years. He became
friendly with the priests and attendants
in a neighboring monastery and one night
was spirited away and placed on n man
of-war that finally LANDED him in Mexico.
when placed in prison Ensign claims he
had certificates OF deposit to the amount
OF 5000 and $1,000 In money, none of which
was returned to him..
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13
AN AGGRESSIVE POLICY.
Improved Roadbed and Equip
ment for the Short Line.
WILL NOT BE ABSORBED
No Other Important Change In the Man
sgement OF the Road Ii Contain
plated by the Directors-Nsw
Capital VIII Be Raised.

Salt Lake. Oct. 1.-THE interest In
the election OF the board OF directors OF
the Oregon Short Line. which a been
manifested in Salt Lake and In the ter
ritory which the Oregon Short Line
reaches. has caused many inquiries as
to whether any change OF policy or
management was contemplated. The
unanimous election OF the old board OF
directors, with the change Of a few
Boston names for New York. seems to
point merely to convenience In the
East OF securing a quorum OF the board
of directors in New York rather than
in Boston. IL is understood h n no
change in the management Of the prop
erty in the West In contemplated.
From information obtained as to the
future OF the road. II Is understood that
the oregon Short Line will begin Its
new year by adopting a more agrees
sive policy. and under the present man.
agement will nves in the property in
the way of improved roadbed and
equipment. and will raise new capital
~ necessary to meet the demands OF
the business in every section through
which the road extends.
Certain of the obligations OF the
Short Line are understood 10 be In
come bonds. and IL ~ understood that
this will enable the development OF
the property from earnings to the ben
eft OF the public as well as to the
security holders.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13
FAR REACHING, EFFECTS.
The Immense Amount of Timber De-
stroyed by Fire.

Washington, Oct. 1.-THE annual re-
port OF Land Commissioner Hermann
estimates over eleven billion feet OF
public timber has been destroyed by
fire during the past 80 years. The re-
port avs forest fires form the main
subject for the attention OF the land
office. now threatening as they do not
only the growing forests. but the for
est lands. whose productiveness IL re-
tards indefinitely.
The direct effect on the flow Of
streams and dependent agricultural
possibilities" the report continues. ALSO
must be considered. Moreover, the loss
has been wholly without compensation,
for none OF the timber has gone to de-
velop n country and no local interests
have been benefited as largely as in
cases of forest cutting. Many of our
Western forests are reported TO be pc
culiarly liza BILE to fires. by the infiam-
mable character OF the highly r~esinous
trees in certain portions of the West
and the hot. dry climate of those re-
gions combining to make fires frequent
and destructive. Under these condi-
tons the magnitude OF the task of pro-
tecting forests from the CONGREGATIONS
that yearly sweep them IL apparent.
The matter Is n clearly demanding
from an economic standpoint measures
proportionate to the issues involved.
"Sheep grazing is another difficulty
In administering some OF the preserves
and special efforts have been directed
toward finding the particular regions
in which conditions demand the exclu-
sion OF sheep and 10 determine the ma
ture OF the restrictions regulating sheep
grazing I'm other regions.
During the year 1855 cases of trespass
on public lands We're reported, involv-
ing public timber and its products to
the value of see, 1S2. receivable to the
government"
The want Of proper legislation and
the Jack of a sufficient force of special
agents has caused serious difficulties In
preventing timber depredations. Dis
GUESSING land laws in Alaska, the COM
missioner says, II IL shall hereafter be
developed hat there are large areas OF
arabic lands. amounting to a consider
able number Of townships In Alaska, he
will adopt the system of Independent
base and meridian lines there, as prac-
tised in other districts where IL is i'm
practicable To extend the exterior lines
over inaccessible portions OF the
try. Gains mad in the report are
mainly for the compulsory tendance
OF witnesses at contested land case
hearings before local land Offices; leg
islation for disposing Of coal lands in
forest reservations: repeal of the tim
Der law OF June :. 1878. and Aug. 4,
1892; withdrawal Of lands chiefly valued
for timber for forest reservations; a
general law to protect and use timber
of unsurveyed lands and to increase the
force of special agents to protect pub
lie timber.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13
To secure Regular service.

