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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-01

ury-the people being poor and de-
graded.
Quelport is big island, which we will
pass. Tsusima is Japanese, though the
people seem different somewhat, AMI
taller. On turning the corner of Korea
we come to Fusan, place open to all
trade; it is very accessible, and possibly
the most satisfactory place at which to
stay, in Korea; at the head of the har-
Dor is the Korean walled city, a poor
place, and only significant as contain
ing the royal granaries Of rice. The
scenery here, especially the view
through the door of the Japanese tenn
pie, is good. AS we go north 1t comes
to us in varied ways that the west OF
the Korean peninsula is cut OH from
the east by ridge of mountains. Along
the coast we find Song Chin. Ping-yang,
Mokpo, all coming on as trading ports,
until we reach Gensan (Wonsan) with
its Japanese settlement; the soil here is
good, the cattle fairly so, and there is
road to Chemulpo; it would be bold
cyclist or motorist who would face 1t.
The people inland are unsophisticated
and inoffensive.
Here more than elsewhere the Jap is
the cock of the walk, the Korean being
in comparison, tall, leggy, and "hope-
less" with the mild repose of deca-
dence, suggesting, in comparison, the
Cochin-China and the Bantam. At
Gensan, a japanese inside the COM
pound rudely went for big Korean
trumpeter who dared to move, from GU
riosity, while was sketching him.
Here is, however-or was-a Korean Of
fetal residence decorated with some
taste, where with some others was en-
tertained to luncheon. cooked by Chi
nese ex-man-o'-war cook, and including
plum pudding, with copious libations
for those who desired, principally of
| sweet vermuth. The star comiQue Of the
district performed on the tight-rope, and
mimicked many kinds of men, hunters
and priests included, with much skill;
geisha sang, poems were composed
all these delights were in honor Of the
kings birthday.
| No one seems to say Poor Korea
yet it is poor, distressful country, and
deserves, for what it is worth, some
sympathy. And now we slide into the
Russian littoral. Over the large bay lies
vladivostok, it's latitude being that OF
the Gap (Straits of Tsugaru), between
Japan proper and Isle of Yeyo; Hako-
date, with it's storm-stones on the roof
being on the south Of the latter. Vladi-
yostok has long and narrow harbor-
a reason for it being described as the
| Golden Horn is stated to be that gold
| lies in the hills; but the more poetical
and usually accepted one is that it en-
bodies the idea of the long-coveted
| Golden Horn of Constantinople. One
may state that many of the places
/ headlands, bays, harbors, have four o!
more names-the native. Korean, Chi
nese. Japanese. French. English. and
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rHis SURFACE RgpRLsGKTs
so,ooo. 600 POUNDS.
BUTTE r

Diagram showing cheese and butter pro-
duction in six census years-factory
and creamery production are shaded.
the reverse was true. According to the
eleventh census the five states showing
the greatest production of butter were
Iowa, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois
and Ohio; Wisconsin held the sixth
place.
New York and Wisconsin continue to
be the great cheese-producing states of
the union. They are credited for 1900
with totals of 130,371 ,O34 pounds and
79,3S4,29S pounds, respectively. To-
gether they produced 9,755, 1882 pounds,
or more than two-thirds of all the cheese
made in the United States.
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Thirteen FORTS
TO GUARD ANTUNC
SEVEN ALREADY BUILT BY RUS
SLAMS AND SIX MORE ARE
BEING ERECTED.
JAPANESE ADVANCE IN
MANCHURiA SUSPENDED
Cossack Cavalry Hurried to Intercept
Mikado's Troops in Korea-Em-
press Dowager of China Objects to
Open Alliance with Japan.

