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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13

Hamilton Fish has leased the house Of
Charles Gouverneur Weir. in Fiftielh
street. for the winter, to bring out his
daughter, Miss Janet Fish, in society
Nr. and Mrs Weir will remain ,ln::l
Christmas ut their country place on the
Hudson, after which they expect to make
4 trip to California
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13

Maurice Barrymore is not dying, as re-
ported to be the fact recently. The
long Island home authorities state that
his condition is much the same as it was
last March. when he was admitted after
ms insane attack Oh his daughter, Miss
Ethel Barrymore.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
CONGER COMING HOME.
Minister Has Been Granted a Six
Months VacatiOn-TwO Chi
nese officials BeheaGed.

Peking, Feb. 26.-Monday morning
Mr.. Conger turned over the affairs of
the United States legation to Mr.. w. w.
Rockhin, particularly the conduct of
the negotiations with the Chinese plen-
ipotentiaries, and he will shortly re-
turn to the United States for a six
months vacation.
Peking, Feb. 27.--Chih Siu, former
grand secretary, and Hsu Cheng Yo
(son of the notorious Hsu-Tung) were
publicly beheaded yesterday. The
street in which the execution took
place was guarded by French, German
and Anne erican troops.
Peking, Feb. 2s.-At the time the
execution of Chih Stu and Hsu Cheng
Yu was being carried out Tuesday, the
ministers held meeting and deter
mined on the part of the majority to
draw a curtain over further demands
for blood.
Washington March Especial Com
missioner Rockhill, at Peking. has
been instructed to make it known
to the foreign ministers that the
president strongly deprecates any
action that will tend to delay or
check the present negotiations there,
and especially is he desirous that
there shall be no further unnecessary
bloodshcd.
Washington, March 2-Gen. Chaffee
has been ordered to send all but 200
men now in China to Manila.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
FIXES FILIPINO STATUS.
SpoOner's Plan for Civil Government
in the Philippines Adopted in
the United States Senate.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-The senate
passed the army appropriation bill
yesterday with the Spooner amend
ment by a vote of As to 27. The
amendment as agreed to is as fol-
lows:
"All military, civil and judicial powers
necessary to govern the Philippine islands,
acquired from Spain by the treaties con-
cluded at Paris on the 10th day of Decem-
ber. 1898, and at Washington on the 7th
day of November 1900 shall, until other
wise provided by congress, be vested in
such manner as the president of the Unit
ed States shall direct for the establishment
of civil government and for maintaining
and protecting the Inhabitants of said is
lands in the free enjoyment of their lib
erty. property and religion. provided that
all franchises granted under the authority
hereof shall contain reservation of the
right to alter. amend or repeal the same.
Until permanent government shall
have been established in said archipelago
full reports shall be made to congress on
or before the first day of each regular ses-
sion of all legislative acts and proceed
lngS OF the temporary government insti-
tuted under the provisions hereof; and
full reports of the acts. doings of said gov
ernment, and as to the condition of the
archipelago and of its people, shall be
made to the president, including all infor-
nation which may be useful to the con-
gress in providing a more permanent gov
ernment; provided, that no sale or lease.
or other disposition of the public lands or
the timber thereon, or the mining rights
therein shall be made; and provided fur
ther. that no franchise shall be granted
which is not approved by the president of
the United States and is not, in his judg-
ment, clearly necessary for the immediate
government of the islands and indispen-
sable for the interest of the people there
of. and which cannot without great public
mischief be postponed until the establish
ment of permanent civil government; and
all such franchises shall terminate one
year after the establishment of such per-
manent civil government"
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08

