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now that while ], 246, $50 long tons were
in. ported in 1890, only 682,806 were i'm
ported in 1896. During this same period
the production of the Lake Superior
region increased nearly 100000 long
tons.
1t must be evident, therefore, from
the foregoing that the lake ores are
more and more finding favor with the
ironmasters, most of whom are situat-
ed at great distance and near the
Atlantic seaboard. The consideration
next arises as to- what the Northwest
is doing to augment these natural ad-
vantages and minimize the detriments
of the long haul.
The Lake Superior mines are fortu-
nate, in that the ore is generally found
in large deposits and near the surface
instead of in narrow veins and at
great depth as in the case of the old
mines of NeweJersey, for example
Thus, labor-saving machines become
available, and the great item Of ex-
pense from removing waste material
Is pre- ctically eliminated. In many
cases steam shovels are enabled to dig
| and load from open cuts. The might
of some of these weapons Of modern
warfare against the earth, is tremen-
dous. The largest shovel at the Oliver
| mines of the Mesaba range Is mounted
OH the heaviest railroad ear trucks. 1t
weighs 80 tons, has hosting engines
of 200-korse power, and dipper with
capacity of two and half cubic
yards; and it will load five or six tons
at each swing. 1t has handled as much
as 5,825 tons in ten hours. In the light
Of these facts, the leisurely days of pick
and wheelbarroW seem medieval, and
| yet they are not a generation away.
Such improvements have reduced the
cost of mining to less than 10 cents a.
gross ton.
EIGHTY-NINE MILES AWAY.
AS has been stated the Lake Superior
! ore, deposits all lie some little distance
from the lakes. Thus In Minnesota the
ores of the Mesaba range must be car
| ried about eighty mine miles. To meet
| this general condition, standard guage
| railroads have been constructed. es-
pecially during the past ten years. in
| accordance with the first motive for
| railroad building in the West; the con-
Meeting of natural products with water
way. The ore carrying railroads Of
northern Minnesota oare the Duluth &
Iron Range, the Duluth, Missabe and
! Northern and theI Duluth, Superior and
WESTERN and n sse in 1897. posse ssed an
active force of nearly 5000 ore cars
In 1896, the Like Superior and Ishpem-
ing raj re ad. an out,et for the old range,
hauled over 1000 COO tons of ore to the
docks at Pres 1ueIJsle.
The shipping Points for Lake Superior
iron ore are Marquette, Escanaba, st.
/ Ignac9. L'Arse. IS hii no, Two Harbors.
Gladstone, supsrsoE and Duluth. The
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rafte1s and kept there by covering them
with stones. Many of the houses are
not larger than dog kennels and quite
as squahd as an American pigsty, and
their inhabitants, who gather around
us at the stations, are of the Peon
variety, dark-faced Indian men, women
and children. I frightened come of the
children very much by POSING them for
my camera They had evidently never
heard Of Photographs. and one little
fellow howled like a Cherokee Indian
when I pointed the instrument at him
j have been over every scenic route
in the, United States. ] have travelled
over the railroads of Mexico, and have
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ReoeDtion to LADIES' and eentlemsn

The officials of the Chicago, Milwaukee O.
St Paul Railway announce a reception to the
ladies and gentlemen OF this city for the pur-
pose Of inspecting one of the worlds fam. us
beauties-the Pioneer Limited Train--to te
put Immediately into service between Chi
cago, Milwaukee, St Paul and Minneapolis
The reception hours are from 800 O'clock
p. m. to 10:00 p. m, on Wednesday, May
18th. The place-the Union Depot.
All lovers OF the beautiful will surely Re
present Report says that this new train
eclipses all others ever exhibited.
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visited those parts of Europe which
the world calls grand. I have climbed
the Himalayas and have watched the
sun set on tho mountains of north
China, hut lsnowhere have I ever seen
anything like the scenery of the Andes
/ will not say that it is more beautiful
or more impressive than the Alps, the
Rockies or the Himalayas, but it sur
passes them in some respects, and it's
wonders are it's own. Here the noun
ta.Es rise almost7abruptly upward. You
ride for miles between walls of rock,
which kiss the sky thousands of feet
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much like that on farm wagon. The
seat had railing two inches high, and
1t was just wide enough for three. The
conductor, a brown-faced Indian, sat
in the middle, with his hand on brake
extending down through the center Of
the platform.
Mr.. Sherman and I sat on the right
ard left, our feet braced against the
strip on the bed of the car and our
hands on the sides and back of the
seat, holding on for dear life as we
rushed down the mountains Our only
means Of stopping the car was by the
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Some patches of corn seem almost in
accessible and remind me Of the farm
ers of West Virginia who are said to
have to plant their crops with a rifle
as the hills are SO steep that they are
unable to stand long enough on thu
sides to drop the cora in the rows.
We see Indians planting and working
in the fields and pass numerous little
villages of one-stoFy houses made Ct
sundried bricks, aid r2of ID with tt a.ch
OF sheets of corrugated iron. In mos
cases the iron plates are not nailed to
the huts. They are merely laid on the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-15
Reception to Ladies and Gentlemen,

