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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-08-04
THE COUNTRY EDITOR.

We look into a cradle and behold a
male child. At the age of ten he is a
noisy kid with half the buttons off his
pants, and an eye for meanness. At
the age of fifteen he is a devil in a
country print shop; at twenty-five he
is the publisher of a country newspa-
per, at the head of every enterprise
calculated to improve the town or en-
rich the business thereof; at thirty-five
he is an emaciated and WORKOUT man
with holes in his pockets and bald
head; at the age of fifty he is corpse
in cheap coffin. and his only re-
sources left behind are two cases of
long primer type, Washington hand
press, and subscription book with
500 delinquent subscribers, who line
up and march past the coffin saying:
"He was a public spirited fellow but
he could't save anything."- Metal
Polisher.
"What is a dollar, anyhow" asked
one of our friends the other day. A
dollar is what some men promise to
pay for their paper. 1t is something
a newspaper man enjoys more in anti
cipation than reality. 1t is the price
of days work for some men and
nights drunk for others. = 1t is what
wife frequently needs but seldom
has. 1t is power that makes or I'M
makes men. 1t is the hardest thing
to get and the easiest to get rid of
known to mankind. 1t is a blessing
in a small measure, and a curse in
many instances. 1t is a delusion and
a snare, and we are all chasing the
delusion.
A printer in making up his forms
getting the page ready to print took
handful of type from the tail end of a
fire item and by mistake put it up
against a funeral notice. In the pa
per it read like this: '"The pail bear
ers lowered the body into the grave
and it was consigned to the flames.
There were few regrets, for the old
wreck had been an eyesore to the
town for years. Of course there was
an individual loss, but that of course
was fully covered by insurance.
The local paper is the only indis-
pensable advertising medium for the
local merchants. 1t is bought and
paid for because people want it. If
they did not want it they would not
buy it. An inch of space in a local
newspaper is worth an acre of hand
bills or circulars. No advertising
substitute has yet been invented for
the local weekly newspaper. The ig-
norant rich and the scholarly poor all
devour the contents of the country
weekly-advertisements and the whole
business. The advertisements are
often read with as much interest as
the account of a great social gather
ing. A local merchant is known by
the quality of his advertising, and
the average reader knows where to
find it, and it is always interesting to
him. Running professional cards is
always profitable custom to both
publisher and advertiser, and while
everybody may know the lawyer and
doctor, they may not know the office
hours. 1t is professional courtesy
to run small "ad" for the many fav-
ors the editor is constantly showing
his fellow citizens. The local weekly
gets down deeper into the hearts and
nearer the pocketbook of the family
than does any other medium.-The
Journalist.
Miss Isadore Cowen, of Fort Akin
The times., 1899-01-21
PRIESTS AGAINST BISHOP.
One of the auesIons for Archbishop
ChnpeIIc to settle.

Havana, Jan. 2O.-The Bishop of Havana
and the Cuban priests are engaged in
sharp controversy over document recent
ly promulgated by the priests. This was,
in substance, manifesto against the
Bishop for encouraging Spanish resent
ment, and an appeal TO the American au-
thorities TO sustain the Cubans.
The Bishop has sought to present his
side of the case TO General Brooke and to
discredt the prie3ts. He has cited the
pastorals issued by him, counseling acqui-
escence in the new order and the full ac
ceptance of American authority.
The Cuban priests number only thirty.
but they are aggressive in their attitude
and are defiant of the superior ecclesiasti-
cal power. The peculiar political condi-
tions make il impossible for the Bishop TO
enforce discipline.
The action OF the priests is part of a
general movement to destroy abuses which
existed when church and state were united
under Spanish sovereignty. In some par
ishes the priests have returned to Spain.
The Cubans are demanding that all
Spanish priests be removed. Much bitter
ness is shown on both sides. The subject
is not one of which General Brooke can
take cognizanCe. While the Bishop of Ha-
vana is an intense Spaniard in sentiment.
he has not questioned American control.
The Cuban priests, on their part. have
welcomed it and promised cooperation.
The dispute is matter for the Vatican
to arrange. II is one cf several delicate
questions that will confront Archbishop
Chape!le when he arrives
The times., 1899-01-21
RoCKEFELLEh's TAX STANDS.
Justice barnard Refuses to set Aside
the Assessn.cnt.

