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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30

Dublin fusileers, by Queen Victoria, to
replace the bugle lost by him on the
field of battle at Colenso on the 18th
December, 1899, when he was wounded"
His companions thought that he would
probably be more afraid to face the
queen than the enemy, but he stood
firmly to his guns and came off with
flying colors.
The queen asked him about his health,
and whether he had fully recovered
from his wound, and seemed to be
pleased with the frank and manly man
ner in which the little soldier acted.
and accepted with evident pleasure the
framed portrait of himself which he
presented to her. In the room where
the little fellow had to wait-and, &C
cording to one account, this was in
the basement of the palace-he was
surrounded by servants from various
departments, who were all anxious
to see and speak to the young soldier.
And then ladies from other parts of
the building came and brought their
birthday books, which the bugler was
asked to sign against the date of his
birth, July IA; and before the sum-
mons came to appear before the queen
he had held levee in the basement
on his own account.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
THROWS LUDLOW OUT.
Consolidation of Cuban Provinces
Under Gen. Fitzhugh Lee Ar
ranged by Root.

Washington March 26.-Secretary
Root said Saturday that while he was
in Havana arrangements were made
for the consolidation of the department.
of the province of Havana and Pinar
del Rio, commanded by Brig. Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee, and the department of Ha-
vana, commanded by Brig. Gen. Lud-
low, into one department under COM
mand of Gen. Lee, to be known prob
ably as the department of Havana and
Pinar del Rio. The department COM
manded by Gen. Ludlow was practical
ly confined to the city of Havana, and is
within the limits of the province of
Havana, commanded by Gen. Lee.
The details of the execution of this
general plan of merging one depart
ment into the other were specially con-
fided by Secretary Root to the three
officers most directly concerned, name
ly, Maj. Gen. Wood, Gen. Ludlow and
Gen. Lee. They will agree upon some
plan for the government of the city of
Havana pending its complete transfer
to the Cuban authorities.
The probabilities are that Gen. Lee
will act as the military governor of the
city, under the direction of Gen. Wood.
When Gen. Ludlow is relieved, which
will probably be in few days, he will
return to this city and resume the con-
sideraticn of the important work of or
ganizing the proposed army war col
lege. Secretary Root also said that
gradual reduction of the military force
now occupying Cuba will ensue.
The ranking officers of these forces
are too numerous, in proportion to the
number of enlisted men. The surplus
will by degrees be dispensed with and
the officers assigned to duty in this
country and at other of our military
stations
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
Millions Snent for Peanuts.

The people. of the United States
consume 100000 bushels of peanuts
annually, at cost of about $4,000
coo. The growing Of the peanut in
this country is gradually increasing,
but much of the product consumed
is still brought from abroad, notably
from Spain, Egypt and japan Yet
the south Atlantic seaboard and the
lower Mississippi valley, as well as
other parts of the United States, have
been shown to be abundantly re-
sponsive to the cultivation OF this
ground nut, the average yield being
about 60 bushels per acre.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
Cuba and Porto Rico.

The preliminary figures of the newly
completed census of Cuba and Porto
Rico show total population for Cuba
of 1,572,s45, a loss from 1887 of 5S,s42.
The population of Porto Rico is $4,000,
which is an increase of $50, 800 over the
census of 1887. The largest Cuban
province is Havana, which has 424,s11
inhabitants, falling off of % 900 in ~
years. The next largest is Santa Clara,
which, with its $50, 5s34 residents, shows
an increase of 2,oo0. Santiago has
gained about as much as Pinar del Rio
has lost, says the Army and Navy Jour
nal. The former province returns
population of 327,T16, an increase of
55,337, while Pinar has fallen from $685.
s91 to 173,0s2. Matanzas has dropped
from 259,57s to 2o2,462. The smallest
province in point of population is Porto
Principe, to which the census gives So
237 inhabitants, gain of $1,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30

must give your own message in your
own way As he seemed satisfied at
its close, was also" Mrs. Thomas ac-
knowledges to a feeling of nervousness
before speaking, but says that after
she is on her feet she is all right. Even
when preparing her work she can
think better if she walks about. Mrs.
Thomas was born near Buffalo. She
took postgraduate course at Cor
nell. She is member of the Woman's
Christian Temperance unicn, and has
delivered many lectures on temperance
and general topics. prisoners of
Plenty" is one of her most successful
efforts. II look forward 10 my new
work very humbly. am more interest
ed in life than machinery. BY that |
mean thought and work should be put
first. The worker secondary
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
NEW SENATE SECRETARY.
Is Young Man of More Than
Ordinary Abilities.

