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But 1 did not start this story with the
idea of making John Harper its principal
character. I have unconsciously dragged
him into the introduction of story of
Aew. one modest mans friendship for
another aided him in getting in touch
with the Prince of Wales, now King of
England, and enlisting the latter's assist
ance in saving the American engineer.
John Hays Hammond, from the death
penalty imposed on him and several
other Americans by the late Dom Paul
Kruger for their completely in the famous
but unsuccessful Jameson raid.
The fact that the previous evening had
witnessed the arrival here of John Hays
Hammond probably brought more forci-
bly, to my mind the incident of the Jame-
son raid when my well disposed friend
sought to enlighten me on some of the
history of John Harper. Hammond, who
now ranks as the greatest of American
mining engineers. makes periodical trips
to the coast on business connected with
the Guggenheim mining and smelling
trusts and other large corporations with
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mond. Lionel Phillips and George Farrar
with several other active members OF the
Reform Committee. had been sentenced to
be shot.
Where is the man that can give US the
aid We want?" moaned General Ham
mond, whose unceasing work and its un-
successful results in. behalf of his i'm
prisoned brother had wrought serious
effect upon his restless mind and driven
him almost to distraction.
General Hammond and his friends that
night were as usual gathered in a
little circle in the lobby of the Pal
ace Hotel vainly striving to devise some
new means of bringing about a change of
conditions in Pretoria. They presented
a scene that will be long remembered by
those who chanced to visit the Palace
late that night. Grouped together. with
their faces plainly showing their discour-
agement and the great strain they were
under, they Certainly looked as II they
had abandoned every hope. For half an
hour they had silently sat there, each
seemingly absorbed in his own reverie.
when suddenly one of the band started
up and almost shouted:
II have it, John Harper Is the man we
need.
"And what about .Harper?'' some one
asked.
No man in San Francisco has a larger
foreign acquaintance than he. He'll start
US on a new tack. Come, we'll find him
at once" was the answer. and with hopes
suddenly aroused again they rose to hunt
for John Harper.
But fate had apparently suddenly turn
ed helping hand to thfs crowd of lovaI
Californians, for they had barely left
their seats before the man they sought
entered the hotel Office. Harper's face
frightened as he saw his friends ap-
preaching, for the truth is that while he
had not been taking part in their coun-
ellis. and had not been approached bv
them regarding John Hays Hammond 3
predicament he had for days been try
ing to think out some scheme whereby
he might render some substantial assist
ance. and had but halls an hour before
struck a happy thought that made the
balance OF that night a most cheerful one
to those who had just greeted him.
Harper" remarked General Hammond.
I'VE are looking for you to give us some
suggestion that may relieve my brother
of the awful fate that hangs over his
head in Pretoria. know that you are
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. fr,.na or Jack. and I know that y0u

