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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-16

president was bred out of the patriarch
al, sheep-raising, English-hating
Dutch Afrikander stock. 1t is doubt
full if his father was as patriotic as
his mother, who used to say to her
boys: "You are free men; see to it
that you remain free"
The future president was reared on
a farm and labored in the open air
an occupation which gave him the pow
erful and healthy physique he now en-
joys. While attending the academy at
Bloemfontein he was a good football
player, expert with his fists, capital
rider and a fine marksman. At II he
was a young giant, and when he had
reached his full maturity he was six
feet high and able-bodied in proper
ton. At 10 he was sent to study law
in Europe, and remained abroad for
six years, the major part of which was
spent in London.
Soon after his return to Bloemfontein
Mr.. Steyn was made chief justice of
the Orange Free State and drew to
himself the attention and friendship
of President Kruger. In 1896 he ran
for president, and his campaign was
aided by his powerful friend of the
Transvaal. In his public utterances
he has always stood for Boer indie
pendence. His wife is the daughter of
an English clergyman. Mr.. Steyn. is
43 years old.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-16
Another Story About Funston.

Stories about Brig. Gen. Funston are
still in order. Just before the battle of
Caloocan he was in bad shape, having
had no sleep for two days. He there
fore rolled himself in some leaves and
went to sleep. Meanwhile the division
received orders to advance, but Funs-
ton could not be found. Many scouts
had been killed, and it was feared that
the colonels curiosity-for he was a
colonel then-had led him into trouble.
Presently, however, a glimpse was
caught Of his head, and later they
found him shrcuded in leaves. AS this
is the way bodies are prepared for
burial in that part of the world, the
finders got more apprehensive with
each step, until, at length, some one
shouted: Colonel, are you dead or
alive?" Neither" grunted the colonel,
as he rolled over for another nap; I'm
sleeping"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-16
VIII Not Appeal.

The state will not appeal from the
adverse decision of United States Dis
trict Judge Lochren in the case brought
to invalidate the swamp land grant of
the Duluth & Iron Range railroad. but
will proceed within the next 80 or go
days to fill it's grant and close the
whole transaction.
This decision was reached at con-
ference between Gov. Lind and Auditor
Dunn. The matter is one that rests
entirely with them, and their decision
is final.
The matter has been pending several
years. The grant was made in 1875,
extended in 1878, and confirmed in
1888, the constitution having been
amended in 1881 to forbid any further
grant of swamp lands to railroads.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-16
HERO OF MAFEKlNG.
This Is the Name Given in England
to Col. Baden-PowelL
His Rema rkable Defense of the Afri-
can Frontier Town Against u SUI
periOr Force Proves Him a
Thorough Soldier.

Col. Robert Stephenson Smith
Baden-Powell, whose heroic and pic
turesque defense of Mafeking has been
no less remarkable than that of Sir
George White, at Ladysmith, is a sea-
soned frontiersman. At the beginning
of the Transvaal war. Col Baden-Pow-
ell undertook the defense with force
consisting of a part of the First bat
TALON of the Lancashire (Royal
north) regiment, the First battalion
Munster fusileers and 1000 colonials,
with one battery of artillery-in all
probably 1000 men.
The siege began on October Is, 1899,
and was led by Gen. Cronje in person
until he went to Kimberley to oppose
Methuen. BadenPowell was bonn
barded almost daily. He made occa-
sional sorties, but his force was too
small and his weapons too ineffective
to make Roadway against the besieg-
ing force. Col. Plumer, who was sta
toned at Fort Tuli, in Rhodesia,
raised force of 1000 irregulars to go
to the relief of Mafelling. On January
,26 reports came of the relief of the
town, and there have been similar re-
ports since.
Col. Baden-Powell, says the New
York Tribune, is cavalry officer, who
Joined the hussars when he was 10,
and is now lieutenant colonel in a
regiment of the Dragon guards. His
life has been spent in the army and in
special service and travel and he is an
authority on cavalry tactics, having
written manuals on reconnaissance
work and scouting. He is natural
leader of men, and rallied around him
at Mafeking not only well-known
group of officers of high social posi-
tion but also q seasoned band of from
tiersmen and adventurers. The de-
Tense of Mafeking has been that of
natural scout, whose ear has been con-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-16
News in Brief.