Washington. Oct. E2-Secretary Alger
has issued an order on the recommended
ton OF Acting Secretary OF the Treasury
Spalding. modifying In several particulars
the charges imposed as a war measure
ON vessels entering Cuban ports In pos
session OF the United States. The distinc-
ton In tonnage duties between the entries
of vessels In Cuba from Cuban ports In
possession of the United States and those
still under control r. abrogated. The tax
of % cents a ton is not to be levied more
than 20 times a year. A vessel which has
paid the tax of 20 cents a ton on entering
from a port not in Cuba IL not liable on
the same voyage to further tonnage taxes
on entering other Cuban ports. Express
steamships carrying mails for a regular
service shall be exempt from tonnage
taxes upon being furnished by the secre-
tary of war with a certificate that II is so
employed. This exemption II In part a
military measure. TO secure the dispatch
OF mails and rapid and regular communi-
cation between the United States and our
garrisons. especially on the south coast
of Cuba.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13
THE WORK N MONTANA
Land Commissioner Hermann
Makes His Annual Report
DESTRUCTION OF TIMBER
Billions OF Fes Have Gone Up In Smoke
In the q Thirty-Five Years.
Very Serious Conse-
Quences.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Washington, d. c.. Oct. 12.-Land
Commissioner Hermann's annual report
for the year ending June 30. 1898. was
made public to-day. II gives the fol-
lowing facts of interest to Montana:
The surveyor general had s42,0 900 at
his disposal for making surveys and "a
full and fractional townships were sur
veyed. the aggregate mileage of surveys
and r~e-surveys being 1856 miles. He
estimates that $4,000 will be required
for the fiscal year 1900. and says there
are now on file 377 petitions for surveys
by petitioning settlers and the number
VIII continue to increase. Also 313 du-
plicate desert land declarations cover
Ing surveyed land, and the number OF
such declarations greatly exceeds the
number filed in former years.
The surveyor general says that most
of the owners desire a land claim and
desire TO complete title and when in
formed OF the necessity of so doing.
petition for surveys as soon as they re-
alize that title canno be completed un-
til and so taken up is surveyed. Some
desert land applicants may not desire
to complete title and will oppose sur
veys. but that should not prevent sur
veys, as the government is loser there
by In not being able to collect full price
Of land until surveyed.
II am also In receipt of a letter from
the attorney general OF the state and
and members of the state board. urging
that ] request the department TO make
special appointment in order that the
state OF Montana may be enabled to Sc
lect profitable lands to MI out land
grants to different state institutions"
The commissioner says that instruc-
lions were issued early In the summer
of 1897 for the survey of the eastern
boundary OF the Blacxroot indian ces-
sion. Work was completed late in the
summer and approved February, 1895.
The plan OF the survey was filed in the
local office April Is. 1898. Examinations
were made during the past year with
a view to adjusting the Northern Pa
cifc grant in Montana and other
states. On the desert land list 10. 632
acres were approved for patent to the
state department during the year. The
Northern Pacific received patents for
57S.4 0i acres of land in Montana and
1 .26O acres were patented to the In
dians. Patents were issued TO the state
for IS. 1857 acres on o of grants
for various state institutions. The re-
port shows vacan public lands amount
ing to over $500 900 acres. IL, 900, 900
acres being appropriated and II, 900, 900
acres reserved.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13
sewage Ponntcs Water.

st. Louis. Oct. l2-The board of health
of st. LOUIS has adopted a resolution ask
ing Congressman Barthold TO Introduce In
congress his bin to stop Chicago from
emptying its sewage into the Illinois rtv-
er and finally into the Mississippi river.
Doctors Starklon. Hughes and Merrill. the
medical members OF the board. agree
that the effect % the operation of the ca
nal will be 20 pollute the water supply of
st. Louis.
w. ". Whitemore. VI. II. wernse end r.
J. Wade. a committee representing the
merchants exchange. called on the mayor
and had a conference with him After
thoroughly canvassing the situation IL
was decided that the COMMITTEES would
recommend the appointment of q commit
tee OF business men by the mayor Go IN
Nestigate with the assistance OF tho hoard
OF public improvements. and TO enlist the
aid Of Illinois towns. such as Peoria, Joi-
let and Pckin. In the movement for pro-
lection from Chicago sewage
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13
Consolidating the Banks.