school of Harvard university, where he
studied one year, and then removed to
New York, where, after two years study
in the office of Daniel Lord, he was admit
ted to the bar.
Mr.. Evarts first became prominent polit-
ically in the republican national conven-
ton of 1860 in proposing the name of Will
liam H. Seward for the presidency. In
1861 he was candidate before the New
York legislature for United States senator.
Horace Greeley was also a candidate. After
a lengthy contest Mr.. Evarts withdrew
and Ira Harris was elected.
In the impeachment proceedings against
President Andrew Johnson. Mr.. Evarts
was counsel for the president, and at the
close of the trial he was made attorney
general of the United States, position
he held until the end of Johnsons term.
In 1871 he was appointed by President
Grant as one of the counsel at the Geneva
arbitration in the Alabama case. His ar
gument for the United States was admit
ted to be a masterpiece
One Of the later famous trials in which
Mr.. Evarts figured was the Beecher
trial of 1915, when he was senior counsel
for Henry Ward Beecher. His summing
up for the defense lasted eight days. and
at the close Mr. Evarts was as fresh as
when he started.
When the contest arose over Rutherford
B. Hayes, Mr.. Evarts was the advocate of
the republican party before the electoral
commission whose decision gave the seat
to Hayes. He became secretary of state in
the Hayes administration. In 1881, Oh re-
firing from the cabinet, he was sent TO
Paris as delegate to the international
monetary conference. In 1885 Mr.. Evarts
was elected United States senator from
New York and served one term. Upon his
retirement he retired from active law
business and had since resided quietly at
his New York home.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
SHOWN NO MERCY.
Negro Who Killed n SchOOl-Tea ache r
In Terre Haute, Ind, Lynched
and Burned by u Mob.

Terre Haute. Ind, Feb. 27.-Justice
swift and terrible, was meted OUT
out Tuesday to George Ward, the ne
gro who murdered Miss Ida Finkel-
stein. the school teacher. by shooting
her with shotgun and cutting her
throat Monday afternoon. In a few
hours after his arrest an angry mob
battered down the doors of the JAIL
dragged the miserable prisoner to the
Wabash bridge, several squares away,
and hanged him to the bridge draw.
Not content with the hanging. the
crowd cut the corpse down and, lay
ing it on sand bar under the bridge.
kindled a fire and cremated the re-
mains. 1t was the first lynching that
ever occurred in Terre Haute. and the
day abounded in exciting incidents.
Ward was 81 years old and leaves
widow and two children. He came here
five years ago from Circleville, o. The
statement that he was one time in an
insane asylum is denied by his wife.
He served Jail sentence in 1889 for
larceny
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
MILITIA FOILS LYNCHERS.
Shenkle, the Rapist, Placed In PEN
itentiary at Chester, ILL.,,
After Pleading Guilty.

Carro1lton, ILL.,, March 2.-Guarded
by four companies of state militia
to protect him from mob deter
mined on lynching, Albert Shenllle.
who, on December % last, criminally
assaulted the 16-year-old daughter Of
Charles H. Giller, of Carrollton, was,
early Friday, taken from the county
Jail at Springfield, placed on special
Chicago g. Alton train, and brought
to Carrollton. Through streets lined
with silent spectators he was hur-
ried to the courthouse. An hour aft
er the arrival of the train. ShenEle
had plead guilty, been promptly given
an indeterminate sentence by Judge
Owen Thompson, and was on his
way to the Southern Illinois peniten-
tiary at Chester.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
DEATH OF w. M. EVARTS.
The Famous Statesman and Lawyer
Passes Away mt His Home in
New York, Aged SO Years.

New York. March William Max
well Evarts, famed alike as states
man and lawyer, died at his home in
this city at 9:30 o'clock yesterday
morning. Pneumonia was the cause
of his death.
William Maxwell Evarts was born in
Boston, Mass, February g. 1878. His fa-
ther was Jermiah Evarts, well-known
philanthropist and editor of the Panoplist,
a Boston religious monthly magazine.
Young Evarts, after receiving good rudi-
mentary education, was sent to Yale COL
lege. where he distinguished himself as
student, particularly in classics. Among
his classmates were several who after
ward became prominent. including Sam
uel j. Tilcen, Chief Justice Waite, Attor-
ney General Pierrepont and others. After
his graduation in 1887 he entered the law
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
SURRENDER REPORTED.
IT Is RumOred That Gen. BOtha and
Lord Kitchener Have Arranged
Terms for Peace.

London, Feb. est is reported
here that Gen. Botha has surrendered
to Lord Kitchener. The whereabouts
of Gen. De Wet and his men are un-
known.
London, March 1.-London has
been filled with reports of Gen.
Botha's surrender to Lord Kitchener,
but up to the present time not a
word of confirmation has been re-
ceived from an official or authorita-
tive source.
London, March 2.-Gen. Kitchener
telegraphs the war Office from Pretoria
that Gen. De Wet has been forced
north of the Orange river and is now
outside of the Cape Colnoy. He adds
that 200 prisoners have been taken.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08

The quaint custom of throwing dice
for the so-called maids money" is
observed annually at Guildford, En-
gland. A sum was invested by a
mayor of the borough in the seven
teenth century, from which twelve
guineas, $50, is given each year to a
servant girl of good repute who has
been in the same service for over two
years. There were two applicants
this year, and the prize was won by
Martha Shingler, who threw seven.
The same dice-box has been used for
sixty years.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
CUBA'S PROPOSALS.
COnstitutiOnn1 Convention Draws Up
Clauses Referring to Relations
with United States.

