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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-06-07
June Settlement.

There is considerable speculation
just now among county and other
officials as to the amounts of the vari-
Gus subdivisions of the county the
June settlement will afford. 1t is
thought it will be the biggest settle
ment ever made in the county on
account of the large amount of cash
that has been received by the county
treasurer on account, not only of the
payment of regular taxes for 1898 that
became delinquent June l, but on
account of the large sums that were
paid in on account of settlements
afforded by the county and city in
advance of the forfeited tax sale. and
the forfeited tax sale itself. beside the
settlement of many more personal
tax assessments than usual. What
the amount of the settlement for this
month will be will not be known for
some time, nor until the treasurer's
has had opportunity to
get its figures together. The rush is
now about over and the treasurer will
be able to make up his figures.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-06-07
New Iron Company.

The Munro Iron company filed ar
ticles of Incorporation Saturday in
the office of the register of deeds. The
company is to mine and smelt iron
ore and engage in the manufacture Of
iron and steel and other metals. The
capital stock is 100000, divided into
2, 400 shares of S25 each, 1,200 of which
are preferred, on which a dividend of
s per cent is to be paid before any
thing is paid on the remaining 1900
shares which are common. The in
cOrporators are Weed Munro, of Min
neapolis and James Wanless and e. c.
Little of Duluth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-06-07
WE WILL CELEBRATED
About $4,000 Now on Hand to starr ,h.
Ball Rolling

Ball Rolling
The meeting of citizens called for
Friday evening to consider the ceIe-
bration of July 4th, was welfattepded
and was opened by the election of
Mayor McMahan as chairman and
Peter Schaefer as secretary. The
chairman stated the object of the
meeting and called for the sentiment
of those present.
Inc responses were many and the
glst OF the expressions were that
celebration this year was highly fit
ting and proper. Treasurer Ellefsen
made his report, showing a balance
on hand from last year of 5000 and
the report was duly and pleasantly
accepted. Mr.. Ellefsen also asked to
be discharged from the position a.
treasurer and Frank Lowe was duly
elected.
The chair on a motion carried, ap-
pointed committee of five to solicit
subscriptions composed of A. d. ElIef-
sen, ID. b. Sturtevant, NJ E. Gleason.
Thos. Jury and Thos. Miller. The
committee have met with the best az
treatment everywhere and up to now
have secured signers to the amount
OF $4,000, enough to go ahead and
make arrangements.
The committee this evening
reported and NJ. E. Gleason, A. D.
Ellefsen, Ed. CIossman. Peter
Schaefer and Mayor McMahan were
made an arrangement committee who
will meet Friday afternoon and per-
feet plans and appoint the necessary
subcommittee
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-06-07
RevivaIs Begun.

The revival meetings being conduct
ed by the noted evangelist w. a Sun
day at the Opera house are proving
very successful and very interesting.
The hall is nightly crowded and the
meetings during the day are also we'll
attended. Mr.. Sunday is forcibls
speaker and carries his audience with
him with enthusiasm. Words d. not
hamper him and his language is "a
cons tant flow. He is making many
friends. Mr.. Sunday is accompanied
by singer OF the first order who is
appreciated. Mrs. Sunday and cnild-
reu also accompany him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-06-07
KILLED BY AN ORE TRAIN.
Axel A. Lower, Section Foreman at Robin.
son Lake Loses His Life.

Deputy Coroner Gleason was noti-
fed Monday that the headiess and
feetless trunk Of a man. had been
found on the railroad track just a
little this side OF Robinson lake by
the short run at about $40 that morn
ing. The coroner wired to take the
remains to Tower and Coroner Shep-
hard would attend to the same. Mr..
Sheppard was away at the time and
Mr.. Gleason was called, who went to
Tower on the local to hold on inquest.
1t seems that Lower had been in
Tower Sunday and acquired a COM
Portable jag, He also acquired jug
which accompanied him On his home
ward journey. During his Grip he
stopped at the section house at Robin
son lake and there sampled the con-
tents of the jug in company with the
men there, continuing his journey
later to his home about a mile farther
on. The Robinson lake people testi-
fed that the man was not so drunk
but what he knew what he was doing.
The theory is that in his intoXi-
Gated condition, he stumbled along
the track to a spot where the earth
had been removed between the ties
in repair work where he fell stunned,
and it is supposed the ore train which
passed there at about 1925 ran over
him. This theory is probably correct,
as his watch was stopped at 10:25 and
the condition of the remains would
indicate the happening OF the acct
dent at about that time. The head
was crushed into an unacceptable
mass and both feet were off. The
body lay between the rails between
two ties where the earth had been
removed. The jug stood right side
up and unframed.
Lower leaves awifesand two children
at the lake. He was a man between
IS and 40 years of age. The funeral
occurred at Tower.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-06-07

