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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-15
MAKES ANSWER TO CHARGES
Senator Smoot Declares He Is Le-
gally Entitled to Hold His Seat.
Denies He Is a POlygamist or That
He Is Bound by Oath IncOnsist-
ent with Constitution.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE response
of Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah, to the
charges made against him has been
presented to the senate committee on
privileges and elections by Senator
Burrows, chairman of that committee.
The document was in printed form,
and is in part os follows:
This respondent is advised and
AYERS that but. two of the charges
made against him in said protests,
either directly or by implication, are
such as, if true, could legally affect
his right to hold his seat in the sem
ate. These two charges are:
Il. That the respondent is a poly
gamist.
2. That he is bound by some oath
or obligation which is inconsistent
with the oath required by the consti-
tuition, which was administered to him
before he took his seat as a senator.
Both these charges respondent
denies.
LAS to the charge that he is a polyg-
amist, the respondent says that he
was married on the 18th day of Sep
TENDER, 1884, to Alpha May Eldridge.
She is still his wife, and is the moth
er of all his children. He has never
had any other wife, and has never CO.
habited with any other woman.
"As to the charge that the respon-
dent is bound by some oath or obliga-
ton controlling his duty under his
oath as senator, the respondent says
that he has never taken any such
oath, or in any way assumed any such
obligation. He. holds himself bound
to obey ard uphold the constitution
and laws of the United States, includ-
ing the condition in reference to polyg-
amy upon which the state of Utah
was admitted into the union
The members of the committee did
not go through the formality of read
ing it during the session. 1t was
agreed that at the regular meeting of
the committee to be held next Satur-
day the attorneys for Mr.. Smoot and
for the petitioners should be heard
John G.. Carlisle. of New York, for
merly secretary of treasury; r. w
Taylor, formerly representative in
congress from Ohio, will appear for
the prosecution, while Mr.. Smoot will
be represented by Messrs. A. S. Worth
ington. of Washington, D. C. Waldo
man Van Colt, of Utah, and W. E
Bosahof, of Idaho The attorneys will
| be heard as to the merits of the case
| as already presented. They will be
examined to show precedents and au-
| thorities and after they shall have
made their presentation the committee
| will decide whether to go further in
the matter by calling witnesses or dis
pose of it on the showing which will
| then have been made.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-15
BOARD of Regents.

Judge Cree leaf Clark of st. Paul
was reappointed member of the board
of regents of the state university by
Gov. S. r. Van SAINT and E. w. Randall
of Hamline, secretary of the Minnesota
Agricultural society, was named to
succeed Theodore L. Schurmeier of ST
Paul. The term of Office is six years,
beginning Jan. l, 1904.
A delegate of citizens from Hamline
appeared before the governor to urge
the appointment of Mr.. Randall They
emphasized his business ability and
sound Judgment as evidenced by his
work in connection with the manage
ment of the state fair.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-15

dare not move a hand. The peaceful
policy of the United States forbids more
than sympathy with the little combat
ant.
And the menace that is seen is closed
ports in developing market.
No, little Corea, with it's $4,000 square
miles of territory, is not the only bone
of contention. If it were the question
so far as Russia and Japan are con-
cerned, would be easily settled. Rus
STA is quite willing to concede the indie
pendence of Corea as demanded, upon
the condition that Japan acknowledge
Russian sovereignty in Manchuria.
What Japan demands is that Russia
concede Corean independence, and the
Bear agree to keep his paw off the her
NIT nation without asking conditions,
for Japan is too wise not to know that
the acknowledged control of Manchuria
is but another step in the scheme Of
Russian agrandizement, the full OBJ
ject of which is the control of all the
great northern provinces of China con-
tanning the very best markets now open
to Japan, markets the gates of which
would be closed and locked with Russia
in control.
There is peculiar political situa-
ton back of this lone fight of little Japan
to prevent the disruption of the Chinese
empire. Every commercial nation Of
Europe and America has cast covetous
chances upon China, either upon it's ter
ritory or its markets. Had not the
Washington government stepped in at
an opportune time the great empire
would undoubtedly have fallen a prey
to the territorial greed of the nations Of
Europe, but with American mills, Amer
lean machinery and American genius
back of these the Washington govern
ment could see better opportunity for
this country in an undivided China with
open ports than in a divided China with
closed ports. That this country could
share in the distribution and division
of the empire was not, or is not, to be
considered, and even If it could, it would
be valuable only from the commercial
standpoint, and undivided China offers
better opportunity than any small
part of the empire this country might,
by any possibility, secure.
The wise heads of England look upon
the subject in much the same way as do
the officials at Washington. Though
England might share more largely in
the territorial spoil than could this
country, yet England cannot afford to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-15
FIRE ON OPENING NIGHT.
Unexpected Testimony at Inquest
Over IrOquOis Theater Victims
Three More Die.