The Minneapolis municipal court
paid the state treasurer $275 for fines
imposed during January and Febru-
airy for violations of the state dairy
and food laws.
Gen. Albert D. Shaw, commander-in-
chief of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, has appointed Ell Terrence, Min
neapolis, judge advocate general, with
the rank of brigadier general.
Ed Eberle, farmer, was held up on
the outskirts of ST. Paul and robbed
of $50.
Gov. Lind has indefinitely postponed
the case against the county commits
sioners of Cass, charged with appro-
priating county funds to aid spoke
factory in which three of the number
were interested. The three rendered
their designations and others have
been chosen in their places.
A creamery company has been or
ganized at Hoffman and a building
will be erected soon.
No more drainage work will be done
in the Red RIVER valley because of
lack of funds.
Oscar Christopherson was killed in
Sutton's logging camp near Barker.
a new 3.2 breech loading gun has
been shipped from the Rock Island ar
senal for Battery B, Minneapolis.
A sack of hot bran used as poul
tice on the neck of sick cow at Pres
ton burst into a blaze and set fire to
the barn. The cows neck was severe
ly singed, but little further damage
was done.
The United States Lloys Marine In
surance company of New York has APP
piled to the state insurance depart
ment for admission to Minnesota.
The annual state appropriation of
$40, 600 in aid of public school libraries
has been exhausted, and schools that
have not availed themselves of the
provisions of the law will have to pay
for their books without state aid, or
postpone their purchases until after
Aug. 1, when the appropriation for the
next year becomes available.
Judge Brill of ST. Paul was presented
loving cup by his associates on the
bench, in honor of the 25th anniver-
sary of his election to the district court
bench.
Lulu Rogers, aged 6. and Lizzie Memo
fell through hole in the ice at Lake
City and d.owned.
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bald Wright, who was leader of men
and affairs in this part of the country;
and his mother was a member of the
Eldridge family of Mississippi, which
has produced many illustrious lawyers:
statesmen and soldiers.
When the civil war began, Luke
Wright was yet too young to have as
sumed vocation in life, but he was
not too young to carry a gun for the
confederacy, and on January 4, 1861,
he enlisted in company G., One Hun
dred and Fourth Tennessee senior
regiment. He became second lieu.
tenant of artillery, attached to the di-
vision commanded by Gems. Bate and
Breckenridge, in which capacity he
served in the principal engagements OF
the west under Bragg, Johnston and
Hood. He was wounded at the battle
of Jonesboro, Ga.
After the war, Lieut.. Wright was
admitted to the bar in Memphis, and
married daughter of Raphael Sem.
mes, the naval hero of the con-
federacy. He was elected attorney
general of the criminal court of Shell
by county, and in that office displayed
such distinguished capacity and talent
that when, after representing the
state for ten years, he resumed the
practice of his profession in private
way, he took rank at once with the
leading lawyers of the state.
Until a few weeks ago Gen. Wright
practiced law in partnership with
Hon. Thomas B. Turley, United States
senator, of which firm also the late
United States Senator Isham G. Har-
ris was nominal member up to the
time of his death. Gen. Wright was
twice chosen by the democracy of his
state as their representative in ma
tional conventions of the party. His
income from his law practice has been
large, and his acceptance of the APP
pointment just conferred upon him
by President Mckinley may by no
means be ascribed to the pecuniary
considerations attaching. He has
been lifelong democrat of the most
conservative order.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-16
MINERS KILLED.
Terrible Result of an Explosion II
u Coal Mine Near Fire
Creek, w. Va.

