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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23
JOHN. z. REDMOND.

and of gauging his earnestness. He
visited the United States in 1896 and
made tour of the principal cities with
his lecture on Fifteen Years in the
British Parliament" They saw a
strongly built man of medium height,
fine head, with thick hair of rudy
color, and a small mustache, which in
no wise concealed firm mouth.
Mr.. Redmond's speeches in parlia-
ment have ever an attentive and often
thrilled audience. He is a tactician
who knows the value of obstructing
business and who realizes Just when
and how to do it. He can speak for a
day, or for days, if need be, as he did
upon one occasion when he wished to
hold the house on question vital to Ire
land. 1t was in that memorable speech
Mr.. Redmond gave to Charles Stewart
Parnell his title of ''uncrowned king"
which has survived the great land
Lacquer, and which has been considered
one of the most felicitous epigrams
in public speaking. Mr.. Redmond's
style is deliberate, he has wonderful
reserve, and when he opens wide the
gates of his oratory his power is su-
perb yet never overleaps itself.
The new chairman of the Irish party
is A years old and a Wexford man.
He was educated altogether in Ireland.
He stepped almost directly from the
University of Dublin, whence he was
graduated, into the house of commons
as representative of the borough of
New Ross, and was afterward elected
for Wexford, but since 1891 he has sat
for the city of Wexford. He is mem
Der of both the Irish and the English
bar, and a lawyer who understands the
origin of law as well as its theory and
practice.
In 1884 Mr.. Redmond made a tour of
Australia and visited America on his
way home, landing at San Francisco,
and seeing most of the cities of Ameri-
ca on his journey to New York.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23
Honor Miss Anthony.

Washington, Feb. 16.-The eightieth
birthday of Miss Susan 3. Anthony was
honored yesterday by the delegates at
tending the National American Wom-
ems Suffrage association. Eighty chill
dren, boys and girls, passed in single
file across the stage at the opera house,
each depositing a rose in Miss An
thongs lap as they passed her, one for
each year of her life. Addresses con-
veying greetings from various state
associations and other bodies were
made.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23
Will Shear sheen

The Minnesota Transfer Company
has decided to build sheep shearing
plant at New Brighton, and the con-
tract for it has already been let. A
building Will be erected adjoining the
dipping plant, with capacity of 1900
sheep day. There will be fifteen ma
chimes. In addition to the shearing
plant there will be all the necessary
facilities for bailing. packing, sacking
and marking. 1t is estimated there
will be $4,000 sheep to shear this COM
ing spring. The plant will cost about
$4,000 and will be ready for operation
in a month.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23

long continued glare from these snow
fields, it has been found, makes the
animals blind, in which condition they
are with difficulty able to find the nee
essary amount of food. a large Rus
sian cattle raiser with an eye at once
to profit and philanthropy has, accord
ingly, invented snow glasses for the
protection of the cattle's eyes. The
glasses are made of smoked glass and
are fastened about the animals heads
by straps, as shown in the illustration.
In single herd, it is reported, there
are 10000 cattle which wear these queer
spectacles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23