a friend OF Jack'a and I know that you
viii help US" =, hi.
.sWell. general" replied Harper IN ms
,,sual ouiet manner, tossing the asneS
from his cigar and drawing closer lnlo ...9
little gathering. '1t Is for that very -,
nose that have come here 70 speaA 80.
Won. John w. Mackay is very 80 "1.
friend of mine and 1 know that ne Wouiu
render me any possible assistance TOT any
Of my friends. s.,oa
But they say that American lhnuenoS S.
will carry no weight with PRESIDENT s>,ss. ~
ger" suggested one OF the party. wiz W..
had met with so many discouraslns se'
backs. -. -
..Ah. but you must hear me through Do,
fore YOU draw conclusions. contlnueu
Harner. John W. Mackay wields m
fIuence through mighty sources In Lon
don. He is an intimate friend OK eho
prince Of. Wales. and If you have kept
vourself wei informed on affairs ABROAD
yon have no doubt long ago learned tnar
while Paul Kruger has no love for Eng
land or Englishmen in general ne does
entertain a very high personal regard Ior
the Prince OF Wales, which he has dem
onstrated on many occasions
LET me wire East for the address OF
Mr.. Nackay and then will send nim Z
cable. It may be productive OF the mOS'
beneficial results
A ouery to the New York ONCE OF tho
Postal telegraph Company orousnt
quick response:
by Joye! we've taken most op-
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the cry raised by Hammond's disheart-
ened but still persevering friends in San
Francisco.
They tried every conceivable source
The hotel registers were. watched night
and day for. the arrival OF prominent
foreigners, whom it was hoped might
be persuaded to open some new ave-
nue. through wl..ch another weoge
could be driven in the effort 10
strengthen the cause of their imprls-
oned friend.
The local banks that had foreign con-
nections, the commission houses whose
controlling factors were foreigners, espe-
cfally those in Holland and Germany,
were induced to exert their influence with
their home offices toward insuring the
safety of Hammond. Every man IN hlgh
Federal State and municipal office who
had any influential friend in New York
or any other large Eastern city was
called upon to win that friends sympa-
thy for Hammond. Personal appeals were
also made direct to President Kruger
and the more prominent of his advisers.
Religious bodies interceded. Military men
used their personal influence with mem
bers of Paul Kruger's military staff.
But 1t was rewardless task. President
Paul Kruger remained as silent as a
sphinx. 1t was heralded abroad that the
had fully made up. his mind to make an
example of John Hays Hammond and
other leaders of the Jameson raid and
his stubborn refusal. to answer any Of
the hundreds of messages that had been
sent him seemed to confirm this report
and to greatly add TO the discoura cement
of those in this city who were working
night and day to save their friend.
1t may easily be imagined the shock
that was given Hammonds friends In San
Francisco when a cablegram bore them
the news one night that John Hays Ham
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which he is Identified. He has long ago
refused te further discuss the troubles
in the land that was formerly rigidly
ruled by Dom Paul, believing that the
past should be forgotten and old sores
healed
b 1 doubt II he has tried to forget
the act Of those Americans who so Loyalty
raised clamor for his liberation from
the dungeon into which he and number
of his associates in South Africa were
cast when the plot of the Jameson party
was discovered. Hammond will never
forget the manner in which these
friends worked to secure his freedom,
certainly never the timely message
sent by John Harper, which brought.
into pay the strongest influence upon
Paul Kruger TO commute the death sem
tence imposed on Hammond and his
friends in the Pretoria prison.
The Jameson raid is an old story that
has been told and retold. but in all the
articles and books that have been writ
ten concerning the affairs OF the men
who were accused OF fomenting the dar-
ing project. not one attempt has been
made TO tell how President Kruger aban-
doned. against the protest of his Cabinet
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who was frantic over the fate that threat
ened the latter.
The following day found a coterie Of
John Hays Hammond's friends closeted
with General Hammond and General Har-
ris, father-in-law of the former. in the
Palace Hotel. where hasty arrangements
were made for invoking national aid for
the mining engineer Governor Budd was
appealed to and he f1urriedly penned DIS
patca to the California delegation IN
Washington reading as follows:
"One OF the most prominent mining en-
gineers Of the Pacific Coast, John Hays
Hammond, has been arrested In johann
nesburg on account Of friendship to Cecil
Rhodes. See that his rights as an Ameri-
can citizen are protected
This message was followed by numerous
personal ones to men high in the national
councils in Washington. but it soon be-
came apparent Notwithstanding mat
President Cleveland had sent to Presi-
dent Kruger an appeal in hehalf of Ham
mond, that a stronger influence than
America could bring - bear would be
necessary to save the latter from some
awful fate
WHO can swing this infiuence?" was
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and countrymen, his plan to put to. death
the ringleaders of the plot with the hope
of forever discouraging another similar
uprising.
1t is not hard to recall the news that
was flashed across the Atlantic on the
night of January II, 1898, Of the arrest of
Hammond in Johannesburg and his fasty
removal to Pretorla's stone-walIed prison.
1t was. "a brief dispatch but stirred the
American spirit of resentment to its full
height and reused throughout the West.
where the American mining engineer was
then best known, a sympathy for him
that had no bounds, In San Francisco
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Sszssss0zxssz2ssgss
d. z!alz.EEz .Z[M(,]an \, for whom /.

HERE is a man
whose acquaintance
newspaper reporters
should cultivate. He's
a walking encyclo-
pedia. especially in
matters on Western
mining, and had he
enjoyed the task Of
writing and sought
the honor of sending
his name down to
posterity on the front
pages Of several
books Of authority on
metallurgy. mineral
oey and geology. he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05
Inquest Held.

