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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-25
Bread EIGHTEEN HrNDRED YEARS STALE
II WAS BAKED ~ poMrfu BEFORE THE ERUr-
TloN-oTHER FOOD ~ OLD
From The London Mail.

From The London Mail
Sufferers from Indigestion are advised TO eat
stale bread the stalrr the better. they are told
There is in the museum at Naples some breAd
which ought to bc stale enough for anynody.
II was baked one day in August. ~ A. j., IN
one If the curious ovens still 70 be seen AT
Pompeii
Morr than eighteen centuries. therefore. maze
ELAPSED since il was drawn all hot ana IN
dig.stiul. from tn oven. So il may claim 10
h.. the oldest bread in the world. You may see
il in a glass case on the upper roor Of the
,Duseuru There are several lCaNes If II, one
sill bearing the impress Of the bakers name.
In shape and size they resemble the small
cottage loaves Of England. but not IN appear
ance for they are black as charcoal. when;
i'm fact they closely resemble This vas not
tha,- original cnlcr bat they have become car
bonzad and If eaten would probably IemIhd
ore Of charcoal biscuits. when new they may
have weighed about a couple II pounds ea'h.
ana were most likely raised WIKI lrayen as -
most Of the bread IN oriental countries at the
tn. popular idea that Pompei was destroyed
hy lava 10 fallacOus one. II lava stream
had descended uDOn tn city the bread ana
everything else in the place would have been
utterly destroyed. Pompeii was really buried
under ashes and fine cnCers. call q by tho ltdI-
iars IattlIi on that dreadful day IN August,
when the great eruption of N"suUus took place.
showers of tinc ashes fell first upon tnr doomed
city then showers Of lapl'Il. 'h'h NOR. i 'Si'H,
ana more lapiili until Pompc was coNtrtn over
to a depth ia place. Cf fifteen ard even twenty
feet -
other comestibes besides IN bread were
preserved. and may now b" seen IN tnr same
room i'm the museum. Their are various KINDS
NJ grain fruit vegetables. and even pieces II
meat Most interesting is a dish OF WtIhutS'
. .orn. crackrd ready for eating. others whole.
Though carbonzed like all the other eataDleS,
they nave preserved their characteristic wrinkles
and lines.
There are figs too and pears. the former
rather shrvelled as one would expect after al
these years. the latter certainly 10 l"hTer
"i,.i,.y" But perhaps the most interesting r"Hc
in III, room is "A h0neycomb, every cell 81 which
can D.. distinctly made ont II is $50 we'll pre-
served that 4 j. hard To realize that the' comp
. - no longer wax nor the honey honey.
4 p,.ce Il the comb seems to nave been cur
out and ore can imagine some Young Pomp'lIhn
having helped hims III u IL and sitting down ID
eat IT, when he had 10 jump up ana ny Tor ms
l:fa one cannot help wondering what became
of the piece whether the young fellow TOOK IL
with him and ate ii a h. ran. or whether ne
left il on his plate. intending to return Tor II
~ hen The eruption was oVer-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-25
NETWORK TRIBUNE ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT.

left +: rl.1d in 1863 after quarrelling with his
father and when the latter died year later.
Icqueathing TO him the family honors and es-
tates ~ refused to return TO England or -
assume his rank as peer Of tho realm but re-
mained abroad mostly in American waters.
earning his livelihood as sailor before the mast.
Ii was while serving Us such that he dsap-
peared from on board snip while on his way
from Boston to Melbourne being presumably
washed overheard in a storm. At any rate, his
disapr sarance has been rs complete as that q
Archduke John OF Austria. H. had been Earl
Of Aberdeen for six Years. without assuming
possession # either the title or estates, preerrnS
the lie Of freedom and Of adventure as sailor
before the mast to that Of a wealthy British
ucer EN-ATTACHE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-25
THE PATENT TRANSPORT FL1G.
DESIGNED BY WILLIAM +. COSTON. AND
FIRST HOISTED LAST JANUARY.


