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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-02
DECLINE OF A MINING TOWN,
The Editor and the Postmaster Were
the Last to Pull Up Stakes
and Leave.

II had some experience running a
newspaper which has never been dupli-
Gated by any other man in the world, :"
said Charles Pattison, of Abilene, Kan,
recently. For three months | ran a
weekly paper in a town with two in
habitants-the postmaster and myself.
1t was at Congress, Col. That was a
boom mining camp in 1883, and miners
flocked in there by the hundreds on ac-
count of strike Claims were COB
bled up like hot cakes.
Under the mining law after $500
worth of work is done on claim it is
necessary to insert a legal notice in a
newspaper of general circulation for a
period of three months. My father held
an office in San Juan county, and while
out visiting him saw an opportunity to
lease newspaper plant and make lot
of money running legal notices. l did
SO. For several months l did land
office business. 1t was thriving little
town.
1.-The business of the town enabled
the postmaster to make about $1,000 a
year. A few months before there was
to be another readjustmcnt of the post
masters salary things began to drag at
Congress. The mines were not panning
out very we'll. There was strike made
at Telluride, and all the miners picked
up and went to that place. They were
followed by the merchants, saloon men
gamblers, dance hall people and all
Within a week there was no one left
there but the postmaster, James Ed.
wards, and myself. Edwards did not
care to give up his post office as long as
it paid SO well. lie was from Ohio.
II was tied up with lot of legal pub.
locations. / was certain to get my
money for the notices as soon as they
had run the required length of time
so I could not leave. We had every.
thing our own way. I would help him
run his post office and he would help me
write hot stuff, set it up and pull the
lever to an old Washington hand press
The post office business was confined al
most wholly to handling the circula
ton of my paper-the Red Mountain
Pilot-about so copies.
THE day that the legal notices last
appeared told Edwards that was go
ing to pull up stakes and leave. His big
salary ran another month, and he want
ed me to stay, offering to divide up
but that was no inducement. When he
found that was determined to leave he
said: III lock up the post office and go
too He turned the key in the door OF
the post Office, and locked the door tt
the newspaper Office, and we walked GU,
of town."-Kansas City Journal.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-02
PROBATE NOTICE


STATE or MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Hcnncpin. Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Hugh Con-
nor, Deceased.
On reading and fling the petition Of Ed
Conner has lately died intestate, a resi-
dent and inhabitant Of the County Of Hen
ty: and praying that administration of his
It Is Ordered That sal said petition p be e. heard Ssd
at the Court House in the City of Mime.
apolis in said County, on Mon1ay the e 1sth
forenoon; and that notice of such hearing
be given to all persons interested, by pub a,,
week for three successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing. in the Irish Standard:
n newspaper printed and published in said
County.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 21st day of
November, 1890.
BY the Court,
f. C. HARVEY,
Judge of Probate.
VIM. II. Donahuc. Attorney for Petitioner.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-02
pRoRAI,E NOTICE.

PROBATE NOTICE.
STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
Hennepin. Probate Court.
In the Matter Of the Estate of John D.
Hutchins, Deceased.
On reading and fling the petition of EN-
ma NJ HMtcLns Of Minneap.Gis Her Henn 9dn
D: Hntehlns has iately died a. in Hant !,
goods. chattels and estate within this
his estate be TOT to petitioner granted:
heard at Especial term Of this Court, to be
held at the Court, House In the City Of
the 18th day of December. 1899. ut 10
O'Clock in the forenoon: and that notice of
such hearing he given to all persons inter.
este by publishing this order at lsnst
weeks prior to said day Of hearing. In the
published in said County.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 22nd day OF
By the Court.
F. c. HARVEY,
Judge Of Probate.
John H. Steele, Attorneys for Petitioner.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-02
DRORATE NI,TICE

