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The Ely miner., 1899-03-08
Reduction of Taxes

At the last meeting of the county
board, a resolution was passed pro-
Viding for a general reduction OF
taxes cn property that is in the for
feited tax list so that the owners OF
the property may clear their property
from tax debts and put it on a tax
paying and negotiable basis. The
matter has been under consideration
by the commissioners for some time
and at the last Injecting the discussion
of the matter occupied the greater
part Of the session.
At the evening session the board
passed d resolution recommending to
the state auditor that receipts for
full payment be given property owners
whose property is in the forfeited tax
list when so per cent of the taxes due.
figuring the taxes on the 1898 basis
of valuation, is paid to the county
treasurer.
This applies to the whole county
and will afford immense relief as the
reduction is liberal and is made more
liberal because of the fact that the
taxes are to be based on the 1898 val
uation which is materially lower than
any prior year. Only property thai
is in the forfeited tax list can be
settled for in this way and certified
check for the amount to be paid must
be On file on or before April 20. The
Spalding hotel property is excepted
fro participation in this reduction.
The personal property tax list OF
judgments came up only incidentally.
The commissioners are working on it
culling out IN. g." names and when
the list is ready executions will be
issued and turned over to the sheriff
for him to do his part.
The Ely miner., 1899-03-08
Bought More Hose.

The city council INDUCED in meet
ing Tuesday evening. Among other
business transacted was the ordering
of 500 feet of hose from the New Jer-
sey Spring & Rubber Co., through IT'S
representative, c. H. BENEFITS, who
was present. Several matters in re-
lation to the bonding proposition
were also settled.
The Ely miner., 1899-03-08
Frozen to Death.

Notwithstanding we have been
blest with considerable IS and so
degree below zero weather only one
fatal freezing has been reported aud
this in the gold country north Of US.
Alfred Bray, miner who had been
working at the Olive, was frozen to
death on Bad Vermilion lake on Feb
ruary 26, while on his way from Mine
Center to the mine.
The Ely miner., 1899-03-08
MARCH 6, 1900. $500 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE

speaks very fayorably of these places.
and is enabled to give very clear
idea of existing conditions in the
southern end Of the United States
and Cuba.
The Ely miner., 1899-03-08
Mustered Out on the e2d.

BY letter from one of our boys in
the 18th Regiment now stationed at
Camp Mckenzie. Augusta, Ca. we
learn that the regiment will be mus
tered ont on March %, if no changes
are made in the present program.
This will be pleasing news to the
parents and friends of the Ely soldier
boys.
The Ely miner., 1899-03-08
REFUSE TO PAY.
Railroads Refuse to Pay their Taxes Un-
der the Anderson Law


der the Anderson Law
A dispatch from st. Paul says that
with one exception the railroads af-
fected by the Anderson law, provid-
ing for the taxation of unused rail-
road lands, have allowed their taxes
to.become delinquent. The Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota s. Pacific is the only
railroad that has complied with the
provisions of the statutes, and only
paid its share under protest.
Every other road interested has al
lowed its taxes to become delinquent.
All the official county papers in Sec
tions where the land is located are
publishing lists of delinquent taxes
this week. 1t is notable that fully
three-fourths Of the delinquent des-
criptions advertised are put in the
name Of railroad corporations, In
some cases fully page of the rail-
road companies holdings are on the
advertised list.
Just what the outcome of the case
will be is hard to predict. The con-
utionality of the law has been
carried into the United States sup
rene court. but, in the ordinary
course of business, it usually takes
about three years to get any decision
from the nations highest tribunal.
Meantime penalties and interest ac-
crue against the land. and the publ
cation of the delinquent notices is
also charged up against its owners.
II will not take long for the interest
to accumulate sum double the fig
ure originally assessed against the
property.
State Auditor Dunn said he has no
direct knowledge of the matter, as he
had no means OF knowing what ret
urns had been made to the county
auditors. yet it was commonly re-
ported that the ROADS had not paid
their taxes on their unused lands.
and had given it out that they would
not until the case was passed upon
by the United States supreme court.
Perhaps no law that has ever been
proposed in Minnesota was morestub-
bornly contested by the railroads
than the Anderson bill, 1t pas
sed the house, was transmitted to
the senate. and passed that body only
after a twelve-hour session, with just
enough votes to carry it, including
the vote of Lieutenant Gov. Day. It
was carried through the lower courts
to the supreme court which sustained
its constitutionality and it was
The Ely miner., 1899-03-08

