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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-02-15
PREPARING FOR INQUIRY.
Judge Advocate of the Court Arrang-
ing for the Session That Will
Investigate Miles.

Washington, Feb. 13.-The prepare
tions for the court of inquiry into Gen.
Miles charges concerning the charac-
ter of the army beef are being pushed
at the war department with the great
est expedition. 1t is stated at army
headquarters that all the information
Gen. Miles has obtained from officers
reports and other sources on the char
acter of the meat had been I transmitted
TO the war Investigating commission be-
fore that body adjourned. From the
commission it was returned to the war
department and thence will be trans
mitted to the court of inquiry.
Col. George B. Davis, judge advocate
of the court, was at the war depart
ment Saturday making preparations
for the session of the court and later
in the day went to the agricultural de-
partment, where the analysis of the
army meat was made, to look into that
end of the proceeding with view to
determining how far the experts of
the department. might aid the court in
thoroughly probing the matter under
consideration. Gen. George w. Davis.
who is member of the court, tele-
graphed from Havana Saturday that he
would start for Washington at once.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-02-15

The insurgents had been concentrating
their forces for days at Caloocan and MAJ.
Gen. Elwell S. Otis, the American COM
mander determined to attack them He
Instructed his commanders accordingly.
and requested the assistance of the naval
forces under the command of Rear Ad-
niral Dewey. Maj. Gen. Macarthur re-
ported that all was ready, and at three
o'clock he received the following mes
sage:
1.-THE commanding general orders you to
(signeO BARRY"
The attack began Immediately The mon
itor Monadnock and the cruiser Charleston
shelled Caloocan and the country north
of it for half an hour. Gen. MacArthurs
artillery also did effective work from hill
in the rear.
Brig. Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, with his
brigade, consisting of the Kansas regi-
ment, the Montana regiment and the
Third artillery, regulars, acting as in
fantry, advanced handsomely, pushing
forward in the face of the Filipino bull
let's as cheerfully as if they had been snow
balls.
The enemy was utterly routed and fed
to the mountains.
At six o'clock cease firing" and recall
were sounded.
The troops were then well through Cal
oocan and north of it.
Gen. Macarthur established his left at
Caloocan and strengthened his lines for
the night.
By the capture of Caloocan the control
Of much of the rolling stock of the Manila
Dagupan railroad was obtained.
The city is now quieter and business is
better than at any time since the out
break of hostilities
The American losses Friday were three
men killed and 80 wounded. Among the
nd n6 l1nf intrt Nnl
Wallace. of the Montana regiment, and
lieutenant of the Second cavalry, who was
shot through the lung while leading a
charge across the open country.
The enemy lost heavily.
VIII Appeal to Christendon.
London, Feb. 13.-Dispatches to the
Globe from Hong Kong say the Fill
Pine junta there has received, by steam
er from Manila, further news of the
recent fighting.
The Filipino agents say the Ameri-
cans placed vessels along the shores
of the bay and commenced hostilities
unexpectedly at midnight on Satur
day, simultaneously ,bombarding the
defenseless towns of Fonda, Malak and
Malabon."
The agents of the rebels also say:
"The slaughter of women and children
was frightful, the Americans burning
and devastating all before them, con-
Quoting a war of determination and
shooting every Filipino"
The agents of the Filipinos declare
their intention of appealing to Chris
tendom,' and say their indignation
against the Americans is intense
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-02-15
Lord Beresford Arrives.

San Francisco, Feb. 13.-Lord Charles
Beresford, admiral of the British navy
and special trade commissioner of the
London board of trade, who has been
making study of the trade conditions
in the orient with particular reference
10 the maintenance of the open-door
policy in China, arrived here Friday on
the Japanese steamer America Maru.
His present plan is to remain here few
days and then proceed to Chicago, New
York and Washington. He proposes to
ascertain for himself the sentiment of
the American people on the open
door" policy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-02-15
HOLOCAUST IN SOUTH DAKOTA
The Insane Asylum at Yankton Burns and
Seventeen Unfortunates are Unable
to Escape.

