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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-03-01
personal AND POLITICAL.

Mrs. Mahala Gentley celebrated her
one hundredth birthday at her home in
Bloomington, III.
John Logan, who was appointed post
master at Cross Roads, Pa, by Presi-
dent Van Buren,, and who has served
continuously ever since, died at the age
of IS years.
Robert j. Burdette, the humorist, is
soon to marry Mrs. p c. Baker, a very
wealthy widow of Pasadena, Cal.
The plurality for Ashbridge (rep.)
for mayor of Philadelphia is 1876, the
largest ever given candidate for that
office.
Mrs. Sarah Hampton died in Greenup,
ILL.,, aged 100 years.
Enoch Carson died in Cincinnati, o.,
aged II. He was the highest standing
mason in the United States.
Former State Treasurer Benz amin j
| Haywood died at his home in Sharon
| Pa.
The Iowa prohibitionists will hold
state convention in Des Moines May
| 30 and "a, and full state ticket viii
| be nominated.
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Happenings of the Past Seven
Days in Brief.
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
Casualties and Fires, Personal and PO-
litical Notes, Business Failures and
Assumptions, Weather Record.
INTELLIGENCE FROM ALL PARTS
CONGRESSIONAL.

For nearly six hours on the goth the post
Office appropriation bill was under discus
sion in the United States senate. A favora-
BILE report was made upon an amendment
to be offered to the sundry civil bill provid
ing for the construction of a cable to Ha-
wall and Manila. The nomination of
Horace A. Taylor, of Wisconsin, to be as
sistant secretary of the treasury, was con-
firmed. In the house bill appropriating
$20,000,000 for payment to Spain under the
provision of the treaty of Paris was passed
by vote of 213 to 81, as was also the senate
bill to reimburse the governors of states for
expenses paid by the states in organizing
volunteers.
Discussion of the army reorganization
bill was begun in the United States senate
on the 21st. The post office appropriation
bill and the bill withdrawing from entry
and sale and granting to the state of Wis
consn certain lands were passed. In the
house the naval appropriation bill was dis
cussed and favorable repart was made on
a resolution proposing amendments to the
constitution prohibiting polygamy within
the United States and all places subject to
their jurisdiction, and disqualifying polyg-
amists for election as senator's or repre-
seneatives in congress.
The time in the senate on the 22d was de-
voted to the reading of Washington's fare
well address and the pronouncing of eulo-
gies on the late Senator Justin S. Morrill,,
of Vermont. :. In the house the naval ap-
preparation bill was discussed and a bill
was introduced reviving the rank of adj
miral and vice admiral, and naming Rear
Admiral Dewey and Rear Admiral Schley
as the persons to fill the respective posi-
lions. Washington's farewell address was
read
On the 29d nearly the entire session of
the senate was taken up in consider
ing the river and harbor bill and SO
pages were disposed of. A bill was passed
permitting volunteer regiments to retain
their colors and to deposit them in the
state capitals. In the house the naval ap-
preparation bill was passed with an amend
ment creating the grade of admiral of the
navy. 1t is intended for Rear Admiral
DeWeY
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DOMESTIC.

George e. NJ. Harvey has bought the
North American Review, published in
New York, from Lloyd S. Bryce and
David A. Monroe, for $225,000.
Prof. George H. Stephens, convicted
in Easton, Pa, of setting fire to Pardee
hall, La Fayette college, was sentenced
to nine years in the penitentiary.
The war department issued orders
for the muster out of all the volunteer
regiments.
Mack Oldham (colored) shot and
killed Ida Fields, mulatto, at indie
pendence, Mo-, then committed suicide.
Jealousy was the cause.
Four children of James Carson, of
Mix Run, Pa, were burned to death.
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, of Missouri,
recently United States ambassador to
Russia, entered upon his duties as secre-
tary of the interior.
Gen. Miles was a witness before the
court of inquiry in Washington con-
corning the beef furnished the army
and denied some of the newspaper in
terviews charged to him.
Philip d. Armour has added $75O,OO0
to the wealth of the Armour institute
in Chicago, making total of $3,00o,0CO
he has giventhe institution.
The floating grain elevator Columbia
valued at 100000, was burned at Ho-
boken, N. ].
Marie Anderson, aged "a, confessed
at Des Moines, Ia, that she tried to kill
her foster parents February by put
ting rat poison in the coffee.
