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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-08

The smallest full-grown dog in the
world, weighing only % ounces, was
owned by Deputy Sheriff Hamilton
Rayner, Of FL Paso, Tex. This little
animal stood with all four feet in the
palm Of its proud owners hand with
ease. Sheriff Rayner's dog was of the
Chihuahua breed, deriving it's name
from the fact of it being a native of
chihuahua, the Mexican state which
borders Texas. 1t was descended from
a species of wild dog, now domesti-
Gated, which once scurrted over the
plains of Northern Mexico in the days
of the AZtecs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-08

Before Formosa passed into Japan
csc hands, 10000 Chinese coolies were
imported every year during the tea
picking season. The number now is
less than 5000, the Japanese employ
ing their own coolies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-08

When a Japanese on the Pacific
coast receives a cablegram containing
the one word "Hoshhukaere" he packs
up and starts for Japan at once to
take his place in the ranks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-08

The discovery that the bulkheads in
some of the newest British warships
are perfectly useless to resist sea wa
ter pressure was made in a recent in
spection of the channel fleet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-08

Are your glasses insured?' If not,
they may be for the small sum of 81
a year. A New York concern has just
established this, the latest phase af
the insurance business.
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ELY MINER.
PETER ScHAEFKR, Publisher.
ely. M'NN.

Italy's new postage stamps were de-
signed by the painter Michetti. All
those of higher denomination have a
portrait of Victor Emmanuel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-08

Five citizens of the United States
have become naturalized British SUD-
jects since the enactment Of the
Transvaal naturalization ordinance in
December, 1902.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-08

(WhoSe UnceaSlng Efforts Have Resulted
in Conclusion of Peace)
years has acted as the legal advisor of
the Japanese foreign Office. The treaty
is expected to be completed by the end
of the week.
For the sake of peace, the Japanese
with a magnanimity worthy of their
heroic achievements in this war, met
the ultimatum of the car and aban-
doned their demands, not only for re-
endorsement for the cost of the war,
but for the repurchase of the northern
half of Sakhalin, Russia at the same
time agreeing to division of the
island. The Japanese also withdrew ar
ticles 10 and IL of the peace conditions
originally proposed (demand for the
surrender of the interned warships
and limitation of the Russian naval
power in the far east). Japan agreed
that only that portion of the Chinese
eastern railroad south of Chantfu, the
position occupied by Oyama, should be
coded to Japan.
Tribute to the President.
Before leaving the conference build
ing fluctuations were exchanged with
the president at Oyster Bay. Both Bar
on Komura and Mr.. Witte telegraphed.
The former confined himself to appris-
ing Mr.. Roosevelt of the conditions
upon which peace had been concluded.
Mr.. Witte frankly laid his tribute at
the presidents feet. In his message he
said: History will ascribe to you the
glory" and added the expression of
Russia's hearty appreciation of the
presidents generous initiative" Mr..
Roosevelt replied with words of thanks
and congratulation.
japanese Statement.
The following statement was issued
by Mr.. Sato on behalf of the japanese
plenipotentiaries "The question of
the final disposition of the island of
Sakhalin and the reimbursement to
Japan of her war expenses have from
the first been issues on which absolute
divergence of views existed. The diff
ference of opinion upon these points
not one, but both-have frequently
threatened the existence of the con-
ference. But his majesty, the emperor
of Japan, responding to the dictates of
humanity and civilization, has, in a
spirit of perfect Cancellation and in the
interest of peace, authorized his pleni-
potentiaries to waive the question and
has consented to division of Sakha-
lin upon terms which are mutually
acceptable, thus making it possible to
bring the important work of the con-
ference to successful ISSUE"
A scene of greatest excitement fol
lowed the receipt of the news in the
lobby of the Hotel Wentworth. The
official bulletin was telephoned from
the conference-room at the navy yard
by Mr.. Sato. and like an electric thrill
| flooded through the room. There were
screams of joy Men threw their hats
aloft, women actually wept. Every
where there was delirium of jubila-
tion. Then there was a rush for the
telegraph Offices, and in an instant the
news was speeding to the remotest cor
| ners of the earth.
Ovation to Russians.
Mr.. White, accompanied by Baron dc
Rosen, came to the hotel for luncheon
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Gar Thanks President.

Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. News
of the receipt by President Roosevelt
of a cablegram of thanks and con-
gratulations from Gar Nicholas has
put the pessimists to utter rout. Those
who could see no prospect of peace at
any time during the conference, and
who Wednesday predicted that Russia
would repudiate the terms and plunge
again into war, have had the last prop
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-08

Der, but we are not yet out of the
woods" This homely admonition rep
resents accurately President Roose-
velt's view of the situation at Ports
mouth. Peace is in sight, but yet is
not an accomplished fact. Profoundly
as he is gratified at the results al
ready achieved by the plenipotentiares,
important work remains yet to be
done. Until that is accomplished, it
is scarcely the part of wisdom he
thinks, to do more than whistle soft
ly''
The Importance of the text of the vari-
Gus sections of the treaty is not min
imized by the president and he appre-
ciates thoroughly that obstacles may
arise at any moment that might delay
seriously the negotiations, or possibly
wreck them entirely. The woods will
not be cleared entirely until the treaty
is signed and sealed.
Crowned Heads Wire Roosevelt.
Oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. 31.-Crowned
heads of the world unite with distin-
guished statesmen of America and Eu-
rope in according the glory of peace
between Russia and Japan to President
Roosevelt Throughout Tuesday night
and Wednesday kilograms of congratu-
lations poured in upon the president in
a great flood. They came from per-
sons of high degree and of low, and
from all quarters of the civilized
world.
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The LIST Iowa Cav.

Editor National Tribune: In your is
sue of Nov. %, in answer to the re-
quest of Benton Bowman. Green, Iowa,
you state that the 1st Iowa Cav. was or
ganized at Davenport In July, August
and September. This think is mis-
take. Will you please correct?
The 1st Iowa Cav. was organized at
Burlington. Iowa, June S, 1861. At an
extra session Of the Legislature Of the
State. held about May Is, joint reso-
luton was passed rendering these 10
companies to the Secretary of War as
an independent regiment. 1t owned
Its own horses and equipage. This was
the second cavalry regiment mustered
into the u. S service during the rebel
lion. The 1st Ill. Cav. was mustered in
few days before. BY act Of Congress-
July 20, the number Of companies in
the cavalry regiment was increased to
IL.
This regiment served with Gen. John
c. Fremont, Gen. David Hunter, Gen.
Halleck, Gen. Hearn, Gen. Carr, and
with Gen. Rosecrans, that fine old SOL
der, and lastly Gen. Custer.
Let US hear from some Of the other
comrades Of the 1st.-John Gaydes, Co.
K, 1st Iowa Cav, La Grange, Mo.
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Some Big 'Treem

Editor National Tribune: I noticed
In my last National Tribune something
about big trees-one in Vermont 23H
feet in circumference, and the historic
tree near Baltimore, rs feet In circum-
ference. That is pretty good for that
country, but we can beat 1t all hollow
out here. l measured some cedar
stumps here In Washington that were
% feet in diameter Is inches from the
ground, and one proud monarch Of the
forest that stood near the N. p. r. R.
In the Cascades was cut down by a
couple Of urwise men, that measured
IL feet across the stump eight feet
above the ground. It was beautiful
landmark, and should have been left
standing. / have q photo Of a cedar
tree IA feet in diameter with nine men
standing in line at the foot OF the tree,
and they don't cover the tree. What
do you think Of It? Now, don't think
for moment that because I am an old
vet that I am stretching the truth.
know there Is once In q while an old
boy that will tell q story that will bear
investigating. would like to hear from
some Of the Sd Wis. boys.-S. II. Beach,
Co. q, Sd Wis. Seattle, Wash.
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Public Printer and that appointment
has been confirmed by the Senate. And
now things are happening. Mr.. Still
ings is a thoroughgoing Boston Yankee.
and round in his vicinity things are al
ways doing. The Government Printing
Office has been the synonym for graft
for many, many years. Public Printer
Stillings is grubbing out the graft that
was already there, and IL is pretty sure
that no more will sprout during his in
cumbency. He has cleared out the
loan symposiums," which were pawn
shops OF the most vicious character. He
said they had to close up. or the men
who fattened Off the miseries of their
fellows would have to get out. Some
OF the most fragrant characters had to
resign: some were fired. Men will be
judged by their ability. and not by their
backing" is another epigrammatic ut
terance of Mr.. Stillings. He has shut
down on all complaints" that are not
backed up by evidence and sufficient
proof to make them worth being no.
ticed. Oh, he is going about things all
right
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Able Officers From the Ranks.
Editor National Tribune: In repl