Among the patents issued by the United
States Government this year was one for an
official flag the first patent of the kind ever
written in this country The patentee is Will
lam F. Coston. and the flag is for use on Cow
eminent transports The War Department APP
proved the design submitted by the patentee,
and seven flags were purchased by the Govern
mcnt during the with Spain The follow
ing description was furnished by Mr.. Coston
Opposite corners. the upper one the nearer 10
the staff are right-angled triangles of red ana
blue respectively. and tho remainder, diagona!
strip between the trianCles Is white. In the Whlte
field is a wheel crossed by 4 sword ana KEY
and surmountcd by an eagle. Thirteen stars
acorn the rim Of the wheel. and the letters u.
& A. r $" encircle the design.
full authorization to make the flag was
issued by the War Department in January. but
the patent was not given until May IL Inc
flag was first hosted on January l. on board
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-25

Latitude ~ degrees . minutes north lonGi'
tude - degrees 80 minutes west To-day ~
noon al! HAMS called to quarters. and the first
Gag If the transport service was hOisted on the
main with all horors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-25

tin. transport Port Victor. now the Mcclellan
Captain William c. Brrklry. master Inc I'S
- lhat laN contains the following entity;
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
Lack of Backbone.

The Duluth Scandal threw a little
slush at the returned senators, on the
anti-boycott bill and asks why they
did not make the bill a law if they
were so much in favor of it. The
paper attributes their lack of back.
bone to vote-getting desire. The
self-styled labor leaders of Duluth are
beauties and can lead senators and
other statesmen about by the nose as
we'll as the laboring man of the Zenith
city, who must either contribute to
the cause or lose his job. The boy
colt is nuisance even the senators
will admit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
viii be in Condition.

With the ceunty's share of monies
recently secured from the tax settle
ments it is supposed by the county
officers enough will be on hand to
clear the overdrawn funds for the
first time in five years. II payments
of current taxes are up to the average
and there is every reason to believe
they will be. the county will be en-
abled to take up all the outstanding
orders on the poor and road funds,
the only overdrawn funds. after which
the county will not have a dollar Of
debt except its bonded Indebtedness.
If the overdrafts In the poor and
road funds are cleaned up, as the
county officers hope, it will be the
first time since 1894, that the funds
will be clear. There are now about
$685. overdrafts which have hung
on since 1894, despite frequent efforts
to clear them up and during the last
two years they have only held about
even. 1t will be great relief to the
county officers to have them cleaned
up and will result In cutting off a
good deal Of interest the county is
now paying for orders presented and
stamped "unpaid for want OF funds"
draw per cent interest.
The first overdraft in the road fund
came in 1894. The board of county
commissioners then in Office found
that their road money had given out
just when they wanted to do lot Of
road work. They solved the problem
and got the work done by paying for
it in interest-bearing time checks,
payable about year later. OF course
in the next year these had to be met
and road work had to be done also,
SO the overdraft was continued and it
has been kept up ever since. The
overdraft in the poor fund came be-
cause the county was paying more for
the care of the poor than it had COM
ing in for that purpose.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
In Municipal Court.

Yesterday, Judge Van Blarcom
wrestled with the case Of Jos. Smoke
against the Austrian society at BIZ
wabik in which Mr.. Smoke sought to
recover sick benefits from the society
for being injured by cow several
weeks ago. The society claimed Mr..
Smoke was not lin good standing on
the books and heap Of evidence was
introduced on both sides. The judge
took the case under advisement.
Last week Judge Van Blarcom rem.
dered his decision in the case Of AS
pegren VS.. The Finnish Stock COM
pany. This was brought on by the
discharge of Aspegren who had been
brought from Massachusetts, to man
age the store of defendants and was
discharged after a few days work
The judge awarded the plaintiff the
balance Of his months pay. The ex
pert testimony on bookkeeping in
tbs, case was revelation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
THE Firms in AMERICA.

The Finns whom Russian persecu-
tion is driving from Finland are en-
igrating in large bodies to this coun-
try and dream of establishing them
selves in colonies in our northwestern
states where as they say Finnish
customs and habits of thoughts can
be preserved" and a spiritual union
among them kept up and strengthen
ed. They would here establish a
Finland with old-country customs and
usages.
While the desire Of the Films to
preserve the traits Of their national
ity is creditable, that desire will be
swept from the minds of the younger
generations in the desire to become
American, which is the inevita BILE re-
suit of contact with our people and
our institutions. Germans. Irish and
Swedish people have come to this
country and while it has been tried,
have never been able to withstand the
American influences for any length
of time and their old-world customs
and manners have disappeared under
the free tutorage accorded them here.
No other race can resist the meta
morphosing, assimlating power of
the American stock. No language
can hold its own among the children
of any migrants against the English.
No nation has as yet been able to
plant on our soil a new Germany,
Ireland, Sweden or other country and
at this late day we are certain the
Firms cannot turn certain localities
into New Finland. This desire will
be swept from the minds of millions
before, born of Irish, German and
Swede parentage who now resent any
attempt to classify them other than
American citizens.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
The City Council.