Fire Creek, w. Va, March THE
most disastrous mine explosion ever
known in the New River district oc-
Cured at the Red Ash mine shortly
after the miners went to work early
Tuesday morning. Although the most
heroic work of the rescuing party has
been going on necessarily all day it
is impossible yet to estimate the full
extent of the loss of life and property.
The general belief is that the ex-
plosion occurred by contact with dust
when the miners entered with their
lights and that it was not due to fire
damp, as has been currently reported.
Fire Creek, w. Va, March S.-Thirty-
four bodies have been taken from the
mine disaster. and it is believed &c moro
miners are dead.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-16

(YOunS Illinois Polltlclan VINO wants to
Be Governor.)
graduated in the classical course in
1880, being his class orator.
After leaving college Mr.. Yates went
into newspaper work, and was city ed
itor of the Jacksonville Daily Journal
at a salary of $40 month. The emol-
uments did not chain him to the bust
ness, and he went to the University of
Michigan to study law. For lack of
means he was compelled to leave Ann
Arbor, and returned to his newspaper
work in jacksonville. In two years he
saved enough money to enable him to
return to college and finish his law
studies, and he was graduated in 1884.
In 1885 he was elected city attorney
of Jacksonville, and held that Office
until 1891. Since 1881 Mr.. Yates has
been called upon to make speeches TN
many important occasions. He is In
terested in the Sunday school work of
the Methodist church, of which he is
an active member.
He announced his candidacy for CON.
gresham al large IN 1877, OUT alter a
strong campaign he was defeated. He
is a declared candidate for governor,
and since making the announcement
of his intention to run he has made
number of speeches throughout the
state. Mr.. Yates is married and has a
family. His home is in his native town
of Jacksonville, and at present he
holds an appointment under President
Mckinley as internal revenue collector
for the Springfield district.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-16
MINNESOTA NEWS.
The Capitol Dome.

The state capitol commission opened
bids for the construction of the great
dome for the new capitol.
The lowest figures were presented by
the Butler-Ryan company of ST. Paul,
which has the contract of the super
structure of the new building. The
varying specifications were made SO as
to permit comparisons of different con-
ditions that the greatest economy
might be practiced. The lowest of the
st. Paul firms bids was $276, 1O1, which
is $4,000 less than the lowest tender
made by the other two contractors
George j. Grant, st. Paul, and Nor
cross Bros, Worcester, Mass. The
contract was awarded to the Butler
Ryan company.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-16
IS NOT UNDERSTOOD.
A Cabinet Official Makes q Statement
Concerning the Porto Rico
Tariff Question.

Washington, March "a member
of the cabinet gives out the following
authoritative statement:
'There has been a wide misapprehension
of the Porto Rican tariff bill, of the atti-
tude Of the president, of the action of con-
gress and of their relations to each other.
The criticism and the concern which have
come from some well-meaning quarters are
due almost entirely to a misunderstanding
OF the real facts. When the country cor
rectly understands the truth, as it certain
ly will, it will thoroughly approve what has
been DONE
THE attempt to represent that there has
been a disagreement between the president
and congress is wholly unfounded. There
has been no essential difference between
them. Both have sought the same object.
The recommendation of the president. and
the house bill, in their purpose and effect,
amount to the same thing AS a conse-
quence each rightly sustains the other.
The clouds of confusion on the subject
have been clouds of misunderstanding and
will clear away.
Nobody can Understandings object to
the Is per cent. duty all paid back to Porto
Rico on the ground that 1T is unfair and
hard towards Porto Rico. He can under
standingly object, only on the claim that
there is no power to levy any duty
at all, and such a claim would leave
the president and congress powerleSs
and helpless in the Philippines well
as in Porto Rico. Between a Is per
cent. duty as provided by the congression-
al bill, every cent of which is to be returned
to Porto Rico, that island also getting all
collected at the other end, and the removal
of customs duties as suggested by the
president for humanity's sake, there is abb
solutely no difference whatever in prac-
teal results. In both everything is for hu-
Congress aiming [
result as the president, and the president
rightfully accepts the act of congress. The
representation that either was not in ac-
cord with the other disregards every essen
tial element in the case.
"But between q Is per cent duty and free
trade as constitutional right going neces-
sariy and instantly wherever new land
may be acquired, there is the worldwide
difference between reservinC full dis
cretionary power to deal with the new pos
sessions as their varying interests and
ours may require, and leaving no dis
cretionary power in congress whatever.
And this is the real issue which has been
forced by the attitude of the minority in
congress. The country is starting out on
a new departure and on new experiment,
and it is of the highest Importance, for our
own safety as well as for the welfare o.
the new peoples who have come under the
flag, that we should leave ourselves free to
deal with each case as its own merits de-
mand. The claim which insists that free
trade goes by legal right to Porto RiSo
would bind us hand and foot"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-16
HIS CAREER ENDS.
Copgressman Harmer, of Pennsyl.
vania, known as the "Father or
the House." Passes Away.

