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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13

President Hill of the Great North
ern railroad has decided to afford the
employees of the road an opportunity
to obtain an interest in the corpora
ton. The employees will be permitted
to subscribe to stock up to the amount
of $4,000. but no employees whose in
comes are more than that amount will
be allowed to take advantage of the
plan provided. which includes pay
ments in instruments. while the divi-
dends accrue and are paid to- the sub
scriber. The experiment. in a some
what different form. has been already
tried on the Illinois Central railroad.
and has proved a decided success. the
extreme loyalty and steadfastness of
the main employees thus engendered
being one of the prime causes of the
signal success of the Central in every
way.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13
= The Folly of II!
From the New York Times.

NtW
\ sane man who pretends to desire
the permanence of sound money sys-
TEN in this country cuts apoor figure
in advocating the election of Bryan
after it has been repeatedly demon
strated that in electing him to the
presidency the force and power that
lie behind free silver" will put into
his eager hands the means to abolish
the gold and establish the silver stand
ards. AS well point a rife at the bos-
ON of friend and pull the trigger on
the chance that the weapon may hang
fire long enough for him to dodge the
bullet
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13

ply because they cannot afford to do
il.
These men have their living to make
and their business to maintain. The
stipend for mayor or alderman is so
small in proportion to the duties re
quired OF "A conscientious man. that
there is no financial inducement. And
that man is rare indeed who will de-
Iiberately sacrifice himself for the gen.
eral good of his fellow men. II is not
human nature. There must he some
thing in it," or no man who is COM
petent to fill a position of responsible
ity will be willing to take il.
There are several possible solutions
to this problem. One is to remove
entirely the money reward for ser
vice as mayor or councilman. Make
the position purely one of honor. This
plan has worked well in Great Brit
ain. II tends TO attract men to- the
offices who would disdain to have it
known that they sought the paltry
twenty-five or seventy-five dollars a
.
sake. would truly and honestly en-
deavor to govern justly. This plan
would keep out the shyster class. who
would then have no inducement but
the possible rakeoff to draw them into
the council. \ stricter system of
bookkeeping and contract letting
would do away with that source of
evil. Along with this method should
go long term of Office. and election
by wards. so that when certain ward
got good representative II could
retain him indefinitely.
Another plan Is To- make the finan-
cial reward to the mayor and council
sufficient to attract the best men, so
that reputable business and profess
sional men could afford to neglect
their business during the time they
were serving the people The objec-
ton most frequently urged against
this. is 20. we'll. we will get bad men
anyway. might as well pay them as
little as possible If that is true. if
the rakeoff is a sufficient inducement
for the average man to enter the coun-
Gil. then the city might as well save
that 5000 a month il is at present
paying its aldermen. The argument is
not a valid one.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13
ADVERTISING RATES.

Ratesof advertising in the paily or W eekly
GERALD will be made known upon applica-
nJs &C the business ONCE. Those who pre-
fer can have q represe NATIVE of the business
department call upon them. who will quote
prices and make contracts for space Gall
telephone No. lis.
JiAssi6ed Advertisements or locals. ten
tlo) cents per line for first insertion and I've
t6 cents for each additional insertion.
specs. rates upon Ave hundred t6oo) or one
shoc wand 1eoo) lines of local. to be used in
one month. will be furnished upon spplica-
sion.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13
important Event.

Oct 10Th evening, Excelsior's ope n
ing under auspices of ladies' of the
Presbyterian church. Elsbor ate
program, refreshments, etc.
s me especial features, q beautiful
demonstration by one of NJ % Black
name Physical Culture classes and the
y ray, both without extra charge.
This lie for the whole city az no espe-
cial In vitations viii be sent.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13
BY CARRIER.

The Daily HlRALp 10 delivered oy carrier
IN 81 PAso. Texas. Juares. Mexico. and At the
n Paso smelling works. at fifteen cents nbc)
Der week. or sixty cents teoc) per month.
Subscribers failing to get the HERALD re-
gularly or promptly should call at the ONCE
OF telephone No. lis. All complaints Will re-
-eive prompt attention.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET
A PRACTICAL plan FOR THE CON
DUCT OF OUR CITY GOVERN
MENT BY BUSINESS MEN ON A
BUSINESS BASIS.