Through the kindness of Ed.
Whiteside ourself and family visited
the McTiver logging camps on White
Iron lake Sunday where we enjoyed a
delicious lunch at the hands of Cook
Sullivan and pleasant chat with Mr..
McTiyer and Scaler Elliot. About
5000, 900 feet have been banked on
White Iron for the Knox company.
The camps will work until the latter
part of April, weather permitting.
About 80 men are employed.
The Ely miner., 1899-03-08

There is a bill before the Michigan
legislature providing for license for
every person who indulges in intoxi-
eating liquors. The price of the
license is five dollars and is procured
by application TO the clerk of the city,
village or township. Licenses are to
be issued the first of each year and
the bill provides punishment for the
liquor dealer who disposes Of his stock
to any but holders of license. The
licenses are not to be transferable and
are to be exhibited whenever called
for
The Ely miner., 1899-03-08
A Card.

/ hereby announce myself as a can
didate for Alderman OF the First
Ward and respectfully solicit your
support at the caucus on March 23d
and the election on April 4th.
Yours Respectfully
GEORGE HOLMES.
The Ely miner., 1899-03-08
Pleased with Cuba and Porto Rico

O. d. Kinney, one of our former
business men was in the city few
days last week Mr.. Kinney has just
returned from an extensive trip
through Cuba and Porto Rico and
The Ely miner., 1899-03-08

a I00-tun boat was large. Two Gays
WAS required TO load IL cargo OF ore of
that size aud a greater length Of time
was required to unload IL. Now a
cargo OF 1000 tons is loaded in ship
| in about hours and the vessel can
make from Is to 20 trips season.
| The mule and the tram road are
memory and first class railro Ids spec
tally equipped for the business deliver
the ore. In no industry has there
been greater development than in
the handling and transporting OF iron
ore in this part of the world.
The Fayal Iron Co. has leased the
southeast vuarter Of 6. 51-l7 from the
C. n. Nelson Lumber company. The
lease runs SO years and the royalty
on ore is % cents ton with a mimi
mum of % 900 tons year.
Some of the Mesaba range operators
complain that prices are at least 80
cents lower than circumstances war
ranted at the time they were fixed.
Some think that in the face of an
advancing market forsiron and steel
products that the prices of ore should
have been showed up to the extent
indicated. The Mesaba operators are
not much better of than they were
last year.
l2l 900 shares of Lake Superior iron
stock was recently transferred to the
Consolidated interests and this in
connection with the stock already
owned by the concern, places the
Consolidated in control Of the situa-
tion. The Lake Superior mines are
located at Hibbing.
The Mikado mine at Bessemer,
Mich, has been purchased by the
Pittsburg Lake Angeline Iron Co.
Capt. John Sincox. of the Lake Ange-
line will take charge of the Mikado
with Thomas Walters as general sup
erintendent.
Ernest Thalman. of New York, has
bought at receivers public auction
the mine and all other property of
the Florence Iron River Co., for d
consideration of 100000. It is sup
posed the receiver will shortly be
discharged and operations resumed at
this mine.
The Sauntry mine has been sold to
the American Steel s. Wire company.
The consideration expressed in the
deed is $4,000, but the revenue stamps
indicate a consideration of 100000
The mine includes five fortleS on the
Mesaba range half a mile north Of
Virginia.
The Ely miner., 1899-03-08
MINING MATTERS.