The officials of the Chicago, Milwaukee q
St. Paul Railway announce a reception to the
ladies and gentlemen OF this city for the pur-
pose of inspecting one of the worlds famous
beauties-the Pioneer Limited Train-to be
put Immediately into service between Chi
cago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minnea0 olis
The reception hours are from 800 o'clock
p. m. to 1000 p. M, on Wednesday, May
18th. The place-the Union Depot.
All lovers of the beautiful will surely bs
present Report says that this new train
eclipses all others ever exhibited.
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was 57.2 per cent. and in 1895, 5s.5 pc
cent.
FOUR KINDS OF ORE.

was 57.2 per cent, and in 1895, 595 per
cent
FOUR KINDS OF ORE.
Iron ore Is commonly classified into
four kinds: Brown hematite, red hema-
tite, magnetic and carbonate. All four
varieties are found in the Lake SUI
perior ranges, but the bulk of the GRE
now shipped is red hematite. OF course
all iron ores, when mined, carry other
elements, such as phosphorus, sulphur,
together with silica, lime and alumina,
which affect in the one instance their
productiveness and in the other their
quality. Thus, the ore taken from the
ore hills in Pennsylvania averages but
little over 40 per cent in metallic iron
Thus, the iron from that other new
field, the Alabama-TenneSsee region, is
greatly handicapped by the deleterious
ingredients which it contains. Now the
Lake Superior ore is rich In metallic
iron; it is free from harmful impurities,
especially so from phosphorus and sui
phur; and it is so constituted that it
is readily handled and manufactured.
In richness, the pre- eminence Of the
Lake Superior ore can be readily and
conclusively shown. At the present
time the per cent Of metallic iron in
Eastern ore does not exceed SO in New
IOih WuSiS IL Is al the maximum, nor
80 in Ohio, where it is at the minimum.
While the average yield of Southern
ores is about As per cent. In all of these
cases, too, the tendency is towards
decline. On the other hand the Lake
Superior ore has steadily improved, I'M
til now an expert says: II think a fair
average of the ores shipped would yield
in the furnace 62 tons to each 100 tons
of ore.
When impurities are considered, the
superiority of the Western ore is fully
as marked. Less than one fourth of
the Eastern ore can be classed as Bes
semer; while the Southern ores are nom
Bessemer in quality, being either too
nigh in phosphorus, or with this ele-
ment so unevenly distributed as to be
constant source of expense and fail
ure. Then, too. the magnetic ores Of
New York and New Jersey are difficult
OF treatment because of their great
density, and hence are at disadvan-
tage as compared with the softer hema-
| t1tes of the lake district. The carbon
ates of Ohio have become practically
Improbable, as it is necessary to roast
! them before they can be cast into the
furnace.
| FOREIGN, ORES.
| The matter of foreign ores coming
into competition should be considered
But during the past few years there
has been decrease of importations
the possible significance Of which will
! be referred to later on. Suffice it to say
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BANKER sPAULDING's CRIME.