Every now and then one reads OF the
business men OF some town getting so
thoroughly disguised with the filthy
condition of the streets that they or
ganize a club and themselves get TO
work with shovel and hoe and broom
and clean the thoroughfares. 1t is a
singing rebuke to the governing pow
ers of the city, but it is doubtful if one
out of hundred OF the delinquent Of
ficials ever takes the rebuke to him
self. The incidents are noteworthy
simply as especially fragrant cases of
official incompetence on the part of
those that are elected to positions of
trusts and responsibility by the peo-
pie.
The remedy for bad government is
to be found in the people themselves.
The officials are responsible to the vot-
ers and no amount of bowling about
the machine" or the ring" will ex-
cuse the reputable voters of the city
for Sinking their plain duty, which
is to use every means in their power
to insure the nomination of clean
ticket. its election after being nomi-
mated and the cleanliness and decency
of the election and governmental ma
chinery.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13

cans. outwitting strategists of the en-
envy. and rousing fierce feelings of
jealousy and resentment through an
active political campaign.
1t is a business solution of a bust
ness problem.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13

al enthusiasm of the many to gather
about-a rallying point for all the
forces opposed to Bryan and his pro-
ma anda
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13

If you want a bargain in a buggy
or harness, buy it this week We
move Monday. McIver-Patterson We
hicle Co., Buggy Men,"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13

Entered at the postofice At Fl Paso. Texas
for transmission through the mails At second
Glass rates.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13

But we hear the cry so often, Put
good men in office" There are in a
city like FL Paso three classes of men
who are eligible to hold Office. There
are the men with Independent income.
the men with an income the source
of which it is not well to- uncover,
and the men who have to work hard
and honestly for their living. or the
first class. in this community at least.
few are competent to- rule. or the sec
ond none should be permitted to rule,
for the sake OF common decency. OF
the third class there are very, very
few who are willing to abandon their
private business. engage in a fierce
campaign for Office. make six enemies
to every friend. and impartially adj
minister the laws on friends and enc
mics alike after they are in office-sim-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13

q. D. SLATER, Editor and
General Manager
HxNRY L.CAPELL, Business Manager
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13

TO ADVERTISERS.
In order to insure proper changes IN adver-
sising copy for same should re at the bust
ness ONCE not lster.thans10 ~ IN.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13

paganda
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-04-13
MINNESOTA NEWS.


Edward Little, a coachman en-
ployed by Richard Evans, Jr-. of Min
neapolis, met with a horrible death
about ! o'clock in the morning. He
was asleep in his room on the second
floor of the barn when fire broke out,
and before he could escape he was
burned TO a crisp His body was
taken in charge by the coroner.
The origin of the fire is unknown
Shortly after i O'Clock Mrs. Evans was
startled by the glare of blaze. She
aroused the household and a fire
alarm was sent in Titles body was
found lying at the head of the stairs
After an examination of the barn, the
firemen decided that the unfortunate
man had undoubtedly been aroused
from sleep by the fire and had made
an effort TO escape by way of the
stairs. He was overcome by the smoke
and heat, however, and succumbed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-04-13
ON HIS WAY HOME.
Bishop Hartzeu VIII visit America
After Four Years of Hard work
In Darkest Africa.

Bishop Joseph Hartzen, who is en-
route TO America TO attend the Method
ist mission and general conference to
be held in Chicago in May, after four
years of missionary work il South At
RIGA, has devoted most of his life TO
the elevation Of the negro. As early
as 1870 he began this work among the
colored people Of the south, when he
went to New Orleans as pastor Of Ames
Methodist Episcopal church. His de-
votion to the interest of the negro re
suited in the general conference Sc.
lecting him as bishop for Africa, and
on December 9, 1896, he sailed from
New York to assume charge Of his
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-04-13
A ROYAL TARGET.
4 Youthful Anarchist mt Brussels
Shoots at the Prince
of Wales.