Yankton, S. D.. Feb. IA fearful
fire occurred at the South Dakota hos
pital for the insane near this city at 2
o'clock this morning. One of the cot
tages, in which were 40 patients and
10 employees, was Quilted by fire, leav-
ing only the stone walls standing.
Seventeen patients were burned to
death. Other patients and employees
were rescued with great difficulty,
many escaping in their night clothes.
The exact cause of the fire is UNI
known. 1t started in dry shaft In
the basement.
The pipes which supply the pumping
station with steam passed through
this building in the locality in which
the fire started. They soon burst,
cutting off the pumps, and leaving
only tank pressure, and for fire fight
ing. This weakened the pressure, and
with the mercury at % below, made 1t
hopeless task to save the building,
as it stands we'll out from the others.
The fire was confined to this build
ing.
The names of those missing and the
counties from which they came are:
Augusta Boerse, Lake; Julia Erick-
son, Meade; Ella Lokken, Codington;
Margaret Lynch, Union; Josiana Olson,
Hamlin; Martenia Tennyson, Penning-
ton; Elizabeth Stople, Davidson; Mrs.
Rampant, Brown; Mrs. Flynn, Hamlin;
Lucina Gossage, Hamlin; Adelina Hur-
ley, Potter; Christina Johnson, Coding-
ton; Jennie Kronig, Pennington;L Louisa
Keene, Codington; Caroline Lindberg,
Brown; Katie Plavitz, Bon Homme;
Gaini Swanson, Kingsbury.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-02-15
FOREIGN.

The governments invited to name the
place of holding the cars peace confer
ence have agreed to meet at the Hague
about March 1.
William Laird, senior partner of the
Birkenhead (England) firm of ship
builders who constructed the rebel
privateer Alabama, died in London.
Advices from Manila say that HOSTILE
ties have ceased. that the American
troops have driven the insurgents hack
ten miles to the east and south of the
city and have destroyed several vii
lagos. and that the rout of the rebels
is complete.
The queen regent has signed decree
raising the state of siege throughout
Spain.
The Manitoba house, the largest hotel
in the Canadian west, was burned at
Winnipeg, the loss being over $500, 900.
Gen. Otis informed the war depart
ment that Aguinaldo had applied for a
cessation of hostilities and a confer
ence, but the American commander de-
clined to answer either proposition.
Gen. Otis also said that the insurgent
leader had lost his influence over the
Filipinos inhabiting the country
aroung Manila, and that they had been
taught severe lesson.
The British parliament opened in
London with the usual formalities.
The Canadian government has given
Agoncillo, the Filipino agent, to un-
derstand that he must be careful in his
conduct while living in the dominion,
as otherwise he will be expelled.
The queen regent has signed the de-
cree convoking the Spanish cortes on
February 90.
Alexander Mcdonald, of Dawson
City, known as the "Gold King Of the
Klondike," and reputed to be worth
from 6 25,OOO,OOO to 100000 900, was
married in London to Miss Margaret
Chisholm.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-02-15
Monadnock and Charleston Kept
Rusy-American Soldiers
Feel the Heat.
OTIS CONFIRMS TAKING OF CALOOCAN.
Sends n List of the Casualties of the
Battle-RepOrts His Troops In Ex-
cellent COnditiOn-Says That Old
Residents Consider That Agui-
naldO's Power Is Broken.

Manila, Feb 13.-The heat Saturday
than did the Filipino bullets, especially
in the marsh lands north of Malabon,
where the Kansas regiment was sta
toned. Fully score of them were
taken to the hospital.
Among the incidents of the day it is
cited that Privates Hartley and Fitch,
of the Thirteenth Minnesota regiment,
were both wounded in the legs by the
same bullet, and Private Mitchell, of
company B, of the Kansas regiment,
while assisting a couple of men to the
rear, was shot in the left arm.
The railroad is now open to Calcoo-
can and supplies for the troops are be-
ing forwarded by rail
Shell Rebel Camp.
Early in the day the monitor Monad-
mock and the cruiser Charleston began
dropping shells into the rebel camp be-
tween Caloocan and Malabon.
The enemy's sharpshooters in the
jungle on the American left had beer
particularly annoying since daylight,
so the Third artillery drove the rebels
out of the jungle at noon. In the mean
time few more of our men were
wounded.
Bass, an artist representing Harper's
Weekly, was shot in the arm Friday.
He is graduate of the 80 class of
Harvard college, is about 80 years of
age. and served as war correspondent
for the Daily News. of London. during
the Turkish Greek war. The loss of the
enemy is estimated at fully so killed
and wounded to-one American killed or
wounded
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-02-15

Herr Florens Henry Gottfried Won
Bockum Dolffs, the Prussian statesman
and former president of the Prussian
chamber of deputies, died in Berlin,
aged 81 years.
Advices from the orient state that the
Chinese rebels in Formosa were gain
ing strength and that many cities were
being looted.
The remains of the late Gen. Won Ca
priv, the former imperial chancellor,
were buried in the family vault on the
Caprivi estate near Crossen, Prussia.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-02-15
Happenings of the Past Seven
Days in Brief.
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
Casualties and Fires, Personal and PO-
litical Notes, Business Failures and
z Assumptions, Weather Record.
INTELLIGENCE FROM ALL PARTS
CONGRESSIONAL.