A new disease is affecting the cattle
in Iowa. It is known as anthrax, and
there is no cure for it.
The Baptist ministers home at Fen
ton, Mich. was destroyed by fire and
Rev Mr.. Snyder was fatally burned.
The New York legislature passed a
bill making it misdemeanor to use the
national flag for advertising purposes.
In a mine at Blocton, Ala, five miners
were killed by dynamite explosion.
George F. Baer, president of The Read
ing (Pa.) Iron company, ordered vol
untary advance in wages of its 1000 en-
ployes
Unknown men secured 81, 900 of Wells
Fargo Express company money from
an express car in Cherry Vale, Kan,
while the messenger was at dinner.
Frieberg, Klein & Co., whisky deal
ers in Galveston. Tex, filed a petition
in bankruptcy with liabilities of $780,
600; assets. $f400.
Gov. Bushnell issued proclamation
calling attention to the Ohio centennial
to be held at Toledo in 1902.
Three miners were killed at Hooper,
COL, by drinking wood alcohol.
Prairie fires caused great loss to
farmers in the vicinity of North Loup,
Neb.
Before the investigating committee
In Washington army officers con-
demned canned beef, but said that re-
fngerated beef was generally good.
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France has accepted from the people
Of the United States the offer of a
monument to Gen. La Fayette.
The funeral of Nj. Felix Faure, pres
ident of France, took place in Paris.
The insurgents attacked the United
States forces near Caloocan. but were
promptly checked by effective fire. Two
Americans were killed and several
wounded. The Filipinos' loss was
heavy.
Gen. Reyes has been declared provis-
ional president of Nicaragua.
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MARKETS..
cisco.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Feb. 81.
Wheat-No. 1 northern, 71@72c;
No. 2 northern, 69@70c; May, Tic.
Oats-No. white 2S4c.
Corn-No. 8, Csc.
Cattle-Steers, 49, 25@3.5o, cows, So. 70.
Hogs-$3. 30@3.5O.
Sheep-Muttons, 3.10@4.20.
Butter-Creamery, extras, 17@1Sc;
creamery, firsts, 2O@201zc; dairy, fancy,
17@1Sc.
Poultry-Turkeys, S@1Oc; spring
chickens, 9@9Kc.
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situation In Porto RICO, has completed
a tour of the island and says that under
the administration of Gen. Henry the
conditions are daily improving.
The post office department has
shipped to Porto Rico 100000 United
States stamps with the words. Porto
Rico" printed on each.
Joseph H. Choate, the new ambassa-
dor to the court of st. James, sailed
from New York ON the American liner
st. Paul.
Washington's birthday was generally
observed throughout the country,
Bachelor broke the four-mile racing
record at San Francisco, the time being
7:1GH.
President Mckinley gave public re-
ception at the white house and 5000
visitors were welcomed.
The inhabitants of the island of Ne
gros, in the Philippines, have submitted
to American rule and voluntarily raised
the stars and stripes.
A corporation composed of 90 per
cent. of the builders of iron and steel
bridges in America, capitalized for $780,
600, 900 and backed by Andrew Carnegie,
is announced.
Gov Roosevelt, of New York, cele-
brated Washington's birthday by affix-
ing his signature to the bill to prevent
improper use OF the national flag.
Rev Theodore N. Morrison, D. D., was
consecrated third bishop of the diocese
Of Iowa at the Church of the Epiphany
in Chicago.
The total receipts of internal revenue
for January last were $40, S12,212, gain
over the same month in 1898 of SIS, 49,
2S5.
The Union Pacific overland limited
was wrecked at Ravslins, Wyo., and sew
eral persons were killed.
Salutes were fired in Havana in honor
of Washington's birthday.
Four survivors of the missing steam
er Bulgaria arrived in Baltimore and re-
ported that undoubtedly lib persons
were lost by the laundering of the YES
sci while en- route from New York for
Bremen.
A fire destroyed nearly one-half of
Muscogee, 1. T., entailing loss aggre-
eating $5OO,OOO.
The Lind building, the only big build
ing in the business center that stood
during the great fire in Chicago in 1871,
has been burned, the loss being 1925 600.
William Reid was hanged in Jersey
City, N. j., for the murder of Andrew
Henry in Hoboken on May IA, 1898.