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Henncpin Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate of Eliza Bran
igan, deceased.
On reading and filing the final account of
the administrator of the estate and his
petition praying for the allowance of said
account and for a decree assigning the
residue of said estate to the persons by law
entitled to the same:
1t is Ordered, That said petition be heard
at Il general term Of said Court to be held
at the Court House in the City of Mime
apolis, in said County, on Monday the
fourth day of December. 1899, at 10 O'Clock
in the forenoon; and that notice of such
hearing be given to all persons interested,
by publishing this order once in each week
for three successive weeks prior to said
day of hearing in the Irish Standard, a
newspaper printed and published in said
County.
Dated at minneapolis this 9th day of No
vcmber, 1899.
By the Court. +. c. HARVEY,
Judge of Probate.
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eloquent speech of acceptance and in
turn presented them to the govern


turn presented them to the govern
ment.
Tho Illinois monuments and markers at
Chichamauga park and the vicinity of
Chattanooga dedicated Thursday are 107 in
number, erected out of an appropriation
of $G5,OOO by the Illinois legislature.
or the markers. there are SO in
Chckamauga park and 10 in Chat
tanooga and vicinity. The small monu-
Chckamauga park and IS to Chattanooga
and vicinity. Tho markers are Of Quincy
granite, five feet long and two and half
feet wide, with polished shields and in
scribed with the word illinois" and the
name Of the regiment engaged at the loca-
the small monuments are built on plans Of
striking similarity. The two great monu-
ments of Illinois, which are among the
most attractive on the battlefield, are To-
Gated. one at Orchard Knob and the other
at Braggs hill, Missionary Ridge. Tho
monument on Braggs' hill is erected in
honor OF the brisades of Gems. Gross, s;her-
man. Jaquess. Wagner, Harkcr. Which,
Carlin, Moore and Weed. 1t is a tall shaft
OF New England granite surmounted by a
bronze figure. The base is of Georgia
granite. -Four additional figures at tho base
OF the monument and the flags. seals, etc.
are OF standard bronze, as also is the great
seal of Illinois which appears on it. This
monument Is very deliberately inscribed.
The monument at Orchard Knob was
erected to tho memory of the brlgadcs of
Gems. Morgan. Slarkwcather, Beatty.
Hecker, McCook. Whitaker. Tyndale,
Wilder. Long and Engart the First and
Second Illinois light batteries. Cogswell's
battery and the Chicago board Of trade
battery In architectural design it is a
canopy with tall polished shaft on the top
of which is a bronze figure of standard
bearer. 1t is built OF New England granite
with base of southern granite. The pol
ished work is very elaborate. the name
illinois" standing. out in bold relief.
Among the other polished pieces on tho
monument are four balls on the corners Of
the dome. eight columns on the corners and
the main column.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-02
PROBATE NOTICE,

PROBATE NOTICE.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Hennepln. Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Edward T.
Becman. Deceased.
On reading and filing the final account of
the administrator of the estate Of said de-
ceased, and his petition praying for the
allowance Of said account and for decree
persons by law entitled to the same:
1t Is Ordered, That said petition be heard
at special term of said Court to be held
at the Court House in the City Of Mime
apos il said County, on Mon1oy the 18Th
forenoon; and that notice of such hearing
be given to all persons Interested by pub.
fishing this order once in each week for
three successive weeks prior to said day OF
hearing in the Irish Standard, q newspaper
printed and published in said County.
Dated Mt Minneapolis this 24th DAY OF
November, 1890.
F. C. HARVEY,
Judge Of Probate.
A. b. Choate, Atty. for Administrator.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-02
To Retire Gen. shnftcr.

Washington, Nov. a5.-The president
will ask the incoming congress to pass
an act retiring Gen. Smarter with the
rank of major general in the army. lie
has already been retired with the rank
of brigadier general. This purpose of
the president is the explanation of the
retention of Gen. Shafter in the volun-
teer service up to this time, it being
felt that his chances would be bright
ened by his retention in the active army
until congress has an opportunity to
not
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-02
Blown to Fragments.

Iron Mountain, Mich, Nov. 24.-By
the premature explosion OF a dynamite
cartridge in the Bristol mine, William
Holm was blown to fragments, Au-
gust Nygren was SO badly injured that
hisrecovery is not expected, and Charles
Kellen received serious injuries, but
will recover. The accident occurred on
the sixth level. A blast had been fired,
but one of the holes did not explode
with the others. The men were investi-
eating the reason when the blast &C.
Cured.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-02
PROBATE NOTICE.