Oi us ores. tie pEOluiDcuCt vi tHc
Lake Superior district has risen from
its water born transportation. and
every cheapening in the cost OF lake
carriage and every Improvement in
handling ores and quickuess Of service
has resulted in the building Of greater
works in the steel making districts of
Lake Erie and the central west. 1t
is not supposable for an instant that
the consumption OF lake ores. risen In
the past few years from an inSinih-
can't volume to the total of $4,000, 600
tons annually will rest al its present
tonnage, but with further extension
of demand, more Improvements in
transportation interests and still
greater power in the manufacturing
districts, the call on lake mines will
rise, and it is not far to the time
when these ranges will face an annual
demand must cause failure, and be-
fore long it will necessitate the ship
ment from the lakes of classes OF ore
that are now thrown aside. 1t is safe
10 say that in few years a so per
cent of poorer ore will be readily
taken from the Mesaba, and no scott
ing of the statement will change the
fact. 1t is as idle to estimate how
much additional tonnage this letting
down of the bars will bring into the
market as it is today to estimate how
much ore there is on that or any other
Of the younger ranges.
When the Pioneers of northern
Wisconsin found the Gogebic and the
Tower interests opened the Vermilion
it was On the eve of what many men
called famine in ore, and yet note
the fact the two ranges then in active
existence-Marquette and Menominee
have since that impending famine
seut down more ore by 100000 tons
than the Gogebic and Vermilion COM
bined in all their history. Again
when the discovery of the Mesaba in
all its vastness led to the extraVagent
statements of it's future, the atten-
tion of the public was once more
called to an impending famine in ore,
which the present openings on the
GOgebc and Vermilion had but de-
layed few years, and that an all wise
providence had forever dispelled by
directing the course of a high wind at
Biwab blk. Since 1854. when the first.
shipments were made from the Go
gebic and VermilIon, the two older
ranges have shipped more ore by
3, OO0, 900 tons than all the three newer
ones, whose discovery was said to save
us from d calamity Immediately i'm
pending. Not only this, but were the
Mesaba eliminated from the entire
argument the four old ranges would
today have shipped but II 900. 600 tons
more than they have to have furnish
ed a full supply. Who can say that
such an added squirt would in view of
increased explorations that would
have taken place. appreciate diminish
their reserves Of ore?
There will come time, TO be sure.
when the whistle will call no more
miners to their daily toll in the hills
of the Lake Superior country, when
the ground will no more sink to fill
the space robbed of its mineral, when
the rumbling ore trains will be idle
and the cavernous ships in some other
employment. but the men that today
direct the affairs need borrow no
trouble for their own lifetime,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-06-07

announcement that when the Lake
Angelina properties in % and 26 are
developed the water power in which
he is interested and which is situated
about three miles distant will be de-
Yeloped, to provide power to run the
mines. Hosting, drilling and other
work about the mines requiring power
will be conducted by electric power
generated by the water power. 1t is
said that the cost OF mining can be
much reduced by the substitution of
electricity generated by water power
1t is said also, that the Lake Ange-
line people have in contemplation the
smelling Of iron ores at the mines by
electricity, but Mr.. Silverman when
asked about this said that he is not
in a position to discuss the matter.
A man that stands close to both the
Silverman and Lake Angeline inter-
ests, said yesterday that the Edison
process OF smelling ores by electricity
is seriously contemplated by the Pitts
burg interests.
Mr.. Silverman says that the granite
quarries in which he is interested will
be worked this season. The granite
will be reduced to particles the size Of
pea and used on streets. 1t has
been found that granite in granulated
form has the cementing qualities of
Portland cement and is very desirable
dressing for roads and streets. 1t is
proposed to ship the granalated gran
lite by boat to various lake cities
The Auditorium hotel, of Chicago is
built from the granite in the Silver
man quarries in this county. 1t is
said to be very fine quality of stone
but exceedingly hard and therefore
somewhat expensive to work.
Mr.. Siiverman says that other iron
and steel combinations that have
latel ~ been organized are negotiating
for ore properties controlled by him.
self and others.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-06-07
CITY FATHERS MEET.
The Council Met Last Evening and did
Scrallions of Business