The senate ratified the peace treaty on
&he 9th by vote of 81 to q, one vote more
than two-thirdS of those cast. IN the
house the census bill was passed. as were
also bills to extend the anti-contract labor
laws over the Hawaiian islands. and to
create a national military park on the
site OF the battle of Vicksburg. "a bill was
introduced to authorize the president to
appoint Gen. Wheeler a major general in
the regular army, and resolution was in
providing that peace treaties shall be ratt-
tied by majority of the senate.
On the 7th the senate discussed Senator
McEnery's resolution declaratory of a pol
icy of government in the Philippines, but
no action was taken. The Indian appro-
priatiou bill was considered. In the house
she consideration Of public building bills
occupied most of the time. The judiciary
committee reported favorably an amend
snzent to the constitution which allows those
who served in the confederate army the
right to serve as grand or petit jurors.
The senate passed the Indian appropria-
tion bill on the Sth and bills were intro
~duced to restore pensions to soldiers who
had forfeited them by enlistment in the
war against Spain, and to prepare and
print maps OF Alaska The legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill ($2S.-
4o0,977) was discussed. In the house the
senate bill to amend the law requiring bal
lots for members of congress to be written
or printed so as to permit the use of ma
chimes where authorized by the laws of the
state was passed.
Throughout it's entire session on the 9th
the senate had under consideration the leg
islative, executive and judicial appropri-
alton bill. In the house the sundry civil
appropriation bill was under discussion, but
no conclusion was reached. Before ad-
tournament a number of minor bills were
passed by unanimous consent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-02-15

Charles Roberts and his wife and
child and a negro were killed near
Coffeyville, Kan, by the explosion of
dynamite Roberts was trying to thaw
out.
The thermometer on the 9Th ranged
from 10 to 35 below zero in most of the
western states, an in some of the south
ern states the mercury went very near
the zero mark.
part of the business portion of Bel
mond, Ia, was destroyed by fire, the
loss being 100000.
The American Steel and Wire COM
pany, with headquarters in Joliet, H.,
will advance wages of their $4,000 men
from five to ten per cent. on March /.
The president and Mrs. Mckinley re-
ceived congress as their guests.
Fire destroyed II business places in
Prairie du Chen, Wis, the total loss be-
ing over 100000.
G.. Everitt Hill, of Newport, r. 1 i. has
been sent to Havana by the president
to carry on the work begun by the late
Col. Waring.
The war investigating commission
has completed its labors and it's report
is now in the hands of the president.
While suffering from the grippe
James III. Remington, for many years
head of the United States Law associa-
ton, committed suicide at his home in
Brooklyn, N. Y, by blowing out his
brains with a revolver.
-
were killed at the Big Dipper mine in
the Iowa Hill (Cal.) mining district by
the breaking of reservoir.
The Nebraska house adopted reso-
luton indorsing the votes of Senators
Allen and Thurston on the peace treaty,
and declaring Mckinley the greatest
president since Lincoln.
E. w. Koch, of Sandusky, O., filed a
petition in bankruptcy at Toledo, show
ing liabilities amounting to $4,000
and assets less than $4,000.
Henry P. Rhodes, ex-assistant United
States district attorney at Denver, Col,
died from wounds Indicted by himself
with razor while temporarily insane
The cold wave still continued on the
10th throughout the entire country,
and much suffering from the cold was
experienced. Nine deaths from freez-
ing were reported from Illinois and adj
jacent states.
By the burning of 10 buildings in
New York a loss of 100000 was en-
tailed.
A mortgage for s2o,ooo,ooo given to
the Central Trust company, of New
York city, by the Colorado & Southern
railway, was filed in Denver, COL, and
the revenue stamps used aggregated
$35, $50.
During quarrel at Pana, ILL.,, Alex
ander Ward (colored) had his throat
cut from ear to ear by John Jannings,
also colored.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-02-15
Place for a Wisconsin Editor.