An explosion caused by "a fire at Hart
ford City, Ind, killed Lewis Laforge
and wife and James Bone and William
Lewis.
tits reported that ex-President Cleve-
land will reenter national politics, and
will doubtless be a candidate for the
democratic nomination for presidentin
1900.
The United States is feeding five per
cent. of the total population of Cuba.
Former Commissary General Eagan
testified before the beef inquiry COM
mission in Washington that the refrig-
erted beef was good, and Gen Weston
said that few complaints were based
on facts.
Christian c. Kohlsaat was nominated
by the president as federal judge at
Chicago.
A warehouse belonging to Swift &,
Co. was burned at the stock yards. in
Chicago, the loss being 100000, and
Patrick O'Niel, fireman, was killed by
falling walls.
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LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.
The Transactions of the Lawmakers at
ST. Paula Short Summary of
the Regular Routine.

St. Paul. Feb. 20.-The enthusiastically
had a quiet session. The following bills
were introduced:
Taxation of sleeping, drawing room,
telephone telegraph companies, etc.
Amending law relating to state training
school.
Legalizing village bonds for erection of
Providing for an investigation of Sum
day labor.
The house in a very emphatic manner
overrode Gov. Linds veto of the beet
sugar bounty bill, passing the measure
by vote of "a to %. The following bills
To authorize cities of $4,000 or more
population to transfer funds heretofore
accumulated for the construction of any
city wagon bridge or bridges across any
river within the limits Of such city to
any other fund for the construction,
maintenance, improvements or repairing
of any bridge or bridges in said city.
To repeal special laws 1889 relating to
salary of county treasurer of Wright
county.
st. Paul, Feb 21.-Both branches passed
yesterday mostly in committees of the
whole. In the senate the following bills
were introduced:
To amend law relating to records of
foreign courts
To regulate election of aldermen at
large in cities of 100, 600 or more.
Relating to marital liability for debt
Giving city councils right to change
grades of streets.
Relating to trials in district courts.
To prevent docking of horses tails.
Amending laws relating to deposit trust
companies.
Substitute for S. F. 1888, amending mort
gage foreclosure laws.
TO provide for the condemnation of pri-
vate rights of way by street railway COM
panies.
In the house the following bills were in
troduced:
Relative to hail insurance companies
To encourage better condition of the
public schools and providing for a state
high school board.
Limiting sale of personal property in
certain cases and prohibiting department
stores
Amending laws fixing powers of boards
Of education.
Relating to manner of drawing juries in
counties of over 100000.
Repeating laws of 1887 relating to cleo
ton of county superintendent in indie
pendent school districts.
Preventing state institutions from SELL
ing cut flowers in competition with pri-
vate enterprises.
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ST. Paul, Feb. 24.-There was a light
attendance in both branches yesterday.
| The senate passed the Following bills:
| To encourage a better condition of viii
| lage schools and appropriating money
| therefor
To appropriate 5000 to reimburse
Richard s. McNamee for expenses in
CURED in contest for a seat in the SEN
ate.
To amend section IS, chapter AS, gen.
eral laws 1885, ETC., and providing for the
election of assessors in incorporated viii
lagos.
Establishing board of equalization in
cities having population of less than
| 1900.
To provide for a poll tax on dogs and
constituting fund for the liquidation of
damages caused by the same
In the house the. bill to prohibit ,; the
practice of blacklisting and the bill for
encouragement of live stock industry
were lost on account of small attendance.
The following bills were passed:
laws of 1885. entitled IAN act to regulate
the practice of pharmacy and licensing
such persons to carry on such practice,
and the sale of poisons in the state of
To amend chapter 14S of the general
laws 1887, consisting of acts amendatory
| thereof, the same being an act for the
relief of honorably discharged INDECENT
| soldiers, sailors, marines, etc.
To amend section 8, general statutes
| 1894, as amended by chapter 1874 of the
general laws of 1895, relating to election
districts
| ST. Paul. Feb. 25.-The Senate yesterday
passed the Miller bill amending the rail-
| road and warehouse laws. This prac-
| tically kills the jacobson bill.