The Council Met Last Evening and did
scrallions of Business.
The city dads had an interesting
session last evening and besides allow
ing the usual grist Of bills, transacted
much other business.
In the matter of the city hall build
ing project, the mayor reported the
receipt of check for $1,000 from the
state and that the work could now go
forward. The purchasing committee
of the council was instructed to Sc
cure suitable site for the building
and also to get plans.
The liquor license of Myriel Korn-
feldt was transferred to Corser &
Rothoff and the petition of George
Hosking and Anton Kotchevar for
permission TO tap the water main was
referred to the street and sewer COM
mittee. The Fire department was
granted permission to increase their
membership by two. Ed Mcintosh
was released from the Osterberg
saloon bond.
The bonds of the treasurer scav-
enger and several saloons were accept
ed aud ordered fled. The base ball
ground was secured for pound at a
rental of $40 per month and Dan
Garrison was appointed poundmaster
with VIM. LaBeau assistant. County
Surveyor Nichols was engaged to sur
vey and stake out Harvey street two
blocks west, the ground about the
water works and Camp street east to
the city limits.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-06-07
SECTION rs.
Lazarus SiIverman Tells the Duluth Re
porters Few Things

porters a Few Things.
The mountaineering of the Orient
al Granite & Iron company, the North
Star Mining company, the Hope Min
ing company and the Enterprise Min
ing company were held yesterday at
the Spalding hotel and in the after
noon some of the nonresident officers
and stockholders left on the Duluth
& Iron Range train to visit their
properties on the VermiIion range
says the News Tribune. Among these
is Lazarus Silverman of Chicago. He
is president of the companies enum-
Grated. Sol. Sulzberger, of Chicago.
is secretary; Emil Hartman, of Duluth
is vice president and Ben. Rosenberg
and Oscar Rosenberg of Chicago are
directors. The companies control
$500 acres of mineral land on. the
Vermilion and Mesaba ranges, which
include extensive granite quaries.
Mr.. Silverman said yesterday that
he and his associates have made IL
leases of iron lands to the Laughlins
of Pittsburg. who control the Pitts
burg and Lake Angeline Mining co M
pany. Seven of these leases are for
Vermilion properties and four are for
properties in sections 1, Ii and y,
1914 The others are in 25 and %,
62-l2 1t has bsen known that the
Pittsburg and Lake Angelina COM
pany was exploring for iron on these
properties but it has not been an
nounced that the leases had been
made. Mr.. Silverman said that the
terms regarding royalties are private
and he preferred not to discuss them.
A spur of the Iron Range road five
miles long has been built to the prop
critics Ia 1914.
Mr.. Silverman makes the important
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-06-07
Lively Time In Section 80.

Those in attendance on the forfeited
tax sale are looking for lively time
when the sale reaches 63-ll in which
a part of section 80 is on the list. 1t
is said that when it is reached there
will be some lively bidding for it, as
the various interests claiming the
land will be there to put the price up.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-06-07
Road Business Laid Over.

The county commissioners at ses-
sion yesterday dismissed the subject
of appropriation for county roads
until July 7. A contribution of $1,000
was made to the Crane Lake and
Proctorknot roads. The Burnside
road project is one of those which
will come up July I.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-06-07
"Yust the Sam in Ely."

There is state law up in Mime
sofa that all saloons must close on
Memorial day from 10 d. N. to p. N.
But Virginia is far enough removed
from Minnesota to render most any
Minnesota law Ineffective here.-Vir-
ginia Enterprise.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-06-07

Mr.. Sunday will address the men of
Ely on the subject of "Sowing and
Reaping" at the Opera house Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock. Admission
will be free but all must have tickets
which are being distributed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-06-07
Land Office Bus. ness.