Editor National Tribune: In reply to
a request for information regarding
some Of the enlisted men of the 7th
Ohio Cav. promoted to be commissioned
officers Of Tennessee regiments, would
state that B. P. Stacey, Sergeant-Major
or 7th Ohio Cav was promoted to First
Lieutenant and Adjutant of Tennessee
Cavalry regiment, with which he served
to the close Of the war, rising to the
rank of Northumberland. At the end
of the war he made his home at Knox
vile, Tenn, where he was one of the
most esteemed citizens. He died many
years ago. Private ID. M. Coffman Co.
l., 7th Ohio Cav, was made a Captain
OF the Sd Tenn, and Of which he was
soon after promoted to Lieutenant
Colonel, with which rank he was mus
tered out at the close of hostilities. Col.
Coffman's home is at lockwood, Tenn,
where he is man Of affairs, editor and
owner of a very successful newspaper,
railroad promoter and owner Of coal
mines and large operator in real es-
tate. He possesses a large bank ac-
count, and l expect to hear in time that
he has been elected to Congress. An
other 18th Ohio cavalryman in Tennes-
see is Capt. c. D. Mitchell, who en-
listed as private In Co. Of our regi-
ment. and rose rapidly. Corporal, Ser
geant. Second Lieutenant and First
Lieutenant, and when mustered out at
the close Of the war was Adjutant-G Cen
eral on the staff Of Gen. Alexander, Of
Wilson's Cavalry Corps. Capt Mitchell
Is the President Of the Chattanooga
Plow Co., the largest concern Of the
Kind In the South, employing a full reg
iment Of men in the manufacturing and
sales departments. He has made, by
his own efforts handsome fortune,
and the Chattanooga banks would honor
his check any day for 100000. am
expecting that as soon as Capt. Mitchell
gets tired of making money he will be
elected United States Senator from Ten
nessee. or IL he don't want it maybe
Col. Coffman will take it, just to keep
the Senatorship in the hands Of the 7th
Ohio Cav
The men mentioned all entered the
service as private soldiers in the 7th
Ohio Cav; that is the kind of men we
had. But 1 dare say II the history Of
other regiments could be told there
would be many. very many, instances Of
like progress. Indeed, am of the opin-
ion that the thousands and tens Of
thousands Of self-reliant young soldiers
who were distributed to their homes at
the close of the war were the ones who
gave the push, the momentum, to all
the affairs Of this country which have
brought our Nation to the forefront
among the peoples Of the world, and
the American soldier stands pre-emi-
nent over all.-Theodore f. Allen, 7th
Ohio Cav.
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Who Let the Rebs Into Stedmanf

Editor National Tribune: AS q par
tfcipant in the arduous campaign Of
Gen. Grant from the Wilderness to
Petersburg / have been interested i'm a
series of articles i'm The National Trib-
une, written by A. Wentz, a member Of
the 14th n. Y. III. A., and would like to
refer to some of hfs statements. espe-
cially in his last article, regarding the
attack on Fort Stedman.
/ was a member Of the 14th Mass.
Light Battery, and attached to the First
Division, Ninth Corps, which included
the famous 14th n. Y. III. A. We were
closely associated in movements at
Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor
and Petersburg, especially at Fort Sted-
man, and / know that his account OF
his regiment is misleading in the ex-
IRENE.
Wentz goes on to state the condition
o. affairs at Fort Stedman before the
attack, saying that there were in the
forts and breastworks near the fort 400
guns; and to the rear, and near by, 500
more. I think it safe to say that 500
guns would comprise all of the artillery
in the Army of the Potomac.
He says the 34th y. Y. Battery was
in Battery 10, just at the right OF Fort
Stedman; which is not correct. It was
the right section Of the 14th Mass.
Light Battery, consisting of two 10
pOuiiuCT guns. ne also says
that he, personally. with others Of his
regiment, manned those guns and fired
the only shot that was fired from that
battery.
Eleven members of the 14th Mass.
Battery were taken prisoners; but they
worked the guns until surrounded by
rebels, loading with double charges OF
canister, and the vent of the first gun
was blown out.
The blame for the whole affair was
placed upon the 18th N. Y. II. A, they
having occupied the picket line, and
being responsible for the defense Of the
fort
At our Reunion, Feb. %, 1904, one
of our boys who was captured told OF
his experience as a prisoner, and said
that the next night, after being confined
in large warehouse in Richmond, there
was no sleep, for every few minutes
some one would sing out, who let the
Johnnies into Fort Stedman?" And in
SANITY the reply was. THE 14th New
York Heavy Artillery!"-A. ]. Alexan-
der Sergeant, 14th Mass. Light Battery,
Soldiers Home, Chelsea, Mass.
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Editor National Tribune: In your
issue Of Sept. 81 last comrade Edward
Wiske. of Sorgnes. France. gives some
historical facts concerning the first
Of the U. S. s. Housatonic, as related
by some French papers, etc., and asks
for an account Of the destruction Of the
said Housatonic. In the latter part Of
1863 joined per orders from the Navy
Department, the new u. S. s. Nipsic at
the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Soon after
we Joined the blockading fleet off
Charleston, S. C.. We soon began to
hear Of torpedoes, torpedo boats, and
especially of one Of the latter called
the David. Things ran on till the
early Spring Of 1863, when one night
the Nipsic started out from her day
anchorage to take position for the night
(Feb. Is, 1860 at or near the mouth Of
the channel, running close to Sulli-
vans Island, our usual night position
for watching out for blockade runners.
The Chief Engineer Of the Nipsic had
been trying to get sent down to Port
Royal that we might do some much
had not yet succeeded in getting the
desired permission till about p. m. Of
the evening mentioned 1--WE having TAX
en- position about dusk) we were hailed
by the Housatonic, who brought us or
ders to leave Immediately for Port
Royal. and the Housatonic would take
our place. The next day at Port Royal
we received word that the said tor
pedo boat David had struck the Housa-
tonic under the quarter, blew a hole
through her, and she sank, taking down
with her the David and her crew. This
story was afterwards confirmed The
David was a submersible torpedo boat,
and we were informed that she had, in
practicing submersion in Charleston
Harbor, drowned four crews before she
was thought fit to be sent out to do
the work she did on the Housatonic.
We trust this will put the story straight
for Comrade Wiske-R. 3. Plots, u.
S. ~, retired, Worthington, MINI.
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AMBROSE E. BURNSIDE.
Continued from page l..

