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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26

character as he is in the instincts
which, contrary to those of his neigh
bors, early led him to throw open wide
his gates and welcome a Heterogeneous
commingling of races within his Dor
ders. You will find him facially re-
sembling the Tibetan, the Mongol, the
Hindoo, and even the African, with
sometimes the oval face cast of the
Egyptian. The higher classes of the
kingdom are not infrequently as fair as
the Caucasian, with features distinctly
of the Aryan type, the eyes straight
and devoid altogether of the conven-
tional slant" The hair varies from
deep black to light brown, but red hair
is totally unknown in Korea. Physi-
cally, the average Korean, though
muscular, is understood, and rarely at
tains to more than five foot six; the
women seldom reach this.
Broadly speaking, it is hardly an ex-
aggeration to say that the Koreans
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
SWISS CITIZEN SHIP.
How the Native Born Can he Re-
Iieved of His Military
Duties.

The vast number of Swiss watch
makers who have taken up their abode
in this country will no doubt be inter-
ested, says the jewelers. Circular, in
the following warning to Swiss-Amer-
leans returning to Switzerland, by
Consul A. Lieberknecht, Zurich, Swift
erland:
"The attention of students and 9TH
ers intending to remain for any length
of time in Switzerland is called to the
necessity of providing themselves with
passports. Many naturalized American
citizens labor under a misapprehension
as to their old and new citizenship
rights and responsibilities They re-
turn to Switzerland with naturaliza-
ton papers or passports, only to find
themselves Swiss citizens again.
'In this country person never
loses his citizenship, no matter how
long he may absent himself, unless he
goes through certain necessary formal
tiles. If he returns and is owing a
military tax, he is compelled to pay
the same in spite of the fact that he is
an American citizen. The only way
to be released from old responsible
ties is by making written request to
his home community for such release
submitting proof at the same time that
he has acquired American citizenship"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26

service of the American, English,
French, Russian, German, Austrian and
Italian forces. The American and Eng
frankly concede this fact And in the
Japanese-Chinese war in 1894-95, 1t
was almost as smooth working and
efficient, and did not break down dur
ing the rapid marches up the Corean
peninsula and across Manchuria to
Port Arthur and Newchwang.
And an efficient auxiliary Of the
army hospital service is the Red Cross
society. In every large city in Japan
there are schools for training nurses.
At Toxic the empress, who is the spe-
cial patroness of the Red Cross hos
pital and school, always presides at
the annual graduation exercises, and
with her own hands distributes the di-
plomas to the white-capped graduates.
The fact that one of the imperial
princesses has taken the full course OF
training, and other of the court ladies
have followed her example. has proved
a power incentive to the young women
of Japan to enter these training schools.
Every province in Japan has
branch of the Red Cross and each year
a union meeting of all these branches
is held at Toxic. Often as many as
10, 900 members gather in the great
outdoor session in Uyeno park The
insignia of the order is seen every
where at this time, and there seems
immediate prospect that this impor-
tant auxiliary to the hospital and med
ical service will have plenty to do.
Preparations for the war which was
believed to be coming have been going
on for months, and the local Red Cross
societies are in shape to render even
more efficient service than in the north
China campaign of 1900. Every year
has brought some food, earthquake or
other disaster which has called forth
the efforts of the society, and the
prompt relief which has always been
extended is evidence Of its preparedness
for service at all times. Baron Hashi-
noko is at the head of the Red Cross in
Japan.
1t may not be generally known that
a prominent physician of Chicago, DR..
Nicholas Sem, helped to organize the
Japanese Red Cross society, and is also
one of it's directors. DR.. Sem has just
returned home from Japan, and it is
altogether likely that he will be sum-
moned to go back.
Russia, as well as all the other prin-
cipal powers of the world, has Red
Cross society, to supplement and
strengthen the work of the hospital
and medical service of the army, and
while it is not as we'll organized and
ready for work as the society CT Japan,
and those of other countries, 0till it is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26