officials, are the most dangerous is one
of the most brutal and revolving that
the mind can devise.
Men and women alike, says the Gin
cinnati Commercial Tribune, are sub
jected to this demoniacal punishment,
which is accomplished by means of hot
irons, the work being executed with
an amount of savagery not even met
with to-day among the fercest can
nibal tribes.
In the presence Of his fellow Grim
inals, who have the same horrible or
deal awaiting them, the shrinking vic
tim is dragged forward and pinioned
securely by brutal keepers and held
tightly whilst the manipulation of the
burning iron proceeds to mark the de-
grading brand upon his forehead. This
is often done in the presence of other
members of the family, and the dis
torted features Of the unfortunate
creature, the smell of burning flesh and
the heart-rending shrieks of himself
and others combine to produce scene
which is so nauseating as to defy de-
scription. A traveller who has been
present at one of these scenes of tor
ture says that he never saw a more
frightful instance Of barbarity even
at the orgies of the devil worshipers
of the East Indies. Civilization is dis
graced and discredited by such inhu-
man practices conducted under its
name, and one shrinks with horror at
the thought of the sway of such gov
eminent being extended among civil
lied peoples.
1t has been given out that the use of
the knout as a mode of punishment has
been forbidden by the authorities, but
that is one of the many specious pre-
lenses with which the Russian govern
ment seeks to impose upon the credul-
ity of outraged humanity. The knout
IS as much in use to-day as it ever was.
Only few years ago a peasant at
Vitebsk who had been driven from the
district because of being suspected of
belonging to a heterodox religious sect,
was discovered by the police, who ap-
piled the knout so severely to him that
he expired from the effects of his beat
ing.
1t was reported by the police that
the man had comprised his own de-
struction in prison, but his fellow work
men learned the truth and set fire to the
barracks in which the police were
lodged. In consequence of this act
come so men and women were at once
hurried off to Siberia.
The slightest suspicion or accusation
against person is sufficient to secure
his immediate transportation to Siberia
without even the pretense of a trial.
A student accused of propagatiDg rev.
dictionary views was arrested in Mos
cow last September, and as there was
no evidence against him he was SUBJ
sequently discharged. Then he was
rearrested and thrown into dungeon,
where he went stark mad, ending his
miserable existence by igniting his
clothes and burning himself alive.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23
News in Brief.

III. Skavland, chief engineer of the
department of railways for the gov
eminent of Norway, has been in Min
neapolis and St. Paul securing infor-
nation concerning American methods
of railway construction.
During the year 1899 there were g.
252 births in Minneapolis and 1870
deaths.
The threatened epidemic of CLAN
ders among the horses and mules at
Fort Smelling has been checked.
The high school building at Roches-
ter was badly damaged by fire. Loss,
$4,000.
Ex-Alderman George Durham, of
Minneapolis, was given parole at the
meeting of the board of prison man.
ayers.
The miscellaneous cash receipts of
the prison during January We're S.
SS2.74, of which S3,271 .6S was received
from the Union Shoe and Leather
Company for convict labor and ST.
093.05 from the government for the
board and care of United States pris-
oners. The remainder came from Wis
itors' fees, labor, etc.
The Platt Fish Company, of Mime
apolis, will contest the constitutional
ity of the game law as regards the
shipping of fish outside of the state.
The Polk county commissioners have
decided to build a court house in
Crookston at cost not to exceed $780,
600.
Joseph Osgood was thrown from a
phaeton at ST. Cloud by a street car
and had his spine broken at the base
of the neck.
An unknown man fell down the ele-
vator shaft of the library building at
st. Paul and was killed.
John Erpelding and Gus Wysocki,
two young men, were arrested at Wi
mona, charged with highway robbery.
They held up an old man and relieved
him of 800.
There is a movement on foot to es-
tablish a large sanitarium on the
shore of Lake Pepin in Lake City by
one of the largest and best known Sc
cret organizations of the state. Com
mittees have been appointed to work
in unison.
Mormon elders are again at work in
Winona, but are not meeting with
much success in their attempts at
PROSECUTING.
The Minnesota State Poultry Associ-
alton show came to close in st. Paul,
and many visitors were present. The
show was financial success, the re-
ceipts having been SIPS more than the
expenditures.
The receipts of the Minneapolis post
office for January were SCI, 2S3.
Chris Roller, who escaped from the
St. Cloud Jail over year ago, was
captured in the woods north of Du-
NTH.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23
OLDEST POSTMASTER.
In Point of Service Uncle Joel New
som, of AzaIia, Ind. Is without
a Rival

Down at the village of Azalia, Ind,
lives an old man, popularity. known as
Uncle Joel Newsom, who proudly
claims the record as the oldest post
master in the country in point Of
service. He first took charge of
the Azalia Office back in 1859, after
wards receiving his commission from
Postmaster General Blair. Since 1850
he has been distributing the mail with
out a break. Once, when Cleveland
was elected president the first time,
an attempt was made to Gust him, but
it failed miserably, and since then no
one has even ventured to dispute his
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23
Big Maple Sugar Factory.

More Vermont maple sugar is made
every year in Davenport, Ia, from
cheap yellow sugar favored with veg
etable extracts than can be produced
from all the maple trees in the whole
state Of Vermont. Currapt Jelly is
manufactured from the cores and par
ings of apples utilized after they have
been evaporated; glucose, sugar, a
vegetable acid and some coloring and
davoring matter complete the delicacy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23
NEW IRISH LEADER.
John z. Redmond. Well-k nOwn In
This Country. Elected Chairman
of the Nationalists.

