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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-06
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Drainage.

George A. Ralph, civil engineer IN
charge of the work to be done by the
state drainage commission, has about
completed his surveys of the four prin-
cipal canals to be built from the state
appropriation. The work, it is said,
will be done in Norman, Polk, Roseau
and Marshall counties. One of the
chief improvements will be the open
ing of the channel of Lost river, in
eastern Polk county, which involves
the building of drainage ditch
through swamp into Beltrami county,
five miles long, and unite the two beds
of the streams whereby several thou
sand acres of land will be redeemed for
production. In Roseau county ditch
nine miles long will be opened from a
point northeast of Badger to the
Roseau river, while the condition IN
Marshall county will be bettered by
digging canal five miles long in range
A to Middle river A large tract in
Norman county, in the townships of
Good Hope and Shelley, will be drained,
with Marsh river as the outlet. The
amount of canal work to be done will
aggregate twenty-siX miles.
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in the west, Wisconsin's crews, both
freshmen and 'varsity-and the wom-
en- rowers must not be forgotten, for
there is great interest at the state
varsity in the work of the fair soul
lers and members of their rowing
crews-will continue to give the east
ern coaches of Cornell, Columbia and
Pennsylvania plenty to think about
preparing to beat the husky Badgers
from Madison.
Charles L. Essig, who was once the
best bow oarsman in the west and
championship baseball pitcher in
the University of Tennessee, where
he did good work in athletics, is one
of the pioneer rowers who regard
the situation with considerable cha
grin. Essig tries hard to be optimis-
tic. But the old Iroquois Boat club
rover hopes to be able to arrange
inter-city rowing competitions in sim
giles, doubles, pairs, tours, barges and
Fights, between ST. Louis and Chicago
oarsmen. The Murdock Boat club, of
the city by the bridge, has lot of
men out on the river all the time,
but it, too, seems to lack the services
of some Industrious promoter of
competitions.
Essig pulled bow. oar and captained
the famous barge crew that holds the
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they are fit horse for almost any pur-
pose.
Until recently the United States has
been much less prone than European
nations to look upon the western bron-
cho as fit cavalry mount. Now, how
ever, every year finds more bronchos
in the American cavalry. In Col. Cody's
opinion they will ultimately supersede
every other breed of animal for this
purpose. His faith in them, he says, is
based upon their activity, dura bility,
sure-foOtedness, intelligence and the
fact that they can carry soldiers
quicker and farther on less feed and
water than any other horse in exist
ence. There are many bronchos that
are plenty heavy enough, according to
Col. Cody. for heavy cavalry, and even
for infantry work; and the United
States army is now beginning to real
ize this fact and to employ them in
the service. Russia has become so con-
WINGED of the superiority OF this hardy
little animal of our western prairies
that she is sending great numbers of
them to Siberia for breeding purposes.
1t should not be understood that the
wild native horse of the plains meets
the requirements of the cavalry serv-
ice; but that the ideal cavalry horse
is had by crossing that animal with the
Kentucky thoroughbred or the Eng
fish hunting horse. The ideal horse
had in this way will be more than Is
hands high and tip the scales at LOO
or 1000 pounds.
"There is no such thing" said Col
Cody. "as breaking down one of these.
crossed animals. The creature will
come out of days journey of 100
miles not whit the worse for wear
and carry a heavy rider, too. The Ger
man cavalrymen didn't think much of
the animal when they first saw it.
They'd been used to big, heavy horses
and were taken back when they saw
the little range horse. But they have
at last come to appreciate the half
hroncho. which is taller than the old
native Oregon broncho and quite large
enough and heavy enough to meet all
the requirements of the service. The
English army has used thousands of
these animals in South Africa and the
report is that the half broncho is the
best all-around cavalry horse that has
ever been used"
At the present time Col. Cody has on
his ranches no fewer than 600 brood
mares-and this is an indication in it.
self that his stock farms are ruin upon
no small scale. In his long plains-ex-
perience Col Cody has had many valu-
able animals given to him, one of which
came from the noted Chief Rain-In-
The-Face.
When Col Cody retires from active
life it is his purpose to repair to his
favorite ranch in the Rockies where he
can have enough sport with his gun
to keep himself in practice.
MILTON B. MARKS
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Why Rowing Has Declined
i'm Central Western States
NAIHY has there been such a fall
wv inc off in The west in rnWin %