The new secretary Of the United
States senate, Hon. Charles Goodwin
Bennett, is an exceptionally young man
to have been elected to such an honor
able and important Office. But worth
is often recognized before years and
white hairs announce the period when
confidence may be placed with surety.
Mr.. Bennett was born in the city of
Brooklyn, December II, 1853. He has
always resided there, though his law
Offices are located in New York. He
was elected to the Fifty-fourth con-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
HE Is EMBARRASSED.
Turkish Minister at Washington in
a Peck of Trouble.
He Does Not Know What to Do with
His Wife-yulEar Curiosity Has
Upset All of His Excellency's
Domestic Plans.

Ali Ferrouh Bey, the Turkish minis
ter, who has announced his intention
of taking his wife out of Washington
20 the seclusion of high-walled SUI
burban home, is not the only Turk
whose mission abroad has been rendered
painful through the religious and So
cial customs of Moslems concerning
women. Sheriff Pasha, the porte's min
lister TO Sweden, was unusually fortu-
nate in that his wife was an Egyptian
princess who was not bound by the in
exorable laws of the harem. But Saadu-
liah Pasha, the Ottoman ambassador
to Vienna, found the yoke of Moslem
bitter indeed, for this poor man was
driven 10 suicide by separation from
his family; and Mohammedan's fam
lily is his dearest possession in this
earthly life.
Saaduliah Pasha had been the sui
tan's representative at the court of
Vienna for 20 years. In all that time he
had seen his wife and children only
now and then. The prohibition of the
sultan forbidding his diplomatic serv-
ants TO take their wives with them was
carried TO excess in his case. The
spouse of Saaduliah was taken i'll and
it was feared she would die. The hus-
band asked for leave of absence to go
to Constantinople. Permission was
withheld and Saaduliah's heart was
broken. He put an end to his life and
his troubles at one blow.
This tragedy was not without effect
on the heart of the sultan. Hence, when
Ali Ferrouh Bey requested Abdul Ham
id to permit the ministerial wife to
come to Washington, the request was
granted, but only after Ali Ferrouh
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
IS A GOOD PREACHER.
Mrs. Vandelia Varnum Thomas, Who
Helps Fill Her Famous Hus-
hands Chicago Pulpit

Mrs. Vandelia Varnunr Thomas is al
ordained minister, and the assistant of
her husband, Rev. DR.. 81. W. Thomas,
OF the Peoples church, Chicago. Her
ordination and marriage took place
about the same time, last autumn.
Mrs. Thomas often breaches, but she
said to a correspondent for Leslie's
Weekly that she dreaded her first SER
mon before her husbands congrega-
ton very much; that the dread was ali
the stronger in view of the fact that
DR.. Thomas had not expressed an opin-
ion regarding it after reading it, nor
would he make any suggestions. "'Iou
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30

In preparing his last biennial re-
port for the legislature State Auditor
Dunn estimated the receipts for 1899
from the gross earnings tax upon
railroads at S1,150OOO, and similar
amount for 1900. The estimate was
exceeded by more than 100000 in
1899, when the railroads contributed
S1,261 ,271.T. This year the excess
over the estimate will be almost $780,
600. The state auditor has prepared
the completed figures, which reach a
total of 81 AZ. ASS. So.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30

gress and then to the Fifty-ffth con-
gress, as a republican. His term of
Office expired on the 4th of March last.
His Office of secretary of the senate
imposes upon him exceptional duties
of trust. In addition to the responsible
ity of the detailed business of the SEN
ate, he is also the disbursing officer for
all the expenditures involving the pay
large corps of clerks and other en-
ployes. Mr.. Bennett succeeds Gen.
William P. Cox, of North Carolina, who,
since August, 1898, performed with so
much ability and satisfaction the du-
ties of the office.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30