PROBATE NOTICE. ...
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Hennepin. Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Nicholaus
Henkes, Deceased.
On reading and filing the final account of
the administrators of the estate of said de-
ceased, and her petition praying for the. al
lowance of said account and for decree
assigning the residue of said estate to the
persons by law entitled to the same:
1t Is Ordered, That said petition be heard
at a special term of said Court to be held
at the Court House in the City of Mime
apois in said County. on Monday, the 18th
day of December, 1890. at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon; and that notice of such hearing
be given to all persons Interested, by. pub
fishing this order once in each week for
three successive weeks prior to said day of
hearing in the Irish Standard. a newspaper
printed and published in said County.
Dated at Minneapolis this 21st day Of
November, 1899.
BY the Court.
L. C. HARVEY,
Judge Of Probate.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-02
italian Murdered.

Milwaukee, Nov. "a. An Evening
Wisconsin special from Kenosha. Wis,
says: Antonio Bruno, known in this
city as the liking of the Italians" was
murdered Thursday at the corner Of
Middle and South Chicago streets. The
police are hunting for an italian named
Witt, who is suspected Of the crime. Do
mestic trouble is said to be the cause.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-02
Lumber Rate. 10 Advance

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. 24.-.Official
announcement has been made of an adj
vance in freight rates of one cent per
100 pounds on lumber, to take effect De-
cember Is. The territory principally
affected by the advance includes Mime
sofa and Wisconsin. Lumbermen in
Minneapolis and all over the north
west are determined to resist the ad-
vance by every means at their COM
mand,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-02
NOTICE OF SALE.

NOTICE OF SALE.
Whereas, On or about April 10, 1907, Mrs.
Fred Douglas deposited with Safety stor-
age 4 Loan Co., in Minneapolis, Mimi, for
storage and safe keeping. the following de-
scrlbed personal property, to-wlt, one N
bass viol;
And Whereas. The Safety Storage &
Loan Co. did sell, convey and set over to
Standard Warehouse Co. all interest in said
goods;
there became due and payable to said
Standard Warehouse Co. for its proper
charges for services in the premises the
full sum Of $4,000 sixteen dollars;- and
whereas, there now remains due and I'M
paid of said charges the full sum of, to-wit,
sixteen (S16OO dollars:
Now, Therefore, Notice is hereby given
that on Dec. IA, 1880, at 8 o'clock p. NJ,
at the warcrooms Of said Standard Ware
house Co., corner Third st. and Third Ave-
North, IN the City of Minneapolis, the said
personal property, or so much thereof MS
shall be necessary, will be sold at public
satisfy said charges and the costs and ex-
penses Of sale pursuant to statute.
STANDARD WAREHOUSE CO.,
Mgr.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-02
south American Saddle Horse.

The saddle horses in South America
have mincing pace, which is very easy
to the rider, and is said to have been ac-
quired in the time of the conquestadors.
During the early days in the colonies
the cabelleros decorated their horses
with a great many trappings and often
had sharp nails hanging to the saddles
and the nets with which the animals
were covered. TO avoid contact with
these the horses took short steps, which
finally developed into the amble that is
now SO common.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-12-02
GOING TO CALIFORNIA?
Our Upholstered Tourist Cars are tt

Our Upholstered Tourist Cars are the
Best.
We are the Pioneers in the tourist car
business. The Minneapolis & St. Louis
Railroad runs elegant upholstered tour
list cars to California points without
change, leaving St. Paul 200, Mime
apolis 7:35 2. M. every Thursday, via
Omaha, Denver and Salt Lake-The
Scenic Line.
On November 21st and each succeed
ing Tuesday, we will run an additional
car via Kansas City and Fort WORTH
The Southern Routc-no attitudes and
no snow.
Through sleeping car berths, large
enough for two persons, only Sc. 90. A
gentlenanly conductor and colored por-
ter accompany the car to attend the
wants OF the passengers. Our parties
are select
We receive hundreds OF testimonials
from pleased patrons. No better refer
ences could be required than our pas
Senger list containing the names OF our
best citizens who go with us year after
year.
For full information address,
A. B. QUITS,
G. Pa I. A. NJ. & St. L. r. n.
Minneapolis, MINI.
Send for descriptive matter.
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No. 9275
NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF REDEMPTION
In whose
name assessed.
Chas. F. Morrow
70 Chas. F. Morrow:

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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-02
QUlD RIDES :