Brussels, April s. As the train was
leaving the Northern station for the
Southern railroad station, an individu-
al fired revolver al the prince Of
Wales. but missed his royal highness.
The would-be assassin is a tinsmith
named Sipido, resident of Brussels,
Is years of age. His pockets were
found to be full of anarchist litera-
ture- He fired two shots al the prince.
The princess of Wales and others were
IN the car, but no one was touched.
When examined by the station off,
Gals, Sipido declared he intended 10
kill the prince of Wales. that he did
not regret his action. and that he was
ready to do IT again if given a chance
to do SO. Sipido subsequently, said be
wanted to kill the prince of Wales be
cause he caused thousands of men TO
be slaughtered in South Africa
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-04-13
Loo.ening GIas. Shoppers.

The Manufacturing Jeweler sug-
rests that when ground glass stopper
sticks fast in bottle the safest plan
for loosening it is to wrap long strip
of rag around the neck Of the bottle,
over which a stream of boiling water
should be poured. If the glass is very
thick begin with WARM water, then
use hot, and finally boiling. or the glass
viii crack. Then the rag can be taken
of. when the neck of the bottle viii
have sufficiently expanded to allow the
stopper to be withdrawn. Sometimes
IT is necessary to repeat the operation,
which, except in very bad cases, Is IN
variably successful One must not
wait too long after applying the water
lest the heat also extend to the stopper
and swell that.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-04-13
HAY FINDS A WAY.
VIII Be Able to Convey Funds from
United States for Boer
Charities.

Washington, April consul Hay. at
Pretoria. has found a way of conveying
funds from the United States TO aid the
Boer charities. Several days ago he
was cabled an inquiry as TO the pos
sibility Of doing this, and Friday a
cablegram was received from him at
the state department, announcing that
he had been able TO arrange for the
transfer. Accordingly, the department.
has forwarded some drafts which have
been awaiting a decision in this mat
ter, and also has taken steps TO notify
Mr. Pruyn. of the Red Cross Aid So
ciety, of the coEsummation of the ar
rangement, and the departments will
ingness to undertake the delivery IN
Pretoria Of any contribution or char
ity
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-04-13
Escape a Terrible Death.

While County Commissioner Herek
and County Surveyor Barns were re-
turning to Winona from an e1amina-
ton of the Fifeld dyke, in a top bug
gy drawn by two horses, while cross
ing the Milwaukee track at the Fifield
crossing, the down passenger train
was almost on them before they saw
it. Just one glance they gave and
the engine dashed by, carrying away
letting them down on the ground
gently. No other damage was done,
except that both gentlemen were bad
" scared. 1t was almost a miraculous
escape.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-04-13

PARKWAY diocese, in which he has ac-
complshed so much good. Bishop Hart
zell was born in Moline. Ill, in 1912, and
was graduated at Illinois Wesleyan
university and the Biblical institute
In 1868 he entered the Methodist min
istryand began preaching at Pekin, III.
After two years there he went south
and took up the work which is SO dear to
him. In 1882 he was chosen assistant
secretary of the Freedman's Aid and
Southern Educational Society of the
Methodist Episcopal church-an or
ganization which devotes its energies
to the intellectual, social and religious
elevation of the colored people of the
south. After four years in this i'm
pertant work he was placed in full
charge as secretary in 1883. During his
early work in the south the bishop had
a wise counselor and Efficient helper
in the person OF his wife. Although
the yellow fever was raging during the
first year they spent in New Orleans,
the wife did not falter, although two
children, son and a daughter, sue
cumbed to the dread disease
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-04-13
DEWEY WOULD RUN.
Admiral Confirms the Statement That
He Is n Candidate for the
Presidency.

Washington, April 5.-AdmiraI
Dewey confirms the report that he
is willing to become a candidate for
president and in an interview indi-
Gated that he did not intend to COM
nit himself in any way to the politi-
clans of either party, although he had
no hesitancy in saying that he would
be grateful to his friends. The adj
miral would express no preference as
TO which party he would accept a
nomination from, but intimated that
if neither of the parties nominated
him, and he should still remain of the
opinion that the American people
wanted him as their president, he
would give them the opportunity of
expressing their preference by nom
mating him on an independent plat
form
Washington, April 6.-Adniral Dew
ey announces his platform as 1.-The flag
and free trade" He says he is demo-
GRAFT
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-04-13