are the LATEST people on earth. All
day long they lie about the streets
smoking their gigantic pipes "a native
pipe is six-foot length of bamboo
with metal bowl, and is carried
tucked into the neckband and down
the trouser Lego. All work, of very
nearly every kind, is done by the
women, who occupy, perhaps, the most
degraded position held by the sex of
any nation. The unfortunate female
population is collectively a beast of
burden, and denied even the most ele-
mentary recognition rs human beings
A Korean girl has Nd name; she is
merely known as Daughter Of"
During the first JAoon of each new
year the Cho-senese throw off their in
ordinate laziness and allow their
naturally quarrelsome proclivities full
play. This is the period permitted by
law when anyone and everyone may
fight in the public streets, or anywhere
they choose, with impunity. And full
advantage of the license is taken! Now
are family disputes which have been
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26

as yet entered the official mind, and
that pestilence has not made there its
abiding home is proof of a beneficent
Providence. During the writer's So
journ some years ago it was not an
unusual occurrence for the agile
leopard (Korea's most common wild
fowl") to scale one of the walls, and
entering the nearest house, carry. off a
child in the darkness. To-day, how
ever, We have changed all that; but
Seyool's greatest need, from western
point of view, is still a decent hotel
The native dwelling house is an i'm
possibility to all but a salamander
The flooring, in most cases, is COM
posed of neatly-jointed fiat stones,
over which mats are laid Underneath
Is hollow space, in which firewood is
laid in bundles and lighted. The paper
doors are then slid into their grooves,
excluding all air, and soon you find
yourself in Turkish bath. The av-
erage newcomer only tries it once.
The Koreans have far keener sense
of humor than the Chinese or the Hin
doc. They are more kindly disposed to
the poor, and more ready to help them
than are the Japanese. But in child
ish superstition of every conceivable
kind the Cho-Senese have few, if any,
rivals. The religion is largely Sha-
manism; serpents, as in India, are
reverently worshiped, and the country
is overrun by astrologers, magicians
and fortune tellers.
BERNARD ESPINASSE.
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for a proper care of wounded enemies
or prisoners.
The Geneva Red Cross treaty was
not adopted by the United States until
1882, and it remained for this country
to organize the civil branch of the So
ciety and have it adopted as the Amer
lean amendment. This provides for the
extending of relief in cases of disaster
other than war, and of late years the
American Red Cross society has taken
the lead in work of this character, the
most important instance being that in
connection with the Martinique VOL
cano horror. An entirely new develop
ment of the work of the American ma
tional society is in the industrial field,
where organized effort is being made
to provide efficient means of render
ing instant emergency treatment in
case of accident occurring in factories,
mills, on the railroads, in stores,
schools, homes and wherever accident
is liable to occur.
Ever since Florence Nightingale
rendered such noble and splendid serv-
ices in the hospital at Scutari during
the terrible Crimea war in 1886, the
power and efficiency of women in time
of war has been recognized 1t is
through the Red Cross society now
mainly that they extend their services,
try and when there was no Red Cross
organization through which to work,
the women came by hundreds and
thousands Offering their service ard
rendering aid on the battle field and in
the hospitals which brought many
poor fellow back to the land of the
living when he was just about to re-
spond to "taps" on the other side. The
women did not have the uniform and
the insignia of the Red Cross then,
they did not have the splendid train
ing and organization to help them in
their work of mercy, but they did have
the same heroic, tender, compassion
ate spirit which moves womanhood TO-
day to respond to the call of humanity
and follow in gentle ministry in the
wake of the warning armies. Then
there were the individuals moved by
one impulse of mercy and purpose Of
service searching the battlefields for
the wounded and dying after the smoke
of conflict had passed and the still dark
night had settled down; to-day there
is the organized effort, the uniformed
corps, the systematic service, the per-
feet equipment. There can be no hope
to improve over the noble spirit Of
self-sacrifice and devotion of the wo-
men of the days gone by, but with that
same spirit moving womanhood to-day.
how vastly more effective become her
efforts through such an organization
as the Red Cross society
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
The Red Cross and
Observation-Disclosures War
of the History Of This Remarkable Orsoni-
zotiop Instituted During Our Civil Wor.

