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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
IOWA LEGISLATURE ENDS.
Closing Acts of the Twenty-Ninth
General Assembly-SOme Tax
alton Measures

Des Moines, Ia, April 1.-The ses-
sion of the Twenty-ninth general as
sembly of Iowa closed at S:15 Fri
day evening, though officially it is
supposed to have adjourned at noon.
The delay was caused by the tardy
action of the committee on enrolled
bills. The ST. Louis exposition APP
preparation bill narrowly escaped de-
feat through inability of the con-
ferees to agree, but the house finally
receded and the bill was passed, car
rying s125,OoO. A bill was passed re-
quiring the state executive council to
fix the tax levy in 1902 to raise 3d.
800, 900, and in 1908 to raise 100000
This, it is estimated, will require q
four-mill levy on the present assess
ment. The extraordinary appropria-
lions for the ensuing biennial period
were $1,6OO,O0O. The session enacted
about 225 laws.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
RAILROADS MAKE A MOVE.
Attorneys of President Hill Begin Ac-
ton in the Ramsey District
Court at st. Paul.

st. Paul, Mimi, April 1.-THE first
move of the various interests con-
cerned in the railway merger as
against the suit instituted by the state
of Minnesota in the Ramsey district
court has been taken by President
Hills attorneys.
They have served notice upon Attor-
ney General Douglas of a motion to
vacate service in the summons and
complaint of the state of Minnesota
against the Northern Securities COM
pany and against President James j..
Hill, of that corporation, and of the
Great Northern road.
The motion will come before the
Ramsey district court for argument
one week from Saturday. 1t will be
heard at special term of court. just
which one of the members of the Ram
sey bench will preside has yet to be
determined.
The motion of the railways will be
based on the claim that the Northern
Securities company is New Jersey
corporation, and as such outside the
Jurisdiction of the Minnesota courts.
1t will also be argued that James j..
Hills residence in this state is mere
ly personal, and as such he is not
amenable to the laws in the case as he
would be under normal conditions.
The argument on next Saturday will
not affect the main question as stated
in the bill of complaint filed by the
attorney general.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
House s2ends Day on Private Pen-
sion BiiIs-Senate Discusses
Chinese Bill.

Washington, April e Saturday
was private pension day in the house.
Before the regular order was taken
up some business was transacted by
unanimous consent.
Bills were passed as follows: For
an additional circuit judge in the sec
ond judicial circuit of New York and
for the creation of the petrified forest
national park in Arizona.
The house then went into commit
tee of the whole and proceeded with
the consideration of private pension
bills.
Washington, April 14.-In the senate
Saturday bill authorizing the Quincy
Railroad Bridge company to rebuild
the draw span of it's bridge across the
Mississippi river at Quincy, H., was
passed.
Consideration of the Chinese exclu-
sion bill then was resumed, Senator
Vest (Mo.) briefly addressing the sem
ate in opposition to some features of
the pending measure. He sympa-
thized entirely. with what had been
said in opposition to the admission of
Chinese. 81 Think" said he, 'that any
immigration is undesirable when it
brings into this country people who
want all the privileges of this country
without participating in any of the
responsibilities
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
LEFT IN MITCHELL'S HANDS.
Will Act If Civic Federation
Fails in It's Efforts

Indianapolis, Ind, April 1.-THE ma
tional executive board of the National
Mine Workers, after a weeks session
in this city, adjourned Saturday with
out making public the policy adopted
regarding the anthracite coal field
trouble, further than to announce
that the matter has been left in the
hands of President Mitchell and the
anthracite district officers, pending
the results of the negotiations of the
civic federation committee.
1t is intimated, however, that prep
arations have been made for general
strike Immediately after the expira-
tion of the 80 day truce between miners
and operators, April 81, if the oper-
ators refuse to make terms.
President Mitchell and Secretary
Wilson left Saturday for Punxsu-
tawney, Pa, where conference will
be held with the Rochester and Pitts
burg company, whose 10000 miners
have been striking since April 1. Pres
ident Mitchell will go from Punxsu-
tawney to Washington to attend
meeting Monday of the executive
committee of the American Federation
of Labor
Another effort is to be made to get a
conference with the West Virginia OPP
orators before strike it declared.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
RIOTERS OvERAwED.
Presence Of Large Numbers of Troops
mt Brussels Maintains Tempo
rary Quiet.