ferred to briefly last week-the pur-
chase OF large tonnage OF Gre from
Lake Erie docks by the leading Pitts
burg interest. The fact that any
thing bearing the name iron ore WIS
taken in this sweep-up indicates
either that the buyers ore consump-
tion for the year ending May will
go beyond expectations, or that every
precaQtion is being taken at this
early day against shortage In the
coming ore year. There are some in
the ore trade who do not expect to
see the full amount Of ore sold in the
past month shipped from upper lake
ports. Between the difficulty exper-
fenced in the Lake Superior region
for nearly d year, in keeping an ade-
ouate labor supply on the iron ranges
and the tax that will be put on ore
roads TO handle so large an output,
and the interruption Of the move
mert thai may be caused, as in the
psst two seasons. by the the made
cuate ear supply at Lake Erie docks.
causing the whole line to back up on
tile mines-in the possible compiica-
tiors growing out Of seconditions,
forehanded managers of large inter
eS;s apnear to be providing against
CONTINGENCIES. There have been
scattering sales of ore in the past
week. and there are still some fur
udcts whose years supply has not
been fully secured. Tie advance III
mining wages in the Ishpeming dis
trict went into effect this week. 1t
is an average of about 10 cents day
per man. Reports from the Lake
Superior region indicate unusual ac-
tiyity in prospecting for ore, and
properties passed by in the long in
teryal of low prices are getting atten-
tion. Deals for the purchase of mi nes
are plentiful and the trade is on the
aui vive for changes of ownership
Iron Trade Review.
The Great Lakes Copper company
will soon be reality. The property
owned by the company is in Canada
on the same geological formation as
the copper mines of Michigan, but
unlike the latter its ores are sulphates
of copper and are said to be rich in
gold. c. NJ. Boss, well known here.
is to be superintendent of the new
workings.
A scarcity of miners is reported in
letters from Cornwall, Eng, con-
siderable exodus having been drawn
to South African gold fields, interest
in the latter having recently been
revived, Miners can find plenty Of
employment in this country at pres
ent. a pleasing contrast to existing
affairs two years ago.
1t is said that ore sales for 1899 are
from 10000 to 100000 tons.
Competent judges of the situation
say that not to exceed $4,000, 900 gross
tons can be handled by lake tonnage.
More will be handled if possible but
grain. lumber and coal have to be
taken care of and there will be a
heavy season this year for each of the
commodities as well as of iron ore.
Ii is said that not less than 10, 600
tons of iron ore is under charter at 60
to 60 cents. This being true there is
5000. GOO tons of ore to be placed at
such rates as wild tonnage may be
able TO command. It is believed that
vesselmen that have not tied up to
the 60-cent rate will be carrying dol
lar ore before July l5.-Head of the
Lakes.
About 40 years ago ore shipped from
the Lake Superior region was hauled
The Ely miner., 1899-03-08

Remember the dance to be given by
the Odd Fellows on April I,
The Ely miner., 1899-03-08

About 40 years ago ore shipped from
the Lake Superior region was hauled
over mule tram road. Up to 1871
the biggest ore steamer on the lakes
carried only 1000 tons and II round
trips to Marquette in a season was
The Ely miner., 1899-03-08

A scarcity of miners is reported in
letters from Cornwall, Eng, con
siderable exodus having been drawn
to South African gold fields, interest
in the latter having recently beer
revived, Miners can find plenty OF
employment in this country at pres
ent, pleasing contrast to existing
affairs two years ago.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-28
FROM THE TRANSvAAL.
William George Writes Home About
the Situation as He See It.

Any news from the Transvaal at
this time is welcome, but it is doubly
SO when it comes direct from one with
whom the reader is acquainted and
whose word is not to be doubted. We
are permitted to publish today, through
the courtesy of Charles George of this
city, a letter from his brother William,
now in Cape Town, but who was driv-
en- out of the Transyaal at the be-
ginning of the present war. He was
only a short time since in Pretoria,
Durham, Natal and in other places
which are now the scenes of blOOdShed.
Those who knew William George at
his home in Scotland, know that he
was a very fair minded man and that
whatever statement he would be apt
to make regarding matter Of this
kind it would be a conscientious one.
His letter, written to his mother in
October gives an interesting account
of the situation between the Beers
and the Uitlanders or foreigners. The
letter reads as follows:
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-28
TRANSPORTS REACH MANILA.
Other Transports Sail for San Fran
cisco.

Washington, Nov. 2S.-Gen Otis
cables the arrival of the 3lSt voun-
tecrs to garrison Ports in Mindana0.
The transports Port Albert. Tarter,
lIaworth sail today or tomorrow fol
San Francisco. The Hospital ship
Missouri has arrived. There were nc
casualties on the arriving ships.
Manila. Nov. 2S.-The transport
Manauense with three companies
of the Thirty-lirst Infantry have ar
rived. She narrowly escaped a terri
bic disaster The officers and soldiers
for twelve days were kept bailing with
buckets. The steamer was unScaWOr-
thy. undermanned and short of pro-
visions. Her engines broke down and
she rolled three days in a typhoon.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-28
EDITION
4 O'CLOCK.
BOUGHT.
First British Victory Cost
Nearly 200 Lives.
B0ERS VERY STUBBORN
And Contest Every Inch Of
Ground. They Retreat
in Good Order.