Havana, Feb. 2S.-The constitu-
tional convention remained in ses-
sion until three o'clock Wednesday
morning, completing the work of
drawing up the clauses in the consti-
tuition referring to the relations be-
tween Cuba and the United States.
A public session was held in the
evening to sign the following rela-
tions, which have been adopted:
81 The government of Cuba will not
make a treaty or agreement with any for
eign power which may compromise or linn
it the independence of Cuba, or which may
permit or authorize any power to obtain
by means of colonization or for military or
naval purposes. or in any other manner,
any foothold or authority, or right over
any portion of Cuba.
80. The government will not permit its
territory to be used as base of operations
for war against the United States, or
against any foreign ration.
''3. The government of Cuba accepts in
its entirety the treaty of Paris, in which
are affirmed the rights of Cuba. to the ex-
tent of the obligations which are explicitly
indicated in these, and especially those
which the international law imposes for
the protection of life and property. and
substitutes itself for the United States in
the pledge. which they assumed in that
sense according to articles IL and 162 of
the treaty of Paris.
~. Cuba recognizes as legally valid all
acts of the military government during
the period of occupation, also the rights
arising out of them. in conformity with
the joint resolution and the Foraker
amendment and the existing laws of the
country.
'5. The governments of the United States
and Cuba ought to regulate their CONNER
cial relations by means of a treaty based
on reciprocity and with tendencies toward
free trade in natural and manufactured
products. mutually assuring ample spe-
cial advantages in their respective mar
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08

Four huge reservoirs have been cut
out of the side of Gibraltar's rock and
are capable of storing some 100000
gallons of water, which, in any pos
sible event of siege, would be invalu-
able to the garrison. Each tank can
be made mosquito proof, thus pre-
venting this pest, prevalent in the
hot weather, from introducing any
germs of disease. The poor will
greatly benefit by the new scheme,
and the health of the troops will cer-
tainly benefit by the fresh water sup
nlY.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08

An interesting calculation has re-
Gently been made public through one
of the many publications of the
French academy of sciences. 1t is to
the effect that, taking into consider
land by ocean lashing, river erosion,
and wind and weather, to say nothing
OF probable volcanic action, the world
will, by the end of the year 4,500,000,-
be completely washed away, and the
ocean will roll over the present foun-
dations of our great continent.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08

The Germans, with the approval Of
the emperor, are preparing to exps-
riment with lightning" railway.
Toward this end the war minister has
placed at the disposal of the experi-
menting company the military line
from Berlin to Zossen, and 1t is ex-
pected that a speed of from 125 to
1GO miles an hour will be attained
with electric cars. A sum of about
$1OO,OOO,OOO is to be devoted toward
canal development also in that king
dom
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08

Machinery in glass-blowing fac
tories has taken the place of human
lungs and hands. This change has
just taken place, and is a wonderful
victory in the line of inventions. 1t
is also great blessing, as glass blow
ing has ruined the lungs of thousands
Of people. Many have died as the re-
suit of doing the work.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08

1t is important to select wall pa
pers which do not contain arsenic,
and the method of testing them is
simple. Take piece of paper and
light it, and if arsenic be present you
will notice an odor like that of gar
lie. Do not inhale the smoke. An
other way of testing the paper is to
pour over it a little diluted hydro
chloric acid. If the green's in the
pattern become blue under the treat
ment it is because they contain ar
Seuio
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
Drowned Her Children.

Colfax, Wash, Feb. 25.-Mrs. Rose
Wurzer, n widow, in a fit of insanity,
drowned her six children, aged from
four to 12 years, at Uniontown,
Wash, Sunday Two were boys and
four girls. She threw them into a
well 80 feet deep. containing two feet
of water, then jumped in herself and
held the heads of the children be-
meath the surface until all were
drowned.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08

The index of books at the British
museum is at last complete, after 60
years of hard work. When the print
ing of the great catalogue began in
1881 the manuscript catalogue then
used contained 100000 references 70
ebout half as many books-cross til
ties accounting for the difference be-
tween the figures. In all there are
over 600 volumes of the catalogue,
containing the titles of 100000
books. The subject index is to be
Commenced at once, but will not be
ready for public use for at least Il
years.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
Hamilton Sentenced

Minneapolis. Mimi, Feb. 26.-Frank
Fl. Hamilton, convicted of manslaugh-
ter in the first degree. was brought
into court after regular hours. at
$50 Monday afternoon. It was hoped
in this way to escape curious crowds.
Judge Brooks sentenced the prisoner
to seven years at hard labor in the
state prison at Saltwater.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
Tragedy in Iowa.