The regular meeting of the city
council took ploce last evening with
Mayor McMahan in the chair, All
the'members of the coucil were pres
ent with the exception of Aldermen
Glode and Skala.
Rev. T, V. Kelly petitioned the
council for permission to roof the
pavilion temporarily for evangelist
ical purposes and permission was
granted with the proyiso that he re-
move everything upon termination Of
the meetings.
0. G. KOrb and others presented
petition to the council for the open
ing OF Camp street east to the city
limits and the same was referred to
the committee on streets and sewers
with full power to act. This is the
street that will need be finished be-
fore a connection can be made with
the new road to be built by the town.
ship Of Morse the present summer.
The legal printing was awarded the
Times by reason of its being the low
est bidder. Bids for scavenger work
were rejected and thec clerk instructed
to re-advertise.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
Wisconsin Marriages.

The True marriage license bill
passed the Wisconsin legislature
last week. AS the bill was passed it
provides that every couple who desire
to marry must procure license from
the county clerk at least five days
before the ceremony can be performed
In cases where one of the parties may
be on deathbed or when for any
other reason it is necessary that the
ceremony shall be performed without
the license and without the five days
delay they may be married by secur-
ing an order from the judge of any
court of record permitting an imme-
diate marriage. Elopers and Others
from st. Louis county who have been
using Superior as a Gretna Green will
not find it so easy hereafter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
New Mlning Captain.

Robert Powell, formerly captain of
the Zenith mine at Ely and for the
past year shift boss at the Pioneer,
has been engaged by Superintendent
Parmlee Of the Franklin as mining
captain at the Victoria. Captain
Powell is an experienced mining man
having been employed for many years
i'm the mines on the Gogebic range
and is we'll qualified for his new posi-
ton. Mr.. Powell will remove his
family to this city in the very near
future. -Virginian.
All of his associates speak of Mr..
Powell in the highest terms and it is
to be regretted that he will leave this
city. The MINER joins host of
friends in wishing him success in his
new position.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
UNDER THE WHEELS.
Gust Hagen Found Mangled on the Track
Monday Evening.

Gust Hagen Found Mangled on the Track
Monday Evening.
Monday evenings passenger train
brought in the mangled remains of a
man who was picked from under the
wheels of the train about mile this
side of Robinson lake. The man lay
between the rails, on curve, with
his head resting on his hands on the
south rail. Engineer Blake says he
saw something lying there In the
dusk but could not see what it was
until too late to stop the train.
The remains were picked up and
brought to this city. The head was
crushed into an unacceptable mass
and naturalization was attempted by
the clothing on the victim. He was
man about 30 years of age, about
tt, 10 in. in heighth and weighed
about 16O pounds. He wore a light
colored Fedora hat, brown coat and
blue striped' pants. Several who
viewed the remains say the victim
had been in the city Monday after
noon and had accumulated a comfort
able jag. Several say they saw him
start down the track and the section
men say they passed muchly intoxi-
Gated individual of the above descrip-
ton going to Robinson lake.
The section foreman at the lake
sent word last evening that one Gust
Hagen of his crew was missing hav-
ing gone to town and had not return
ed. From his description Of Hagen
the remains were those of the missing
man. He was buried today by Cor
oner Gleason, no inquest being deemed
necessary. Nothing could be found
in his effects or on his person to fur
nish any clew as to the whereabouts of
any of his people. He was Swedish
Finn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
THE LAW SUPPLEMENT.