London, Nov. 2S.-Gen. Butler re-
ports the list of casualties to the
troops in the battle of Gras Pan, now
designated the battle of Enslin. which
proves that the British success was
dearly bought. The losses today re.
ported make grand total of 1913 lost
in Methuen'S second battle. The
Yorkshircs bore with the naval brig.
ade the brunt of the battle.
London, Nov. 2S.-The fresh inter
ruption in the East African cable SER
vice at this interesting moment has
caused a cessation OF war news. AS
yet the war office has not received
Lord Methuen $ detailed list of casual
ties, nor is any information at hand
regarding the whereabouts Of the
Ninth LancerS. who were sent in pur-
suit of the Beers from Gras Pan.
The Daily Mail says that Il private
telegram announces that the Lancers
are still scouting ahead of Methuen s
GDlunai., but as he ann0unc-
ed yesterday that he was giving his
men day rest, this is hardly possi-
bic.
The greatest anxiety is felt, and
more especially in view of the fact
that a Berlin journal, the "Deutschc
Wartc. which regularly prints Bocr
announced yesterday,
before it could have been ascertained
from British sources, that the naval
brigade lost 100 men at Gras Pan and
that the 9th Lancers were captured.
1t is understood that the govern
ment has decided to proceed immc-
diatcly with the mobilization and en-
barkatiOn Of a sixth division of 10, 600
men undcra we'll known lieutenant
general.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-28
JOINT MEETING.
Vermont horticultural and Bee-Keep-
ers Socie ties to Meet.
Especial to TELEGRAM.)

|
Burlington, Nov. 2S.-Ihe fourth
annual meeting of the Vermont llor'
ticultural society will be held in this
city Tuesday, Dec. II, and the Ner-
mont Bee-Keepers Association the
day following.
| The following is the program of the
Horticultural society:
Tuesday morning beginning at 9
o'clock sharp, address of welcome,
Prof. J. l.. Hills. experiment station:
president S annual address, II. l.. Kin
ney, South Hero: How to Care for a
Young Orchard, +. $. Flcury, Isle La
Motto: Developing the Home Market,
Leigh Hunt, Middlebury: Spraying
Machinery, A. w. Edison. Burlington;
Question Box, for everybody.
The afternoon session at , O'Clock
will open with, Pear Culture, l.. Nj.
Macomber, n orth Ferrisburgh. a
Story of the Northern Apple, Luthur
Putnam, Cambridge: Sorrows of the
Tree Peddler, e. G. Brown; reports OF
committee: election of officers.
The two societies will hold a joint
meeting Tuesday evening at 7.3o o.
clock, at Williams science hall. There
will be an illustrated talk on Bees,
Flowers and Fruits by Prof. l.. R.Jones
experiment Station: general exercises,
and an address. How to begin Bee
Keeping, r.. II. Holmes, Shoreham.
The Vermont Bookkeeping associa-
tion will meet Wednesday forenoon at
8 clock. Reading of minutes of last
meeting; roll call; appointment of
committees: reports of secretary and
treasurer: general discussions what
have we learned the past season about
Bee keeping? Most economical way to
change Queens, and best Method OF
introducing them, W. G. Larrabee.
Are Bees as capable of improvement
as Horses, Cattle or other Animals or
Birds under domestication, j. %.
Cranes; Is it desirable for honey pro-
ducers to adopt the Doolittle methods
of Queen rearing? r.. II. Holmes; re-
ports of members: receiving new mem
bcrs: annual dues.
Wednesday afternoon at 1.30 o clock
reports of committees: election OF of1i-
GERS: Best method of building OF Col
onies in the Spring, O. j. Lowrey; Re-
port of work done at Experiment Sta
tion Apiary the past season, Cassius
II. Peck; Best method of disposing of
the honey crop in years of plenty, Geo.
w. Fassett: Can the swarming impulse
be bred out?, II. l.. Leonard: question
box: unfinished business.
The meetings will be held at the eX-
pertinent station. There will be in
teresting exhibits of fruits, honey etc.
The hotels and railroads will make re-
duced rates to all attending these
meetings which promises to be of un-
usual interest.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-28
Cape Town, Oct. 10, 1899