Toxic, March 2S.-A private tele-
gram from Korea states chat the Rus
slams are establishing strong position
in the vicinity of Antung. They are
said to have seven fortresses completed,
and to be engaged in erecting six addi-
tional ones. 1t is also reported that
four batteries Of artillery have been
established at Chyang Siong. The Rus
slams are reported to be experiencing
great difficulty in transporting army
supplies, particularly from Lao Yang.
The roads are in bad condition, and 1t
has been necessary to repair them and
construct a number of new bridges.
Food is scarce. No cattle are avail
able, and the Russians have been kill
ing and eating horses.
Jap Advance Suspended.
Liao-Yang, Manchuria, March Is
Gen. Mishtchenko has been informed
that the Japanese have suspended their
advance on the Ping Yang-Anju line.
Three thousand Japanese troops are
stationed at Anju, and 1000 at PAX
Chieng, while 40 japanese warships and
transports are anchored at Chinnampo
According to Russian advices, the OBJ
ject of the Japanese is to turn tne Rus
sian flank, for which they are await
ing the concentration of their army.
A Cossack patrol encountered Jap
anese post near Pak-Chieng, March "a.
and exchanged shots. While retiring
the Cossacks met a japanese patrol and
opened fire, with the result that one
Japanese officer, one man and horse
were killed. The Russian force suf-
fered no casualty.
Cossacks Chasing Japs.
st. Petersburg, March Is. = Two d.
visions of Cossack cavalry have been
sent to intercept 5000 Japanese in
fantry between Chasan, 80 miles south
east of Anju and Yangtok, in hope of
capturing them before they can join
the main army at Pingyang.
Objects to Open Alliance.
London, March 2S.-The Daily Tele-
graph prints dispatch from its cor
respondent at Shanghai which says
that the empress dowager has mega
lived a proposal made by Gen. Yuan
Shi Kai and Gen. Ma that China con-
clude an open alliance with Japan in
view of Russia's repeated violations Of
Chinese territory west of the Lao
river.
Believe Battle Is Near.
Toxic, March %. - 1t is the convic-
ton among those who are well in
formed as to the situation that land
fighting is Immediately pending. The
government continues to withhold all
news of the movements of the army
and fleet.
Bombardment Confirmed.
New-Chwang, March 2S.-The Russian
official reports of the bombardment of
Port Arthur by the Japanese fleet last
Tuesday are substantially confirmed by
| a refugee from Port Arthur, who reports
| that the Russian gunners profited by the
japanese initiative and returned their
| fire over the Liaotoshin promontory
The refugee further states that more
stringent restrictions on the merchants
| of Port Arthur are now exercised, rem
dering entrance to and exit from the
city almost impossible. Military AND
| civil passes are no longer accepted.
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dividual, he possesses virtues, kindlf-
mes, an absence of bitterness, and resig-
nation. Personally one gets in touch
whilst with the Japanese, plucky and eff
ficient little fellow as he is, when not on
duty he becomes a typical Japanese in
his home, and consequently out of sight.
The Russian soldier is stolid and unedu-
Gated, still he is contented, merry, and
singing animal, with much OF the dig
nifty due to bearing his hard life with
pathetic accomplishing. At Vladivos-
tok multi Is not seen, and some of the
ladies affect the velvet tiara and much
embroidered national dress. There is an
appearance of poverty over all, in stores
and equipment, even clothing with the
men; fortunately they are hardy, and
numerous enough to admit of the weaker
members going under.
Fatalism and consequent resignation
reigns through the East. Nicolajewsk
is at the extreme north where the river
Amur divides Russia from Manchuria;
some thirty miles up is the settlement
where the rivers width is nine miles;
it has cathedral and official buildings.
However, VladivOstok has taken the
wind out of its sails. The north of the
narrow island of Saghalien is opposite.
The coast between Nicolajewsk and
Vladivostok has numerous ports, small
| and large. Possiet, a horse-breeding
place, Pique, etc., Castacei Bay, Olga
VLADIMIR, and numerous isolated posts,
one with pathetic little graveyard in
which lies British naval officer, acct
dentally killed whilst shooting. Bar
raconta Harbor lies in an enormous re-
gion of pines, but some of the other
places are comparatively bare. On the
whole Of this coast we found small ami
mails, as we'll as long-haired tigers, deer
and wild hog, and hunters, usually poor
and squalid, are ready to barter, through
Chinese middleman, their skins, Of
tiers, ETC., the best of which go, believe.
to st. Petersburg, as those they have
seem poor, though have seen some fine
dressed tiger skins in the stores for sale.
Stiffness, with restful calm, which
certainly had its charm to me, is here
in excelsis in the summer; and I be-
lieve that at ports stiffness must ba
perennial, as if ones foot gets caught
on mechanically lifting it over a fallen
trunk the toe will tear away in powder
a half of it. it apparently having lain
| to silently decay for many years, pos
sibly centuries. A carelessly-lune
match may make fire Of leagues. and
there is tradition of such fire BEING
caused by naval chaplain
Such is this more or less pine-clad,
solitary region, its desolateness ac-
centuated when in the ice grip of win
ter The necessity to cut wood for fuel.
building, including boats (for the Rus
sian is proverbially clever with his ax).
mr.t be godsend to the inhabitants.
The little black piggie is not unknown.
BERNARD ESPINASSE.
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Trouble with Strikers.