Bey had registered a solemn promise
that the change of residence would not
in any way infringe the sanctity of the
custom pertaining to the invisibility of
the Turkish woman's face. Washing
ton rejoiced over the prospect of hav-
ing 4 real Turkish harem, especially as
it was understood that the oriental
lady would receive members of her own
sex in the harem. The arrival of the
harem was looked for with keen antici-
patton.
But with all his other troubles the
polished Turkish diplomat did not
count on vulgar American curiosity.
He found that if his wife was to live
at all under the restrictions of her home
custom every blind in the house would
have to be drawn. This was particular
" unfortunate, because the lady is not
in the best of health and positively re-
quires little air and sunshine. But
there was found to be no hope of these
without risk of the camera fiend and
of being stared at by the rude eyes of
the vulgar.
Such are the causes which have moved
the minister to try to secure some
quiet suburban home, around whose
grounds he can erect high wall, be-
hind which his wife can take a garden
walk and catch a glimpse of the blue
sky. He is having an exceedingly diff
ficult time of it, however, as people
who have houses to lease are averse
to high walls being built around them.
1t will be fortunate for Ali Ferrouh Bey
if the sultan does not hear of his guam
dairy and order him to return the
madame to her comfortable and Sc
-cluded home in Stamboul.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
Want Prize Money.

Jacksonville Fla, March 26.-Capt.
Chadwick. who commanded the United
States cruiser New York during the
war with Spain, has filed petition in
the United States court here in behalf
of the officers and men of his ship, max
ing claim for prize money on account of
the capture ot the steamships Panama,
Pedro and Lorenzo, the bark Carlos F..
Rosas and sailing vessel Condita, with
their cargoes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
1t Will Help.

1t case the 100000 appropriation
bill passes congress, Minnesota's an
nual allowance for militia purposes
from the federal government will be
$4,000. This state supported the ma
tional guard on a $1,000 appropriation
from the government in addition to
the states allowance. National
guardsmen figure that with the in
creased amount, new rifles are likely
to be substituted for Springfelds and
in every respect the equipment of the
guard will be up to date.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
For Foreign Countries.

The Gillette-Herzog Company, of
Minneapolis, has been asked to submit
the mines at johannesburg, South
Africa. The contract calls for work
amounting to s15O,OOO. The same COM
pany was asked for bids for street rail-
way building in Lisbon, and II cars
of ironwork were shipped to Honolulu
recently, being the first material for
the great sugar plant being construct
ed by the company.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
Troops to BE Withdrawn.

Richmond, Va, March ga meeting
of citizens was held in the judges Office
at Emporia, and it was voted to with
draw the troops, though the citizens
agreed that u lynching would follow.
The order for the departure of the SOL
diers has just been signed by the sher-
if and Judge. The Richmond light in
fantry blues will leave for home at
once on special train. The governor
has protested against the withdrawal
of the troops.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
The Boards Are Filled.

DIR. Charles Z. Riggs, of st. Paul,
was reappointed a member of the
state board of inspectors of insane
hospitals. The terms of DR.. III. W.
BraZie, Minneapolis, and DR.. George
". Mcintyre, ST. Peter, having expired,
they were succeeded by DR.. W. F.
Milligan, Wabasha, and DR.. c. O..
Cooley, Madelia.
Governor Lind also appointed DR..
Thomas Lowe, Slayton, DR.. Louis A.
Fritsche, New Ulm, DR.. C. ]. Ringnell
Minneapolis. members of the state
board of medical examiners. The ap-
pointees succeed Doctors II. Morell,
Slayton, John S. Shrader, Delano; C.
3. Pillsbury, Owatonna.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
News in Brief.

Carl Lambert, a 14-year-old Mime
apolis boy who was reported lost, was
found in ST. Paul making living SELL
ing papers and flowers.
Archangelo Christello, life convict
at the state prison, died of consump-
ton.
Some 100000 still due the state for
money expended in assisting to fit
out volunteer troops will be paid by
the war department soon. This is
the opinion of Adjutant General Lam
bert, who returned from Washington,
where he filed final papers in the
case.
Hans A. Aakes, the reform candi-
date, was elected mayor of Moorhead.
The grand jury found indictments
against four blind pigs" at Winona.
III. T. Enger, of Minneapolis, was
sent to the workhouse for 80 DAYS for
beating his wife.
A discharged patient from one of
the state insane asylums called at the
probate court, in Minneapolis, to re-
new acquaintance and incidentally to
demand pay for the time he was incar-
cerated. He estimated his time worth
50 per day, and, leaving out Sundays
and holidays, he found that he was en-
titled to pay for 2,142 days, or S4,2S4
for seven years.
L. n. Scott has asked for the APP
pointment of receiver for the Twin
City Jockey Club.
The attorney general decides that
when legal newspaper consolidates
with publication that has no legal
standing the name of the joint Office
must be that of the legal publication.
While j. F. Hack and daughter were
out riding, at Dover, the horse ran
away and threw him out severely in
juring both of them.
The mutual insurance companies
have decided that they will pay the
state a fee of $50 under the Somer-
vile foreign corporation law.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
BRAVE LITTLE BUGLER.
John Francis Dunno HOnored by the
Queen and LiOnixed by the
People of England.