My Dear Mother:--
suppose you have seen from the
papers how things are going down
here. War is now inevitable, and ter
ribe as it is it is perhaps the lesser of
the two evils, for great as the misery
and suffering it will entail, it will not
be a patch upon what is already being
brought to men. women and children.
Fancy lightly clad women and child
rem performing a journey of three
days and as many nights in open cat
! tie trucks, drenched to the skin some
times before they were two hours out
Of Johanncsburgh, no food or water to
had until over the border, the Beers re-
fusing to sell bread or give them water,
while at every station the train stop
ped they were surrounded by armed
Beers who insulted and maltreated
them. One lady was seized by the
throat by one hulking brute and
knocked about until she was badly
bruised and her throat swollen and
discolored. Another had her baby
wrenched rom her.. the brute who
had it threatening to do it j"inrg.
A band of $50 Beers armed to the
teeth held up a train on the velts,
compelling the passengers todlsmount
and lift their hats at the mention of
kruger's name. Two Britishers and
one Portuguese officials who refused to
do SO were so brutally dealt with that
they had to be lifted back into the
train while the official was stabbed
and now lies in the hospital at Della
90 Bay. Two Beers got into car
riagc among some women and chill
dren and one man. They started to
question the man and he refused to
answer. lie found himself looking
down the muzzle of a revolver and
had to answer their insulting queS-
tiOnS.
Such funny tricks as pointing load
ed rifles at the carriage windows and
threatening to shoot the lot as mere
.Englsh cattle,' while pointing a
loaded rifle at the women or children'S
heads and playing carelessly with the
trigger the while are every day occur
rences, and during it all the Dutch
vrows look on to applaud their lords
and masters and assist in making it
hot for the band of helpers as well as
for the innocent women and children
who never did them any harm and
who are already, with the wet, cold
Continued on Second Page
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-28
Big Slander Suit.

Edgar +. Smith, manager of the
creamery at PlainIield, has brought
suit against Hiram G.. Moore, also of
Plainheld, for $4,000 damages for
SANDER. 1t is alleged that Mr.. Moore
has circulated the report that Mr..
Smith has stolen butter from the pat
rons of the creamery and has been
crooked in his management of the
business. Deputy Sheriff Tuttle was
in plaintield today and served a writ
of attachment upon the defendant S
property. The case is returnable in
Washington county court. f. L..
Laird and j. p. Lamson are Mr..
Sr' tn "tt""n"vS Montpelier Daily
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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-28
PROGRESS BEING MADE.
Work in the Vermont Copper Mines
Booming.
Especial to TELEGRAM.O

|
Coppcrfieled, Nov. 2S.-Work at the
copper mines has been progressing fa-
vorably during the past week. Some
thirty-seven men are employed now,
most of them being at work in the
mine proper under Capt. Paul. A few
are outside repairing some of the
buildings at the drift and getting
things into shape for winter. Nearly
all the experienced miners who have
applied for work have been given en-
ployment, but there is very little to
be done outside at present. Some
very good copper is being taken out,
and the indications are good that work
VIII continue through the winter
There is certainly a revival in the cop
per industry about here and in other
sections of Vermont and the old Ely
mines may yet see as prosperous days
as in former times. Work here puts
money in circulation and helps all the
surrounding towns, either directly or
indirectly. Mr.. william J. Knox of
Pittsburg. Pa. general manager of the
new company, was in town several days
last week. lie was accompanied by
w. ID. Thorpe, who will remain and
do the work in the laboratory. O. S.
Garrctson of Buffalo, n. Y, was also
here for few days. Frank Pheitler,
who has been here since the Garretson
furnace was working in July, returned
to his home in Buffalo, n. Y, last
Thursday.
The surveyors. who have been here
several weeks surveying, have finished
their work and find that the distance
around the mining property. in the
inside. is between eight and nine
miles.
Several parties were here from Bos-
ton, Monday, Nov. 27th, to attend
of the officers Of the Copper
field Mining Co. W. +. Harding, G.
w. Powers and John Whitcomb are
on a ledge on Mr.. IIarding's
farm that shows indications of copper.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-28
Less Representatives..

Washington, Nov. 2S.-It is pro-
posed to make representation in the
next republican convention on the
basis of republican votes cast. This
would reduce the representation Of
the Southern states very materially.
Vermont would gain one vote by the
change.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-28
BAD WEATHER.
U. S. Transport Forced to Returnto
Tacoma when 200 Miles out.

Seattle, Wash, Nov. 2S.-The trans
port Victoria was compelled to put
back after sailing 200 miles toward
Manila on account of the terrible
weather. Fifty-tivc horses were lit
orally pounded to death in the stalls
and many others SO bruised that they
will probably die. The vessel was
not damaged.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-28
., ,rsaaCIGEI = re
One Hundredth Anniversary.

Derby Line, Nov. 2S.-Dcpartment
Commander +. G. Buttertied has sent
a circular letter to all the Grand Army
Posts, recommending that they OBJ
serve the one hundredth anniversary
of the death Of George Washington,
which occurs Dec. IA, with appropri-
ate exercises, and that all Post flags
be displayed at half mast on that day.
He asks that the schools have eXer-
cises appropriate to the day.