alive to the probable needs for active
service on the battlefield and in the
army hospitals. Count Won Ontsoff-
dashkoff, who was one of the closest
friends of Emperor Alexander Ill, the
father of the present car, is at the
head of the Russian Red Cross and will
work under the direct supervision and
patronage of the empress dowager. The
Golfers of the society have been filled
to carry on the work. To begin with 1T
will have S. 200, 900, of which st. Pc
tersburg alone contributed $2,5OO,OOO.
In addition to this work of the Red
Cross society, Emperor Nicholas has
accepted the offer of the knightly or
ders of Count and Livonia and Estho-
MIA, to equip medical corps for serv-
ice at the front, and this is only the be-
ginning of similar offers from other
royal orders and Russian societies.
Russia was the last of the European
powers to recognize the Red Cross
movement and enter into the treaty
known as the Geneva convention. The
movement was the outgrowth of the
experiences of Swiss gentleman by
the name of Henri Durant, who wit
messed in 1859 the horrors of war on
the battlefield of Solferino, and was
aroused to the need of some organiza-
ton which would have for its object
the amelioration of the suffering of the
soldiers on the battlefields and in the
hospitals AS result of his efforts an
international convention was called to
meet in Geneva in 1864, to which 16
governments responded. All the Eu-
ropean nations of Europe were repre-
sented but Russia, and it was not uu-
til three years after this convention.
in 1876, that she adopted the code OF
the society, providing for the protec-
ton of the hospitals and people bear
ing the insignia of the Red Cross and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
kOREA-IAND OF
THE MORNING CALM
Peeuliortes of the Little EosterD Kingdom That Is Now
Wor Riddep by Jopop and Russia.

seething for a whole twelvemonth,
settled in most primitive fashion,
and often half the town is drawn into
the brawl. The creditor, catching his
debtor abroad, may thump and pound
him to his hearts content, and no one
may interfere. For IA days veritable
pandemonium reigns, and as method
of clearing the air. it is certainly
not without interest-for the spectator.
Seyool, the capital generally and in
correctly spelt Seoul by the westerner),
on the Hang Kang river, is an untidy,
ill-built city, surrounded by 20-foot
walls. The curfew system, common to
feudal England, still prevails as in
most Korean towns. A great bell is
rung at sunset, and the gates are i'm
mediately closed not to be reopened
until the following sunrise. No lights
may then be carried in the streets, and
no one may go in or out of the city,
with one rather startling exception.
All funerals, by immemorial custom,
take place only at night, and for this
purpose there is special exit called
"The Gate of the Dead" Between the
hours of sunset and dawn, no male is
allowed to be abroad in the streets;
these hours are sacred to the women,
and constitute their only privilege.
They usually employ the time in pay
ing visits. Up to few years ago any
masculine philanderer found out after
dark was beheaded. but since the Eu-
ropeans have introduced their own GUS
toms the entire system is in danger OF
revolution.
Seyool is one of the filthiest and
worst-kept towns to be found in all
the east. The idea of drainage has not
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
MINNESOTA NEWS.
The Next Fair.

The hoard of managers for the state
fair held an all-day session at the fair
grounds, and revised the premium list
and authorized numerous improve
ments to the buildings on the grounds.
Several thousand dollars more will be
spent in premiums next fall in addi-
ton to the sums spent in former years
The committee appointed to revise the
premium list and the report was made,
and, with few changes, the report was
adopted.
One new feature will be introduced
next fall in offering premiums on agri-
cultural exhibits from Ramsey and
Hennepin counties. This innovation
was made at the request of the Grow
er's Association of st. Paul and the
market gardeners of Minneapolis. Ad-
ditional premiums have been offered
for the horticultural exhibits. An in
crease was made in the premiums of
fered in every department of the cattle,
sheep, swine, horse and poultry exhi-
bits.
A new racing program was also
adopted, in which more than $1,000
will be offered as prizes in addition to
the sums expended for that purpose
last year. Heretofore there have been
two $1,000 purses offered and ten
81, 900, making $40, 900 IN all. The new
racing program will offer two $1,000
races as formerly, and two 81, 500 races
have been provided, and in addition to
these there will be eight 81, 900 purses.
Repairs will be made on many of the
old exhibit speed barns, which were
built in 1885. The speed barns will
receive new roofs and will all be paint
ed. Two of the machinery sheds will
be painted and new roofs will be put
on them
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26