John Redmond. the Parnellite leader.
member of parliament for Waterford
City, was unanimously elected chair
man of the United Irish nationalist par
ty at a meeting held in a com mittee
room of the house of commons the 9TH
er day. A vote of thanks was given
Timothy Harrington for his success In
restoring unity among the nationalists.
Since the death of Parnell Mr.. Red
mond has been one of the foremost of
the Irish leaders. Americans had an
, opportunity of hearing his ,eloquence
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23
State Banks.

Public Examiner Pope has compiled
nual reports of state banks. The
ninety-six banks represented have a
capital of S4,529, 700. There was
charged off for losses in former years
1928. 497. 90. Nevertheless the increased
surplus amounts to S122, S54 40, and
the dividends to 1926, 534. 50. This
summary shows that the banking bus
mess averaged a 10 per cent profit in
Minnesota last year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23
Natural Color of water.

Prof. Spring reports on his expert.
ments of many years to explain the
color of water. He has come to the
conclusion that pure blue is the nat
ural color of water, for when we look
through long tube filed with distilled
water against brilliant white surface,
a pure blue is seen, such as shown by
the Lake of Geneva in quiet weather,
a color which Is not Influenced by SUI
perficial or interior reflection.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23
COWS WEAR SPECTACLES.
To Protect Them from the Terrible
Glare of the Snow on the Vast
Steppes of Russia.

The enormous steppes of Russia, on
which range great herds of cattle. are
covered with snow for at least six
months out of every year. The cattle
live upon the tall punches of grass
which project above the snow. The
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23
The Insane.

Monthly statistics of the state insti-
tutions as reported to the state board
of charities and corrections show an
increase in the insane hospitals of
los over last year and 115 in all others.
The total at all the insane hospitals
is 3.4S1, as compared with 1876 a year
ago. At the state penitentiary and all
other state institutions, the number is
6,129, as against 5000 for January,
1899
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23
SOLD BY HER FATHER.
Three Times Chief COrndropper Has
Disposed of His Daughter to
Willing bidders.

Mary Corndropper has been sold by
former Chief Corudropper, of1he Usage
tribe. stole a march on his watchers
and the sale was made before any out
slider could learn what was going for.
ward. The price paid for Miss Corn
dropper was 800 ponies. !
Miss Corndropper is an Usage half
breed Indian girl of great beauty, who
was educated at the government school
at Ppwhuska, I. T. She is only % years
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23
Try to Die Together.

Canton, H., Feb. 17.-Word reached
here that at Pennington, this coun-
ty, Maid Hall, a young man aged 10,
and Sadie Lamasters. aged 10, who
wanted to get married. but were op-
posed by the girls mother. took each
a dose of morphine and lay down to
die. They were discovered in time to
save the young man. but the girl was
beyond recovery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23
Age Affects the Feet.

A London physician declares that a
persoa in robust health walks with his
toes pointed to the front, while one
with his health on the wane gradually
turns his toes to the side, and a bend
is perceptible in his knees.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23
He believe. In LUIGI.

The German emperor is believer in
the luck attending horseshoes, never
passes one by, and was once seen walk
ing home through the streets of Berlin
carrying huge shoe in his left hand.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23

Port Chester, y. Y, Feb. 15.-The ccal
barges Blossom and Alice Tryon
foundered off this port and six lives
were lost.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23
Sentence of Death.

New York. Feb. 17.-Roland &. Mol
ineux was Friday sentenced to die in
Sing Sing prison during the week of
March &c, for the murder of Mrs. Kath-
crime J Adams
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23
Resistance of Trains.

Il Is ascertained on scientific data
that the air resistance to railway
train of average weight moving 60 miles
an hour is 1874 pounds-nearly six
tons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-02-23
Age of British Soldiers.

The average age Of the British soldier
now at the front is nearly two years
higher than that of the soldier who
fought at Waterloo.
Evening star., 1900-06-14
Interpolation in the Commons.