Chicago, Jp. 11.-UneXpected evil
dence developed Saturday morning at
the Iroquois inquest concerning fire
that occurred at the theater on the
night of the Mr. Bluebeard" opening
All information concerning this fire
appears to have been hushed up COM
pletely. The jury was much surprised
when the testimony came out.
The evidence was given by John
Bickles, carpenter, who was en-
ployed at the Iroquois theater before
the opening and for day or two aft
erward. The night the theater opened,
before the performance, he was in the
he heard an explosion in an adjoining
room. A flame came over the parti-
ton He did not know what caused
the explosion, but had heard it came
from some sort of a gas tank. He
never had investigated the matter
further.
Three more deaths of Iroquois VIC
tins have been reported. Miss Nellie
Dawson, 27 years old, died Friday at
the Passavant hospital. Miss Estella
Muir, 81 years old, died at the Poll
clinic hospital. Mrs. L. A. helms, %
years old, 5145 Prairie avenue, died at
eight o'clock Saturday morning at the
Samaritan hospital.
1t was reported at the Samaritan
hospital Saturday morning that two
other fire victims there could hardly
recover. Four injured persons are at
the hospital and all are seriously ill.
The four bodies at the county morgue
remain unidentified.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-15
JAZZ AN'SCONTENT|ONS
The Causes of Her Threatened Rup.
ture with Russia.
A GREAT FIGHT FOR HER LIFE
Sees Danger Of the Bear Absorbing
Northern Provinces of China
-Corea Not the Real Cause
of the Trouble.

THAT is it all about, this
:: !: !: !; !: !: !; !: !
AYASH rumpus in the far east that
kNN fills the columns of the press
ljAQ2f of the world with theories
V en- and rumors; that keeps the
- bulls and bears of the stock
pits clawing at each other;
that is helping to regulate the price of
eatable commodities? Is it specter
invented for the satisfaction of mans
lust for gold, or is it reality?
By all means it is reality. A reality
founded upon a condition that has in
it nothing that is new in the world OF
international economics, nothing the
world has not seen before. The press
Zone days tells us that Japan has issued
what is virtually an ultimatum to Rus-
STA; another the news is cabled from
Picking, from Hong-Kong, from Nagaskl
or other seat of the enterprisinS scribe,
that new negotiations are on foot and
settlement seems near A settlement
of what? What are the negotiations
about? What was Japan's ultimatum
What is the rumpus all about anyway!
1t is one little nation fighting for its
life, its future, its prosperity. 1t is more
than that-it is this one little nation
fighting for the life of another little ma
ton and a big nation near her borders,
and for the commercial rights of other
big nations of Europe and America.
Japan is saying to Russia: "Corea
must not be stepped upon; it must re-
main a free and independent people;
the seal of the car must not lock its
doors. That is what is said in words
What is said in meaning is that Japan
must have a chance to live, chance to
grow, a chance to sell the products OF
her accommodating factories. That the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-15