1t Finally Lands Him I'm the Joliet
Penitentiary.
CHICAGO, May 14.-Charles Warren spald-
ting, president of the Globe Savings bank was
taken today TO Joliet penitentiary, wbere he
will serve an indeterrninate sentence.
HIS crime was the enbezziement Of sf0.O 900
worth Of bonds belonging to the Universitv
of Chicago endowment fund.
Use the Long Dlstance Telephone to Minne.
sofa. NO. and 30. Dakota cities and towna
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-15

prevailed, ships are now separated
into four great holds, extending from
bottom to deck. Thus the ofe can be
LOADED READILY
and trimmed easily. The value Of the
fleet engaged in ore transportation on
the lakes was set at $3.50, POT, Jan. ],
1896; and since then there have been
many and costly additions.
That the rates are going down may
be seen from the following figures: In
1885 the contract rate from Duluth to
Lake Erie ports was S1.15. Two years
later it rose to S. Thence it decreased
until it was 81. in 1890. 1t was so cents
in 1893 and 1894; $1.05 in 1895, and 70
cents in 1897.
How absolutely essential these low
rates are, and how important it is that
the downward trend should be main
tanned need not be argued when 1t is
remembered that in 1897 prices for iron
ore fell even below the exceedingly
moderate rulings of 1895. The following
are the prices of some Of the standard
lake ores for 1897, delivered at Lake
Er,,;1
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WONDERS OF OROYA RAILWAY

Climbs Upward Three Miles In Less
Than One Hundred, and Which
Cost TNventy-Seven Million Dol
lars and Seven Thousand Lives
How an American Built the
Road and Its Probable Future as
n Trans-Andean Line-A Trip to
the Top of the Andes I'm an OBJ
servntion Engine and Some of the
wonders of These Great South
American MouHtafus-HoW Ihey
Look at the Top, Where You Can
Spit Into Two Oceans without
Taking a Step.
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QuaHty .....................20 90 to 2 80
With this necessity for terminal and
carriage facilities. as the natural means
towards low rates, being constantly
borne In mind, there is no reason why
the iron ore industry of the Lake Su-
perior region, mammoth as are it's
proportions today, should not prove to
be only in its infancy. AS has been
said, the field has hardly been scraped
as yet. Only the richest ores are now
sent East; in time improved methods
will make the poorer grades available.
There Is something very significant,
too. in the decrease in importations,
though the duty Is 35 cents q ton less
than 1T was prior to August, 1894. The
fact Is that
THE EUROPEAN SUPPLY
Of Bessemer ores is falling away.
Neither the Great Britain nor the Ger.
many ores are suitable for Bessemer
steel, while the Spanish deposits, like
everything else in that moribund couTi.
try, are becoming exhausted. Sweden
! ore, 1t is true, Is Of great purity, but 1t
is low in iron, and handicapped by the
long haul by rail. What then remains :?
Almost inevitably our iron makers are
selling their wares in all parts of the
world. If we do not carry coal to New
castle, we do carry our steel to Bir-
mingham. And the ore for this in
creasing demand must come from the
Lake Superior region. AS against the
iron workers Of Europe. the advantage
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FOREIGN ORES.

The matter of foreign ores coming
into competition should be considered.
But during the past few years there
has been decrease of importations.
the possible significance Of which will
be referred to later on. Suffice it to say
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-29

Key West. Fla. April GA small Spanish
sloop the Engracia captured by the United
States gunboat Newport, Captain Tilley. of
Csrdenas yesterday. was brought in here this
morning. She was in charge of a prize crew,
consisting Of a couple of blue jackets.
The Engracia was captured OF Cabanas lnot
of Cardenas). Only one blank shot was
necessary to bring her 10. Sho had on board
q crew OF seven men and cargo of fisn. The
men on board the prize had been in the Span
ish navy and serve as a sort OF naval reserve.
The officers OF the Newport say the capture
is an important one in view OF the fact that
the little craft was attempting TO carry into
Havana news OF the movements of the United
States fleet.
The crew of the Newport are anxious to
have it known that they will share in the
prize money Of the Catalina IL the prizes are
not returned. They say the Newport was in
sight when the Detroit made the capture and
they add that the Engracia is the fifth prize
they are interested in.
The Red Cross ship state of Texas with
nurses provisions and medicines on board lies
here swaiting the arrival of Clara Barton
VINO is expected here on the Mascotte today.
The State OF Texas viii also be used as a hos
pital ship for tho troops and fleets Of tho
United States.
DID NOT s.GHT PARIS.
Queenstown. April 2o.-The Cunard line
steamer Osmpsnia which left New York ON
April % arrived here this morning shortly
before o'clock. Captain Walker reports
that he did not sight the steamer Paris which
the spaniards ere understood TO be attempting
to capture.
REFUGEES LANDED.
Kingston Jamaica, April 20.-The German
steamer Remus from Hamburg for Baltimore
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-29