Oscar Steff died at the Shipman
Hospital Tuesday and the remains
are now at Gleason's morgue awaiting
advices from relatives hsfore BURIAL.
An inquest and autopsy was held on
the remains Wednesday. Deputy Cor
onerJ j. j. Gleason of Eyeleth conduct
ing the inquest. The jury was COM
posed Of Thos. E. Miller, John Glode,
S. S. Childers, j. A. Graves, Bart Cof-
fey and w. III. Reagan.
After listening to the testimony Of
Drs. Ayres and Parker who conducted
the autopsy, the jury returned ver-
dict to the effect that Oscar Steff
came to death by pneumonia as the
principal cause due to exposure and
alcoholism.
AS there had been considerable talk
about the method of death, the in
quest was demanded.
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County Commissioners.

At the first annual meeting of the
county commissioners held Tuesday,
Capt. Morcom of Tower was again
elected chairman for the ensuing year.
The commissioners also decided to
build a new court house. the senti-
ment being in favor of down town
district.
The lids for the printing and furn-
ishing of blank books and stationery
were also opened and the bids were
let to the lowest bidders.
a combination of range editors at
tended the meeting and put in bid
for some of the legal printing and re-
ceived small share. The Virginia
Enterprise was decided on as the offic-
ial paper of the bunch but the print
ing will be done by all the papers in
the combination including the Enter
prise and Virginian Of Virginia, the
Mining News of Eveleth. the Mesaba
Ore of Hibbing, the News of Tower
and the MINER.
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land Office at Duluth in support of her
final proof to the land. He claimed
and testified that the land was yalu-
able for the timber that was upon it,.
as he had been upon the land and was
familiar with it.
When Bernice Farrell had obtained
possession of the property she attempt
ed to sell it to the O'Neal Lumber
company at Saltwater. The latter
sent cruisers upon the land, which it
was claimed was full of timber. When
the cruisers Investigated, it was found
that there was little if any timber on
the claim at all. 1t was strictly agri-
cultural and was not subject to entry
under the timber and stone law. The
land shown to Mrs. Farrell was, she
says, heavily timbered.
The owner of the property was told
by the lumber company that such was
the condition of tue land, and an in
vestigation by the United States land
office at Duluth, under the receiver j.
M. Smith, followed. 1t was found, as
when the cruisers for the lumber com
pany visited the land.
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Fire Department Elects.

The annual meeting of the Ely Fire
Department was held Wednesday
evening at the city hall. The meet
ing was well attended and consider
able business of importance was trans
acted. Officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows:
Chief-M. e. Gleason
1st Asst. Chief-Geo. Holmes
I'd g. -" &C. j. Mott
Sec.-Harry A. Chinn
Treas.-Lewis j. White
Captain Of Cart No. IF. G. Miller
/" +" No 2-P. Bergleen
" " Hook and Ladder Truck
VIM. LaBeau.
The annual meeting of the Relief
Association will be called in a few
days and the election OF officers will
also occur for this organization.
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mysterious art Of coming pure gold
out of thin air and thinner water
the moral law is dead let, or and
that for the rich the laws of lie ma
tion are all but absolete. The world
at large is becoming better every day,
we are told, but the class now in
the lime-light surely cannot be in
cluded in the general counting. I'm
less this unlawful graft and full dis
honesty is stopped it will be but a
few years until the class has thrott-
ling hold upon the throat of the ma
tlon and then the red flag of revolu-
ton will be unfurled in the land that
now is all peace and plenty. And you
can say whether it will be with or
without cause. There was much to
be thankful for, over all.-Hibbing
Mesaba Ore.
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A Crooked Locator.

Edward Straw OF st. Paul, a locator
who was one of these kind that filed
you on worthless piece of land after
showing you good one. was up before
Commissioner Spencer in st. Paul
last week.
Straw is charged by the government
with perjury alleged to have been COM
mitted by the defendant in connec-
tion with establishing homestead by
Bernice Farrell. near Hibbing, Mimi,
on Nov. 25, 1903.
Straw, who is engaged in the bust
ness of locator of claims, is said to
have taken Bernice Farrell, who re-
sides at Hibbing, 20 a piece of land
about seven miles north of that place
on the above date with a view to To-
eating a claim for the woman.
Straw made the final proof and gave
evidence before the United States
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05
IMPORTANT WORK
On the RANGE East Of Prairie Riv.
er-What 10 Now Bein& Done.