cases, glove cases, opera bags, nail nip
pers, ETC., ETC., and the profound and
weighty laws and measures enacted by
that body.
The contingent fund of the senate for
the last fiscal year ending June 80,
1903, covered expenses of $1,419 1888. 35,
and a glance through the pages of the
itemized report brings many singular
items to light, ranging in variety and
value from the good, old-fashioned
quill toothpicks to the latest thing in
the fashionable world, the wrist bag,
one more choice and artistic than it's
fellows costing $3050 Just which one
of the senator's of aesthetic tastes is
wearing this gorgeous article we are
not able to say, but that he is the envy
of all the other senators it is quite safe
to imagine. A majority of the senator's
must be addicted to the wrist bag hab-
it, for So of these handy adjuncts to
craftsmanship were purchased during
the year. They ranged in price from
80 cents to the $1,000 one aforemention-
ed. 1t is probable that some new and
unsophisticated member was put of
with the cheap 90-cent bag.
With the demand for wrist bags
came the need of pocketbooks, of which
121 were purchased, ranging in price
from nine cents to a more expensive
article of $1425. Now, inasmuch as
there are only 80 members of the SEN
ate, some of the more opulent of them
must require two pocketbooks to con-
tain their ready cash. Five chatelaine
bags were purchased, ranging in price
from 1925 to 1920. 1t took ia card
cases to satisfy the demands, and some
of them must have been magnificent
for it took s16.75 right out of Uncle
Sans bank to pay for the most ex-
pensive one.
But if we let you into all the singu-
lar secrets of the contingent fund we
must hurry on. Here are a lot OF
items taken at random, and they are
only a few among the many: Pastur-
| ing horses, $10S.26; gallons of meats
foot oil, mustang liniment, gargling oil
axle grease, tons of timothy and clover
hay, meal, middlings, bran, etc., al
these items clearly indicating tha
some senators at least enjoy gooG
horsef1esh and want 1t well taken care
of. Photo mailers, nearly 400; five
handkerchief cases, photo frames, eigh
and one-half dozen Rogers tabl,
knives, scores upon scores of papel
weights and thermometers, % coli
boxes, IA whole hides, $92.97.
Articles which show that the health
Of the senator's was closely looked afte
are as follows: One dozen boxes lax
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-15
To Locate New Zion.

San Antonio, Tex, Jan. 11.-John
Alexander Dowie and party returned
here Saturday from his trip of inspec-
ton along the Texas coast, and DR..
Dowie announced that he would locate
new Zion City and farm in Texas.
He declined, however, to give any de-
tails. Several sites for such an estab-
lishment have been inspected DR..
Dowie has not abandoned his Aus
tralian trip, but will sail from San
Francisco on January %.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-15
Receiving Teller Missing.

New York, Jan. ia warrant has
been issued for the arrest OF Frederick
]. Voss, receiving teller of the Dollar
Savings bank. of the Bronx, who is
charged with grand larceny. Voss dis
appeared December Is. The bank S
president says an examination of the
books has thus far shown shortage of
5000, but the indemnity companies on
his bond for $4,000 have taken up the
hunt for the missing man. The bank is
not affected
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-15
Confesses to Other Crimes.

Greensburg. Pa, Jan. 11.-Charles E.
Kruger, in Jail here awaiting execution
for the murder of Constable Harry F.
Bierer on July last is reported to
have confessed to the murder of John
Blevins, former city treasurer of New
castle, five years ago; to the murder of
April IS, 1902, and to mSuy other
crimes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-15
Long Service.

Judge F. NJ. Crosby of Hastings has
been in judicial service longer than any
Judge in Minnesota. This year he en-
tered upon his thirty-third year on the
district bench. a record not only re-
markable but unequaled. His present
term will not expire until Janu-
ary. 1909. Judge Crosby is regarded
as one of the best judges of the state,
and has a unblemished record.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-15

HE average American clu-
zen would not readily per-
y ceive any connection be-
NWEX tween toothpicks, playing
e@z cards, manicure sets. wrist
- bags, pocket knives, pine
lumber, bottle goods, timothy hay, etc.,
etc., and craftsmanship and legislation,
but there does exist relationship
which is closer in some cases than sec
ond- cousinship-between the afOremen-
toned articles and senatorial states
manship and legislation is clearly evil
dent, if the contents of the con-
tingent fund pie served up every year
to the hungry senators be investigated.
This article of culinary craftsmanship
rivals everything in the way of mys-
terry from boarding house hash to New
England mince pie. The external ap-
pearance of this remarkable production
would not excite undue attention OF
challenge investigation, for to be told
that the expenses of the senate of the
United States were million and hall
of dollars would not, perhaps, be con-
sidered excessive.
But break through the crust and
mixed up in rich profusion with those
things which one would expect to FIND
there-such as stationery, printing
desk, library and Office supplies of al
kinds, kilograms, furniture and equip.
ments, repairing and cleaning, ETC.
are articles which not even Philadel
phia lawyer or ingenious New England
Yankee would be able to account for
However, the astute and dignified an(
venerable and hard-working senator
would probably be able to convince tn,
most inquisitive constituent, wht
would be daring enough to poke hi
interrogatory nose into the expense &C
count of the senate, of the reasonable
ness of every item, and trace the con
nection between such articles as Rog
ers' table knives, gentlemen's toile
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-15
Bad Man Hurt.