LONDON. June 1f-In the house Of COM
mons today Parliamentary Secretary of the
Foreign Office VIM. st. John Brodrck
made a statement in regard to the posi-
tion of affairs in the Chinese empire. Her
majesty's minister at Pekin.'' said he has
been in constant communication with the
Chinese government since the attack by
Boxers on peaceable converts and the de-
struction OF three villages about ninety
miles from Pekin on May -
ION May Is Sir Claude Macdonald remind
ed the Tsung-h-Ia tChinese foreign
Office. of his unCeasing warnings during
the last six months OF the danger of not
taking adequate measures to suppress the
Boxers and an imperial decree was subse-
quently issued. ON May ~ n meeting Of
III" diplomatic corps was held at which n
resolution was unanimously adopted call
ing on the Tsung-ii-Yamen to take more
stringent measures II was not then con-
sidered necessary to bring the international
guards To Pekin, but the British marine
guard at Tien Tsin. which had been under
orders 10 leave, was detained there"
Evening star., 1900-06-14
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
WHAT MR.. oYERsTREET SAYS ABOUT
EMPLOYEES or CONGRESS-.
He Thinks II They Are Contributins
They Are DSinx a Credit
able Act.

Concerning published statement that
the employees of CShsress had been as
ssss.5 for Il S...,, -. .ha
-o' p'b'ieai feoii'riou.'o''S ~ '''e
campaign 1una. of tAe republican congress
sional committee Representative Over
street. r4aIv Sf;ftb,t committee. said
today.
90,
Inc congressional committee Is not COL
lecting campaign funds from House en-
ployes. Mr.. F F. Schra5er Is not an agent
of tho con,n,;tto. =. - .,,o,, ooI,,.,
III hiaAi'ie sum N''e
tiohs'
"Mr. Schrader. however. has been con-
nected with this committee through two
camna,ens .nd' 10, ..tbe fuu cona-
- mas "
uehee anu respect OF the commit
tee. II he has been acting for any
of the House officers or employees toward
collecting contrtbrt,,,s. +o aid In eJect;np
= r.,,,h,i... caN ~ -. ..r,.roe1
q iePuoiioah congress ne mas oeeh ehsaseo
In worthy and commendable cause
Il am frank to say that if the en-
ployes of Congress a,e contributing to a
o.,,n,;, f,, -,
craditahIa iu' .hey lle uos 20 80, ,,ab
emphlve who ia not ~ ,;n,,er tbs civil service
and who t is total1S Is S' dansudent for his posi
tion mnon - Tho oepe1dsn. hue
Evening star., 1900-06-14
EXPECTS WAR WITH SAX NDoR.
PresidentNpf Nicaragpd Concentrating
Material ON Pacific Coast.
Correspondence CT the Associated Press.

Correspondence CT the Associated Press.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua. May 3O.-Pres1-
dent Zelaya of Nicaragua Is again concen-
trating a large number of troops. many
cannon and a big quantity of military sup
plies in the departments of Chinandega and
Leon. along the Pacific coast. as If in an
ticipation of war with Salvador, whlcn
might commence about the middle or June
or early in July. The president and his
cabinet have about completed arrange
ments to enable them to leave this city IN
a few days and reside for about one month
in Chinandega and Leon, the governmental
departments accompanying thern But tnis
fact. it is argued is no reason why Z,V'o
or more soldiers should be concentrated N
those civil departments.
Many refugees have lately arrived in this
country from Salvador and the influx con-
tinues. 1t is limited that probably IT Is in
tended to organize body of Salvadorians,
procure rifles and cannon from Nicaragua.
and in conjunction with Nicaraguan SOL
ders make an effort to overthrow the gov
ernment of Salvador.
Such war would involve Nicaragua. Sal
vador and most likely Guatemala and Costa
Rica.
1t Is suggested that President Zelaya IS
getting ready to resist a possible attack
from Salvador. but the influx of so many
immigrants into Nicaragua from Sal
vador leads to the belief OF
contemplated attack on the latter
government. The coffee just gathered
crop of 1S99-in Nicaragua is being now
coast with much greater rapidity than IN
former years This celerity Is taken to IN
dictate a desire to leave the laborers free
to be impressed into the army.
Evening star., 1900-06-14
SUBDIVISIONS APPROVED.
RecOmm mendatiOn Made to Commits
siOners by Attorney DuvaIl.