Brussels, April 1.-THE rioters have
been temporarily awed by the over
towering display of armed force. Up
to noon Saturday nc. further disturb
ance had occurred here. The number
of police, gendarmes and soldiers at
the disposal of the authorities appears
sufficient to cope with disturbances,
SO long as the troops remain loyal.
The strike continues to spread in the
central coal districts. Elsewhere the
socialist leaders are trying to keep the
men at work until Monday or Tuesday,
when they contemplate an important
movement.
Perhaps the most significant event
of Friday was the open rupture be-
tween the socialists and the liberal
faction, heretofore associated with the
former, with the object of forcing the
government to grant universal suf-
frage. This split notably strength
ems the governments hands in the
present crisis, as the coalition of the
moderate parties promises to last as
long as the incipient revolution con-
tinues.
In consequence of the receipt of a
letter threatening to blow up with
dynamite the faience works at La
Louviere, unless work there is stopped,
the manager has shut down the fac
tory and has ordered the 1900 en-
ployes, who include 500 women, to i'm
mediately leave the premises.
A dispatch from Mons announces
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
WALLER SEVERELY SCORED.
Closing Speech of Prosecution in
Court Martial at Manila.

Closing Speech of Prosecution in
Court Martial at Manila.
Manila, April 1.-THE judge advo-
cate, Maj. Henry P. Kingsbury, replied
Saturday to the summing up before
the court-martial Friday, of Capt. Ar
thur t. Mark, representing Maj Lit
Teton W. T. Waller, who is being tried
for executing natives of Samar with
out trial. Maj. Kingsbury made an
eloquent address. He commended that
Maj Waller was under military and
not martial law and that there was
nothing in the conduct of the men who
were shot deserving of such punish
ment. The judge advocate blamed
Maj. Waller himself for the disasters
which befell the marines, and accused
him of abandoning ten helpless com
rades, "whose bones were now bleach
ing on the banks of the Lanang," to
die of hunger.
The judge advocates denunciation
of the methods by which the prison
ers, who were to. be shot, were chosen
was dramatic.
They were lined up, he said, "for the
rattle of death, at the sole will and
pleasure of Private Davis, marine,
who was judge and prosecutor, and
processes many arms" He referred
to Davis testimony in terms of with
ering seorn, accused Maj. Waller of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18

The Washington Post says that the
other day Senator Pettus arose as if
to address his fellow-members, and
hush of expectancy at once fell upon
the chamber. Every eye was upon the
venerable statesman, who, with great
deliberation reached around into the
tail pocket of his long frock coat and
drew forth a plug of tobacco. Uncon-
scious of the attention he was attract
ing, he bit off chew and sat down
without saying a word. Everybody
smiled, but the senator was not aware
of the incident.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
DIR. TALMAGE PASSES AWAY.
The Noted Presbyterian Divine Dies Quietly
at His Home in Washington,
Surrounded by His Family.

Washington, April 13.-Rev. T. De-
Witt Talmage, the noted Presbyterian
divine, died at 9 o'clock last night at
his residence in this city.
1t had been evident for some days
that there was no hope for his recovery,
and the attending physicians SO in
formed the family. The patient grad
uallly grew weaker until life passed
away SO quietly that even the mem
bers of the family, all of whom were
watching at the bedside, hardly knew
cause of death was Inflammation of
the brain.
DIR. Talmage was in poor health when
he started away from Washington for
Mexico for a vacation and rest six
weeks ago. He was then suffering
from influenza and serious catarrhal
conditions.
Since his return o,Washington some
time ago he has been quite i'll Until
Thursday, however, fears for death
were not entertained.
The last rational words uttered by
DIR. Talmage were on the day proceed
ing the marriage of his daughter,
when he said ''Of course I know you
Maud" Since then he has been I'M
conscious.
At DIR. Talmage's bedside, besides
his wife, were these members of the
family; Rev. Frank De Witt Talmage,
Chicago; Mrs. W. G. Smith, Brooklyn;
Mrs. Daniel Mangram, Brooklyn; Mrs.
A. E. Donnau, Richmond; Mrs. Clar-
ence Wycof and Miss Talmage, Wash
ington.
DIR. Talmage was born at Bound
Brook, N. j., January 7, 1882. He was
married to Miss Avery, of Brooklyn,
by whom he had two children. She
was drowned in the Schuylkill river
and he afterwards married Susan c.
Whitmore, of Brooklyn, who survives
hin,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18

