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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
Buy 1dabV Mine.
Harry Roberts, Eff. Sweeney,
w. T. Bailey and Joseph
Sellwood
BUY INTO CONTINENTAL GROUP

BUY INTO CONTINENTAL GROUP
Prominent Duluth mining men
including Harry Roberts, Edw. F.
Sweeney, w. T. Bailey and Joseph
Sellwood have just closed deal for
the purchase from A. Klockman, of
Rossland, of one third interest in
the famous Continental group of
mines in northern Idaho on the
basis of $225,000 for the property,
says the Duluth News Tribune.
When Messrs. Roberts and Bailey
returned from their western trip re-
Gently the News Tribune announced
that ah important mining deal was
on, and while the two men confirm
ed this they did not care to go into
details for fear of interfering with
the deal. The papers in the case
we're signed on October 81, and the
full facts have now come to light.
W. I. Bailey representing the Du-
luth purchasers, paid $25,OW cash to
Mr.. Klockman for part of the in
terests which they secure in the
property. In addition they assume
bonds to the amount of $4,000, held
by l. Well, of Sand Point, Idaho,
and others. Mr.. klockman and his
new associates have formed the Ida
no Continental Mining company
with a capital of 81 100000, and will
push development work at once.
The great need of the mine at pres
ent is a wagon road 22 miles long
connecting it with transportation
at Port Hill, Idaho: Work will &C.
cordingly be rushed on the con-
struction of it, and about 125 men
will be employer on the building
of the road, SO that shipments over
the snow can be. rushed out this
winter. There is ample working
capital behind the new company.
The Duluth people have put ..$25,:
coo cash in the treasury to supply
the immediate wants of the prop
erty.
Mr.. Klockman receives 100000
shares out of the capital stock Of
the new company. The Duluth peo
pie hold an equal amount and the
remainder is kept in the treasury
for future use. 1t is hoped that the
hi o+e,> &c L,
sufficient to put the property on a
paying basis, without necessitating
the sale of any treasury stock. In
that event Mr.. klockman and his
Duluth colleagues will each have a
half interest in the mine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08

The Eastern Minnesota, which is
regarded as the exclusive property
of the Hill family, paid IL per cent
dividend on it's common stock last
year. This fact is shown in the re-
port which was filed with the state
railroad commission on Saturday.
The capital stock issue is $16,OOOOOO.
Dividends consumed $1,92O,OOO, de-
Quoted from a net income of 81 $685.
74766 left a surplus of $5,74766.
It is difficult to find another rail-
road in the country which has seen
fit to declare such a high dividend
and consume practically all the
years surplus. But this is merely
one of several interesting features
which mark the reports of the seven
companies in the Great Northern
system operating in Minnesota.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
VISITED TIE RANGE.

A party of prominent railroad
and mining men, among them be-
ing Jas. Gayley, first vice president
OF the Steel corporation, D. NJ. Glenn
son, president, and A. B. Wolvin
vice president of the Pittsburg S. S.
Company, F. E. House, president of
the Duluth & Iron Range, w. J. o.
colt, president of the Duluth, Mis-.
sabe & Northern, T. F. Cole, presi-
dent. and DIR. N. p. Hutst, vice presi-
dent of the Oliver Mining company
u. q. Kerr, ore agent for the Steel
corporation, were range visitors on
Friday last, stopping at several of
the range properties owned by the
q. S. Steel company.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08

Hotel ,Svea.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
NVElL MckINEET MONUMENT.