This week we present to our readers
In supplement- form, condensed copies
OF all the laws passed during the late
session of the legislature which closed
It's iabors in st. Paul on April 10.
Thus the laws are sent out after each
session Of the legislature and the
people given an opportunity to post
themselves on new measures, amend
ments, etc. The supplement COM
prises Is pages of closely set matter
and will be found interesting reading.
Beginning on the 18th page an index
is given to facilitate the finding OF
any particular measure. If our read
ers will look up the game and fish
section iG may avoid them some
trouble in the future. There are
also several other measures which
will prove of interest to this section.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03

organization to be known as the Lake
Superior Teachers association. This
Is to include teachers from St. Louis,
Lake, ItaSca and Carlton counties in
Minnesota and Ashland, Bayfield, and
Douglas counties in Wisconsin.
Saturday afternoon the Ely teach
ers were rendered a reception at Sou
dan and escorted about the mines and
other places Of interest by the Soudan
teachers. They all returned Satur-
day evening and feel grateful for the
entertainment accorded them by the
teachers at at Soudan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
Contests the Election.

A. n. Thompson, the Singer mach
inc agent who comes to Ely every now
and then and who was defeated for
mayor of Virginia by three votes at
the last election, has entered con-
test against his victorious opposition
on the ground of fraudulent voting.
A recount will be made by order of
the court. Some of the Virginia
people think the recount will develop
something not entirely to the credit
of Thompson and still others are OF
the opinion the other side is wrong
How the three votes which elected
Palmer should be fraudulent under
the Australian system is the question
which will perplex the judges.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
Weddings.
to re-advertise

Saturday evening Rev. CluloW
united in matrimony John Nichols to
Miss Edith Prout at the residence of
the brides parents On Sheridan street.
Both of the young people are well
and favorably known and the MINER
joins hosts of friends in wishing them
long and prosperous married life.
Sunday, Rev. Father Smrekar at
the Catholic church, united Joseph
Terlep to Miss Maggie Bokitz and
Frank Paulin to Miss johanna Koshir.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
Cemetery Association.

A meeting held this evening at the
city hall for the purpose of organizing
cemetery association was well at
tended. Mayor McMahan was made
chairman and David Brown secretary.
A committee of seven consisting OF
0. G. Korb as chairman and HI. B.
Sturtevant, Jos. Agnic, A. d. Ellef-
sen, j. Pengilly, John Palmgard and
Geo. Westcott, were appointed to
look up the matter and report at the
meeting on May II.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
The Teachers Meeting.

The meeting of the teachers of St.
Louis county at Tower and SOudan
last Friday and Saturday was claimed
to have been an enjoyable affair.
About forty teachers were present
from Ely, Two Harbors, Mesaba.
Biwabik, Mountain Iron and Hibbing.
1t Is claimed the Virginia and Eve
leth teachers were missing owing to
some differences between themselves
and the county superintendent. Ely
furnished the banner delegation. all
OF our teachers, nine in number, being
present. Mayor Murphy of Tower
and Supt. Denfeld Of Duluth, ad-
dressed the meeting Friday evening.
The addresses were followed by an
informal reception and music. Two
or three of Towers teachers took
in the reception, the Others feeling the
effort too much for their exalted ideas
and amused themselves "dawncing'
and shaking hands with-themselves,
30 It is said.
The program WAS carried through
with the exception Of several ommis-
sions caused by reason OF non-attend-
ance. A plan was decided upon at
the business session to enlarge the
scope Of the association and 1t was
unanimously decided TO plan for AL
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
District Court.

The May term of District court
opens in Duluth today. This term
will be very light. There are only 81
civil cases on the calender and great
many Of these are divorce cases. Tn
the criminal line there are only two
or three cases in shape to come before
the grand jury.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
Meeting with Good ResnIts

The Johnson Nickel Company are
meeting with success in their explor-
ations in Cook county. A large num-
Der Of holes have been bored many of
them to a depth of 1000 feet. The
company is exploring for iron and the
holes were bored to a ascertain the
depth of the various deposits.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03

ings will be given under the auspices
of the Presbyterian church of which
Rev. Kelly is pastor, but all churches
are interested and every one is most
cordially invited. Preparations are
underway for roofing the city pavilion
for the purpose, permission from the
council having been secured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
A Large Concern.