Many Of thl r5nogad.s fItm Chicago
to Indianapolis have already taken
the Turban" and kissed the Koran of
faith and loyalty TO Algerine piracy.
~ few still remain at Indianapolis
calling TO the 6,5oO,OOO true men of 1896
10 Join them in 1900 NIahomet too.
expected to move mountains: and some
centuries ago he commanded a noun
tain to come to him: but the mountain
declined to move. and heard him in
contemptuous silence. Now, If Mahomet
had been fool enough to insist on
obedience to his command, he might to
this day be standing alone in the same
place-a monument of pigheaded con-
ceit and folly; but 1t is recorded that,
being a man of some sense.a themoun-
tain would not come to him. he went to
the mountain. under the natural law OF
the attraction OF gravity. The Indiana
polls light-weights of 1896, however, re-
naming there in 1900, will present n
spectacle that will upset the gravity of
the universe and cause a universal
explosion of laughter, which will be
all the greater that Quid. having sud
denly risen from n stemmer to Presi-
dent OF a Tobacco Trust, set up n
gorgeous coach. bearing n dazzling
coat of-arms. FOR which wag had
furnished the appropriate interrogative
motto. "Quid Rides ?"-Quid being car
ried from Chicago to Indianapolis in
this coach. wherein he still sits in all
the exclusive solitude of his own gran
deur
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-02
lola, THE EXILE.

The decision of the Court of Casa
in which Captain Dreyfus was convict
ed and sentenced to solitary coniine-
ment for life on Devils Island. is re-
ceivcd with general satisfaction in all
civilized countries. The opinion that
the outcome of a new trial will be the
complete vindicaton of this much in
jured man is as general. Since his COM
demnation evidence OF the employment
of perjured witnesses against him has
been discovered and the world has al
ready pronounced him innocent.
The trial of Dreyfus will turn on the
authorship of the bordereau. which is
almost universally credited to Count
lsterhazy. The friends of the con-
demned man do not fear the issue.
They court a searching and COM
pete investigation. confident of his vim
dication, which. viewed in the light of
truth, will be the triumph OF justice
and the partial Fighting of a great
wrong.
Drcyfus has had and now has many
friends, but none so true and sclf-sacri-
ncing as NJ. lola, the novelist. who has
labored in season and out for the exile
lie IS now in exile himself
in consequence of having writ
ten his famous letter in vim
dication of Dreyfus. which aroused the
world to work for revision. Should the
new trial result in the acquittal of
Dreyfus, NJ. lola will return to Paris
in triumph as n hero. and the people
who lately revlled and drove him away
will vie with each other in falling at
his feet and lola. the exile, will have
been transformed into lola the hero.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-02

folly and wickedness Of war; and he
knows war by experience, not like the
quaker or the member of the Peace So
ciety. What he saw in the trenches
and redoubts Of Sebastopol he has put
into his descriptions of AusterlitZ and
Borodino.
But Tolstoi does not confine himself
to denunciatio out of the shame of
the French occupation OF Moscow and
the misery of their retreat rises the
ideal figure OF Karatayef, whose gentle
meellness, active brotherly kindness
and unquestoning submission to the
will of God teach the great lesson that
Tolstoi wishes to convey. The meaning
of life becomes known and life becomes
worth living only when it ceases to be
q field for individual struggle and be-
comes Gods theatre, where the actors
take with humility the parts assigned
them by the All-Powerful Director and
cooperate in the effort TO embody His
ideas.
anna Karenina" Is Tolstoi's most
finished work. He is dealing with n class
he knows by heart-thc upper circles OF
Russian society. He has taken n smaller
canvas than in WAR and Peace" and il
the action is less wide and varied 1t is
more concentrated and homogeneous.
Moreover. the author has for the most
part Withdrawn himSelf behind his
creation. He does not preach so per-
sisten;ly as in his former work; he is
content to let the characters and the
story speak for themselves. And this
they do with no uncertain voice. The
two stories of Anna Karenina and Con-
stantine Levin, essentially independent
yet ineXtricably interviewer by the art
of the narrator .eXpounds the theme of
the novel-human happiness and the
means of its attainment. Anna, the wife
of high official. for whom she has not
n particle of love, is a charming wo-
man, well bred, tender and sympa-
thetic; but her education and environ
ment have left her without an object
in life. She falls passionatcly in love
with Vronsky. the beau-ideal OF n Rus
sian officer. handsome. brave and gal
liant. in whom the code of honor has
displaced the ten commandments. In
her effort to attain happiness through
this love Anna sacrifices everything
her honor. her child, her position in So
ciety. 1t is a sincere passion, but essen
TALLY selfish one. She demands OF her
lover more than he can give. and the
end-her suicides the logical and in
evitable close of her course OF conduct.
In Levin. on the cthe~ hand. we have
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-02