listening to the dictates of ambition
and not to the dictates of duty, assert
ed that the natives, according to the
evidence, acted in many instances in
a highly commendable manner, and
declared that their faithfulness and
not their treachery had been disclosed
before the court.
Capt. Mark requested permission to
make short reply. He protested
strongly against criticism of the way
in which Maj. Waller had conducted
the campaign, which, he said, was out
side the case, and again insisted that
martial law ruled by the mere nature
of the conditions.
The court deliberated less than half
an hour. No decision was announced
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18

The Frenchman's weakness for gov
fact that for 20 vacant posts as Of
flee guardians, caretakers, porters.
etc., at the Prefecture de la Seine,
there were no fewer than 1000 appli.
cations, and $500 applications were
received for 800 vacancies among the
office sweepers. These candidates
were recommended by municipal coun-
cilors, deputies, senators and even
ministers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
Warnings are being sent ont nv the

Warnings are being sent out by the
ever the northern and eastern parts
of the United States against the great
swarm of seventeen-year locusts,
which will make it's appearance next
month. After sleeping under ground
for nearly two decades the insects will
come out in May in enormous mum.
bers, and fruit growers, especially, will
have reason to fear for the safety of
their trees. The locust is the wierdest.
and in some respects the most inter-
esting of all insects.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
TERMS THE Beers WANT |
Authoritative Statement as to What
Conditions They Are Pre-
pared to Accept.
WILLING TO GIVE UP INDEPENDENCE.
Demand Cancellation Of Banishmen
and ConfiscatiOn of Property Proc
lamatiOn, Amnesty for Cape neb-
els, Release of Political Prisoners
and Return of Prisoners of War.

Edinburgh, April 14.-The Evening
News of this city, whose editor is in
close touch with Mr.. Kruger, declares
on the highest authority that the
Beers are prepared to accept the fol-
lowing conditions:
They will not make absolute independ-
ence cardinal feature, If they can come
to satisfactory agreement as to future
internal government.
The Punishment and confiscation of prop
erty proclamation must be Cancelled and
confiscated property must be restored to
its owners with remuneration for private
stock and property destroyed or taken by
the British.
Full recognition of state debts contract
ed before and after hoStilities, and up to
the date of the annexation proclamat ton
issued by Lord Roberts.
The language question to be mutually
agreed upon.
Amnesty for the cape rebels
The release of all political prisoners.
A date to be fixed when all prisoners of
war WILDE returned to South Africa.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
Murdered for His Money.

Nashville, Tenn, April IA special
to the Banner from Decatur, Ala,
says: w. ]. Polk, a prominent insur-
ance man of this city, and a relative
of former President Polk, was found
dead at the entrance to a tenement
house Saturday morning, with his
skull crushed in. The police are posi-
tive that he was murdered and robbed,
as money which he was known to have
had on his person when he was last
seen alive was missing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18

A remarkable arrangement for in
terviews between solicitors and clients
prevails at Holloway prison, England.
The interviews take place in a glass
box within large room. The solicit
tors and the clients are seated at a
table, where they can discuss the case
with the utmost freedom, without risk
of being heard. The warder who prom
enades outside the glass box can see
everything and hear nothing, and he
can especially detect any attempt to
convey correspondence to or from the
prisoner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
Wage Scale Signed.