Boston. Oct. a-Kidder. Peabody &
Co. who are back OF the movement TO
combine nine OF the national banks Of
this city into one institution. have sent
a circular TO the stockholders OF the
Columbian. Revere and Howard National
banks. announcing that the orer OF Sept.
%. 1855. TO purchase stock will be with
drawn Oct. ~. ises. and that after hat
date no stock will he purchased from
them under that ofer. This announcement
r. taken to mean that the promoters OF
the new plan already have secured more
than the necessary two-thirds vote OF the
stockholders of these banks in favor OF
the proposal. and Il il understood that
similar notices will follow In respect to
the other banks.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13
TWAS WH|PP|NG FINISH
Favorites Were Bowled Over at
Lexington.
DIRECTLY AND ANACONDA
The Latter Won After o Hot Fight TO
the wire-spiit Heats a Marked
Feature OF the Days
Racing.

Lexington. Ky, Oct. 12.-After another
day OF postponement on account Of wet
weather. the Trotting Horse Breeders
association resumed its meeting at 10 a.
m. with the weather cool and clear. the
track in good condition and getting faster
ms the racing proceeded. Split heats and
the bowling over of the favorites were the
marked features.
The best event of the day was the 400
the pools at $50 to s3s for the field. Ruben
stein and Bumps set the pace in the first
heat until the stretch was reached. when
Directly and Anaconda had a whipping
contest to the wire. the Judges giving the
decision to Directly. The second heat was
won by Anaconda In a hot finish with
Chehalis. Directly third. laboring by no
means up to his Louisville form. The third
heat was won handily by Anaconda by
two lengths from Directly. Anaconda won
the fifth heat and race at dusk from d.
rectly In another whipping finish. Re
suits:
Trotting, 227 class. purse 1900. two
heats trotted Monday-Bessie owens won
second. third and fourth heats; time.
2:13h. 2:15. 2:1sk. Maggie Lass won first
heat in 2:isA. Pacing. 2:15 class. purse
81. O0o-Birch Twig won third. fourth and
NTH heats: time. 2:i3h. 2:13h, 2:12h: Lily
of the Valley won first and second heats
in 2:i4il. 2:i4t. Trottins. 2:l2 class, purse
81. 500-Hans McGregor won second, fourth
and NTH heats; time, 2:lik. 2:l2h. 2:iik.
Georgiana won third heat In 2:1lh. J. Il.
ID. won first heat In 2:i2i1. Trotting, 2:2i
class, purse S1.000-Mis Sidney won third.
fourth and nth heats; time. 2:14. 2:l4ix.
2:16%. Harry won first and second heats
time. 2:12. 2:14i4. Pacing. 2:0 class. purse
81. O0O-Anaconda won second. third and
fourth heats: time. 2:0fiA. 2:05h. 2:0sz. Dr.
rectly won first heat in 2:04lz. Chehalis.
Rubenstein. Frank Bogas. Tecumseh and
Planet also started.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13
CONDITIONS IN SANTIAGO.
A Quarantine To he Established Against
A.. yellow Fever Ports.

. Yellow Fever Ports.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.
Santiago de Cuba. Oct. 12.-Generals
Lawton and Wood are seriously consid-
ering the advisability of establishing
quarantine against vessels coming here
from infected ports. as they claim hat
for It's size. Santiago is OF the
healthiest ports In the West Indies.
There II absolutely no yellow Fever
and the calentura fever IL d COM
plete control. and Genera awton does
not think ID right to have his healthy
men subjected to c~ontagion from
strangers coming from infected ports.
The death rate now IL but Is per
day. and when the fact Is taken into
consideration that the population is
composed in the main Of people who
have been brought to the verge OF
starvation, who a lived In an at
mosphere of filth and bad smells which
every effort has been put forth by the
authorities apparently 10 breed, n
every man of whom looks as II he had
but a few days to live; where children
up to 10 or IL wander around more or
less in a state OF nudity, every bone
showing. often with arms n legs no
larger around than the neck OF a bot
tie. IL is wonderful TO think that the
death rate can be so low. and this con-
dition speaks volumes for the sanitary
orders enforced by General Wood.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13
SELECTING CAMP SITES.
A Stretch of Hills Near Cabanas for Amer
lean Troops.