Poughkeepsie. n. Y, Jan. 20.-Justice J.
T. Barnard on Thursday. in the Dutch
ess county clerks Office. fled an opn-
ion denying the application of John D.
Rockefeller to set aside the assessment
on his tract of land in Westchester cour-
,y. which county he does not claim as his
residence The Judge in his opinion says:
There is no merit in the application.
Parts os the land are coupled by ten
ants or employees of the owner and parts
are unocupied, except by the owner. The
assessors have assessed the occupied parts
to the occupants and the remainder to the
owner IS non resident lands. under sec
tion % of chapter 90S. laws of 1898.
The objection made by the owner TO
the assessment is wholly based upon a
failure to observe the strict technical d.
rection of the assessment Law above re-
ferred to- The extent and notice of the
tenure of the occupant and the exact de-
scription of the land not occupied except
BY the owner are facts entirely within the
knowledge of the owner, and he cou,d Sc
cure exact regularity by information
given to the assessors.
AN owner who compels the board tC
make an assessment with insufficient in
formation seems not to be favored by tn
law The notice given is that the ro.l
does not follow or comply with the tax
law. The Law requires that the statement
shall specify the respect IN which the as
sessment complained Of is incorrect. The
notice fled does not specify any error cx-
cept the general one that the Law was nj
followed and the values are too high"
The times., 1899-01-21
GIRLS WHO TOOK POISON.
Survivor Details the Mutual Desire
to Meet Death.

Louisville, KY, Jan. 20.-F.orense e
johnson, the sixten-year- Cd girl who
Joined her cousin, Tammie Church, in II
attempt at suicide. revived enough vest r
day to tell why she did it.
"Tammie had been expecting . letter
from her sweetheart said Miss johnson
and for several days she had be de-
spondent. Tuesday she sctd she was 60
ing to kill herself with morphine nd per-
suaded me to agree to take some Of sze
drug"
Some one in the room remarked TINT
the girls had Just taken the drug through
foolishness, and that they did not rea ize
what they were doing.
OH yes we did. said Miss johnson.
Il was not fool enough to believe that it
would not kill Us. but Tammie took more
than l did.
After we got in bed Tammie said to
me. Florence. 1 feel funny. She laughed
and talked for some time before We went
TO sleep. She seemed to know that sre
was going 10 die. but it did uOt bother
her bit. We put the powder in two
glasses. but | poured cut = part CT mine.
Tammie drank all OF hers"
This sensational case has drawn attsn-
tiOn to the fact that there are many SUI
cidss in this city. There wGs one of a
prominent man Monday. ana there were
two more seif-murders today. The first
Shelbyville. who shot himself in 4 small
hotel this morning. The other suic De
was that of r. L. Fleece. an inmate OF tee
Central Lunatic Asylum. who hanged
himself in his cell with rope made OF
his shirt.
The times., 1899-01-21
CUBAN TOBACCO MONOPOLY
Particulars of the scheme to Control
the Product of the Island

Havana. Jan. 20.-Further particulars
are given regarding the proposed control
of the Cuban tobacco product and manufac-
ture by an American syndicate. The
present owners ignored the proposition
until assured that New York city and 9TH
er banks had taken it out of the hands Of
professional promoters. The plan is yet a
long way from consummation. Initial
steps have been taken looking to the
banks furnishing the money for a single
corporation. which should control the out
put. The estimate is made that 81 600 =
600 would be sufficient to obtain the ex-
isting factories, but the amount needed
TO get the tobacco lands of the yuelta
Abaio and Partidos districts is largely
guesswork. Estimates have been made of
particular regions in Vuelta Abajo. These
show on paper large prospective returns.
One district. the Repate. figures $3.50 600
yearly profit on a net investment of SS50.-
000. The largest estimate is $50 00O 600
for the total tobacco area in the provinces
Of Pinar del Rio and Havana.
1h, hank syndicate professed readiness
to advance slOa,O9n 900. The promise is
made hat if an arrangement is concluded.
the funds will re Immediately supplied for
buying oxen, rebuilding drying houses and
other buildings destroyed during the war.
and providing seed for next seasons plant
iIg which begins in September Five mil
lion dollars is the estimate for this pur-
pose Left to themselves. under the most
favorable conditions. it will be two years
before the tobacco farmers can return 10 4
normal production. The greatest draw
back IS the lack of oxen. The crop this
year is very short, though the Secent rams
are helping it.
The Havana factories will not be able to
meet the demand for cigars this year. be
cause of their inability to procure the leaf
in sufficient quantities.
Gustave Book. whose companies were
made part Of the scheme of the English
syndicate, said this afternoon that the
proposition had been made to him from
responsible parties in New York. He
thought the plan feasible but it would
take longer to consummate than it's pro-
| jectors had supposed. Other tobacco men
say it is possible but not probable,
though they are satisfied Of the financial
responsibility of the men who make the
proposition. They treat il conseryatiyelv
The times., 1899-01-21
HOWARD COUNTY FARMERS.
Leading Agricuiturisrs Meet in Ell
lIcntt GitN. Nd.