Washington, Feb. 13.-Horace A. Tay-
lor. of Madison, Wis, editor of the Wis
consin State Journal, will probably be
appointed assistant secretary of the
treasury to succeed w. B. Howell, OF
New Jersey, who has just been APP
pointed member of the board of gen.
eral appraisers in New York. Mr.. Tay-
Tor was an applicant for the Office of
superintendent of the census and the
Office of librarian of congress
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-02-15
DOMESTIC.

4 slight earthquake shock was felt
at Warsaw, Ind.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 9th was: Wheat,
q, 1884, 900 bushels; corn, 20 ,20S, 900 bush
els; oats, 7,O3s,O00 bushels; rye, 1861
600 bushels; barley, 3,211, 900 bushels.
Retaliation against Germany for its
unfriendly action against American
products is now almost an assured fact.
The Moulton Hill winery in Clover
dale, CAL, was destroyed by fire, to-
.gether with 100000 gallons of wine.
Six Sicilians were arrested in New
York on the charge of being members
OF a counterfeiting gang that has been
operating in the larger cities of the
limited States since April last.
Passenger trains on the Grand Trunk
road collided at INLAY City, Mich, and
three persons were killed and several in
.sured-
Eight big car companies scattered
.oEegNhe United States have combined
under the name of the American Car &
Foundry company, with capital of
$50, OOO. 900.
The Tennessee river overhowed its
banks at Chattanooga, washing away
lumber yards and flooding large sec
fion of country.
The war investigation commission in
Washington has nearly completed its
vEork.
The secretary of war sent to- congress
a statement on the militia, showing a
total organized force of 1O1,536; total
unorganized and available, s,999,S25.
Mrs. Mary Williams, her son Harvey
and two small children were drowned
while fording Clinch river near Middles-
Fboro, Ky.
President Mckinley has reduced Gen.
,Eagan's sentence to six years suspen-
sion from duty, when he will be retired
from the army.
The great snow blockade on the Den
ser Sc Rio Grande railroad in the can
yonof the Grand river has been broken.
Juan Luna. secretary 10 Agoncillo,
fled from Washington to Montreal. Can
ada
1t is estimated that 10000 sheep in
southern Colorado are dying of cold and
21unger.
DR. Henry Elmo Reyes and his wife
were asphyxiated by gas in their sleep
;sng-room in New York city. Both were
prominent in society.
In a collision between a passenger
and a freight train near Pollock, La,
two trainmen were killed and several
injured.
Capt C. E. Clark, formerly of the Ore
gon, has been assigned to duty as cap
tain of the navy yard at League Is
land, Pa.
Rose Kinney, infant daughter of
Charles Kinney, was frozen to death in
bed at Dayton, 0.
Rev. James Monroe Taylor, president
OF Vassar college, has been unanimous
Nv elected president of Brown univer-
sity at Providence, r. I.
Arrangements for consolidating the
bodybuilding establishments on the
great lakes have been nearly completed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-02-15
LATER.

| LAIEhs
Word cones from North Siberia Ia {
the Indians had found cabin con-
structed of cloth and cordage, appar-
emily belonging to a balloon. Close
by were the bodies of three men, the
head of one badly crushed. Around
them were number of instruments,
the uses of which were not understood
by the natives. The police chief has
started for the spot to investigate, as
it is believed the bodies are those of
the aeronaut Andree and his compan-
ions.
The supreme court of Spain has de-
cided to prosecute Admiral Cervera
and Commandment Moren, former cap
tain of the destroyed cruiser Cristobal
Colon, for the disaster at Santiago.
The Kelley block in Cleveland, o.,
was destroyed by fire. Loss, $3.50, 900.
For the first time in many years the
lower end of Lake Michigan is frozen
over.
Madame Condelaria died at San An
tonic, aged lis years.
The annual killing of the peach crop
is reported from Missouri.
Frozen water pipes caused an explo-
sion in the Home of the Friendless in
Baltimore, Nd, killing Martha Bolts
key and fatally burning Florence
Refsnider.
The official copy of the treaty of
peace which was ratified by the senate
the 9th, was signed by the president
and secretary of state the 18th.
Under date of the 10th Gen. Otis
has cabled from Manila as follows:
Insurgents collected considerable force
between Manila and Caloocan, where
Aguinaldo is to be, and threatened at
tack and uprising in city. This after
noon swung left of McArthur's divi-
sion, which is north of Passing river,
into Caloocan. driving enemy easy.
Our left now at Caloocan. Our loss
light of insurgents considerable. Par
ticulars in morning. Attack proceed
ed by one-half hours firing from two
! of Admiral Dewey's vessels.
Mr.. Pierce United States charge at
ST. Petersburg, cabled the state de-
partment that convention proposed by
the car looking to disarmament OF
the nations would be held at The
Hague.
The president sent message to con-
gress urging the establishment of a
cable to Manila.
Sixteen deaths from freezing were
reported from New York, Pennsyl-
vania and New Jersey.
The afteroon of the 18th the Ameri-
cans found the Philippine insurgents
ia jungle near Camp Dewey. The
Fourteenth infantry, the North Dako-
ia volunteers and the Fourth calvalry
then engaged the the enemy and drove
them toward the beach, were one of
the gunboats received them with a
fusilade from automatic colt guns.
The enemy's loss was severe and they
scattered along the beach, seeking
cover from the fire of the Americans.
A mob took six negroes from Jail at
Leesburg, Ca, and lynched for an al
legged assault upon Mrs. Maroney.
In speech before the German reichs-
tag, Baron Won Bulow declared that
the statements regarding alleged, Ger
man designs in the Philippines, or Ger
man support of the Filipinos against
| the Americans are most barefaced
| falsehoods.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-02-15