NIH4 has there been such a fall
w ing off in the west-in rowing?
That there is little interest
shown where years ago the oarsmen
OF the Northwestern Amateur Row.
ing association and the Mississippi
Valley Rowing association had many
enthusiastic. members and innumer-
able crews of oarsmen, is palpable.
The closest followers of the. sport
are at loss to tell just why there
are no great regattas and rowing
carnivals. These two controlling or
CARNATIONS practically have gone out
of existence, yet the executive boards
of the organizations maintain SEM
blance of life. There is money in the
treasury of each organization, ac-
cording to old-time rowers, and all
that seems to be lacking is some one
to give the sport a fresh impetus.
If the Indifference of the rowing
associations is pronounced, the con-
trary is the truth at the University
of Wisconsin. Never will the Badgers
forget the gameness of their crews
of Poughkeepsie, and Coach O'Dea
and his crew of cardinals, who failed
to win at the Hudson river regatta,
will continue to be the missionaries
for rowing in the college world of
the west. Just why the big univer-
stiles that are athletic rivals of Wis
western, do not take a pronounced
stand for aquatics, is uneXplainable
to some critics. But when efforts
were made to lay out boat course
on the drainage canal, so that Wis
consin, Chicago and Northwestern.
and any other western varsity eight
that might enter, could have an an
nual event that might be likened to
the Ha1wardIale contest or the
larger regatta at Poughkeepsie, cold
water was thrown on the venture.
Objections by the sanitary trustees
were~not well founded. They might
have been overcome. But the apathy
of the maroon and the purple could
not. be dissipatel in a breath.
Although Lake Michigan Is but 4
stones throw from Northwestern,
the claim is diligently made that the
water of the lake is not suitable for
rowing in shells. Hundreds-yes
thousands of dollars would have to
be expended in building piers and
breakwaters before the students of
this university would be able to prac-
tice rowing with any degree of pleas
ure. AS there is already enough
| difficulty in getting support for the
athletic association that attends to
| football and track athletics at this
institution, the navy is out of the
question.
Time and again the leaders at the
University of Chicago have been inn
| portuned to institute rowing as a
| feature of college life. The beauties
| of practice course on the drainage
| canal have been pointed out, but the
argument was made that no navy
| would be a success there on account
of the difficulty in reaching the wa
ter. After study hours were over,
it would be dark before the crews
could get out on the water. Perhaps
when the projected scheme of max
ing a Midway water course material
ICES, if it ever does, the big varsity
may include rowing in the features
of athletic life Until the maximum
amount of interest has been aroused
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which he takes no little pride; and
he also keeps near him on this ranch
500 head of his finest horses.
Col. Cody does bigger business in
bronchos than almost anyone else in
The country, and hundreds of his
bronchos are used in the cavalry serv-
ice of the English, German and Rus
sian armies. On Carter ranch, in the
Big Horn basin, he keeps 1000 head
of thoroughbred and graded horses
and ten thoroughbred and imported
stations. On this ranch he has $40
acres under cultivation. Being stock
farm, the chief crop which he grows is
alfalfa and timothy hay and oats.
Imagine an 5000 acre pasture land and
all fenced in, too! That is the size of
the pasture on the Carter ranch. The
manager of this ranch is Guss Thomp-
son and he is by all odds the best
broncho breaker on any Of Col. Cody's
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Serious Accident.
covered.

A serious accident occurred about
two miles northwest of Porter. The
boiler of Sam Watkins threshing en-
CINE exploded, instantly killing Mrs.
c. L. Christensen and seriously injur-
ing Lars Christensen, John Amundson
and a farm hand. Mrs. Christensen
just stepped out to announce dinner,
and was standing about twenty feet in
the rear of the engine when the eX-
plosion occurred 1t tore out both
ends of the engine, causing it to jump
back about twenty feet, one of the
drive wheels striking Mrs. Christensen.
Fire was set. to the separator, which
is complete loss.
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ROOSEVELT AT SPRINGFIELD.
Vice President the Guest of Gov. and
Mrs. Yates-Reviews Troops
Encainped There.

Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 31.-Vice Presi-
dent Roosevelt and party arrived here
on the special train from Chicago Fri
day afternoon at 1880 o'clock. They
We're accorded hearty welcome by
the large throng at the Chicago & AL
ton station. The vice president was
met by Gov. Yates and staff, Adjt. Gen.
Reece and 500 politicians from various
parts of the state. Escorted by four
troops of cavalry, he went to the eN-
ecutive mansion and was the guest of
Gov. and Mrs. Yates. Late in the
afternoon he went TO Camp Lincoln,
where at six o'clock the troops there
passed in review before him.
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DENIES THE INTERVIEW.
Admiral HovvisOn Declares He Made
No Adverse Comment On Adj
miral SchIcy.