Ellicott City. Md, Jan. 2OA farmers
institute for Howard county was held at
the court house yesterday. the gathering
representing the leading agrcuiturists of
the county. Director William L. Amoss
was present to outline the work which in
cluded lectures by Mr.. Edward Van AL
styne, of New York, on Profitable Dairy
ing and the Use of Fertilizers" and Mr.
George T. Powell also Of New York, on
small Fruit Culture" There was also
a general interchange of views on subjects
OF present interest among farmers.
Among the farmers present were August
Nicolai Harlan Herbert. Frank Herbert
j. y. Miller, +. Green Selby. Joshua n.
Warfield, Grosvenor Hanson, f. C. Pue,
A. Howard East Pulaski Dorsey. Dorsey
Thompson. E. X. Dennis. Eugene Dennis,
William II. Hanson. Thomas NJ. Johnson,
George NJ. Johnson, ID. C. Byers. John II.
Herbert, Samuel s. Henson, John T.
Ridgely. Benjamin +. Hess, Edmund Dor
sey. Nicholas H. Warfield Ira Dorsey.
Henry Temmink, W I. Carr. James A.
Eernay, John G. Rogers. Frank Parlett,
Ira Harman, Milford Shipley. Dr. and Mrs.
William Il. Tatum.
The times., 1899-01-21
STEEL MILL CONSOLIDATION
Tin Plate Trust Undertaking n Much
fnrgcr Contract.

Cleveland, Ohio Jan. 20.-The Iron
Trade Review says: The promoters of the
tin plato consolidation. at the head OF
whom was Judge William H Moore. of
Chicago. are now well under way with a
much larger contract-the consolidation Of
the Central Western and as many other
steel mills as can be secured. With the
Bellair COhiol Steel Company the negOtia-
tiOns have progressed furthest, and options
have been secured on majority of the
stock of the corporation. which is SOD. 900
in $50 shares.
Negotiations have been conducted also
with all but one of the central Western
producers of both Bessemer and open
hearth steel, including those at Muncie, Co
lumbus. Youngstown and Sharon. With
most of the plants referred to options have
already been given. and an option also
been secured on the plant OF a prominent
steel producer in Allegheny county. Pa.
Technically, at least the movement is
wholly separated from the American Tin
Plate Company. Another consolidation
proposition is that for bringing together
the group of rolling mills at Youngstown" ="
The times., 1899-01-21
TALMAGE AT ANNAPOLIS.
The Eminent Preacher Entertained
mt Dinner by Governor LoySndes.


Annapolis, Md. Jan. 2O.-Rev. DR.. Tai
mage. who lectured in Annapolis lest night
is the guest of Governor Lowndes, who
gave a dinner yesterday evening at the
executive mansion in his honor number
of local clergymen were present. DR.. Tai
mage was met at the depot by a committee
of the Associated Charities, and later es-
corted around the city and Naval Acad-
emy. Being his first visit here, DR.. Tai
mage manifested great interest in the
Lowndes attended the lecture. which was
on The Bright Side of Things
DIR. Talmage was introduced by Judge
Magruder. Others on the platform were
d. R. Randall Revs. DR.. Widerman, George
s. Bell, DIR. Thomas Fell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roman and Mrs. Talmage.
Among some of the pointed things DR..
Talmage said he would rather live ten
years now than five hundred in the time
OF Methuselah. The fault-finder wrigales
and frets and worries himself to death;
he is like a hedgehog-all quills; like a
crab. he is always going backward in or
der to go forward. man was asked By
a neighbor TO take a drink he refused;
cigar and three cents Society will bear
anything but a bore. Blessed are mos
quitoes, feas, hot nights and all cuta-
neous diseases. They are better than a
bore, especially the speaking bore: he must
speak or burst. A man who can sing and
wont sing should be ssnt to Sing Sing.
The times., 1899-01-21
INTERNATIONAL PRESS UNION.
Congress to Meet Ina Washington
Next Month.