Youngstown, O., April IA spe-
cial to the Telegram Saturday morning
from Wheeling says: At conference
held here between the officers of the
Amalgamated association of Iron,
Steel and Tin workers and officials of
the Republic Iron and Steel company
the scale for the year beginning July
1, 1902, was signed. The scale signed
is that of last year. 1t affects about
$4,000 workers in the bar and iron mills
of the country.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18

The aborigines of the Malabar
islands employ perfect whistling
language by means of which they can
communicate with each other over
long distances. A stranger wander
ing over the islands is frequently sur
prised to hear from hilltop the
sound of loud whistling, which is
quickly repeated on the next hill, and
so is carried from summit to summit
until it dies away in the distance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18

Perhaps the most interesting feat
urc of the locust to the popular minds
is its musical apparatus, by means Of
which it produces it's peculiar note
or song. Only the male has the gift
of song, and the mechanism that
drums of membrane situated on the
sides of the abdomen. These drums
are caused to vibrate by the action of
powerful muscles, and the noise is va
ried in tone and pitch by ada
cent structures resembling sound
ing boards. They can be heard for
quite a distance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
Horses Wonderful Jump.

New York, April 14.-Heatherbioom,
the high jumping horse, has broken
the worlds record at the riding acad-
envy horse show in this city, by clearing
the bar at feet inches. The former
record was feet AZ inches, Heather
blooms previous mark. The academy
was well filed with society people and
there was roar of applause over the
wonderful performance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18

Up to some time ago the Norwegian
army was perhaps the only one in
Europe in which snowshoes were used
to any extent. After several years of
extensive trials, however, the Aus
trian minister of war has now
equipped several battalions of the I'M
perial Austrian army with snowshoes.
During the maneuvers carried on this
year in the Austrian Alps the shoes
proved to be of immense advantage
to the troops equipped with them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18

Hughes LIE RouX, a French writer
and traveller, who has recently re-
turned from Abyssinia, where he was
commissioned by the French govern
ment to study economic questions, as
serts that American cottons have Sc
cured such hold upon the empire as
to actually constitute monetary
standard. A piece thirty yards long,
the average price of which is So, is
a token by which Abyysinian coffee is
purchased in the regions of production.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18

Stabbed through the heart has hith-
erto been synonymous with fatally
wounded, but modern surgery has
stepped in, and it is now possible to
recover from this injury. DR.. Fontan,
a Toulon surgeon, had young soldier
brought to him suffering from a knife
wound piercing the pericardium, caus-
ing lesion of the heart. DR.. Fontan
opened the cavity and applied three
stitches in the heart. The cash was on
the level with the left ventricle The
patient has now entirely recovered.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
Signs Railroad Merger Bill.

Des Moines, Ia, April 14.-Gov. Cum
Minis Saturday signed what is known
as the Hubbard railway merger bill,
authorizing railways organized, in
Iowa to absorb connecting lines any
where in the United States, and en-
joy the same privileges as have hereto
fore been limited to lines wholly in
Iowa and adjoining states. The bill
was amended SO as to prevent the
merger of competing or parallel lines.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18

The street car system of Budapest
is considered the best in the world,
and has been intimated by several
American cities. The underground
railway is also a model. The stations
are built of porcelain tiles inside and
out. The cars hold AZ people; they
run by the electric third-cell system.
and the fare is cents, the stations
being at intervals of a quarter of a
milo
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
killing DECLARED Justifinh1e.

Cleveland, O., April 14.-Judge Ken
nedy, of the central police court, Sat-
urday discharged Charles Anderson,
who Friday shot and killed William
Franks in South Euclid, a suburb.
After brief hearing the court said
it was clear case of self-defense.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
Society Leader Dead.

New York, April 14.-Mrs. Joshua
Lippincott, for many years leader in
the social life of Philadelphia and
Newport, and widely known in Europe,
is dead at her residence in Philadel-
phia, says a special from that city to
the New York Herald. A severe fall
brought on the fatal illness.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18

The United States Philippine COM
mission has fixed the government rate
of exchange for Mexican silver at
S2.27 for the second quarter of the
year. This is two cents above the
bank rate. There is scarcity of gold
in Manila, and importers must pay
duty at the increased rate.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
Boer Leaders in Conference.
Resignation Called For.