around for three or four days in faith
omless mud, with scores or hundreds
OF men attempting to haul a single
piece of artillery, besides the horses,
the advance was countermanded, and
back we went to our old camps again.
or course, his Generals (and the army
by this time were criticising him con-
siderably, and his only plan to meet
this was to request the President to dis
miss Gen. Hooker and others from the
service. and relieve Gen. Franklin and
others from their commands bril-
liant idea. surely-magnificent STRAIT
egy. splendid tactics-worthy Of such
Commander-in-Chief And Mr.. Lin
coin responded by relieving Burnside
himself. and placing the gallant Hook
er in command!
Burnside's Limitations.
I do not want to be unfair or unkind
to poor Gen. Burnside. He was GER
tainly loyal and patriotic, and meant
to do his best. But l think history will
declare he was utterly incompetent for
such a great command, and ought never
to have accepted it. 1t is true, he dis
trusted himself, and was averse to ac-
cepting 1t. But then no man ought
ever to accept such q Job If he thinks
he cannot accomplish it. A due self
confidence is essential to success in any
line Of business, but in none more SO
IMAM III IIlliItdTy dHdlTS. "A 1dVOrlte
maxim Of Frederick the Great was:
1.-The tools to him who can use them"
But he never will use them IL he thinks
he cannot Grant selected Sherman as
his right arm and Sheridan as his left,
because they believed they could whip
the enemy. 1t is to Gen. Burnsides
credit that he did not disappear when
relieved, like Gen. Mcclellan, but later
OH went out to Tennessee and tried 1t
again with smaller command. But
here also he got into trouble, and would
have been compelled to capitulate to
Longstreet at Knoxville had not Sher-
man marched promptly to his relief
the very day Grant and he finished up
Bragg at Chattanooga. Sherman, in
deed, knew we'll the value Of time. He
did not even march into Chattanooga
Ito see and enjoy the victory little, as
most Generals would have done), but
instantly put his column in motion,
with orders to make forced marches to
East Tennessee without overcoats or
blankets even, though late in Novem-
Der and bitter cold), and thus saved
the day at Knoxville.
Gen. Burnside no doubt would have
done well as a brigade or division COM
mander, where he would have had
somebody else to do his thinking and
furnish him orders. But to swing an
army of $4,000 men; to think and
plan and execute great things on a
great scale, sometimes instanter-in
short, to take the initiative and win
as Robert E. Lee-evidently this was
job beyond his caliber; and good and
clean as he was in many respects, yet
history will find 1t hard to forgive him
for the slaughter-house at Fredericks-
burg.
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The 7th Ohio Cav.

Editor National Tribune: I do not
want to miss single copy of The Ma
tional Tribune. as 1t is more company to
me than all the other papers / take.
am taking IL papers in all, but they
all take back seat when The National
Tribune comes. What has become Of
all Of Co. K, 7th Ohio Cav? Write,
boys. and renew old friendship. Where
Is Jim Flora, OF Co. l.? We were to-
gether on the Wilson raid.-Elijah
Rathburn, Co. K, 7th Ohio Cav, Dex-
ter, 0.
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BY b. r. Atkins. Lead City. 8. D., any
Information 90 to the whereabouts Of
his brother VILLAIN, formerly q mem-
ber Of Co. ., 1lth H.. and last heard
from In 1855.