Washington, Aug. 31.-Acting Sec
rotary Hackett has made. public a let
ter received from Admiral Howison,
dated Yonkers, n. Y, August "a, de-
nying the authenticity of the inter-
view attributed to him, in which he
is made to comment adversely on Al
mira Schley. The acting secretary
has therefore continued Admiral
Howison as a member of the Schley
court of Inquiry, leaving the court it.
self to determine any further ques-
ton of his competency.
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Found q Snake.

When Carl Kjerner, a clerk in gro
Gerry store at Rochester, was picking
bananas from az bunch, he found a
snake coiled around the stem. 1T was
young boa-constrictor three and one
half feet long and five inches in circum-
ference. A snake dealer was sum-
moned, who captured the reptile and
placed it in a large case with glass
front for inspection. In less than ten
minutes fully 500 people were in the
store, all eager to see the snake. The
bunch of bananas had been handled
several times before the snake was dis
coyara0
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worlds record. With Fred Bender as
q partner Essig helped to win the
international pair cared race at Lake
Geneva, in 1898. In all this veteran
athlete has earned about IS medals
by his prowess on water and land
and is conyersant with the rowing
situation.
lone deterrent effect upon rowing
in the west" said Essig, was the
aware, Iroquois, Catlin, Farragut and
other clubs with national reputa-
tions, due to the removal of their
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-06
A Professor Killed.

Prof T. V. Hubbard, superintendent
of public schools at Red Wing, was ac-
cidentally killed. He was filling up
his back yard with a wheel scraper.
In attempting to work the lever it
sprang up and struck him in the neck,
causing instant death. He was years
old and leaves family.
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Kidnapped.

w. S. Cox, of the Brainerd Arena,
has been leading a rather strenuous
life lately. Only few days ago he
was chased up a street by an irate poll
tician into a butchers ice box. A few
nights later, while visiting some
friends, three men called and forcibly
took him away to a secluded spot about
two miles from town, and while one
of the men held revolver the others
poured tar over his head and shoulders.
Mr.. Cox claims that he knows two of
the men, and results will follow.
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South Omaha. Neb., Aug. 30.

CATTLE-Market active, 10c higher.
Native beef Steers, $4.25@6O0; Western
Steers, s3.6064.6O; Texas Steers, So. 400. %;
Cows and Heifers 10c higher, 2.70@4. 10;
Gamers. s1.25@2.50; Stockers and Feeders
10c lower; s25O93.75; Calves, $3.o0a5.0
Bulls, Stays, etc, s.G0@3.75.
HOGS-Market 10c higher. Heavy, sc. 1919
G6.40; mixed, $6.1Oq6.l21s; light, s6.00@6 10;
Pigs, $5.25@5.75; bulk of sales, $6.10Q615.
SHEEP-Market steady. Wethers, Sc. 25
$3.50; Ewes, $2.25@310; common and stock
Sheep. $2.25Q3.90; Lambs, $3.75Q490
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Strike Settled,

Montreal, Ont, Aug. 31.-It is Off
cially announced that the trackmen's
strike on the Canadian Pacific rail-
way has been settled.
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News in Brief.

Three persons were injured in a fire
in the Windsor hotel, Minneapolis.
According to the journal Crookston
kitten has two well developed heads,
with the corresponding number of
mouths, ears and eyes. 1t is well and
healthy, and as Troublesome as any
other kitten.
A. D. Thorpe, special agent of the
interior department at st. Cloud, has
been detailed to go to Duluth and work
in making a personal examination of
every piece of government land in
Minnesota claimed by the state under
the swamp-land grant of 1860.
A Moorhead policeman assaulted a
man whom he was taking to Jail. and
was discharged from the force.
The largest mound at Trempeleau
has just been excavated by John Dye
and others of Winona, with the result
that seven skulls, presumably of mound
builders, and many broken bones and
relics have been found.
Louis Fl. Rogers, clerk for the
Marshall Wells Hardware company,
Duluth, was drowned in the ST. Louis
river while attempting to swim to
shore from steamer.
There will soon be established in
Minneapolis in connection with the
Chamber of Commerce a trading mar
ket for flax futures. 1t will be a fix
ture and an important addition to the
local grain market.
Peter Bulbs brewery at Winona was
damaged to the extent of 81 900 by fire.
1t was fully insured.
The body of Charlie Farmer, who
was missing from Two Harbors for
several days, was found floating in the
lake.
J. Adam Bede has challenged Oliver
w. Stewart, secretary of the national
Prohibition committee, to a serious of
"a Joint debates, to be held the coming
winter in different parts of the state.
The total value of the prison at Still
water is placed at $3.50, 1882.
The Twin City unions of the Inter
national Union of Steamftters are
making preparations for the annual in
ternational convention of the organiza.
ton, which opens Sept. 9.
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Live Stock.