Havana, Oct. 12.-Lieutenant Colonel
Livermore. of the corps of engineers,
and Col. George z. Warning, jr., with
the members OF the United States
board appointed TO look after camp
sites in Cuba, are expected to-day by
the Plant line steamer Mascotte. They
will occupy apartments at the Hotel
Paseje. The commission will visit the
number of proposed sites for camps,
notably along the stretch of hills on
the other side Of Cabanas, which are
likely to be favorably considered, as
they are dry and healthy, with a good
water supply, In which most Of the
suggested locations are deficient.
Captain Hart. interpreter to the
United states evacuation commission
ers, delivered several documents to the
Spanish commissioners, among which
was one. 1t is said. calling attention to
the very small number of troops evac-
uating the Island in steamers sailing
for Spain from Havana.
The Scorpion went with Captain
Foraker and Lieutenant Ward to
Rio, to report as TO the sanitary IN
ditions there. the state of the garrison
and forts and the position Of the sunk
en- transport Alfonso XII.
Charles Gould, special representative
for the department OF Justice in ON
nection with the United States evacu-
alton commission, has completed his in
quiry into the methods Of the Havana
supreme court.
The Mexican Red Cross society has
cabled $500 in gold for the relief of
soldiers returning to Spain.
ADMIRAL Sampson. who has been I'M
der the weather for several days. is
now entirely recovered.
Major Beebe's condition continues IA
vorable. DIR. Lame. who Is In atten-
dance. say there Is no cause for
alarm.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13
ARcHBlSH0PS IN SESSION.


Chsppells Of New Orleans Appointed
Apostolic Delegate to Cuba
Washington. Oct. 1.-THE annual meet
Ing Of the archbishops of the Roman
Catholic church began at the Catholic
cious circumstances Just prior to the
opening session Cardinal Gibbons. presid-
ing oficer Of the archbishops. received a
cable dispatch from Rome announcing
that Pope Leo had appointed Archbishop
Chappelle of New Orleans as apostolic
delegate to Cuba. II did not go into de-
tails. This was the FIRST of1cial act OF the
vatican towards meeting the important
new church conditions in the Antilles
arising out Of the war.
Archbishop Chappelle viii retain his
present position at the head Of the New
Orleans archdiocese. but may have a CO.
adjutor. The particular duties of the new
apostolic delegate to Cuba will be to act
as the personal representative Of the pope,
to provide fer the proper assimilation of
the church In the West Indies to the
American church. II doubtless will cover
also the settlement OF questions relating
10 the vast church estateS though the
archbishops said Archbishop C~happelle's
duties would depend entirely upon instruc-
tions he received In person at the vsti-
can.
The sessions Of the archbishops to-day
were private. Chappelle. Riordan and Ire
land were absent. At the close of the
meeting Archbishop Kaine. who acted as
secretary. said thsre was nothing to give
to the public. as the proceedings had been
confined entirely 20 the internal affairs
Of the church. The archbishops completed
their work.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13
STOOD no NONSENSE
THEY HUNG TO THE CASH
Put Up the Diu6 That American Oc Gu
pstaon Didn't Interrupt the Civil
Administrstion-Not . Cent
Pound in the Treasury.

Santiago de Cuba. Oct. ia dis
patch from Manzanillo to the ONCE of
the associated press here says now that
the American nag 10 flying over that
city the Cuban element has come to the
surface. The people are seemingly m
thusiastic. The mayo and collector
had both received instructions not To
turn ovs their ONCE to the Americans.
except under protest and In the pres
ence Of the consul and q notary.
In b once Of the collector was found
q cable message from Senator Montero.
the chief Of customs at Havana. notify
ing him that the military occupation of
the Americans was not to affect the
civil administration. which IL still un-
der the autonomous government. and
to remit regularly all OF the funds to
Havana by q trusted messenger. The
mayor, or alcalde. had similar instruc-
ions from the minister Of Justice. But
Colonel Ray. the American military
commander at Man3anillo, In not the
man to stand nonsense. He suspended
the protesting oficials and temporarily
appointed others. Not a cent, however,
was found In the treasury.