From February IL 10 Us, inclusive. the
International Press Union will hold con-
gress in this city. the sessions to convene
at Willard's Hotel. A full representation
Of members is expected, The interest taken
in the congress last year pointing to the
supposition that there is no diminution in
the enthusiasm that was then shown. So
great was the commendation I'd in
regard to that convention that men have
called Press Congress to be held in Paris
in 1900 to be carried on after the plan
followed by the women last year Even
the first topic adopted for discussion is the
same that was taken up by the sex that is
called the fair
The meeting will open with an informal
reception On the evening of February 10.
Regular sessions will be held at 10 a. m.
and . and s y. M. on the succeeding days,
and on Saturday evening the president
will give a reception at the Strathmore
Arms.
Among the topics to be discussed there
will be Men Who Reigned in Journalism,
"A Woman Editor in Germany "Educa-
tional Value of the Journal The Ad-
writer's Place in Journalism" Copy
rights illustrations" Women Writ
ers. Ancient Manuscripts" and First
Woman War Correspondent Appointed by
the United States
The congress will be formally presented
to the President of the United States at
the White House. Reduced rates have
been secured on all Railways and at Will
lards Hotel.
Press clubs are requested to send repre-
sentatives, and authors. illustrators and
writers are cordially invited.
The International Press Union had its
birth in this city on February Is. 1898
at which time the first congress was held
Several prominent members of the Wo-
mans National Press Association had long
believed that annual gatherings Of the
writers of the world would be not only o
very great interest but of exceeding help
fulness to those participating.
committee was appointed by the Wo-
| mans National Press Association, which
called and carried through to a successful
close the International congress. which
was made valuable by the able PAPER:
| from the prominent Journalists of Our OWL
| and foreign lands.
At this congress n permanent organi7a
tion was effected, and officers were elect
| ed
The officers of the International Pres
| Union are: Mrs. Mary s. lockwood
president Mrs f. S. Cromwell. vice pr; 3
ident: Mrs. H. b. Sperry. recording sc
| retary; Mrs. Mary NJ. North, correspond
| ing secretary; Mrs. May Whitney Emer
son, treasurer. and Mrs. Mary S. Gist, au
ditor. Vice-presidents=a large: Mrs
Hollen f. Day. st. Louis: Mrs. Kathlce:
Blakely, Toronto; Mrs. Lucy 4. Leg t
| Detroit; Mrs. Agnes S. Lewis, England
Mrs. Florence o. McClelland, Chicago
| Mrs. William King. Atlanta; Frau Ler;
| Morgenstein. Berlin; Mrs. Cynthia West
Il I
| din. Stockholm: Mrs Helen VI. WinsloH
| Boston; Miss Frances G.. French. Wash
| ington, and Mrs. Belya a. Lockwood
| Washington.
The times., 1899-01-21
LIQUOR SALOONS A FIXTURE.
Clergyman Rainforth Holds Similar
Views 10 Eisiop Potter.

views 10 EtshGp Potter
New York. Jan. 20.-The Rev DR. Rains
ford of ST. Georges Church. yesterday was
asked his opinion of Bishop Potter's speech
before the Church Temperance Society
Said DR.. Rainsford:
My opinion of the saloon has not chang
ed. 1t has come to stay; liquor has come
to stay: We can't drive them out The only
thing to do is to make them better.
Get rs near as possible to the Goth
enberg system. | think my scheme the
only one that will do any good. So
cite the case of Norway. Twenty five
years ago more liquor per capita was
sold in Norway than in any other country
in the world In Gothenberg persons of
the better class bought the saloons as
their licenses expired. got new licenses.
and ran the saloons in their own way
They sold only the best liquors and all
the profits above > per cent-which was
retained for expenseS-was paid to the
municipality.
The result is that cases of deiirium
tremens in Norway have fallen of 81 per
cent. This system does not include beer
sellers. In Norway a saloon that sells beer
is known as Il temperance house. This is
the system | wanted to introduce in New
York. The present retail trade is the great
est swindle On earth
The present saloon is an institution bad
in every way. 1t represents the continuous
breaing or evasion of the law where il
can he done without loss. Some sort of sa-
loon "A vast majority OF the citizens of
New York certainly requires and as GER
tainly will have. The only way is TO put
good saloons in competition with the bad
ones. This is slow work. II offers little
induccment to the philanthropic agitator or
emotionalist but it will win in time
The times., 1899-01-21
HIGHEST PRICE ON RECORD.
Seat on the stock Exchange Sold for
Thirty-ave Thousand Dollars.