Sioux City, Ia. March "A Deni-
son (Ia) Journal special says: A
farmer named Henry Warn, living
near here, murdered his son William.
aged 81, and set fire to the house and
all farm buildings. He then kept
neighbors away at the point of re-
volver and died in the flames. No
motive for the tragedy is known, and
it is supposed that it was done DUR
ing temporary insanity.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
IN JAIL AGAIN.
After Visit to Peoria, ILL.,, Mrs. Carr
rfe Nation Returns to Topeka
and Cancels Peace Bonds.

Topeka. Kan, March 2.-Mrs. Car
rie Nation, the Kansas joint smasher.
returned to Topeka Thursday night
from Peoria, ILL.,, where she went to
edit newspaper for day. She ar
rived on the Santa Fe about one
o'clock and went at once to the coun-
ty Jail, where she gave herself over
to custody. The $4,000 bond which
Mrs. Nation was required to give be-
fore she left the city was cancelled.
Her trial comes up at the April term
of the district court.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08

A German scientific expedition has
discovered in Babylon the ancient
procession" road of Marduk. The
large limestone flags of the roadway
bear the inscription of Nebuchad-
nezzar and are inlaid with smaller
squares of red and white stone. The
scientists state that the temple dis
covered in May is the famous national
temple of the Babylonians, known to
history under the name of Esagila.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08

To encourage domestic servants to
remain content with their lot, the
German empress presents gold cross
es to all females who remain forty
years in the same families. When one
hears so much of the lack of servants
it is surprising that so many appli-
cants for the empress decoration
should turn up. In the course of the
year 1900 gold crosses were given by
her majesty to III servants.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
Loss Of Life increases.

San Francisco, Feb. $3.50 far as
can be ascertained from reliable data
1913 lives were lost in the wreck of
the Pacific Mail steamer City of Rio
de Janeiro. Thus far only II bodies
have been recovered, six whites, four
Chinese and one Japanese. The value
of the cargo has not been determined,
owing to the absence of important
papers, but it is variously estimated
at from 100000 to 100000.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
burned to Death.

Waverly, N. Y, March -Four
children, four to twelve years of age,
were cremated in the burning resi-
dence of Jacob Bait, at Litchfield, Pa,
nine miles south of this place, early
Thursday morning. Bait was away
from home. A hired man rescued
Mrs. Bait and Mrs. Alonzo Scott. 1t
was impossible to reach Mrs. Scott's
four children, who were asleep up
stairs
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
A Fatal DIunder.

Milwaukee. March "A Sentinel spe-
cial from Pewaukee. Wis. says Rev.
William Clark. known throughout the
state as the "auctioneer preacher"
died Friday from the effects of dose
of carbolic acid which he took by mis-
take, thinking it was medicine he had
been in the habit of taking.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
Eire in Chicago.

Chicago, March 2.-Eight cars of
the Metropolitan Elevated railroad
and the car sheds at the Douglas
park terminal and part of the struc-
ture were destroyed by fire after
midnight. The fire was caused by i'm
perfect insulation. Loss, $4,000.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08

In consequence of the insufficiency
of coaling stations for the Russian
men-of-war the ministry of marine
is having large steamer constructed
for supplying the squadrons with
coal. A first payment of e50,000 has
been made on account of the building
of the vessel, which is to have a dis
placement of 1900 tons.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08

Fearing that her sixteen pet cats
would have a hard time of it after
she was dead, Mrs. Annie Adamson,
who died at Piermont, N. Y, few
days ago. left instructions that the
cats be chloroforned and buried in
the cat cemetery upon her premises.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08

Doubtless the most unique spot III
Europe is the little village of Alien
berg, where on it's border three
countries meet. 1t is ruled by no
monarchs, has no soldiers, no police,
and no taxes. It's inhabitants spelk
curious jargon of French and Ger
man combined, and spend their days
in cultivating the land or working
in the valuable calamine mine, of
which the village boasts.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
Hand in Restrnation.