Nome, that miles of territory had
boxes were in full operation, and that
sackfuls of gold dust and nuggets had
been carefully laid to one side repre-
senting outputs" of tens of thou
sands Of dollars.
A new mining district has suddenly
sprung into existence, and before two
months has passed-tbat is, by the
early days of September-a full front of
tents and frame houses took posses
sion of what continues to remain a
dreary and desolate e1panse OF ocean
beach-sufhciently pleasant in the
quiet, balmy days of summer and au-
tumn, but woefully exposed to the hur-
ricane blast of the arctic winter-and
gave shelter to from 1900 to 1000 adj
venturers where formerly a few In
dian Eskimos from the still farther
northwest and Kings island consfi-
luted a struggling and accidental pop
ulation. This IN brief is the initial his
tory given by Prof. Heilprin, of the
Cape Nome or Anvil City mining re-
yion, which he believes viii almost GER
tainly call to it this spring 5000 to
20, oCO additional inhabitants.
That the gold found in these sands
was deposited there by the sea, Prof.
Heilprin seems to consider probable.
These sands are merely the ordinary
materials of the beach, loose and in
coherent. like most seashore sands, and
particularly defining horizons three TO
six feet below the surface. In reg
ular stratifed layers, with fine and
moderately coarse gravel, they embrace
four OF five distinct layers of frag-
nented garnets-caIled ruby sand
and it is from these, and so far ex-
clusiFely from the bottom layer of
three to five inches thickness, that
most of the gold is obtained. Each
ruby band nearer the top seems to con-
tain less and less gold.
In these rich deposits of gold are
brought by the sea, whence do they
some? Are they carried with frag-
mentary garnet and other sands from
the inhospitable shores of Siberia, from
some golden island of the wintry seas
Or from the bottom of the ocean it
self? These questions interest the ge-
ologist, the geographer and the Gu
rious; but to the adventurous prospect
or it is enough to know that the gold
IN sands are placed for his delving Oh
the barren coast of Cane Nome
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-04-13

after the fight in Manila, when Dewey
came into prominence.
The fight on Spion kop in the lat
ter part of January was the first of
any great consequence, inasmuch as
British victory would have been fol-
lowed by the raising Of the siege of
Ladysmith. A defeat for the Beers
would have changed the tide of the
entire campaign in Natal, and to
guard against such a calamity Gen
Joubert placed Gen. Botha in charge.
To show how successful Gen Botha
was in combating the British forces
it is only necessary to say that seven
days after the battle there remained
on the sides Of Spion kop and in the
valley below more than 700 bodies of
English soldiers, while the total loss
Of the Beers was 80 killed and 125
wounded. The total Boer force en-
gagged in the fight was not more than
$50, while the British force was no
less than 1000. and probably twice
that number.
''Botha is a farmer and modestlv
claims to know more about sheep rails
ing than he does about fighting. He
is only So years of age and almost
every year Of that time he has spent
in raising sheep and cattle on the
large ranges Of land in the Vryland
district of the TransvaaL Like all
Beers, he is a democrat Of democrats,
and when he told the story of the
battle he was clad in a suit of cloth
ing that might have been dear at
ten dollars when he bought it. He
wore no collar or scarf, an old,
stained, broad-brimmed hat sur
mounted his head and the elbows of
his coat were worn through. Appar-
emily he left his focks Of sheep, and,
without changing his clothing, went
to the battlefield to assume command
Of his burghers. He did not seem 20
be proud Of his victory, but spoke
only of the bravery of the British
soldiers and the injustice of the war
which made such slaughter neces-
Sary"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-04-13
A Game Preserve.

Minnesota is to have a game pre-
serve covering 10 square miles. All
the arrangements have been made for
the privilege of the land, and the ship
ping of the game from the southern
part of the country. c. E. Dickey, of
Minneapolis, is behind the project.
He has made arrangements with par
ties in Wichita, kas-, to ship him
quail, prairie chickens, grouse and
partridges, to the amount of so dozen
each, every year for the next 10 years.
The preserve comprises the towns
of Windsor, Folsom and Arthur in
Travers county, and the towns of
Browns Valley and Prior in Big Stone
county. This takes in most of the
land at the junction of Travers and
Big Stone lakes, forming a large
point.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-04-13