Miss Mark testifying i'm her own behalf,
said that she was the wife OF johnson.
She said that Detective Parker showed
her plate wrapped in tissue paper and
said to her, That Is tho plate you stole. -
he said that her name wes Marks and that
SDe came FROM Boston. she lived on "a
farm In Albany before that. Had been
married TO Johnson for two years aud
was married In Kentucky. she came to
this city to visit her sister. Hcr husband
visit led the store on Westminster street to
purchase Spole's ring to send to Albany
az "a present.
johnson, testifying in his own behalf.
said that he requested his wife not to call
him Franz because that was his ri1bt
name, but TO call him George he also
said that he WINS travelling salesman for
A. d. Meister a. Coz, OF New York,
dealers In silks. This was bis first visit
to his city and he ard his wife came here
to visit bis wifs's sister He went into
the store to bnv spclles ring. lie did
not see the plate thar he was accused of
stealing.
Judge Sweetlani concluded that the
evidences was not of sufficient strength TO
hold the accused, ana they were dis
charged as probably not guilty.
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secret that the season just closing has been
tho worst In the history of the American
stage. Nearly oil Of the travelling combi-
nations suffered fromslaok of patronage,
and the war plays wero no exception to
the general rule. Ever since the blowing
up of the Maine, however, these latter
have taken a distinct boom, which has
bcen felt In measure also by the "qpieter'
melodramas. There are at the present
time In this city no less than ii plays in
preparation for early presentation which
will have as the central theme the diff
Guilty between the United States and Spain.
Several of the war dramas, by the way,
whiot were to have closed their season
early last month will. instead remain ont
until the 1st OF June, SO that. after all,
the war scare and tho succeeding bostili-
ties have been good things for some people.
When Wilson Barrett produced "The
Sign OF tho Cross" in this country several
years ago, 1t was not conspicuous success
ard attracted hardly passing notice.
When. however, after trying It In the
British provinces he took the piece into
London as n stop gap at the not overpros-
Porous Lyric theater and scored such hit
that it enjoyed an uninterrupted run there
of more than two years, there were nu-
merous charges of plagiarism. The most
persistent allegation was to the effect that
the story of tho play had been taken bodily
from "Quo Vadis." This was based upon
the easily explained circumstance that In
both tho play and the book there were a
number of common characters. Inasmuch,
however. as all of these were historical
pcrsonages, that was not surprising.
The plagiarism discoverer Is again
abroad in the land. The most conspicuous
bit OF tho past season in Paris has been
"Cyrano de Bergerac" Henry Irving,
who has not been afflicted with dramatic
successes during the last year or two, Sc
cured the English rights OF this piecc In
tho hope that IL might serve to check
In measure Beerbohm Trees Garrison
rush toward the British dramatic premier
ship. No sooner, however had this an
nouncement beon made than another fol-
lowed TO the effect that the French play
was q plagiarism of very old English
piece, n new version of which meanwhile
had bocn prepared for use in London.
Irving was very angry. and, Judging from
the fact that he has threatened to cancel
tho contract with the French author, it
would seem that he Is inclined to put some
credenco In the charge of plagiarism. In
reality the central theme Of "Cyrano dc
Bergerac" is AS old as the hills and has
probably been used in dozen different
plays at dozen different times. 1t is,
however. tho treatment and not the topic
which has made the play so great sue
cess in Paris. as the reviser OF the old Eng
lish version will doubtless find to his sor-
POW.
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A THEATRICAL BUDGET
The Effect of Hostilities on the
Show Business.
A GREAT BOOM FOR WAR PLAYS.