Marseilles, March 2S.-Riots Of q
somewhat serious nature attended the
strike of the dock workmen Saturday,
owing to the efforts of the police to pre-
vent picketing. There were numerous
collisions between the police and the RI
oters, in which several men were in
jured. None of the strikers was sufi-
GENTLY injured to require hospital treat
ment A few arrests were made, but the
prisoners were soon released.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-01
State BUYS Wolves,

Applications for wolf bounties are
being received by the state auditor at
the rate of Sc, 900 a month, and if they
continue at this rate the fiscal year of
1904 will be record breaker. The
state has paid during the last few
months SIG, $3.50, almost as much as
was paid in 1902 and 1908.
Under the law passed by the state
legislature there is no limit to the
amount of wolf bounties which the
state may pay year, and consequent
ly applications are being received in
great numbers. In previous years
there was a regular appropriation,
usually $4,000 year, and deficiency
appropriations were made from time to
time
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depressing region, fact that
even birds, supporting this view, have
discovered, for have pulled about for
day in canoe in Barraconta harbor
(Which might be an unmOlested Eden for
them so far as man would be concerned)
without hearing sound to break the
silence resting on the millions of acres
of pines and the still, calm waters.
have somewhat carelessly named
Chefoo, though it lies far north Of the
doubling round end of Korea, for the
reason that it is opposite to Port Arthur,
and not far from the mouth of the
Pei-ho, the Taku forts, Tientsin,
and Picking, region more than once
the scene of naval attempts-Seoul and
Chemulpo over the way; Mongolia to the
northwest, Manchuria north-a vast
region inside the Russian littoral.
Chefoo, sometimes known as the
Brighton of Shanghai, has fine beach
and the relations here with the Chinese
seem pleasant enough. The winter in
the Gulf of Pechili, and such periods
when the stormy winds do blow" Is
rather subject for travellers tales as to
the junks and mariners lost in the ty-
phoons. Let us go south and east;
Port Hamilton has now ceased to be
England's, and no one else seems keen
on getting it; have seen Korean trib-
ute boat there, but the amount collect
ed was probably of little use to the ex-
chequer-if it ever reached the treas
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-01
Deadly Tornado in Mauritius.

Port Louis, Island of Mauritius, March
2S-A tornado caused widespread ruin
throughout this island March Il and %,
doing an enormous amount of damage.
Twenty-four persons are known to be
killed and thousands are without food
or shelter Crops, houses, bridges and
telegraph lines are destroyed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-01
Car Barns Burned.

Cincinnati, March 28.-Fire Saturday
destroyed the great car barn of the Gin
cinnati Traction company, at Hewitt
avenue, Walnut Hills, causing loss of
100000, insured. Over 80 cars standing
In the barn were destroyed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-01
Heavy Rains in Indian Territory.

Guthrie, Okla, March 26.-Special dis
patches from all over Indian territory
and the western counties in Oklahoma
Woodward counties, where rain had not
fallen since last summer, heavy rains
broke the drought. The heaviest rains
are in Indian territory, where high wa
ter is reported in many of the streams.
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New York. March &c,

New York, March 26.
FLOUR-Steady but quiet.
WHEAT-Market strong. May, 98h9
9SBc; July, 93ss@94c; September, S57sdS6Ac
RYE-Steady. No. western, Sic to ar
rive prompt.
CORN-Firm May, 5SG56Ac.
OATS-Nominal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-01
STUDY of the census re-
ports of the last so years
gives one a very good gen.
eral idea of the growth of
tho dairy industry in this