The United States Steel company,
popularity known as the steel trust, Is
doing things along business lines in
their operate on the range. One
instance which demonstrates the
above fact is what they are doing in
the way of locating section corners
and keeping record of them in the
section where they are operating.
When the government survey Of this
section was made the engineers plant
ed their marks. mostly wooden stakes
surrounded by bearing trees at GER
tain specified distances from the corn
er stake, when the country was crude.
Especially when the marks were still
new there was no difficulty in locating
these corners, but after the lumber
men have been thru and cut off the
timber the signs are invariably oblit
erated-oftimes Observation-Disclosures
by logging road being built over the
various corners, or brush fire built so
as to destroy the marks, or other.
wise. At any rate, it is the case in
many instances that the corners are
very hard to find. In this instance
there is no exception to the general
rule. Owing to the fact that the
Steel company's interests are largely
in the land they are having the work
Of finding the corners done by CON-
petent body Of engineers and cruisers.
Geo. A. Fay, who is one of the COM
pany's engineers corps, has the work
In hand and has been at it with a
crew of men for several months. Mr..
Fay says there is considerable difficult
experienced in finding the corners, it
having taken as much as three days
to find some of the corners. Once the
corner found, standard brass cap
monument is supplied for the stake,
and photograph OF the same is taken.
1t is probable that the whole record
Of it will be filed In the county sur
veyors Office and made a part of the
county's records.
This re-esta blishment OF corners
extends along the range for twelve
miles east OF the Prairie river to a.
point east of the Arcturus mine, or
almost to SNOWFALL. 1t is probable
that the work will be prosecuted along
the same lines over the balance of
Itasca countY's share Of the range and
probably beyond that.-Grand Rapids
Independent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05
X. of P. Installation.

The Knights of Pythias installed
officers Wednesday evening, the WORK
of installation being performed by S
w. Gilpin Of Virginia. After the in
stallation social evening was enjoy
ed. The following officers were in
Quoted into office:
G. C.-L. r. Sims.
V. C.-J. L. Shannon.
M. VIC. j. Mott.
Prelate-J. M. Swander.
M. Ar. Coad.
X. r. 81. j. White.
M. E.-A. S. james.
/. G.-Thos. Mclaughlin.
0. &C. NJ. Hanson.
Trustee-Jas. Moonan.
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months, says the Cleveland Iron
Trade Review. The American
Bridge company expects to book
enough orders this week to make the
total for tile year new record.
Sales of rails during the last ten days
aggregate nearly 200, ZOO tons, re-
markable total In view of the heavy
orders already on the books. The
eastern bar iron manufacturers have
reaffirmed their official price of $50 on
bar iron, but are exacting premiums
OF from S. to $40 a ton. Although re-
ports of the holiday lull come f:om
nearly all other pig iron centers,
there is considerable activity at Pitts.
burg. One sale of 10000 tons of which
1900 tons was basic and the remand
er Bessemer, was made at $3.50
valley furnace; while sales of $500
tons of Bessemer at Sl7.65 and the
same amount at sl7.75 are reported.
There Is a strong demand for basic
Iron In the east. Continued revolut-
ionary troubles in Russia do not fur
nisli much prospect that conditions
In regard to ferro-manganese will be
improved. The market is now nor
NAL, but there is no doubt that $50
would be paid. il any were offered.
The buying of ore stopped as sudden
~ as it started. 1t is estimated that
many eastern consumers have not
covered for more than half of their
requirements.
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Entertained.

Last Tuesday evening the teachers
and officers of the Methodist Sunday
school were entertained at the par
sonage, from to IL. Table croquet
and parlor quots were the pastimes Of
the evening, while the photograph
did the musical act. After the bust
ness meeting of the board, lunch was
served. All left for home saying that
they had spent very ENJOYABLE even
ing The officers elected for the en-
suing year are:
William Mitchell
Sec.-Grace Toms
Asst. Sec.-JOe Prisk
Treas-Beatrice Mitchell
Organist-Ruth Prout
Asst. Organist-Beatrice Petheric
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05
One of the Remarkable Years.