Con Davis, giant lumberjack, with
an alleged record as bar room fighter,
lost an eye in w. G.. Carlin's saloon at
Floorwood few weeks ago, and later
he returned to that village with s.
caliber revolver to get satisfaction. He
now lies mortality wounded in the Jail
at FloorwOOd.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-15

Inc Representative OF tne Ozdr IN inc Fdr EdSs
and Commander of the Russian Forces There.
cluded Corea, then claimed by China as
a dependency, a claim which the world
scarcely recognized. In Corea, too,
Japan saw an opportunity, and she was
then but beginning to look for oppor-
unities, and she grasped at it. Europe
wrung from her what she had fairly
earned by defeating the Dragon in open
warfare, but she insisted, at least, upon
Corea's independence.
The Bear, in the meantime, moved
southwark. Policy forbade him NEEDLE
with Corea, for time at least, and with
willy smiles and fair promises he won
favor with tottering China and foot
hold on the open sea. Japan has
watched the menace grow, and pro-
poses 70 stop it. China, when it is too
late, sees the danger opening before
her, but is powerless. The nations OF
Europe. for very fear of each other.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-15
State Treasury.

The December receipts at the state
treasury aggregated $66O,745 "a. The
principal items were: State taxes, $685.
7l1.s7; state institutions, S156, 170.61;
telephone taxas, S33, 2O9 81; redemption
of funding banks, $4,000; interest on
bonds, $50, 1880; grain inspection,
s4s, 234 70; stumpage, 500, 263. SO; school
lands, So, S11.92; interest on school
lands, SIT, $50 81; hunters licenses, SILL
33S s.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-15

EVENT oENhlSN lllS OWN D. lEND6H-
off as souvenirs under the gently per-
suasive touch Of the senator's and their
guests.
In connection with the cork
screws, knives. ETC.. we must not for
got TO mention the playing cards. Why
the senators who ordered these were SO
honest as to put them in the report as
playing cards and not something else
is not clear. Packs of playing cards
and shrewd senators is combination
hard to beat. The contingent fund con-
tinues to liquidate many singular ex-
travagances of the senate, and mas
much as 1t is not known who the pur-
chasers of the singular items scheduled
in the report are, the senator's wink
knowingly at each other, continue to
buy whatever meets their fancy and
the public is left to wonder, and to
| suffer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-15

AMUSEMENT DURING A IlRESOME SPEhCH
ranging in price from cheap ones al
33 cents each to the best grades at $3.50
each, we might conclude that the laws
of the land were literally whitfield out
by the busy senator's. But taking an
other item of expense from the contin-
gent fund report, that of 1853 feet OF
white and Virginia pine and 5000 feet
of California red wood, it is easy to see
the connection between the two. Evil
IDENTIFY the brainy senator's who have
learned to think great thoughts, have
not forgotten to white as in their boy
hood Gays. When time hangs heavy on
their hands, the inspiration to white
becomes uppermost, and jackknife and
pine boards soon are in juxtaposition,
and the senatorial shavings falling here
and there. And such of the $40 knives
which are not in use in the hands of
the senators are perhaps kept In re-
serve for the friends of the senators
who may drop in for quiet chat and
little whiting. But the knives are
not the only articles of cutlery which
the senators enjoy, for 800 scissors
were bought for their use, ranging in
price from 80 cents to 1921 per pair.
Dozens upon dozens of corkscrews
were purchased for the senators last
year, and this expenditure may be ac-
counted for by the closing of the CAPT.
| tol bar No longer is it possible for
| the thirsty senators to have his liquid
wants supplied by the professional and
he has been forced to pull his own
corks and serve his own tonic. Every
senator carries his own corkscrew, or
at least he might do so, for enough of
the stopper-pullers were purchased to
more than go around, and judging from
the number of cases of mineral CD wa
tiers reported purchased for use in the
senate to float important measures
safely into port, it may be inferred that
the aforesaid corkscrews were kept
busy. And we cannot help noticing in
connection with the purchase of cork
screws, and mineral waters, that of
glasses Dozens and scores and hun
dreds of all shapes and sizes were pur-
chased and it must be concluded that
they met an early fate and their young
careers shattered, or else they walked
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-15
victory of New Orleans Celebrated

New York, Jan. MILITARY pomp
has attended the dinner of the Veteran
Corps of Artillery, Veterans Military
society of 1872 incidentally the great
victory of Jackson at New Orleans, SO
years ago, was duly commemorated.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-15
Boers Sail for Home.