,RXN. ports or the last 5O years
X$NX- gives one very good gen.
&A& eral idea of the growth of
the dairy industry in this
country fer that period,
and to anyone not familiar with the
development of this important industry
such a study cannot help but result in
surprises at the magnitude which the
industry has assumed.
The dairy industry must necessarily
be divided into two distinct classes
that of the farm and of the factory.
Dividing 1t in this way, we find total
butter production of 1892 ,699, 143
pounds, of which 1,071, 745,127 pounds
were produced on farms and the re-
mainder in factories. The number of
farms engaged to greater or less ex
tent in the manufacture of dairy prod
ucts in the United States is ASIA ,210, and
the following tabulated summary shows
the quantities and values of the dairy
products sold from these farms an
nually:
Milk sold. 2.13is15.3 42 gallons. 1854 $40. 2e2
Cream sold, 20 76S.662 gallons. S.S3S,7 TIC
Butter Sold SIS. 026 pounds. 49,. S6,6O6. 446
Cheese sold, IA, 60, 542 pounds $3.50. 1342, 444
Total value of dairy products
sold from farms 1921, 629, s5S
Total value of such products
consumed on farms ............ 1870, 73s. 2s7
Aggregate value of dairy prod
ucts on farms 1899. .$472, 1853, 255
Over one-half or 50.3 per cent, of the
butter reported from farms was made
in the north central division. and 1872
per cent in the north Atlantic. The
former division sold 55 per cent. Of it's
farm butter and the latter division 282
per cent. This shows where the surplus
farm, or dairy" butter is made The
south central division sold only 60 per
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Live Stock.

chicago, March -.
CATTLE-Choice to fancy beeves, s.. 651
$50; good to choice heavy steers S.. 3O@ $50;
fair to good export and shipping steers,
A.70@5.15; medium beef steers, $4.15G4. IS:
inferior and plain steers, $3.5OQ4.1O; good
to fancy cows and heifers. 81. O0@4. 65: good
to choice feeders, $3.70q45O; poor to fair
stockers and feeders, s250dS. so; fair to good
cows and heifers. $3.2O@3.75; good cutting
to fancy. $5.50@6.50 calves, common to fair.
$2.75Q5.25; corn-fed western steers, A.1O@
$40; Texas bulls and thin steers, 81. 25Q3.70;
fed Texas steers, fair to choice, $3.3O@4.5o.
HOGS-Good to choice heavy shipping,
S.. 50@5.60 fair to good butcher weights, $3.50
$3.50; fair to good heavy packing, $3.50
$50; rough to choice heavy mixed, S.. 300
$50; assorted light, So. 35G5.50; good to
choice light mixed, s5.40@5. So; inferior light
mixed. $5.15a5.30; poor to choice, A.4O@
80.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-01
Rural Routes.

There are eight hundred rural mail
delivery routesin operation Throughout,
Minnesota at present which is exactly
two hundred more than there were a
year ago. All the payments to the car
riers are made from the st. Paul post
office, and the monthly payroll now
amounts to more than $40, 900, as COM
pared with $50, 900 March, 1903.
The average length of route il
twenty-five miles, and multiply that
figure by eight hundred routes now in
operation, the distance covered by the
rural carriers in this state approx
mates O,OOO miles each day.
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Omaha, Neb., March 26.

OIIIdIId, 4NtU, NdTCiI 70.
CATTLE-Market unchanged. Native
steers, So. 50@520; cows and heifers, 81. 70@
400; Gamers, 81 .90@2. go; stockers and feed
ers, 81. 5Od4 20; calves, $3O0@5.75; bulls,
stays etc, 50. 25@30O.
HOGS-Market sc higher Heavy, $5.O5@
515; mixed, $5.O5d5.10; light, 81 95d5. 20; pigs,
81. 10@4S0; bulk of sales, $50565.15
SHEEP-Market steady. Western year.
lings, &.75@5.25; wethers, &.25@4.90; ewes.
81. 00Q4.65; common and Stockers $2.75@475;
'ambs. $5OOQ5.S0
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The settlement in Minnesota this
year will be heavy.
Safes and bank vaults may be man
ufactured in Minneapolis. The fac
tory will be the only one west of Gin
cinnati..a
E. D. Williams, Little Falls, was
found guilty of forgery in the second
degree He passed the troublesome
checks last May. Under the name of
f. Henry. He has served several terms
in the Nebraska penitentiary.
/, The prohibitionists of the Eighth
legislative district held their conven-
at Owatonna They will seek to go on
the primary ballot by petition.
Following the lead of the st. Paul
grocers, the Minneapolis grocerymen
have decided to do all in their power to
abolish the tradNg stamp evil.
w. Ii. Gemnell will succeed IL. A.
Fabian as secretary to President Eli
oft of the Northern Pacific.
The Great Northern railroad paid in
to the state treasury $4,000 on its
gross earnings tax account. This
makes $500, 900 that the road has paid
OH the 1893 taxes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-01

} most minds the north of the
Asiatic coast, beginning ac
Chefoo and including the Is
land of Saghalien, where the
war now RACES, is a sad and
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Satisfactory.