:; : :: !
al "a OREA, now war-ridden, is
the frowsy corner Of the
eastern household where
H~ Nature, like a careless
n jim housemaid, has broomed
SN the refuse sweepings of
Asia In that little, knobby
peninsula of Chosen Gland of the
Morning Calm"), mixed and irrecon
cilable nationalities jostle one another,
keeping alive the antaSonisms of
caste and kind. The son of the mikado
is at daggers drawn with his celestial
cousin, most of the Europeans are not
on speaking terms, and the Korean
himself cordially detests everybody,
and is in turn distrusted by all parties.
Korea, in regard to its limited area
(about two and half times the size of
Scotland), is more prolific in inferno
cine dissension than any spot on the
globe. In no more suitable area could
be struck the first blows of the worlds
approaching Armageddon.
Situated at the elbow of that bone of
contention, Manchuria, with the direct
road to Picking stretching from the
western gate of its capital, Seyool,- it is
not surprising to find the Mongolian
heaven prominent in Korea. Originally
conquered by Korai, warrior of Fuyu,
it acknowledged the suZerainty of
China for several centuries. and annu-
ally paid tribute. The latter custom,
however. fell into desuetude, and was
renewed only as late as ten years ago,
when Japan first began to flirt with
her cousin of the Yellow sea. Never
theless, the Korean is not faithful to
any blood-strain. and is as thoroughly
cosmopolitan in physiognomy and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
Taxes Paid.

The state received 5000 royalty on
2Ol, 900 tons of ore taken from the Pool
mine at Hibbing. This is the first year
the mine has been operated.
The great mine at Buell. paid s1O,O
on 40, 900 tons and the Oliver at Vir-
gina 81 800 on 5000 tons. The state
also received minimum royalty of
81, 200 on eight mines not in operation.
The steel trust pays the minimum roy
atty to hold them for future operation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26

eGTG Ian their leaSheS, and Gen.
E.k Sherman's declaration that
o. war is hell" is again to
SN,WV spell it's awful truth out be-
~ fore the world The boom
of cannon, the roar of mus
kerry, the clashing of saber and bayo-
net, will be followed by the scenes of
agony and death. The raging, mercl-
less monster of war presses on in re-
lentless pursuit of his human victims,
and leaves behind the hundreds and
thousands of wounded, and dying and
dead, and then along this bloody path
comes the gentle tread of the messen-
gers of mercy, as they seek to undo as
far as possible the awful destruction
wrought, to alleviate the suffering, and
to sweeten the dying moments of the
fatally wounded. AS modern invention
and ingenuity have increased the ter
ribleness of war there has been a cor
responding advance made in the organ
ization, equipment and drill of the hos
pital and ambulance corps of the
armies of the various countries
Japan, who has amazed the world in
the last dozen years by her remarkable
development and splendid advance
along commercial, industrial, educa-
tional lines, has at the same time been
perfecting her army and creating a
navy that is her pride and boast, and
the dread of her present foe. And per-
haps the most striking feature and eff
f1cient branch of Japan's army organ
zation, splendid as it is, is the hospital
and medical service. Japan is cred
tied with having the model field and
military hospital service of all modern
armies. At Tientsin and Picking in
1900 it is said that it proved its eff
iciency and practical superiority when
working side by side with the same
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
Wards of the State.

Few people realize the amount of
dry goods and clothing purchased by
the state board of control every quar-
ter for the inmates of the state institu-
TONS
The dress goods, flannel, sheetings
and skirtings alone. arranged in strips
yard wide, would extend twenty-one
miles. The dress goods are enough to
make dresses for !, 200 inmates, reckon
ing ten yards to dress. The sheetings
would cover 1000 six feet square.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
A Fine Fur.