One of the proudest boys in the Brit
ish empire is John Francis Dunno.
bugler of the First battalion, Royal
Dublin fusileers. He was wounded at
the battle of Colenso on December IS,
but was one of the first to cross the
Tugela river, losing his bugle in the
fight. On his return to England he
was summoned to Osborne, where.th
queen presented to him silver bugle.
inscribed: Presented to Bugler John
Francis Dunno, First battalion, Royal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
STATUE FOR NEW YORK.
Reproduction of Bartholdrs Wash.
tnEton-Lafnyette Monument to
Be Unveiled April 10.

A reproduction of the Washington
Lafayette monument, which stands in
the Place Etas Unis at Paris, will soon
be unveiled in New York. The work
is by Bartholdi, from whom it was
purchased by Charles Broadway Rouss
for the purpose of adding it to New
York's collection of patriotic memo
rials.
The place selected for the statue
will be known as Washington-Lafay-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
Wonderful German Enterprise.

German is the business language of
the Balkans. Russian diplomacy COM
plains that Constantinople is becom-
ing as German as Berlin. Asia Minor
is slowly being converted into Ger
man colony; and now the Bagdad
railway viii carry the same influence
1000 miles onward to the Persian
gulf. placing the greatest military
power of the world upon the most
direct of all roads to India. Even the
old English scheme of a Euphrates
railway is at last in German hands.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
Mrs. wanamaker Dead.

Philadelphia. March 26.-Mrs. Rod
man Wanamaker, wife of the eldest
son of John Wanamaker, died sudden
". Mrs. Wanamaker's maiden name
was Fernando Henry. She owned a
splendid home at ia Avenue des
Champs, Paris. For many years she
lived abroad and was prominently iden-
titled with the American colony in
Paris
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
SIR ALFRED MINER.
British High Commissioner for
South Africa.
A Remarkably Able Man who Has
Unlimited Confidence in Himself
How He Forced Kruger
to Go to War.

Sir Alfred Miner, governor of Cape
Colony and the queens high commits
sioner for South Africa, has occupied
these two positions for only three years,
yet he has endowed them-prominent
as they have always been-with an i'm
portance which they have never had be-
fore. 1t was largely the vigorous pol
icy of Sir Alfred which led President
Kruger, step by step, up to that deter
mination which precipitated the war
with England. The British had been
massing troops on the very borders of
the Transvaal-and this had been the
result of Miners provision. The depot
at Ladysmith had been enlarged to por
tentous dimensions. The forces of
Great Britain had been regularly in
creased and the governors reins of pol
icy had been drawn more tightly as the
Boer resentment to these acts of ag
erosion grew accentuated. All vacil-
lation on the part Of President Kruger
disappeared when Sir Alfred intimated
broadly that the military activity ot
Great Britain in Natal was nothing less
than preparation to use force against
the Transvaal when the time arrived
for decisive action. 1t was this hint
Of Miners which drew from Kruger
his ultimatum of last October and the
subsequent declaration of war and in
vasion of British territory.
The governor of the Cape is remark
ably able man in a variety of ways. He
and was once pronounced by the dean
of ST. Paurs to be 1.-The finest flower of
human culture which had been reared
in the university in this generation"
At A Che is now but 47) he had risen to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
Incorporated.

Trenton. n. j.. March 26.-The Car
negie company the formation of which
has resulted from the conference of An
drew Carnegie and II. C. Frick to settle
the business differences between them,
was incorporated here. The capital is
S160.000.O00 ard the stock is all sub
scribed, Carnegie holding s6,379 and
Frick 1884 shares. The par value of
each share is 81 900.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30

Washington, March &c. = Mrs. Nc
Kinley has been confined to her room
for two or three days past by an at
tack of grip and has been too indis-
posed to take her accustomed daily
drive with the president. Her condi-
ri0uS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
To Proro~ue Parliament.