The committee on military affairs intro
| duced a bill amending the military code
| so as to provide for four regiments of in
| fantry instead of three. bill of similar
purpose was introduced some time ago,
but was imperfect in wording, and this
! bill takes it's place.
| Senator Horton introduced bill au-
| thorizing the incorporation OF bicycle in
surance companies. Another bill by that
| boulevards and to assess the cost upon
abutting property.
The house passed the following bills:
To amend section 13 of chapter SO, Gen
| eral Laws of 1878, relating to foreclosure
| of mortgages by advertisement.
| Establishing boards of appeal for the
| inspection of grain and prescribing its
| duties.
| the General Laws of the state of Minne-
| sofa for the year 1897, relating to and
providing for changing the boundary line
| between adjoining counties.
Relating to the taxation OF timber and
| mineral lands.
| To amend section SIS of chapter of the
| General Laws of the State of Minnesota
| for the year 1898, being section 60 of the
Statutes of Minnesota for 1894, relating to
| elections.
To amend section 6S57, General Statutes
| 1894, relating to the getting on and on
| of moving cars or engines.
Authorizing officers directors and
| stockholders of corporations to admins
| ter oaths and take acknowledgements of
| instruments wherein such corporation is
| interested.
To prevent fraud in the branding and
sale of process and renovated butter.
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Bids for County Hospital Supplies.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
sealed bids will be received and opened by
the Board of Supervisors of Sacramento
between Sixth and Seventh streets, Sac
ramento City. Cal, on FRIDAY. DECEM-
BIER %, 1899, at o'clock p. m, for sup
plying the County Hospital of said county
up to July. 1900. with groceries,. beef and
mutton, bread. wood, clothing, dry goods,
shoes, tobacco, dishes, brushes. And also
sary Bids must be in triplicate. Lists
of all of the above named articles are on
file in the County Clerks Office. The said
board reserving the right to reject any or
all bids.
BY order of said board
Attest: (SeaL)
VIM B. HAMILTON,
d9-1Ot Clerk of Said Board.
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PLEAsURABLE ANTICIPATION.
When Food Is Used in moderation.

When Food Is Used in Moderation,
If you are one Of those who have eaten
too freely of Grape Nuts and have been
satiated we have word of help and
advice for you.
1t is a concentrated food and the
system requires and can handle only a
small amount at a time.
If too much is taken nature revolts
against the overlooking. Be moderate
and enjoy the food day by day. It is
too valuable to your system and to
your sturdy health to give over. 1t is
a common fault for people to overeat
candy or any other delicacy at some
time in life and from an excess be
driven to abstinence. But with Grape
Nuts it will richly repay you to start
again on the fixed allowance of not
more than heaping teaspoons for the
cereal part of the meal and so long as
you use the food in moderation you viii
stick to it and look forward to the meal
with pleasurable anticipation. Remem-
Der Grape Nuts furnishes the most
delicious tasting cereal food known, and
contains the certain elements nature
uses for repairing and rebuilding the
brain and gray matter in the nerve CEN
ters The steady and moderate user
of Grape Nuts can depend upon daily
nourishment of the kind that gives one
that feeling of reserve strength so es-
sential to a successful active brain
worker.
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HIS YOUTH SAVED HIM.
Tony Miller Sent to Prison for
Two Years.

Tony Miller, the youth who has been
masquerading in this vicinity In tEs
livery of one of Uncle Sans marines
was arraigned in Judge Harris court
yesterday on a charge OF burglary, IN
having entered the room OF r. A How
ell, in company with one Habernlcnt,
and stolen two pistols.
Miller was defended by w. w.
Rhoads, but he decided not to take
chances on a trial and perhaps be
placed in a position where a heavy SEN
tence might be imposed on him, so he
pleaded guilty.
Judge Hart heard testimony to de-
termine the question as to whether It
was a case of burglary in the daytime
or night. The testimony showed that
! the room was entered after 5:3O o'clock
| in the afternoon. The defendant said
| it was before 6 o'clock, and the court
gave him the benefit of the doubt and
fixed the crime as burglary in the sec
ond degree.
When Miller stood up to receive his
sentence he replied, in answer to Judge
Harris question, that he was ~ years
of age The court said the prisoner had
given the police a great deal of trouble
and seemed to have come to this city
for the purpose of plying the vocation
of a criminal In the olden time, in
England, person-and especially one
caught in the commission of crimes
who wandered about the country dis
gracing the uniform of the navy, would
be severely punished, if not put to
death.