Large COncern.
The Oliver Mining company is now
q OF the largest iron ore miners in
Q world. The following is the list
active mines Of which 1t has EOS
ssion:
On the Mesaba range--Mountain
on, Rathbun, Etna, Lone Jack,
esaba Mountain and Norman.
On the Vermilion range-Pioneer,
NTH and Savoy.
On the Menominee range-Iron
liver, Dober, Isabella and Miller.
On the Marquette range-Buffalo,
orth Buffalo, Queen. Prince Of
'ales, Blue and Lake Superior.
On the Gogebic--Norrie. East Nor
e, North Norrie, North Aurora,
abst and Tilden.
In this list are some Of the finest
lines to be found in the Lake Sup
rior region. All grades Of ores are
reduced, and mixtures are had for
he making of every kind of iron and
teel. The report that the Carnegie
Geel works are to be enlarged so That
1900, 900 tons OF ore will be consumed
IA single year gives some idea of
That the company has in contempla-
ion. Andrew Carnegie is the leading
pirit in the enterprise and has sur
ounded himself with the very best
nen to be found in the steel and min
ng world, His ventures have all
been great successes and much Of this
. due to his keenness Of organization.
Tile Oliver company is powerful
pne financially, and it has the means
20 operate all its properties actively.
1t pays the highest going wages, and
gets excellent returns for the money
invested. The iron ore business Of
this region is gradually getting into
lesser number of hands. The ten
dency is towards Capitalization. 1t
10 by big outputs that we are to COM
pete with others, and to send out
manufactured product to the foreign
CT. The consumers of ore have lately
seen the wisdom OF being. owners Of
tue mines producing the .ores needed
in their furnaces. The Oliver now
has its own mines, railroads, vessels,
furnaces and mills. Everything that
is needed in producing the manufac-
tured article is at hand. They control
all branches of the business, and on
this account they are enabled to meet
the keeuest competition. 1t is due
tS such advantages that all England
is disturbed: The people of that
country are alarmed at the inroads
Americans are making, and there
have been no more active bidders for
their business than the Carnegie COM
pany which embraces the Oliver
Iron Ore.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
Secures the Aetna.

The Aetna mine on the Mesaba has
been transferred to the Consolidated
company. The Consolidated has the
contract for furnishing the Thomas
furnaces at Duluth with the mixtures
of ores required to run the same.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
Reyiyais In June.

The people Of Ely will no doubt be
glad to hear that in June one of the
greatest revival meetings ever held in
this part of Minnesota will be begun
here by Rev. Sunday, the noted evan
gellst, and his singer. These meet
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-05-03
vermilIion Transfers.

Following are the transfers of VeI
million range properties filed with tn
register of deeds recently:
P, Gulbranson to G. F. Leland
lands in Is, 68-l8 ........ .........S 10
Same to same lands in Is, 68-18... 40
d. Robinson to Rupp s. Kerr,
lands in II, 63-l4 .......... 80
C. Robinson to Rupp & Kerr,
lands in Is, 63, Ia ........ ................ 80
G. G. Traphagen to A. Traphagen
lands in 3. 62-14 ........................ 30
c.. Hohner to j. S. Pillsbury, lands
in 8 and Is, 62-l5 ....................... AZ
D. Sullivan to j. H. McGraw
lands in 81, COLT ........................ 10
L. J. Merrill to R. Whiteside
lands in l, 62-14 .......................... so
j. B. Erigson to f. S. Bell, lands
in Is, $500. GIL
X. nj. Riley to French Lumber
company, lands in 10, 80. $500 so
R. M. Macfarlane to T. Gibson.
lands in 20, 62-14 ....... 25
A. Christianson to Lena W. Rus
sell, lands in IL, 63-14 ................... 80,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-08-24
OUT FOR MAYOR.

Owing to the fact that Col. w. s.
Cheney had interviewed large number
of our citizens as to having meeting
at the Academy building on Monday
night last, with view of putting out a
citizens ticket for Mayor and Alder
men, or to shape policy for white
primary to prevent factional fight, it
called forth circular from Mr.. T. NJ.
Brumby announcing his candidacy for
Mayor, in which he stated that he would
not be gagged by caucus, but would
submit to the wishes of the people If
they preferred some one else for Mayor,
but as he was a candidate for Mayor, if
elected, he would not again ask for the
office, and hoped the citizens would not
support any policy that would deprive
him of their support.