Vienna. March 26.-The premier, DIR.
E. Won koerber, has sent the presidents
of both houses of the reichsrath no.
tice proroguiEg parliament March 25.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
Quell Revolt.

Buenos Ayres, March 26.-The revo-
luton in the province of Entrerios has
been quelled completely by the federal
troops.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
Ex-Governor Ill.

Holly Springs, Miss, March 26.-Ex-
Gov. John NJ. Stone is seriously i'll at
the home of his niece, Mrs. Ernest
McKie.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
Five Men to Take One.

The military rule is that five times
the number of an intrenched enemy
are required to dislodge the latter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
Assessed Valuation.

State Auditor Dunn has made a
summary of the tax lists of the Min
nesota counties for 1899, which shows
that the total assessed valuation of
the state is S5S5, 0S3, 1928, being about
S6,000,000 more than for 1898. In soupd
numbers there are S250,000, 900 of acre
property. S24O,OOo,0OO of city lots, and
S93,0OO,000 of personal property. The
average rate of taxation is PASS
mills, as against 23.9 for 1898. Carver
county has the lowest rate, 17.42, and
Mile Laos the highest, 4S.47. The to-
tai tax levy amounts to S14,5O0,OO Of
this Hennepin county pays S3,411, 900,
and Ramsey county S2,202, 900. The
state. gets 100000 out of the levy.
County government requires S2,700,-
900; city and villages take S4,5O0,000,
and townships 81. 100000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-30
MINNESOTA NEWS.
First in the Field.

The Prohibition state convention, at
Minneapolis, placed the following
ticket in the field, which is the first to
be announced:
Governor B. Haugan, Fergus
Falls.
Lieutenant Governor-C. B. Wilkin-
son, Owatonna.
State Secretary-Frank E. Carlyle,
Lake Benton.
State Treasurer-C. w. Dorsett, Min
neapolis.
Recommended by state convention
for president, Hale johnson, Illinois.
Presidential electors-E. S. Ellis,
Dodge Center; c. c. Drew, Luverne;
Albert j. Kanne, Waterville; Andrew
Rankin, ST. Paul; c. NJ. Way, Mime
apolis; p. j. Nelson, Anoka; J. J. Rim
dali, Fergus Falls; w. j. Dean, Mime
apolis; j. A. McConkey, Fergus Falls
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-12-28
JOINING THE BOERS
Cape Colony Dutch Practically in
Open Revolt.
ACTIVE REBELLION IN WHOLE REGION


A London, Dec. 20 dispatch says:
The position of Cape Colony is hang
ing In the balance. According to the
Morning Posts C~apctown correSpon-
dent everything depends upon the
quantity of ammunition in possession
of the disloyal Dutch, 100 of whom
nave Joined the Beers in the Phillip
town districts alone. Energetic meas
ures have beer taken to stem the inva-
sion, but there is unquestionably dan
ger that parties of Beers will get
through into parts of the colony ana
gradually raise the whole cape in re-
hellion.
Most Of the dispatches from Cape
town says the raiders are doing little
harm and are being rapidly enclosed
by Lord Kitchcncr's command. Lord
Kitchener is in the heart of the disat-
fected districts. lie has the advantage
of being acquainted with local condi-
tions. Last March he supervised the
suppression of the rising which oc-
Cured then. He is bringing down
thousands of troops from the north.
The Standards Capctown cores
pendent says the loyalists demand that
marshal law shall be proclaimed
throughout Cape Colony, but adds;
such a step is now impossible, ow-
ing 10 the lack of sufficient troops to
enfore it,"
The correspondent of the Daily Mai
at Capetown says:
THE pro-Boer press is ~singularly
quiet. They have been made unea y
by the promptness and thoroughness
of the military action, but reports
from the various parts of the western
provinces ~foreshadow perilous posi-
bilities. A responsible %colonist who
recently made IA tour of the colony
declares hat 30 per cent of the Dutch
are simply waiting for the appearance
of q resourceful leader to rebel"
Civil railway traffic has been sus-
pended largely in all parts of the
colony, and the movements of both the
Beers and the British are almost un'
known in Capetown. 1t appears that
one Boer column attacked Steynsbcrg
but vas repulsed and fled. ~entrenchinp
itself in the mountains. Another Boei
commando captured Il party of police
at Nenterstad.