:pNVElL 1lckINEEF MONUlENI.
The ceremony Of The unveiling
andssdedication of the Mckinley
monument at Tower. ia description
ofwhich was given in The Enter
prise of recent date, will be- held on
Sunday next, and the people Of our
neighboring town are putting forth
every effort to make of the event
memorable one. Special trains will
besrun from all range points to ar
ri,vesat Tower Junction at 1:30 p. m.
where the line of march will be
formed. marching to the city.
The order of parade will be as fol-
lows: Myron C. Woodard, marshal
of the day, Platoon of Mounted Po-
lice, Ely City Band, Ely Fire Com
pany, Tower Fire Company, Ely
Finnish Temperance Band, Ely Fin
nish Temperance Society, Austrian
Band, Austrian Societies Of Ely,
Sucker Point Indian Band, Ausstt:r;:s
an Societies of Soudan, Soudan Fin
nlsh Band, Soudan Finnish Temper
ance Society, Maccabees of Tower,
Visiting Mayors and Presidents of
Villages in Carriages.
The parade will be reviewed by
Gov. Van SAINT and friends from
the balcony of the Vern1ilion Hotel,
the exercises Of the day following
the parade; the program of exercis-
es,being as follows:
Hon. J. D. Murphy, Chairman.
Prayer, Rev. Monsignor Buh.
rs UNWILLING OF MONUMENT.
Music, Nearer My God to Thee,"
e.. All Bands Joining.
s. Speaker, Rev. DR.. Forbes.
#Speaker, Hon. Thos. McKeon.
Speaker, Hon. John Owens.
g.. Speaker, Gov. Van SAINT.
s.: Music, "Hail to the Chief"
5 Ely City Band.
Music, "Star Spangled Banner"
Mt Bands and Audience.
Benediction, Rev. Monsignor Buh
A special train from Mesaba
points will be run, leaving Virginia
ats10:O a. m. and returning leaving
Tower al 100 p. m. The fare for the
round trip has been placed at $1.75
and many from this city will be in
attendance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
SHAFT HOUSE BURNED

The shaft house at the Ashland
mine at 1ronwood was destroyed by
fire on Friday last. The fire started
in the lander's shanty, though from
what cause is not known. It was at
first feared that the fire would be
carried into the mine, and all under
ground men and miners were called
to surface, but prompt action and
hard work prevented the blaze from
extending to the underground work
inQs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
QUIT DRILLING.

The Pitt Iron Company, under the
management of E. c. Garlick, have
abandoned exploratory work on the
Turney lands, in section "a, 58-18,
having failed to prove an ore body
on the lands, it is said. Mr.. Gar1ick
has removed his drill to the Mcleod
lands, in section q, 58-18, where ex-
plorations are now in progress.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
INSTALL TELEPHONE sHsTEM.

INsTALL TELEPHONE SKsTEM.
Manager Freely, of the Mesaba
Telephone Company, will shortly
install a private telephone system
for the Sharon Ore Company at the
Sharon mine, connecting their office
with their engine rooms, hospital
and company residences. The inn
provement will be one of great con-
venience. :. .=s. p. s. %.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08
WOOD FOR SALE.

Fine dry hardwood, any length
desired, at reasonable prices.
z. -. GUST JOHNSON.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30
Testimony from the Enemy

The time came long ago when it was
impossible for an American newspa-
per to exist without bearing testimo-
ny, every day of its life, to the sound
ness of protection and the heretical
character of the free trade theory. A
newspaper must necessarily print the
news and pay some attention to official
statistics. To suppress or garble news
and to cook" official reports in order
to deceive its readers on a great ques-
ton of national policy, a question
touching every home and every life,
would be suicide for any paper. In
some instances the free trade papers
made experiments in that direction, to
their subsequent humiliation. For ex-
ample, they persistently ignored, or
falsified, the facts of the tin-plate in
dustry for long time, to avoid con-
Tossing that they had made their usual
blunder in predicting that the attempt
to build up that business would be a
failure. The free traders contended
for two generations that we could not
possibly make fine woolen goods in this
country except at enormous cost. They
not Only asserted that, but proved it to
their own entire satisfaction. But, as
in the case of tin plate and other man
ufactured commodities, the facts have
knocked them out. The Oldest and
ablest of free trade organs is the New
York Evening Post and here is what
it has to say of an achievement which
would have been impossible if its eco
nomic theory had not been a vagary:
"American-made woolens have never
been made in such great variety or in
quality so near to that of the finest
imported goods as they have this sea-
son. The circulars issued to statesmen
by the great woolen houses which deal
in both domestic and imported cloth
bear witness to both of these facts
That is the Evening Posts OWL state
ment. 1t quotes IAN extensive import
er" thus:
Twenty years ago scarcely any
American goods were used by mer-
chant tailors, while now they are de-
pended upon almost entirely in the
medium and lower grades For the last
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30