Private John A. Gibbons hospita
corps.
Private Alorzo Ricketts,. company I
Twentieth Kansas volunteer infantry.
Private Fred Hall. company /, FRS
Montana volunteer infantry.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-02-15
Mother and Babe Burned to Death.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Feb. 13.-Mrs. Agnes
Neuner, "a years of age, and her nine
months-old baby were fatally burned at
their home on Dante alley. John
Neuner, the woman's husband, was
badly burned about the hands and over
come by smoke and heat in trying to
save his family. Two other small chill
dren were taken out of the building
safely. The cause of the fire is a mys-
terry.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-05-25
The Governor Talks.

AT Wardner few days ago Gov.
Steunenberg submitted to an inter-
view and for the first time gave an
extended account of his views and
general policy in connection with
the Couer d'Alene mining troubles.
Among other things, he says:
I'm dealing with the conditions
at present existing in Shoshone
county it is the purpose of the State
authorities to restore peace and
safety to the law abiding inhabit-
ants of the county and to punish
and totally eradicate from this COM
munity a class of criminals who
have for years been committing
murders and other crimes in open
violation of the law.
ITO this end | shall use the pow
ers vested in me to the fullest ex-
tent necessary. 1t is the intention
that the protection of the law shall
extend alike to the men who labor
and the men who employ. There
will be, and is, no war upon organ
lied labor as such, but certain So
called labor organizations as they
exist and have existed under var
ious names and at various times in
| Shoshone county are not to be con-
sidered with law-abiding organiza-
tions elsewhere. They have been
and are now controlled by desper-
ate men, who use it to support them
in their lawlessness, and through it
keep the sympathy and support OF
labor organizations elsewhere not
conversant with conditions here.
"These desperadoes stop at no
crime, either upon law-abidlng
members of their own organizations
or business men or laborers or mine
owners and thus terrorize the en-
tire community.
"Law-abiding and law-respecting
labor organizations here and else
where should hasten to disclaim
any and all sympathy with the or
ganized reign of terror that has
prevailed in Shoshone county fol
some years past, and, as in this
5 case, when the same has been car.
ried on in the name of those who
toll the speedier should be the dis
/ claimer; and in disclaiming they
9 should further lend every effort tC
assist in the prosecution and con
! viction Of those who, by their acts
e of lawlessness and crime, defame
. the cause and misrepresenC the true
mission of organized labor.
e "Certain of the county officers
whose sworn duty it is to preserve
E order and protect property, have
: for years been either in sympathy
|, with criminals or inundated by
c them, and in applying the remedy
/ nothing less drastic than the diseas
z itself will cure.
. There can be no compromis'
t with crime nor with criminals; anC
+ further, in the performance Of N,
duty there will be no subserviency
i to any private interest. All gooC
citizens are urged to cooperate Will
' the authorities in carrying this pur
!. pose into effect.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-05-25

Some Of the results OF neglected
dyspeptic conditions Of the stomach
are cancer, consumption, heart disease
and epilepsy. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
prevents all this by effecting IA quick
cure in all cases Of dyspepsia. Roscoe
Smith, pharmacist.
The young men who went from
Nevada City to work in a hydrau-
lie mine near Boise City, Idaho, are
all disguised with the situation
there. They say things were mis-
represented, and most of them will
return shortly. They have to walk
four miles up steep hill, buy their
own candles and soap, and work
twelve hours, while the paw is Door.
-Winnemucca New Silver State.