May was big month in the United
States land Office in Duluth. The re-
ceipts were 81, S65.5S. There were %
cash entries, winch represent SO. S73. 80
Of this amount. There were % final
receipts issued and 81 homestead ap-
plications received.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-06-07
Bates Owns the Land.

Findings were fled Friday in dis
trict court at Duluth by Judge En-
sign in the action of NJ F. Bates
against E. j. HOppman, in which he
finds the plaintiff the owner of lands
in sections %, 26 and 80, in 62-14.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-06-07

The Acme steam laundry of Duluth
give each customer d ticket which
entities him to Il chance on two new
shirts, which will be given away in
Ely every mouth. Sam Rapson,
agent.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-25
People Talked About.

The widow of David Blakeley wins
her suit against Sousa.
Ex-Congressman Henry G. Burleigh,
is dangerously ill at his home in White
hall, n. Y.
Physicians advise Senator Jones Of
Arkansas to remain in Europe for
medical treatment
Former Congressman w. A. Piper,
died at San Francisco, aged IS, leaving
an estate Of 100000.
While George Leonard Of Windfall,
Ind. was conducting a prayer meeting
his daughter eloped with w. V. Dean.
Southern men talk Of making Van
Wyck Of New York, who is Southern
man by birth. the Democratic candi-
date for President.
Senator Z. @. Mills sold part of his
farm near Corsicana, Tex. including a
number of oil wells to the Standard Oil
company for $342, 600.
William Waldorf Astor cannot he
come British peer, law passed in
the reign of William III. forbidding
naturaliZed aliens admission to the
peerage.
John p. Altgeld denies that he has
might be abandoned; that the Demo
cratic party might weaken on the ra-
tion.' Mr.. Atgeld says that both at
st. Louis and Louisville he said that
Ito abandon the ratio would be to
abandon the cause" These, he says.
are still his sentiments.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-25
KID MCCOY KNOCKED OUT.
Mccormick Puts Him 10 Sleep in
One ROund.

Chicago. Aug. 2O.-.Jack Mccormick
of Philadelphia knocked out Kid Nc
Coy in two minutes and forty-seven
seconds last night. The bout was to
have been for six rounds, and it was
generally thought that Mccormick
stood no show at all. He himself said
before entering the ring that he was
going to do his best and let it go ut
that. The fight was so short and so
quickly over that there was almost
nothing to it but the punch that pnt
Mccoy to sleep. The fight was under
strict Queensberry rules. hitting with
one arm free permitted. When the
gong sounded Mccormick started in to
rush things. relying on his greater
weight and superior strength to offset
McCoy's science. He received =,
straight left on the mouth the first
time he tried it and second later 4
savage left hook OH the side of the
head halted him second time. He
then rushed twice more. CARRYING Nc
Coy to the ropes bo.h times. The first
time he hit Mccoy over the kidneys
with his right. The second time. as
they came from the ropes still clinchcd,
Mccoy freed himself and sent hook
to Mccormick cheek. dropping him to
the floor. The knock down did not
injure him in the slightest The men
squared off once more and then came
the end like lightning from clear
sky. Mccoy was moving cautiously
around Mccormick. both hands low
down, neither being as high as the
Eelt. Mccormick suddenly LET fly his
right and it landed full OH the jaw.
Mccoy went down like dead man.
flat OH his back. legs and arms out
stretched. his face pointing squarely to
the ceiling. 1t was evident the instant
he struck the floor that his fighting
was over for that night ut least.
Pandemcnium broke loose in the hall,
end there We're wild yells for McCor-
mick, shrieks of Get up Kid" Get
up." The instant Hogan shouted the
word that gave the fight to McCor-
mick the yelling in the hall increased
until it was deafening. The general
opinion seemed to be that Mccoy lost,
the fight through an excess of conf
dence. His easy knock down of Nc
Cormick in the opening of the fight
had given him an idea that he would
have it all his own way to the finish,
and he was not as careful as he might
have been.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-25
Foreign.