Chicago. Aug. ~.
HOGS-Choice to fancy strong-weight
shipping, s6.50G67O; rough to good heavy
packing. $5.S56p6.2 20; plain to choice heavy
mixed, $6.09@6 10; selected butchers weights.
$6.45Q6.55; assorted light, $6.15@6.55; COM
mon to fancy light mixed, s5.90@6.5O; thin
to choice, So. 40G5.75.
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Appointed.

S. T. johnson, of Minneapolis, was
summoned to the Office of Gov. Van
SAINT recently and notified of his APP
pointment to the Office of public ex-
aminer, to succeed e. M. Pope, whose
term expires Jan. l. This winds up
the important appointments in the
gift of the governor, and also scores a
strong point for the united republicans
of Hennepin county.
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Sending Goals to Newcastle.
We have begun to export golf sticks
to Scotland.
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THE MARKETS.


Chicago, Aug. ~.
FLOUR-Quiet but steady. Quotable as
follows: Spring Patents, special brands
4s.20GI43 80; Hard Patents, SO03. ~;
straights, s2SO6l3 20; Winter Patents, SO. 400
$50; straights, s3.20q3.30; seconds, sl.75@
200.
WHEAT-Unsettled, but higher. Sep
tember 6S7s@695sc; December, 71Aq,2Asc.
CORN-Higher. September, 535s4oS74c
and 545sc; October, 54A @54sc and 541sc;
December, 56A@571sc; May, $3.50 ard 5sas
@59kc.
OATS-Stronger September, 33@331sc;
December, 3i7s935ssc; May, S7A@37%c.
RYE-Was easy. No 2 cash, 52@521ac;
No. 3, Size; September delivery No.
quiet, 52@52Ac.
BARLEY-Ruled easy. Screenings, 4S@
sic; Mating, off color, light weight or not
clear, 54@56c; good, 57@59c, and choice, 6Oq
&c.
POTATOES-Market easy. Rose and He
brons, 75@S5c; me-grown, $1.15Q1.25 per
sack.
EGGS-Market feeling steady. City re-
candled, new cases included, 14Il41sc; at
mark, cases returned, from 12Q15c down;
loss off, cases returned, lac.
BUTTER-Ruling quiet and feeling easy.
Creameries, extra, 19G1912c per pound;
firsts, 160D1Sc; seconds, 14G141zc; diaries, 1872
@17c.
LIVE POULTRY = Steady and I'M
changed. Turkeys, 7G10c per pound; chick
ems, S1kc; ducks, 71AGS14c; geese, $3.eo(t4.50
per dozen.
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FLOUR-State and Western quiet but
steady.
WHEAT-Firm and higher with corn, on
small Argentine shipments, and scare
of shorts. September, IS 1-16GI53sc; Oc-
tober, IS 5-16975%c; December. 767sQT&s
May, S0GSO1ac.
RYE-Steady; State, 55@56c C. if. New
York car lots; No. Western, Gle f. o. b.
af1oat.
CORN-Strong and active on cold wealth
er talk. the Snow report and general cover
ing. September, 60A@60Ac; December.
60 9-16Q61Bc; May, 6214@62sc.
OATS-Fairly active and higher with
corn. Track white, S9d47c.
BUTTER-Steady. State dairy, 14@19c;
creamery. 10000; June packed factory.
141A@1512c.
CHEESE-Quiet and easy; fancy large
colored, 9AQ9ssc; fancy large white SAC;
fancy small colored, 95sc; fancy small
white, 91ac.
EGGS-Firm. State and Pennsylvania.
1SQc29c; Western candled, 1.q1712c; West
ern uncandled, 14417c.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-07
Officers Elected.

A meeting of the ockholders of
the Royal Mining & Investment
company was held in its Offices
last night and the following board
of directors was elected: NJ H.
and Arthur @. Kinney of this city,
j. II. Patrick and Frank Barker
of Chicago, w r Pyke of Hooper.
and Colin Monroe of Salida. The
directors then elected the follow
ing officers: Nj. ii Kinney, presi-
dent; j Fl Patrick. vice president,
and A. Q. Kinney, secretary 1t
WAS voted that work be commenced
at once on their recent purchases
one and one-half miles southwest
of Silverton and that the ore be
binned until the completion of the
mine.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-07
Another Big Pay Roll.