Washington. March AT the cab
met meeting yesterday, the last un-
der this presidential term, all of the
members presented to the president
their designations to take effect upon
the qualification of their successors.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
Michigan Republicans.

Grand Rapids, Mich, March l.
The republican state convention yes
terday renominated r. NJ Montgom-
cry for justice of the supreme court
and Frank w. Fletcher and Dr. Kiefer
were nominated for regents of the
university.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
Rowling record Broken.

Columbus, o., March 2.-The worlds
bowling record for two games in a
league tournament was broken here
by the Palace team, of the United
league. In the first game they rolled
1,OO6 and in the second 1852, the aver
age, 1929. breaking the worlds rec
ord. formerly held by Anson's team, of
ChicaUO
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
Think AguinaldO Dend.


Washington, March Army Off
GERS returned from the Philippines
are of the opinion that Aguinaldo
has been dead for months. 1t is
nearly a year since he has been di-
rectly heard from. 1t is known here
that Filipino insurgents continue to
get supplies in mysterious way.
Secure New Members.
Manila, March 2-The federalists
are securing many new members for
their party in Laguna province, east
of Manila. The promoters of the con-
servative party have published a long
address to Judge Taft, president of
the American Philippine commission,
telling of their work.
Rebel Officers Surrender.
Manila, March 2.-Twenty-one rebel
officers and 12O bolomen have sur
rendered to Lieut.. Desque. of the For
ty-seventh United States volunteer in
fantry at the town of Irocin, in Albay
province, southern Luzon.
Evidences of Peace.
Balanga, Province of Bataan, Luzon.
March 2.-The members of the Phil
ippine commission arrived here in the
course of their tour for the purpose
of establishing civil government in
the various provinces. Four hundred
galleys and houseboats were decorat-
ed in honor of the visit. A dozen bands
and number of native serenaders well
cornad tho commissioners as thew land
ed from their launch. On many of the
houses American flags were displayed.
Later in the day there were process
sions of police, citizens and school
children. The officers of the Thirty
second infantry. who are doing gar
rison duty here, report that the prov
ince is in satisfactory condition, its
pacifcation having been aided by good
rice and sugar crops.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
Five Durned to Death.

Versailles, Ind, Feb. 25.-The home
of George James, four miles from
here, burned Saturday morning. and
James and his four daughters were
burned to death. Mrs. James and
SON were absent from home.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
The Public Debt.

Washington, March 2.-The monthly
statement of the public debt shows
that at the close of business February
%, 1901. the debt less cash in the treas
ury amounted to $1,Os7,o19.5O4, a de-
crease for the month of S7,576,374.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
|F|L|P|NOS TAKE THE OATH
Sentiment in Favor of Americans
Spreading in Former Insur-
gent Strongholds.
MANY VOLUNTARILY SWEAR ALLEGIANCE
Army Officers Think AguinaldO Has
Been Dead for MOnths-Rebel OH
GERS Surrender-The Commit sion
ers Find Evidences of Peace ON
Their Tour.

Manila, Feb. 2s.-Pro-American
sentiment is spreading in former in
surgent strongholds. Six hundred
and sixty-five persons voluntarily
took the oath of allegiance at Ca
milling, province of Albay, at one
time reported as, next to Luzon, the
worst insurgent center, and 5S4 took
the oath at Calamba.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
DOLLAR. Against souls.

Chicago, March 2-Rev. Richard A..
Morley is to receive $1,000 from Duke
M. Farson if Revivalist bud" Robin
son does not add Is converts to his
church in this city in two weeks.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
Failures in February.

New York, March 1.-Commercial
failures in the United States during
February numbered 1924, against
1,242 in January, and aggregate liabil-
tiles were 11,2s7,211, against $11.22o,-
S11
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
Electrocuted.

Columbus, O., March 1.-Roslyn
Ferrell was electrocuted last night
at the penitentiary for the murder
of Express Messenger Charles Lane
on August 10, 1900.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
To Be Retired.

Washington, March 1.-An order was
issued at the war department placing
Brig Gems. James H. Wilson and Fitz-
hugh Lee on the retired list of the
army.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
vanderIip's Successor,

Washington. Feb. 2S.-The president
Wednesday nominated Milton E. Aisles,
of Ohio. to be assistant secretary of the
treasury, vice Frank Vanderlip, re-
signed.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-08
Lynching in Mississippi,

Scranton, Miss. Feb. 81. - John
Knox, white man, was lynched here
Tuesday night for the murder of Don
Davis