The bubonic plague has reappeared
in Calcutta.
The bubonic plague has made it's ap-
pearance at Calcutta.
Mediterranean points in Europe are
menaced by the plague.
Russia warns China against her pro-
rcsed alliance with Japan.
An alliance is said to have been con-
Guided between Japan and China.
Great Comero Island, in the Mozam-
bique channel, rises against the
French.
Lightning struck the Efi1el tower in
Paris ten times without material
damage.
Emperor William has decided to as
sent to the resolutions of the peace
conference.
The Spanish generals tried by court
martial for cowardice In surrendering
Santiago were acquitted.
Famine causes revolt in Bessara-
bia, Russia, and soldiers shoot and kill
q large number Of peasants.
Reports say that owing to Chinese
attacks ON the French consulate at
readiness to occupy that town.
The Spanish generals who were
courtmartialed for surrendering Santi.
Ago have been acquitted, but the gov.
a1nmsnt y criticised sharply.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-25
From Waahinxton.

An attempt will be made to have
congress regulate all interstate freight
rates.
The secretary Of the treasury decides
to increase the currency circulation by
issuing gold certificates
Free delivery postal service has been
ordered established on Nov. at Pres
colt, Ariz., and Reno, New.
The postoffice at Argyle, Mimi, has
been taken from the fourth-class and
made presidential, effective Oct. 1.
BY Oct. @ the army in the Philip
pines-already on the ground or en-
route there-will number $4,000 men.
President Mckinley Is reported to
have said that he wants plenty of red
fire burned when Dewey comes home.
Secretary Root declares the war in
the Philippines will be pressed vigor-
ously to conclusion, neither men nor
money being spared.
The reports so far received from sub
treasury cities indicate that the call for
gold certificates in exchange for gold,
coin will be considerably less than the
treasury officials expected.
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RUSH THEM OVER.
Speedy Transportation of Troops to
The PHILIPPINES.

Washington. Aug. 20. - Secretary
Root was busily engaged the greater
part of the day yesterday in selecting
officers to fill the new regiments. going
over the lists CT names that have been
submitted with recommendation for
appointment, and considering their eff
ficiency records during the Spanish
war. The secretary is giving the mat
ter of these selections his personal at
tention and the list is being prepared
in his private office. After the selec-
lions are made by the secretary they
will be sent to the president for his ap-
prevail.
Preparations continue actively in the
matter of arranging for the speedy
transportation of the troops to the
Philippines. The quartermaster's de-
partlnent has been considering the adj
visibility OF chartering more trans
ports on the Pacific coast. Already
the ships chartered make it possible to
send nearly all the organizations now
formed by Sept. p instead Of two
weeks later. which was the schedule
first shown to Secretary Root. The
transports Logan and Thomas are now
being fitted up OH the Atlantic coast
and it is expected they will be ready
to sail 10y the middle of October and
will take three regiments via the Suez
canal.
At the latest calculation it is now
believed to be possible to land all the
new regiments in the Philippines by
the LIST of December, OF very soon after
that date.
Seven of the lieutenant colonies
named Thursday are now serving in
the Philippines. They will remain
there and await the arrival Of their
regiments.
While it may not be necessary to use
all the troops in the Philippines. it is
understood to be the plan of Score
tary Root to have sufficient force to
not only defeat the insurgents mt ev-
cry point. but to garrison and hold the
places that may be TAKEN and thus in
sure safe line of com lnication.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-25

1t is now more than half century
since Japan was forcibly Opened" to
Intercourse with the world at large.
During the latter half Of that period
her progress in the arts Of civilization
has been marvellous, so that now she
Is entitled to place among the most
enlightened nations Of the world. She
has not yet, however, been treated as
IN equal by America and the European
powers. The old treaties, imposed
npon her at the lannon's mouth, are
still to some extent in force; but their
day has reached It's end. On July II
they lapsed, and new ones went into
eject, under which she will be, in in
ternational law, the full equal Of any
power in the world. The incident will
be OF some diplomatic interest. It will
also be Of much historic interest, as
marking the completion of what has
probably been the most rapid and
marked national development on rec
ord.