A report of the FEBRUARY logging OPP
erations on the Chippewa reservation,
under the provisions of the Morris law.
has been made by Supt. O'Neil. There
was collected for the benefit of the In
dams from the logging operations of
the month the sum of $1O2, 124.32
Logging is progressing in satisfac-
tory manner. The tops are being TAX
en- care of, and the other rules are be-
ing enforced unsparingly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-27
Telephones for Farmers.
From the Wilmington News


Progressive farmers In different parts of
the country are awaiting themselves of the
opportunities that make life worth living in
the country in these days. The agricultur-
lists of Genesee county, New York, are
thoroughly up-to-date. "a Not content with
the benefits of the free rural delivery sys-
tenn, they are enjoying the luxury of a
telephone system. 1t is of incalculable
benefit to many an isolated farmer
One man connected with the family of a
neighbor by telephone. From this 1t grew
until Is farmers connected their homes
Finally they formed a stock company and
spread the phone system throughout the
county. making also long-distant connec-
lions. No one who has once had the tele-
phone will do without 1t willingly.
Now 300 farmers of the county enjoy the
service 1t enables them to keep constantly
In touch with the markets and to gather
news of all kinds, to talk with the grocer.
the preacher and In fact to be In instant
communication with the outer world. The
original Is farmers still control the stock
company, and now furnish Telephones TO
their fellows at as low rate as is possible.
For convenience, and to insure perfect
working Of the line, the farmers are di-
vided into sections and the number Of teIe-
phones in a district Is limited The tele-
phone and mail service and the great i'm
provements being made along good roads
augur well for the future social and bsIsi-
ness outlook of those who dwell so near to
nature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-27

No other American city has the push cart
to so great an extent, and some-Chicago.
for eXample-know it scarcely at all. wag-
ons taking its place. But go where you
will in New York. you cannot escape the
ubiquitous push cart.
And no wonder Six thousand five hun
bred carts are licensed for business in the
streets of Manhattan Island alone. Placed
end on end they would make continuous
line seven and j half miles in length; placed
far enough apart for a peddler to stand at
one end of each cart. the line would in
crease in length mile and a half. The
East Side sightseer is truly within bounds
when he frequently eXclaims, on seeing
streets crowded with carts. why, there
must be miles of them g.
BY means of these carts, Whlch oIer lor
sale everything under the sun that man
can eat, wear or otherwise make use OF,
some fifty thousand people, in round num-
bers, gain their support Inc average peu-
dlers family. it must be remembered, con
tains nearer seven than five members. + OF
ty-five thousand persons are thuS acE ;.s.aa
ed for leaving five thousand TO DE uiHIueo
apnorp the families of the cart owners, VINO
rent the carts at 10 cents day, the auc-
tioneers and small jobbers in dry goods ato
notions who deal exclusively with the PED
dlers and the fruit commission nen WY
40 tha same thing. Hence, NUMBER de-
nendent upon the pushcart business Guy &c a
lent TO the population OF WlikesoarTe, d.
or Portland. Me. ana uediIy '"iSS
orad;ted TO Atlantic City, four years ago.
Only for Citizens.
Resides furnishing a livelihood for con-
s;derab,e body, these six and hai tnou-
sond carts are. in large part, so many
training schools for prospective American
citizens in American business methoos.
No one can secure license who mas not
t.ken out his declaration papers at least:
Flxry "a L
80 cIoss the full fedged American citizen
being scarce among them. In the years IN
tervening between the first and maj papers
bis eve teeth were cut. He learned TO buy
lis fruit at some big wholesale market IN
stead of from the jobber around the corner:
and so increased his profits. He discovered
that it is necessary to get up at and In
the morning to catch the pennies OF the Ia
boring class as they go to their work.
corners and so by the time he is ready to
become citizen of the country he has been
a self-respecting storekeeper for at least