ten years the proportion of American
goods sold by us has been increasing
all the time, and many houses that
never had them in stock before are
handling them now"
And again the Evening Post, speak
ing editorially, says:
''Paradoxically stated, the impro we'd
quality of American cloth makes it
now possible to sell it as English cloth
since customers cannot tell the differ
ence, while at the same time this i'm
provement is doing away with the ne
cessity for using any deception about
it,"
The free trade delusion is dead and
buried. All the arguments of it's vic
tins have been overturned by accom-
plished facts. 1t now remains for the
triumphant friends of protection to
carry that doctrine to its logical con
clusion by giving the country free
trade in articles upon which protection
has fully accomplished its mission
Washington Post.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30
IMMENSE COLORADO
BEET SUGAR PLANT

Chicago, April 2G.-The Tribune this
morning says:
Negotiations have been completed in
Chicago for the formation of the larg-
est beet sugar concern in the world. A
company has been organized with a
capital stock of $6,O0000O, to be
known as the Arkansas Valley Sugar
Beet and Irrigation Land Company.
The plant of the new company is to
be located in Prowers county, Colo
RADIO. in the famous Rocky Ford fruit
district. number of New York capi-
talists, including the OSnards, the Gut
tings, the Hamiltons, the Lawsons and
Richards of the Mercantile Trust Com
pany are interested.
The concern has purchased the hold
ings of the Great Plains Water Com
pany, which comprises about 125,O0O
acres along the Arkansas river in
southeastern Colorado.
Colonization of the land by farmers
will be undertaken by the company.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30
The German Boomerang

Some of the Democratic papers are
mans negro disfranchisement law in
Maryland will eventually hit the whites
harder than it will the blacks On the
face of the returns nearly twice as
out of the franchise by this law direct.
ed against illiteracy, but some of Cor
mans party now apparently think his
law will hurt their side more than it
viii the Republicans, to whom, it ia
assumed, most of the negroes belong.
Most of the negro illiterates, they are
insinuating, will be impelled to get
sufficient education to enable them to
vote, while most of the white Hitter
ates are too apathetic to care whether
they are allowed to vote or not.
Such an outcome would be bad
blow to German and his fellow con-
spirators. OF course, theoretically. the
Maryland law is fair. 1t deals with
both races alike, or pretends to, and
aims to shut out ignorant whites as
well as ignorant blacks. For this rea-
son some of Germans friends have de-
clared that that trickster deserved
praise instead of blame for devising
this law. But there is nothing altru-
istic about German. The last thing he
had in mind when he dictated the new
franchise was the elevation of any por-
tion of the community. His whole in
tent was to devise some plan whereby
he might get back to the Senate, from
which he was driven two years ago.
He thought, and probably still thinks,
that this law will give him chance to
get back. 1t will be a bad blow for
him if he discovers that the net result
OF his work will be to diminish the
number of black illiterates in Maryland
and to keep him still outside of the
breastw orks.-Giobe Democrat
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30

The rearing of ostriches in the VAL
ley of the Nile is likely to become an
important industry in the near future.
An experimental farm, established
under Wrench auspices. in the vicinity
of Heliopolis. has successfully demon
strated the suitability of the climate of
the Delta for this purpose. and during
the present season the number of birds
of all ages has reached the respectable
total of 1,400. The runs are established
by means of cheap rabble, and are
planned out concentrically round a
central watch-tower, which permits of
a survey of the whole farm being made
at a glance.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30
GOULD NOW CONTROLS
DENVER e. RIO GRANDE

Denver, Colo, April 2G.-The Repub-
lican this morning says:
All doubt as to whether Il. II. Harri-
man and the Union Pacific are inter
ested in the Denver x. Rio Grande,
and as to George j. Gould having Sc
cured possession of the property, was
dispelled yesterday. In New York Mr..
Gould was elected chairman of the
board to succeed the late George Cop
pell and Mr.. Hartman and Winslow $.
Pierce were elected directors.
Mr.. Pierce is the least known. He
came into prominence as attorney for
Oliver Ames second, in the Union Pa
cific receivership. In the reorganiZa-
ton of the Union Pacific he was elect
ed n director, and he is also associated
with the Oregon Short Line and Ore
gon Railway & Navigation Company.
He is a lawyer about forty-fiye years
old He is supposed to represent I'm
ion Pacific interests in the Denver *
Rio Grande.
The change in the Denver & Rio
Grande directors is taken in Denver
as meaning that the Could Hartman
syndicate is slowly but surely absorb
ing the transcontinental lines, and con
solidating them into n community of
interests" of which so much has been
recently said. The new directors will
it is believed, strengthen the Rio
Grande, and it is expected that in the
reorganization of the Denver & Rio
Grande, Rio Grande Western and other
Colorado roads, there will be some rad
ical changes.
President .Jeffery of the Denver &
Rio Grande is still in New York. de
spite the rumors that he was en- route
home. 1t was said at his office yester.
day that it was not known when he
would return
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30
A Corporation Lawyer for Attorney Gem