Contrary to general expectation, the
war scare, so far from having affected the
theatrical business ipjuriously has had
exactly the contrary effect. 1t is an open
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In THE WORLD
OF FINANCE.
The New York Stock Mar
ket Opened Strong.
WHOLE LIST ADVANCED.
Values Appreciated Rapidly During
the First -Four.
TODAY'S RANGE OF QUOTATIONS
ToDAY's RANGE OF QUOTATIONS

The New York stock market opened strong.
with Sugar ut llssz TO ll9 1-s, Tobacco 102,
General Electric 81, Peoples Gas 9Cs4. Bur
lington 9lH, st. Paul s6i5, Rock Island S4,x,
Louisville ~, Leather Irefcrred 81 Ss,
Southern preferred 25z4 md Manhattan e8s4.
There was quite an animated feeling and
prices advanced. Msnhhtta, and Sugar led
the way with gain Of a pont each. The
prices Of railway stocks did not rise beyond a
fraction, Loui-viile's gain reaching "a. Gen.
eral kiectric showed loss or 5-S
The market was very lively during the first
hour ana walt tes appreciated rapidly. The
STOCKS crossed the 2point level, and sugar
touched points. Large blocks OF tho lead
ing stocks changed hands and the mar. ct
broadened very mpterialiy. Large profes-
sional operaitrs have actively taken tnc
bull side and their vigorous buying has In
vitea more or less OF "A following.
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THE SPANISH FLEET.


IL was the forward bridge, whore Rear
Admiral sampson paoed up and down.
his long glass In hand. pausing now ana
then TO aton this effect OF tns shots, Inn
passive as II no sub-oalibre target prac-
tice of the Dry Tortuaas. Cant. Chad.
wick was Hs his side, IN the dual capacity
OF chief OF staff and captain of the ship.
equally oaln and giving orders coDtinu.
ously regarding the direction OF the fire
and the handling of the ship. Lieut.
Stanton. assistant chief of staff. Lieut..
Com. Potter, executive officer of tho ship
and Lisut. j. Roller, the navigator, all
were on the bridge aud ms busy as they
could be.
Three men were ut the wheel and the
usual sta II lookouts and signal toys were
In their places. Yteeouuing tower, with
Its heavily protected sides, was without
an occupant. Tbe wbistltng OF q few
smells could not drive tne men who direct
the fighting squadron from their unpro-
tected Point OF vantage. Directly beneath
the bridge on the superstructurs, just aft
and slishtly above the forward turret,
stood Chaplain Royce. ready to give the
last consolation. The chaplain and the
three doctors were tho only persons on
board who sincerely hoped they wonld
have no work To do.
The way the jackics worked at thsir
guns was splendid. Many OF them were
stripped to the waist The muscles stood
out on their bare tattpoed arms. The Ier-
spiratiou ran down their faces and IL tx
inu with the gun powder made grim
stfeaks OF black over their skins. When
cefss firing sounded. disappointment was
written visibly on all their faces. But tie
decks were quickly swept. fne shrouds
rehoclxed. the guns aoolsd and washed:
and at dinner, when the band played
"Tke Ssnra aud Stripes Forever trere
were few signs TO show that tks flagship
New York had been In action for the
first time In her career Atout 800 shots
were fired during tine bombarumenf, l04
OF which were troln the New \ ork.
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DID NOT s.aHT PARIS.
REFUGEES LANDED.

Kingston. Jamaica, April 2o.-The German
steamer Remus from Hamburg for Baltimore
lanced AL German, Cuban, British and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-29

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-29

went to the front, tho Tompkins Blues
by that time known as the Light guards
las Company A, Seventy first regiment,
New York volunteers, and the City guards
as Company g OF the Ninth. Both COM
panies saw plenty of hard service before
Appomattox. and after the war was over
they consolidated as the Old Guard.
Today the Old Guard is the swollest mill
tary organization In town, with It's own
armory and uniform gorgeous beyond
description. Its members evidently mean
II shall live up to its past.
DEXTER MARSHALL.
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PILOT GOATS WITHDRAWN.
ADJUDGED NOT GUILTY
q woman In Il

q woman In Fnll River accused OF stealing
iom tie stores. Objection was raised,
and MIR. Brennan said that a warrant had
been Issued by this court for their apprs-
hension OF the Fall River woman bnt no
one snew what had become of It, He then
asked Mr. Parker II that person had been
In the store that day and III Mr.. Thurber
had not suggested that possibly tie pIats
had been stolsn by her. Mr.. Parker re.
pied tht Mr. Thurber did not maze any
such suggestion.