George b Hooker, paymaster
for the Colorado Fuel Il Iron
company, passed through from
Denver this morning en- route to
the coal camps southwest of this
city. He will begin at . o'clock
this evening disbursing the earn
ings for last month to the miners
employed at Rockvale and be will
pay off the men at Coal Greek
Fremont and Brookside tomorrow
The only Idle time experienced
among these mines in October was
one day and a half at RockvaIe
the cause for which WAS the lack
of railroad cars rather than of
orders There were about l50
new men given work in the mines
of the county last month and the
pay roll will exceed the amount
dispersed for Septem Der work
which amounted to more than
$4,000.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-07

The Oil Well Supply company
is unloading car of mixed drill
ing tools, and it is claimed that the
assortment is the best that ever
arrived in the city 1t is also ship
ping a lot of drilling supplies to
the De Beque Oil d Development
company, operating near De
Beque, the Pagosa Land d Oil
company, drilling for oil near
Pagosa, and to the Great Western
Land & Oil company at Parachute.
The company has received two
cars of supplies this week
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-07
Prof. Staufer

will tell you how to use the hyp-
motto power to promote business,
to make and keep friends, to con
quer love affairs, to keep down
family trou bles, to make bad
children good and hundreds of
other things which it may be used
for to the benefit of the human
race, Opera house November IL.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-07

To introduce my line of shoes
| will for short time give a bar
gain, away below any competition
Come and examine the shoes and
see for yourself Also repairing
neatly done at prices to suit the
times. CHAS ERICKSON,
n. Pixies Peak Ave, next to Ash
q Ruddick's real estate office.
57.5S
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-07
Attention Comrades

There will be regular meeting
of Gen. A. j Smiths Post No l02
on Friday night. November sth, at
1880 O'Clock, in the city hall We
request full attendance
w l.. WALK,
Commander
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-07

James f. Warner, the best
pound master Florence ever had,
has resigned his position. His
successor will be appointed at the
next meeting of the council Mr..
Warner finds this action necessary
on account of failing health caused
by disease contracted during the
civil war.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-07

Last night the city pound was
broken into and four head of cat
tie belonging to j Fl. Thomas, of
Chandler, we're taken out. 1t is
probable that someone will be ar-
rested on the charge of stealing.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-07

f j. Vail today moved his family
from Fourth street to the second
story of the j. V. McCandless real
estate office, the rooms formerly
occupied by DR., T. B Fleming
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-07
d. & r. q. Excursions.

National convention of Women's
Christian Temperance Union, Fort
Worth, Texas. November l3 to q
One fair plus 81 for round trip,
Selling dates November IL TO u.
Final limit Novem Der %.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-07
Notice.

All persons knowing themselves
indebted to me will please make
settlement before the first of De-
cember. Persons having bills
against me will please present
them before that time,
"a 81 J. A ALDRIDGE.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-07

DR. Rambo has received two
elegant specimens of mounted deer
heads The doctor shot the deer
while on his hunting trip over to
Meeker about six weeks ago
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-07
LOCAL NOTES.

Those boys from one of the coal
camps who persist in untieing and
taking the burro from residence
on the West End mesa had better
beware.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-07
Notice of the Annual rleeting of
the Stockholders of the Union
Ditch Company.

Notice is hereby given that the annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Union Ditch
pany of Fremont county, Colorado, will be
held al the Office OF Jas. A. McCandless, in the
October 1901, at o'clock p. n, for the purpose
of electing directors of the company for the
ing year and the transaction of all other bust
ness that may properly come before the meet
ing f W. nixon, Secretary.
iated Florence Colorado, Septemb ber1 II, 1901.
i3-48
The above meeting is hereby postponed until
November IL, 1901 F. ", NIXON, Secretary.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-07

The Star Boiler Works are max
ing a large 6x20 gravity water tank
for the Rocky Mountain smelter
The material is quarter-inch steel
The works yesterday finished a
20x20 oil storage tank for the
Union mill A carload of scrap
cast iron for foundry work is ex-
pected to arrive this week from
Silver Cliff.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-07

Underwear to tit tall ladies. short
ladies. fat ladies. slim ladies aud
all sizes of children for sale at
Proctor d Co.'S. 81 80