Bombay, Jan. 11.-Nearly 500 Beers
sailed for Durham, Natal, Saturday.
These are the last of the irreconcilables
who were imprisoned in Ahmadnagar.
Lately they were induced by Gen.
Delarey to take the oath of allegiance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-15
SENATE PURCHASES
What the Distinguished Statesmen
Buy with Contingent Fund.
SOME VERY ODD NECESSITIES
They Find Ofcial Use for Wrist Bags,
Corkscrews, Timothy Hay, Pocket
Knives, Patent Medicines and
Countless Other Things.

HE average American citi-
zen would not readily per-
ceive any connection be-
tween toothpicks, playing
cards, manicure sets. wrist
hays Docket knives. nine
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-31
HARVARD men
Why They Will Vote for Roosevelt
for President.

Cambridge, Mass, October 3d.
The first number of the Harvard
Republican contains number of
campaign papers, the chief one being
by Professor Albert Bushnell Hart.
on why Harvard men will vote for
Roosevelt He writes:
eve vote for Theodore Roosevelt
because of his party the only party,
with the exception of two years,
which since the civil war has had
the will and opportunity TO frame
and pass affirmative measures for
the welfare of the country; which
has faced constructive legislation:
which has surmounted the policies
and sometimes has had to surmount
the obstruction of its opponents;
which assures to the country stable
and consistent policy and of which
Theodore Roosevelt, by the merit of
his capacity and courage, is not only
the candidate, but the responsible
|. ader.'
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-31
THE SOUTH
DISCUSSED
MR.. GEORGE EARLY RETURNS
FROM NEW ORLEANS, LA.
AND TALKS ON
BUSINESSOUTLOOK
Cotton Crop Will Average Nearly
Seven Million Bales This Year
Best in Years.
PANAMA CANAL STATEMENT
Pleases the People-In Sympathy
With the Republican Policy, But
Won't Support the Ticket.
PANAMA CANAL STATEMENT

George Early, formerly of this city
ard at present general manager Of a
big steel plant in Pittsburg, was in
The city yesterday visiting friends
er route from New Orleans to Pitts
burg. New Orleans is in the midst
of a building boom and Mr.. Early
has been In that city making con
tracts for furnishing steel structural
work for the many sky-scrapers that
are to be erected in the metropolis of
the south. In speaking of the bust
ness outlook in the South, Mr.. Early
said that it was never better.
Raw cotton is now bringing from
|9Ia cents TO 10 cents a pound, =
said Mr. Early, "and Clark Howell,
editor of the Atlanta Constitution,
successor to the great Henry w.
Grady and one of the greatest ora
tors and thinkers in the South, told
me that the cotton crop this year
would average between six and sew
en- hundred million bales. He also
said that Atlanta was never SO pros
porous as it is now and that capital
III that city is planning to build a
railroad from Atlanta to Mobile and
thence to the sea board because of
freight discrimination on the part
Of the railroads entering the city.
Atlanta is growing rapidly and SO
many sky-scraping business blocks
have been erected that section Of
the city looks like New York.
Like Atlanta. New Orleans ney-
er had such business boom as Pan
anna Canal and it is now freely pre-
dicted that when that great water
way is completed New Orleans will
be the second city Of the country.
Unlike the Democrats Of the North
the Southerners all give Theodore
Roosevelt credit for putting this pro-
.ject through and but for the Booker
II. Washington incident he would be
as popular in the Southland as was
President Mckinley. The people of
the South are also thoroughly in
sympathy with the policy of the
present Republican administration
and will vote against it just because
they have the habit of voting the
Democratic ticket and at the same
time knowing that their vote will
not iniure Roosevelt's prospects of
being elected There is one reason /
believe why the Southern people will
always vote the Democratic ticket,
no matter how distasteful it is to
them and that is because all the ne
groes vote the Republican ticket