ones self but for God. And in this rec
ognition he obtains an answer 10 the
problem of life. Il VIII no longer be a,
the mercy of events. and every minute
OF my existence will have u meaning
sure and profound, which it will be in
my power to impress upon every single
one OF my actionS-that of being good"
With these words the book closes, and
they sum up it's lesson.
In the religious works which Count
Tolstol has written since 1878 we find
another step taken. AS we saw Levin
change from n practical atheist with
out a rule of life to a believer in God
resolved to live in accordance with His
viii. so in these works. My Religion"
Teaching" and others. we find Lcvin's
prototype. the author. passing from a
ieverent theism to n peculiar and pro-
foundly mystical form of Christianity.
Peculiar on account of the extremes TO
which his rigid logic carries him; mys-
Teal because it is based on the direct
and intimate communion OF the indi-
vidual soul with God. the underlying
basis in all ages OF all forms of mysti-
cism. lie finds in the sermon on the
mount the essence of Christianity, and
from this discourse he has extracted
five commandments: Live in peace
with all men, abstain from sensuality,
take no oaths, resist not evil, love all
men. Whatever is contrary to these.
ne says. is of sin. and no asce;ic of
the dark ages was ever reader than
Tolstoi TO detect the trail OF the SER
pcnt. Not only does he insist on the
higher virtue of celiba cy-not for the
clergy alone but for all men-but he
sees sin in every qualification of the
senses; for example. in eating when ono.
is not hungry. in every attempt to
avoid hard work. in every effort to ac-
ouire property. in every struggle
against oppression-it is wrong. he
says. to resist even robber or a. muir
dcrer-and in every physical excite
ment. as in dancing, gymnastics or
cycling. This is not n caricature of
Tolstoi's teaching; every statement here
made is drawn from his work. THE
Christian Teaching" (recently publish.
ed by Stokes & Cos. That such doc
trines involve the overthrow of all gov
ernment and the destruction of society
in its present form is perfectly appar-
ent. and Tolstoi accepts this conclusion
with absolute unconcern. Society, as 1t
now exists with kings and judges and
armies and artists, is contrary to the
teaching of Christ, ana society is there
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-02

surrender their so-called "smoke-pipes,"
as II they We're conquered subjects.
They retain their arms and their man.
hood, though with empty stomachs and
pockets. in rags and barefoot.
Oh. Washington Post. what a noble
task you have undertaken-to lead the
choir OF the bomb-proof corps that so
CALAMITY fought the Spaniards up and
down Pennsylvania Avenue, day and
night, with the same daring mouths
that now fight, revile, abuse and laugh
at the Cubans, as in 1775-17S3 Hessians.
Tories and half-breeds sang Yankee
Doodle in derision of our fathers, their
rags and bleeding-feet, and "dspersed"
them Cat safe distance) with the
brooms and busters of their maid-ser-
wants. There were many heroes before
Asamemnon, and there have been some
since. even outside the defensive bull
warks of Washington; but none truer
Drawer, more self-sacrificing than the
Cuban army which withstood Spain's
might and money so long, with all her
treachery and barbarity, and which
even now knows how to submit to vul-
gar arrogance and base perfdy with
dignity, and to refuse insulting gold
with pride and disdain, though in rags
and hungry.
But who at Washington can compre-
bend or believe in a self-respect that is
poor, an honor that Is barefoot, a
courage that Is starving, or a noble
manhood in the garb of beggary? Yet
that vindicated man (made in the
image of God) was developed under
Spain for the special purpose of coun-
terVaiiing her singular and unique ex-
cesses in tyranny, cruelty. arrogance.
cupidity. self-assertion and naughty
contempt of others. Yes: he has con-
fronted and withstood Spain in Europe.
America, Asia, Africa and all Oceanica:
and If he has not himself enjoyed the
inspired blessings OF liberty and indie
pendence, he has shown others the
happy way and given despotism n hard
time in all ages and in all quarters of
the globe.
Honor and glory be to these martyrs
and mendicants. yet Paladins. of Lib
erty Shame and isnon1iny upon the
mental and mercenary minions who are
too vile to lick the sores of a Lazarus
III Liberty!