Philadelphia, March 7.-Congress-
man Alfred c.. Harmer Gather of the
house,, the representative from the
Fifth Pennsylvania district, died at his
home here Tuesday, aged IS years.
Mr.. Harmer's service began in 1871,
with the Fifty-second congress, and he
had been continuously a member since
then. with the exception of two years
-1s75-77. Death was due to Bright's
disease December 4, although in poor
health, he administered the oath of of.
flee to Speaker Henderson. just be-
fore the Christmas recess he returned
to his home in Germantown. He did
not visit Washington after that time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-16
ESTIMATE OF STEYN.
Orange President Viewed Through
Pro-British Spectacles.
Educated in Holland and England
and n Lawyer of Some Note-NOt
So Self-Poised or Resource
full as Dom Panl.

MartEinIus Theunis Steyu, president
of the Orange Free State, who finds his
forces, under the Transvaal leader
Cronje. now largely captives in the
hands of the British, and his capital
and the very existence of his republic
threatened, if not practically wiped
out, has not appeared to the best adj
vantage in the history of Boer indie
pendence in South Africa.
Steyn has had liberal contact with
the English. He was educated. in Hol-
land and the law schools of London,
and has not remained uninfuenced
by this association. AS a statesman
of the Orange republic, says the Chi
cago Times-Herald, he has been not
unwilling to grant such reforms in the
way of the franchise as have been asked
by the outlanders. His liberality was
in large measure caused by the lack of
that ego.istic motive in the Free State
which has dominated President Kru-
ger in the Transvaal. The outlanders
had not SO much to gain in the one re-
public as in the other.
Although President Steyn has far
more culture than President Kruger
he is by no means so self-poised and
so mentally resourceful as his neigh
Dor to the north. Friendly to the Brit
ish before the war, he proved very
pliable instrument in the hands of the
strong Dom Paul when that illustrious
Boer saw fit to use him. In this levity
of character and vacillation of purpose
President Steyn has found the way
to lose the independence of his state
and to bring ruin upon himself.
Steyn is a thorough Boer by breed
if not by education. His father was
a wagon-maker and a farmer. His
mother was daughter of the we'll
known Boer leader Vessels, who
learned his early lessons of heroism and
self-conquest in the Great Trek just
after Queen Victoria came to her
throne. On both sides the Free State
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,stantly on the ground, listening for
the stealthy approach of the foe, and
whose keen intelligence and inventive
skill have devised great variety of
resources for thwarting the devices of
Cronje and his later opponents.
Like Cecil Rhodes, Col. Baden-Powell
was born in rectory. He is the son
of the late Prof. Baden-Powell, of Ok
fords and Langton manor, and was
born on February 90, 1857. Educated
at Charterhouse, he joined the Thir-
teenth hussars in 1876, and, as adju-
tant, served with his regiment in In
dia and Afghanistan and in South At
RIGA. Early in his military career he
became familiar with the parts of the
African continent with which his
name will hereafter be associated. In
1887 he was again at Cape Town as
assistant military secretary to Gen.
Sir Henry Smyth, and during his two
years stay there he served in the Zu-
zuland operations and was mentioned
IN the dispatches. After serving three
years at Malta, he again returned to
Africa, charged with the special serv-
ice of raising and commanding the
native levies in the Ashantee opera
tons.
For his brilliant work in this cam
paign he received the brevet rank of
lieutenant colonel. After the Jane
son raid, when the Matabeles rose a
second time, he was chosen as chief
staff officer of Gen. Sir Frederick Car
rington. Promotion as bretet colonel
followed this campaign, and he was
placed in command of the Fifth
dragons. At the beginning of the
Transvaal war he was selected to pro-
coed to South Africa to raise a mill
tary force or the spot and to drill it
into efficiency. That he succeeded in
doing so is attested by his long and
heroic resistance against superior
force
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-16
The Sun Ms a Purifier.