Washington, April lathe seere-
tary of the treasury has sent a letter
grafton insolvency, in New York, call
ing for his resignation. The secretary
inclosed the letter from Mr.. Cortelyo u,
received by him Friday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18

London, April 14.-Both the chan
cellor of the exchequer, Mr.. Michael
Hicks-Beach, and the colonial secre-
tary, Joseph Chamberlain, attended
the cabinet council, held at the foreign
office at noon Saturday. Prior to the
meeting of the ministers, representa-
tives of the Bank of England had a
conference with the chancellor of the
exeAequer, indicating that the budget
was a prominent subject of discussion
by the ministers, especially as to the
best means of issuing war loan.
London, April 14.-In consequence
of the prominence given by the after
noon newspapers to the report that a
cabinet crisis had occurred, owing to
a breach between Mr.. Chamberlain
and Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, on the
method of raising war funds, Mr..
Chamberlain Saturday issued a signed
statement, saying that the report was
pure invention and absolutely untrue.
Notwithstanding the sensational
and diverse rumors evoked by the UNI
expected summoning of the cabinet,
public interest, as displayed in Down
ing street, was of an exceedingly lam
guild type. All the ministers were
present, with the exception of the
lord lieutenant of Ireland, Earl Cado-
gan, from which it was inferred that
the question of the immediate adop-
ton of a more stringent policy to-
wards the United Irish league did not
occupy the foremost place at Satur
days council.
Among the many peace rumors Sat-
urday morning the most interesting
is to the effect that the Beers have
intimated that they are willing to
come into the British empire, as junior
partners, to give up their flag and be-
come part of an African confedera-
ton, with flag of it's own, with SUI
preme court and with practically an
American constitution.
Boer Leaders in Conference.
Utrecht, Holland, April 14.-Dr
Leyds, the Transvaal agent, and other
Boer leaders had long conference
Friday evening. DR.. Leyds afterwards
asserted that the meeting was not
connected with the conference pro-
ceedings at Klerksdorp, Transvaal
Colony. Peace, however, he added,
could not be concluded without pre-
vious consultation with the Boer rep
resentatiyes in Europe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
Fatal Train Wreck.

Memphis, Tenn, April 14.-At seven
o'clock Saturday morning north
bound New Orleans limited train No.
2 on the Illinois Central, due here at
6:35 a. M, ran into switch engine in
the Illinois Central yards. The pas
senger engine, two baggage cars, mail
and second class coach were derailed.
The fireman was killed and three 9TH
err persons injured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
Fire ON a Transnort.

San Francisco, April IA small
fire occurred in the hold of the United
States transport Sherman, lying at
the government dock Saturday, but
the vessel was uniniured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
Waterman killed.

ST. Paul, Mimi, April 14-John Don
ovan, night Waterman at the RYAN
Annex building, Seventh and Robert
streets, was squeezed to death in the
passenger elevator at the Seventh
street entrance of the building early.
Saturday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
Important Railroad Transaction.

New York, April 14.-As result OF
several conferences held Saturday
there is very general conviction that
control of the Louisville & Nashville
road has passed or will pass to the
Southern railway.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
Rebellion Crushed.

Washington, April IA cablegram
received from Minister Powell, at San
Domingo, Saturday, reports to the
state department that the rebellion
which broke out there about ten days
ago has been crushed. No details are
suDDlied
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18

Phenomenally mild winter is being
experienced in Russia. At Kiev the
trees are budding, the river Dniepr is
clear of ice, while the Warsaw violets
are Towering.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
Die. of Heart Failure.

New York, April 14.-Silas C. Croft,
surveyor of the port of New York, died
Saturday at his home in West One Hun
dred and Twenty-irst street. from
heart failure.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
Chicago Man Dies in Texas.

Beaumont, Tex, April 14.-Perry A.
Hull, the Chicago capitalist and politi-
clan, died Saturday morning at 49,
o'clock from pneumonia.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18

that, preparatory to a general strike
at the Borinage coal mines, April IA,
the men from several pits have already
brought their tools to the surface.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-18
British Cabinet Meeting.

The officers of one or two friendly powers
to be accepted to superintend the carrying
out of the terms of peace.