eral
Headed by the New York World all
the demagogues of the land are taking
| n hand in abusing the President for
the appointment of Philander G. Knox
as attorney general, the objection 80
Mr.. Knox being that he is IA corpora
ton attorney" The World started the
campaign against the appointment and
it is still leading the pack. Not
word against the appointee personally
has been heard. 1t is not alleged that
he lacks the legal training. No charge
is brought that he is not a man of
ability and integrity. The sole cause
of the hue and cry is that he has been
in the employ of some of the greatest
corporations in the land.
If AIR. Knox is n man of character,
with a proper sense of his position as
attorney general, the fact that big cor
porations have employed him is a
strong point in his favor. n urges
him as n strong lawyer and an able
advisor. He has not gone to corpora
is not their creature, but self made"
lawyer and n great lawyer of recog-
nized standing in his profession. His
client now is the United States gov
ernment, and it is safe to say that If
he has been faithful to his former
clients, whether individuals or cor
porations, he will be faithful to his
present client.
The truth is that in this age of great
business enterprises it is difficult to
find lawyers of wide reputation who
have not been at one time or another
and good deal of the time employed
by corporations. The country is too
big and the people of the United
States have too much sense to sympa-
thize with demagogical criticism such
as the New York World and n number
of other sensational sheets bring
against the new attorney general. The
same abuse was aimed at Attorney
General McKenna, though like most
other eminent men he started in life
n poor boy. Attorney Genera, Griggs,
Attorney General Olney and substan-
TALLY every man who has been at the
head of the governments Department
of Justice has had the same gauntlet
to run. There has never been at any
time any evidence that the American
people take stock in the sort of super
fetal criticism of men who We're
chosen to this post because they had
won exceptional success in their pro-
fession and regardless of the-fact that
in every instance they had had large
experience in corporation law.-Tope-
ka Capital.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30
commissnry Frauds at Manila

Commissnry Frauds at Manila
An attempt has been made to use the
frauds in the coInmissary department
at Manila as an Indictment against
the army and the army system. The
reports of the frauds have been exag-
gerated and enlarged upon to create
the impression that there is the odor
sactions in the Philippines. This is
wholly unwarranted.
1t now appears that the conspiracy to
sell surplus commissary stores was dis
covered by the army secret service.
No charges We're made by civilians or
others, but when the military officers
suspected that stores Were being sold
an investigation was made. and fraud
ulent sales to the amount of $4,000
were discovered. 1t is estimated that
all the frauds will not amount to more
than $4,000.
So far as the principle is concerned,
the amount of fraud is not important,
but, as involving the army or the army
officers stationed at Manila, It is i'm
portant. In our Civil War there were
thousands OF complications and infor-
malities in the supply department that
at first glance had the appearance of
| fraud. A colonel whose regiment was
suffering for food. ordered away on an
important expedition, instructed his
men to take supplies and became re-
sponsible. When 1t came to the Ques-
tion of settlement, the quartermaster
and commissary departments We're
tenacious as to technicalities, and it
often required the interference of the
commanding general to save an inno-
cent man from court martial.
There were scores of occasions when
1t became necessary to destroy supplies
collected at given point. In such
cases the enlisted men were permitted
to carry away all they could, or all they
cared TO take away with them, of the
surplus, and the remainder was burned.
If the enlisted men sold or traded sup
plies to the people of the neighborhood
awkward complications followed.
Through the war the men who drew
full rations of coffee and sugar aimed
to save n part of the ration that they
might sell it or trade it for tobacco or
butter or eggs. Sometimes these tran
sactions in coffee conducted for a COM
paDy We're so large as to excite suspi-
sion that privates were stealing COM
missary stores and disposing of them,
but not IN many cases was suspicion
justified.
In handling large supplies at point
lie Manila, where employees, military
and civil, have free access to the store
rooms, there is great opportunity for
petty fraud. Army officers, under
standing this, are always on guard,
and it probably will be shown that dis
covery of the conspiracy at Manila was
to the credit of the officers in charge.
1t may also be found that many of
the parties accused are guilty of ir-
regularity instead of fraud. Certainly
some of the accused officers are conf
dent of their ability to prove their in
nocence. No one need fear that any
man guilty of fraud will be shielded
by the Investigators. That is not the
custom in army circles. 1t may be
taken for granted that, when the re-
port has been made, all the facts will
be in possession of the public.-Inter
Ocean.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30