created of which capitalists have f1ate
awaited themselves, and now an ostrich
trust exists controlling the industry.
Some 500 ostriches are owned by this
corporation, which has farms IN Cali
fornia, Arizona and Florida; while the
receipts from exhibition of the birds
TO tourists form no small part of the
revenue. The principal revenue is ex-
pected to come from their plumage,
the demand for which in this country
exceeds 100000 per annu1n- The
creatures are sturdy, easily cultivated
in warm climates, of remarkable fe-
cundity, and yield in feathers, after the
age of four years, constant revenue
each of some $50 per year. Our illus
tration represents group of three
year-olds contained in one of the cor
rails of the South Pasadena ostrich
farm, California, an institution still
owned by Mr.. Ca~ston Individually and
outside the trust. One CT the sights of
California at the present time is the os-
trich farms, stocked with descendants
of those birds that dozen years ago
were brought over from Africa f. this
pioneer ostrich farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-04-13
Along Lost Letter.

The record was broken in the St
Paul postoffice when letter that had
been sent nearly twenty-five years ago
was delivered by the department to
the person 1t was intended TO reach
IN the first place. The letter was adj
dressed to A. P Hendrickson, state
university, Minneapolis, Mimi, and
was mailed at Mousemount, Mimi,
June 4. 1876. 1t was delivered TO the
university all right, but by a mistake
IT was mislaid. The other day 1t was
found still unopened, and turned over
to the postal authorities at Mime
apolis and was forwarded TO ST. Paul.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-04-13
GOLDEN CAPE NOME.
Whence Comes the Treasure De-
posted on Its Barren Shore?
Prof. ueiIprin Thinks That the An
riferous Riches Were Washed
There by the Sea-Big In
aux of Population.

In the direct line of navigation, about
$500 miles northwest of Seattle and
about It's miles northeast of Siberia,
lies Cape Nome, the new FL Dorado,
which has given one of the most inter
esting contributions of recent years
to the history of gold and gold mining.
In the sands of this bleak coast, form
ing the southern face of the Feninsular
projection of Alaska which separates
Behring sea on the south and termi-
mates westward in Cape Prince of
Wales the extent of the North Ameri-
can continent, are hidden, perhaps,
countless millions in gold particles SO
fine that great skill is necessary to sep
arate and gather them from the rocky
granules. Whence comes the golden
sand which for centuries has been de-
posting at Cape Nome and of which
each receding wave still leaves its con-
tribution? Prof. Angelo Heilprin, late
president of the Philadelphia Geo.
graphical society, partly answers this
question in the Popular Science Month
ly.
Prof. Heilprin spent some months of
last summer and autumn studying the
physical conditions of Cape Nome.
Prompted by the reports of marvellous
wealth which was being found in the
sands of Golvonin bay, and the many
conflicting stories which reached the
east, he went to Alaska so that he
might satisfy himself which were the
nearest correct and at the same time
add to his scientific knowledge. Those
who reached Cape Nome in the early
part Of last summer, tiunidly venturing
their fortunes to share in possible dis
covery, found, on their arrival at the
tundra-bound shores about Cape
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-04-13
News in Brief.

A $1,000 gold brick from the Oliver
mine was received, at Duluth. the
product since the previous cleanup
Congress passed a bill TO authorize
the construction of dam across the
Mississippi river, between Coon Rap
ids and the northern limits of the city
of Minneapolis.
The Eastern Railway of Minnesota
paid its gross earnings tax. amount
ing TO S61,5OO.61. The state university
turned in S15-275-Ss miscellaneous re-
eeipts for the month. and the state
grain inspection department made re-
turns to the state treasurer for fees
amounting to $1,000.
The city -four mill, at Mankato, was
burned early yesterday morning, with
a loss of S., ZOO, insurance 1000. The
mill property was recently purchased
by A. L. Williams, of Minneapolis, and
had capacity of 200 barrels per day.
The mill was built in 1862.
Judge Loehren has appointed VIM.
Burns as referee in bankruptcy at
Winona.
The Gillette-Herzog Company, of
Minneapolis, viii undertake the re-
building of the Kansas City auditor
ium which was burned
Insurance Commissioner O'Shaugh-
messy, after going over his books,
finds that there is about $500, 600, 900
fire and life insurance in effect in Min
nesota- The premiums paid aggre-
gate close to $4,000, 900, divided as fol-
fows- Life insurance, s., 700 900; fire
insurance. s4,soo,ooo; casualty, $780,
geo.