Miller admitted that he had not been
| in the navy, but said he had been a
soldier in the Fifteenth Minnesota Reg
iment and fought in the Philippines.
| This, the court said, was to his credit,
but it did not warrant him in masquer-
aiding in the service of the navy, and,
apparently, for discreditable or criminal
purposes.
! Mr.. Rhoads made an earnest plea to
the court for leniency. He spoke of
the prisoners youth, his services for his
country. and his promise to at once en-
| ter the army, if permitted to do So,
and to lead an honorable life The
young man had pleaded guilty against
his advice, and counsel hoped the court
would consider all the circumstances
and impose only the minimum penalty.
Judge Hart said that if Miller were q
couple of years younger he might send
him to reform school. AS it was, he
would be lenient with him and give him
chance. He then sentenced him to
two years in San Quentin Prison
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A short time ago a. disturbing germ
began to develop in the hitherto peace
full little society known as the Sons
and Daughters of Pioneers. 1t was
quiet, unassuming, unaggressive little
body, until some one stuck pin in 1t,
and then, oh, my! But without going
into details, suffice it to say that when
they saw their rights about to be trod-
den upon they stood up in all their I'M
equal force, like Beers, to defend them.
And they won. And in celebration, and
to awaken dormant interest the Sons
offered to the Pioneers and Daughters
delightful entertainment and banquet
last Tuesday evening at Pioneer Hall,
1t was in every respect a great success,
and will serve as a beginning In the
process of binding the Sons and Daugh-
tiers together in a mutual interest, that
of cherishing their birthright, and pro-
testing against its falling into alien
The bGsement of the old hall was
transformed into "a thing of beauty
and patriotism, with it's many flags and
lovely flowers. Now, there is where
the garden party idea comes in all
right. If you have bare walks and
'unpretty" nothingness to gaze upon,
then haul in your trees and your grass
plats your tropical forests and Indian
jungles-it is to some purpose. In this
case it was very pretty with the long
white tables tastefully arranged with
flowers against background of heavier
green.
Miss Flora Luther as President made
a charming toastmistress performing
her duties as such with happy ease and
lack of self consciousness. The va
rious toasts were responded to by
Judge ]. H. McKune, Hon. H. NJ. La
Rue, Hon. VIM. Johnston, P. S. Law
son, V. S. McClatchy, John Catlin and
A. c. Sweetser, President of the Pho
neers. The oldest of the Pioneers, Rob-
ert Gourlie, hale and hearty in his
ninety-eight years, was there, but the
youngest, Mr.. Sims-if / am not mis-
taken-failed to be present, but was
represented by his son, William Sims.
The Misses Alice and Helen Vein
stock entertained in their own graceful
way last Tuesday evening, in honor of
their guests, the Misses Rosenbaum of
Stockton. Sweet violets, set in nat
ural places, unostentatiously-in keep
ing with their traditional modesty-
could scarcely be called decorations.
They seemed to be simply where they
were accustomed to be, the natural ex-
preston of sweet refinement of the
daily life in a lovely and homelike
home of which one for a moment felt
oneself part, Influenced by the per-
vading atmosphere of frank hospitality.
Hearts were played-in more ways
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now the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. B. II.
Gallup, 14O9 Sixteenth street.


Gallup, 14O9 Sixteenth street.
A most enjoyable surprise party was
given to Miss Viola Redmond at her
residence, 221O II street on Friday
evening, the evening being spent In
games and music until late hour.
when the guests adjourned to the din
ing room, where a dainty repast was
served. Among those present We're
Misses Viola Redmond, Joe Leavett.
Maggie Todd, Florence Ruggles, Hattie
Glenn, Undine Phipps; Messers. How
ard E. Moffett, George veley, Clarence
Kdomer, Ed. Barnard, Ottowa Fes-
berry, F. L. Stuck, Claud Adams and
others
John G. Donovan and Miss Annie
Thomas were quietly married on the
LIST instant by Justice of the Peace
Henry. After the wedding they were
rendered a reception at the home OF the
brides parents. The evening was spent
in an enjoyable manner. Singing, dane,
ing and bountiful spread was the
order of the evenings entertainment.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Minke Mr.. and Mrs. S. Thomas,
Messrs. Dunn, Kennedy, Burns. Post
and Collins of San Francisco. JYP.