New York. Jan. 20.-Wall Streets rising
tide of speculation has created an unpre-
cedented demand for Stock Exchange
memberships. resulting in the prices OF
seats being forced up yesterday to $4,000
the highest price on record. The highest
previous figure was S3i.5Oo, in 1885. At
the time of the great boom in 1887 the
highest price touched was $4,000.
There were several bidders for the seat
that sold yesterday for $4,000 but John
Henry Townsend. assistant secretary OF
the knickerbocker Trust Company, son OF
the late John p. Townsend, president of
the Bowery Savings Bank. got it. Mr..
/ townsend brother. Charles J. Townsend,
of the firm of Townsend & Shera, has been
a member since 1881.
John Henry Townsend is about thirty
five years old. and is captain of Company
A, of the Seventh Regiment. He is also
member of the New York Athletic Club.
He is said to feel some little pride in hav-
ing paid the highest price up TO date for
a membership in the Exchange, but it is
expected by the officers of the Exchange
that seats will 60 on breaking records,
and that before long $4,000 will seem a
small price TO pay.
At the close of business yesterday $685.
COO bid for a seat, and none was Of
fered at that price. because, as one of the
officers of the Exchange said, none of the
LOO members at present cares to SELL
| During dull periods there have frequently
! been seats for sale with no buyers in sight.
| One of the officials of the Exchange said
| yesterday that he believed seats would be
selling for $4,000 within ten days, and at
| $4,000 before spring. The rapid rise n
| price is due to the tremendous tranSac-
] tions on the Exchange and the wave of
/ speculation that is sweeping over the
| country, bringing largely increased busi-
| ness to the brokers.
! Every 100 shares sold means commits
! sion of cne-eighth of l per cent. or Sl2-oO.
| to the broker who gets the order. On 1.000,-
| 600 shares. the total dealt in yesterday.
! the commission would have been sl25. 200.
/ If all of this had been regular commission
/ business. In fact. however, very large
amount of this business is between the
brokers themselves, on which the commits
! sion Is only 81 hundred shares.
AS showing how prosperity or depression
! affects the price of seats on the Exchange
as well as the prices of securities it may
/ be noted that after the panic of 1893. the
/ price gradually went down as transactions
fell off until several years ago the price
declined to $500. Two or three years
ago the price touched 1900
The New York Stock Exchange is not
the only one to feel the benefit of the good
| times. Seats have gone up in Boston,
| Chicago and Philadelphia. corresponding
ly. In Boston yesterday the price touch
| ed 600. which is represented to be the
highest on record.
The times., 1899-01-21
CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL.
His Grave in Richmond Said TO Re
in n Neglected Condition.

Richmond, Va. Jan. 20.-The grave here
of Chief Justice John Marshall, whose
name is now so often mentioned in the
Senate in connection with the discussion
of the Philippine question, is utterly ne
elected. The ashes of this great juTist are
in Shockoe Cemetery. in this city. 1t is
with difficulty that those acquainted with
that burial place can locate the spot. Pub
lie attention is today called TO this fact
and a movement is likely to be started
to induce the Legislature to take some ac-
tion in this matter. Something. IL is in
sisted by the most prominent lawyers in
Virginia should be done to make Mar
shail's resting place at least respectable
in appearance. 1t is claimed that the State
Bar Associate should take up this matter
and compel public sentiment to crystal
lie into action for the reclamation of that
grave
The times., 1899-01-21
INJUNCTION PROCEEDINGS.
Fight Between Newport News and
an Electric Railway Company.

Newport. News, Va. Jan. 2O.-Another
step in the fight between the city and the
Newport News and Old Point Railway and
Electric Company was taken yesterday. W.
j. Payne, president OF the company, came
from Richmond and held conference with
some Of the influential members of the city
council, and 1t is understood that an offer
was made TO withdraw the $4,000 suit
against the city, provided the council
would agree to restore the franchise re-
Gently revoked by that body.
Late yesterday afternoon the railway
company instituted injunction proceedings
enjoining the council from interfering
with the company. and also from granting
a franchise covering it's former privileges
to any other railway company.
The times., 1899-01-21
Seats In PhiIadeInhja

Philadelphia, Pa. Jan. 20.-Two seats
on the Stock Exchange were sold last week
at $500 each. and one at 81. 900 earlier in
the week. These prices are higher than
have prevailed for some time and the Ex-
change has still six seats at its disposal
AS $500 additional will be charged for the
next seat sold, the price will be $1,000.
and it is likely that by the time the last
is sold $4,000 will be the price A year
ago seat on the Exchange was bought
for 80 5OG