Mr.. A. B. Duvall, the attorney for the
District, has advised the Commissioners to
approve the subdivision proposed by DR.. Z.
T. Sewers of part Of lots % and -. block
6. Meridian HILL and part of Meridian ave-
nue.. and the proposed subdivision by Mrs.
Isabella c. May of lots 1, 2 and 3, block 5,
Meridian Hill.
These subdivisions. explains Mr. Duvall
involve the question of the legal status
of Meridian avenue and the land marked
limited States Park on the amended sec
ton one of the street extension plan, and
he adds that the controversy over whether
Meridian avenue Is a public highway has
extended over many years.
1t Is stated that in 1867 Hall and Ell
vans. owners Of the property. recorded a
subdivision of the land. showing. among
other streets, Meridian avenue. The matter
in dispute has been whether Meridian ave-
nue. was ever accepted as a public high
way by the municipal authorities.
From the opinion Of his predecessor it ap-
pears, says Mr.. Duvall. that the avenue
never was accepted. expressly or implicitly,
as public highway. and he Is of the opin-
ion that the District has never acquired
title In fee to the land proposed to be sub
divided, and that the proposed subdivisions
should he approved
Evening star., 1900-06-14
MoToRMAN DEAD AT HIS POST.
His Car Crosses Tracks in Front OF
Moving Train.

CHICAGO. June 14.-With the motorman
dead on the front platform. an Indiana
avenue electric car crowded with passen-
gers shot across the railroad tracks at 10th
street just ahead of a freight train late last
night. and for three blocks ran at full
speed. with no one at the controlling lever
The motorman, H. A. Morgan. had fallen
dead OF heart disease. but the passengers
did not realize their danger until after 1t
was over and the car had been stopped by
the conductor.
AS the car approached the railroad cross
ing the conductor heard the sound OF an
approaching train. Looking ahead. he saw
by the signal lights that the gates were
down. AS the car failed to stop he pulled
the bell rope and shouted to the motorman
He received no answer. The watchman at
the crossing. thinking that the motorman
had lost control Of his car, raised the gates
in hopes that the car would cross the
tracks before the locomotive could dispute
the right of way.
The car just managed to clear the cross
ing in safety The glaring light from the
engines headlight as it swept across the
faces of the passengers, and the unusual
jarring in crossing the railroad tracks
caused a panic in the car. AS soon as the
crossing had been passed the conductor
rushed to the front of the carr Where he
shut off the current. ard found the motor
man lying dead on the platform.
Evening star., 1900-06-14
GRANTED ANNUAL LEAVE.
Every Member of Fire Department
Entitled to Fifteen Days.

The act making appropriations for the
expenses of the District approved March
3. 1897, provided among other things that
the members of the fire department should
be granted an annual leave of absence not
exceeding twenty days. the Commits
sioners should determine. Up to that time
but ten days had been allowed the men.
and despite the provisions of the act in
question they have been allowed no greater
leave since its passage. This year. now
ever. every member OF the fire department
who has served year or more will be
allowed fifteen days leave-with permis-
sion. of course, to spend the leave outside
the District.
AS stated heretofore In The Star, the
matter recently brought to the atten-
ton of Commissioner Macfarland. who has
immediate supervision of the fire depart
ment. by a friend of the firemen, with the
request that the men be granted an in
creased leave.
Mr.. 'Macfarand was informed that but
ten days has been allowed them heretofore,
because, as contended by the officials of the
department, the strength of the force was
not sufficient to allow more. His attention
was invited to the fact that while such
contention might have been well founded in
past years, an increase of the department
by the addition July 1 of thirty-four men
would until the 1st of December or jan
uary. when the new men will be assigned to
additional companies increase the
strength of the force that such reason
would this summer at least be untenable.
Mr.. Macfarland promised to look into the
matter and. having done So he has di
rected the men to be notified that they will
this year be granted fifteen days leave of
absence. such leaves to be taken between
June 30 and September 30. No man. how
ever. will be permitted to leave the District
on his day off, except by permission of
the chief engineer of the department.