Sunshine and fresh air are perfectly
invaluable in purifying house. In
fact, sunshine is thoroughly hostile to
many disease microbes; therefore it
should be allowed to flood our rooms,
not only as a means of purifying them
after they have been used in sickness,
but as much as possible at all times.
The housekeeper has always three
powerful helpers in the work of keep
ing disease at bay-they are soap and
water Especially boiling water), an
abundance of fresh air and floods of
sunshine. These no chemical disinfect-
ants can equal for everyday use.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-16
Fire in State HospitaI.

About o'clock one morning fire was
discovered in the laundry building of
the state hospital, which was COM
pletely Quilted by the flames. The st.
Peter fire department was summoned
and hurried to the assistance of the
hospital department and prevented the
spread of the fire to the hospital proper,
with which the laundry is connected.
Twenty-six of the laundry girls, who
slept in the building, lost nearly all of
their personal effects. The loss is es-
timated at SIS, 900.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-16
What Paper Is Made OF.

Over so kinds of bark are now used
to manufacture paper, besides banana
skins, bean stalks, pea vines, cocoanut
fiber, clover and timothy hay, straw,
fresh water weeds, sea weeds, and over
$50 kinds of grasses. Also hair, fur,
wool, asbestos, hop plants, weeds,
husks and stems of Indian corn, all
kinds of moss, sawdust, shavings, this
tie, thistle-down, and tobacco stocks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-16
A Valuable Find.

R. f. McClelland, of Princeton, pine
land cruiser of the state auditors Of
flee, reported find in the southeast
corner of Cook county that will net the
state about $4,000. 1t consists of a
large quantity of railroad ties and poles
cut from state lands without permits
sion. 1t was piled on the lake shore
awaiting shipment. The timber was
cut by number of contractors for a
Chicago firm. Those who produced it
have no option in the case but to pay
whatever the state demands, and Aud
itor Dunn is holding it until such has
been done.
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Observation-Disclosures IIHIIIIII
MEMORIAL TO NINE. DREYFUS.

presented to Her by the Readers Of a Lon
don Newspaper)
in enamel; that on the right being
Maitre Labori, on the left M. lola,
whilst the center figure is that Of
Capt. Dreyfus.
The corresponding panel on the re-
verse of the casket bears the following
inscription in English:
Presented TO Nine. Dreyfus by the
readers Of the Morning Herald, Lon
don, as an earnest of their faith in the
unblemished honor of her husband,
Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, and as token
of their admiration of her brave and
dutiful devotion to him in his unmer-
tied suffering"
The cover of this casset is nodded
and domed, richly decorated through
out, and is again surmounted by an
exquisitely-modeled figure of blind
Justice" holding the scales and naked
sword
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-16
Appointments.

Governor Lind appointed Jacob Laux
a trustee of the Soldiers Home to sue
ceed George N. Lavaque; ]. w. Hull
and Matt Wrinkle were appointed mem
aminers; William McQuaid was made a
state barber examiner; George T. Nc
Quaillan was appointed state commits
sioner at Portland, Me-; John Brouwer-
Anchor of Minneapolis was appointed
delegate to the national pure food and
drug convention to be held in Wash
in rtOn d. c.
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GEN. LUKE E. WRIGHT.
Philippine Commission, Headed
by Judge TAFT.

Gen. Luke Z. Wright, who has been
selected by President Mckinley as the
southern representative on the new
Philippine commission, has for many
years occupied preeminent position
with the bar of Tennessee, and while
he has resisted all the allurements of
personal preferment, he has welded a
great influence in the politics of his
state.
He comes of family which has pro-
duced many conspicuously able law
yers. His father was Judge Archi-
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the stalls in the mart, have no need
of weights or scales for dispensing
their wares, constant practice and an
experienced eye enabling them with
a stroke of the knife to divide yard
of butter into halves or quarters with
almost mathematical exactness.
The university people are the chief
buyers of this curiously shaped ar
ticle. In addition to being famed for
it's purity and sweetness, Cambridge
yard butter" is eminently adapted
for serving out to the university stu
dents in the daily commons. Cut into
conveniently sized pieces, and accom-
paied by loaf of the best wheaton
bread, stated portion is sent round
every morning to the rooms of the
undergraduates for use at the daily
breakfast and tea.