Po-ka-na-ga, Chippewa Indian liv-
ing at Pine Point, on the White Earth
reservation has fox skin which he
poets to get $l5O for the fur.
Po-ka-na-ga discovered that when he
was away from home, fox made reg
ular visits, and he set a trap and the
animal was caught in the house. 1t is
a red and silver gray skin and the In
dian-was offered S25 for it there, but
as he sold black fox skin in the twin
cities for Sl5O he will start for there at
once with his booty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
News Notes.

All the bids for the library site at
Crookston have been rejected
ST. Paul will be the headquarters for
the Northwestern civil service district.
Eighteen of the thirty-nine railroads
in the state report an increase of near
" half million dollars in gross earn
nys
The farm residence of John ASHER
in Roscoe township, near Red Wing,
was destroyed by fire. Nothing was
saved. The origin of the fire is not
known.
The Washington County Rural Mail
Carriers association has been organ
lied and the first officers are: w. w.
Briggs, Saltwater, president; M. L..
Lonegren, Alton, vice-president; c. Ii.
Cobb, Cottage Grove, secretary, and
w. w. Stewart, Saltwater, treasurer.
The Hubbarn Milling company is
running its flour mills at Mankato
almost to its full capacity, turning
out LOGO barrels a day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
To Poultry RaiSers.

"The only way the growers of pro-
duce and poultry raisers can protect
themselves against INSCRIPTIONS
wholesale dealers is to insist on being
paid for their product before it leaves
their CONTROL" said Secretary A. c.
Clausen of the state railroad and ware
house commission.
"If the producers of these things as
class would refuse to ship them un-
til they got their money, the dealers
would have to send agents into the
country to buy at the farms The
farmer would get less than the fancy
quotations sent out, but he would be
ahead in real money"
THE commission probably receives
more complaints against the unscrupu-
methods of dealers in produce and
poultry, the so-called commission mer-
chant, than against all the railroads in
the state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
A Sad Case.

While attempting to brighten two
employees of his father, Fred B. Wat
son, aged seventeen, 3Sl Ferdinand
street, st. Paul, was struck over the
head with piece of iron by David
Parker and killed at midnight.
Parker gave hlmself up to the police
and is being held until the coroner's
report is announced.
Watson was a son of d. w. Watson,
who conducts livery barn at st.
Anthony avenue and Ferdinand street;
in the barn two men sleep, David Park
err and Charles Jenkirs. Fred b. Wat
son and his brother, Clinton E. Watson,
thought to have some sport with the
men by frightening them, and crawl
ing into the basement intending to
alarm them by creeping up on them.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-16
ARKANSAS FALLS IN LINE.


insfructs Its Delegates to St. Louis to
Vote for Parker.
Hot Springs. Ark. June 15.-The
Democratic State Convention today in
structed for Judge Alton B. Parker of
New York as the choice of the Arkan-
sas Democracy for Presidential candi-
date. The vote was: Parker. 25S Ia;
Hearst, 1872 1-e; John Sharp Williams. l..
United States Senator James H. Ber-
ry, United States Senator James P.
Clarke. Governor Jefferson Davis and
Secretary of State j. w. Crockett were
nemed as delegates at large from the
State to the National Democratic Con-
rention at st. Louis. W. e. Martin of
this city was named as National Com
mitteeman.
The vote for instructions OF. delegates
was accompanied by enthusiastic de-
monstartions by the Parker and Hearst
supporters, and when the victory for
Parker was announced, the enthusiasm
was unbounded.
The OPPOSITION to Senator Berry as a
national delegate did not materialize
and when the selection of these dele
gates came up. Hamp Smead, who had
been selected by the Davis Clarke fac
ton to oppose Berry, withdrew his
name.
A State ticket was named as follows:
Governor, Jefferson Davis; Attorney
General, r. E. L. Rogers; Secretary of
State, o. C. Ludwig Treasurer, H. c.
Upton; Auditor. A. E. Moore; Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court, ]. NJ.
Hill; Associate Justice. r H. McCul-
Tough; Commissioner of Mines and Man
ufactures. II. T. Bradford
A new State Central Committee was
named and adjournment taken until
tomorrow when a platform will be
adopted and final adjournment reached