There has just concluded at Catan-
rlro. Italy, the trial of 230 men belong
ing to criminal association, which
named itself THE Imperishable Tree"
The managing chiefs were the
trunks" fully initiated members were
branches" junior members were
"leaves," and the novices tho first
flowers" The plunder realized by the
organization was the fruit" This seems
to have been considerable Without
counting homicides and crimes of vio-
lence, the robberies during the few
months numbered more than 400 and
the various articles stolen total some
thing like half million. AS the pub
lie court was not large enough for such
trial, it had to be held in a church.
The sentences amount to six hundred
years.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30

John Wilkes Booth. the assassin of
Abraham Lincoln. lies in an unmarked
grave that, except perhaps to one or
two persons, is also unknown. DR..
George l.. Porter of Bridgeport. Conn,
who saw both the killing of Lincoln
and the death and burial of Booth,
says that Booths body was hidden in
Washington arsenal, in a spot still
kept secret. After that 1t was gives
to the family upon condition that nc
monument nor even a mound should
mark its resting place.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30

The private letter books of Robert
Morris, the financier of the reyolu-
ton, which were lost for several gen.
erations, were brought to light in
Washington recently. and have been
deposited in the congressional library.
Another acquisition by the library is
the original manuscript setting forth
the various DEGREES by which the titles
were conferred on Columbus by the
pope for the discovery of America.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30

Thre was unique mixing of reli-
glons at meeting last week in New
York. 1t was a meeting of the Baron
and Baroness Hirsch association and
was held in the Baptist church, of
which Rev. DR.. Macarthur is pastor.
The baron and baroness were Jews.
Wu Ting Fang, Chinese minister to
this country, was the principal speak
er and Rev. DR.. Heber Newton. the
distinguished Episeopalian divine, also
delivered an address.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30

Morocco has taken first step toward
civilization The Sultan has ordered
a set of Highland bagpipes from a
Glasgow firm. They are probably the
most costly ever made in Scotland, as
the mountings are in 1S-carat gold
and the price is $1,000. One of the
chief officers at the Sultan's court is a
Maclean-a nephew OF the Highland
chief of Lochbine in Null, who insists
on spelling his name MacI me.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30
To Launch the New Yacht.

New York, April 26.-It is announc-
ed that the launching of the yacht
Constitution will take place either
May 9th or during the week beginning
on that date, and that the launching
will not be private but open and day
of celebration at the Herreschof
works, where the boat was built
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30

A quarter of century ago the whole
of the mercantile marine of Japan
could have been described on a small
sheet of note paper; but now, it re-
quires considerable volume, as it to-
tails 491 steamers of 4S4,S53 tons, and
1.031 sailing ships of 146,0SS tons-in
all 6S0,94 tons. and it now tenth on the
worlds list of ship-owning nations.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30
Filipinos Surrendering.

Manila, April 26.-Major Noble, ad-
jutant general of the department of
the Nisayas, has received the surren-
der of Quentin Salas and three of his
officers. All the insurgents under
Salas will surrender soon. 1t is claim
ed this will terminate the insurrection
in the island of Panay
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-30

crowded through the ocean may be
becoming the iron four-masted sailing
ship Afghanistan. managed to make a
seven months voyage from San Fran
cisco to Liverpool without being spo-
ken by another vessel. Not word was
heard of her from her departure till
she sailed up the Mersey. few days
ago.