This year OF 1905 now in its dying
struggle was remarkable in more than
the general prosperity that o'erspread
the land to the farthermost limits of
its boundary, and the great and profit
able volume OF business recorded from
every quarter and in every branch Of
industry. TO this nation it was a
year of peace, prosperity and plenty.
1t was also year of spectacular dis
closures and exposes, in which the
workings Of almost unbelievable
graft in the highest places were laid
bare-not the revelation alone of the
man seeking notoriety or revenge, but
by sturdy men Of rugged honesty,
whose sole object is the better pro-
lection Of their fellow man from the
wolves, vultures and sharks that
polute the land air and the sea. The
disclosure of shameless graft and high.
handed robbery practiced by the big
insurance companies was truly hail.
raising revevelation to the unsophisi.
Gated, and may probably result in
honest government OF all concerns
that are entrusted with the peoples
money. The "frenzied finance" stor-
les brought to open light a condition
of rottenness fostered. protected and
furthered by some OF the higest men
of the nation, right up to the very
seat Of chief executive. that Is truly
amazing. 1t has shown to this class
of monied men-men skilled in the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05

Misses Pearl McTaggart and Jessie
Patterson entertained a number of
their friends New Years Eve, at
watch Party" at Miss Patterson's
home. The evening was spent in
playing games, after which, refresh
ments were served. All report having
a pleasant time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05
The Ore Business.

The Carnegie Steel company last
week booked the heaviest tonnage Of
structural steel of any week in its
history, in spite of the fact that it
was unable to promise delivery on any
of the material before three or four
months, while in some instances
shipments will be delayed fully six
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05

Mr.. Max Hoppe, formerly manager
of the st. Croix general store, left
last week for Saltwater, where he will
spend few days at his home. after
which, it is reported, he will enter a
general store in Minneapolis.
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TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS
For State Certificates. High
School Building, Ely, Mimi,
Jan. 18th, Goth, 9th, 1906.

PRoGRAM:
Thursday, January %,
$50 A. M. Enrolment
900 Physics
1920 Algebra
Ills P. M. Geometry
2:30 Civics
$3.50 Physical Geography, or
General History.
Friday, January 26,
500 A. M. Enrolment
$50 Professional Test
$3.50 Spelling
1000 Arithmetic
Ills p. M. Geography
2:45 Composition and PEN
manship
3:20 Reading
saturday, January q,
500 A. M. q. S. History
9:45 English Grammar
1870 Music
Ills P. M. Physiology and Hygiene
2:45 Ora wing
G. L, NEwBERRY, Conductor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05

Miss Elizabeth Maloney returned
Wednesday evening from Superior,
where she spent her vacation with
friends and relatives. Lillian Kear-
ney accompanied her.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05
WINTON HAPPENINGS

Miss Charlotte Delaney, Principal
OF Fall Lake schools, returned Wed.
nesday evening from Superior where
she spent her Christmas vacation
with friends and relatives.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bysehe celebrate
ed the fourth anniversary OF their
wedding New Years evening. A large
number Of friends were present, and
many valuable presents were received.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05

Miss Alice Kennedy, teacher. Fall
Lake, returned Wednesday evening
from Duluth, where she spent her
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05

Stanley Berg, who has been with
ST. Croix for several years. was pro-
NOTED to manager. Mis- many friends
will rejoice to know this, and all wish
him we'll
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05

Mrs. Robt. Barto entertained the
Royal Neighbors Wednesday after
noon. Refreshments were served and
all report having an enjoyable time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05

Mr.. Joseph Anderson, an employe
of Swallow and Hopkins, returned
from aseveral weeks visitin Wisconsin
with relatives.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05

Miss Gertie McTaggart entertained
few of her friends, at her home Sat-
urday evening.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05

Mr.. Fred McSorlie, who has been
working in Virginia spent Christmas
with his family OF this place.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05

Mr.. William Shoop, who has been
very i'll with pneumonia, is slowly
recovering.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05

Mr.. Chas. Ellis has returned to Win
ton after an extended visit with
friends and relatives in Michigan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05

Mrs. Louis Hagen entertained a
number OF her friends Wednesday
afternoon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-05

Miss Klug spent her Christmas va.
cation In Arcadia, Wis, returning
Wednesday evening.