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The Ely miner., 1906-06-15
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

In spite of Official denials ,rumors Of
Ill health of the pope have been con-
firmed.
A fierce storm at San Lucar, Spain,
caused the death of ten persons and in
jury to eight.
James G. Gerould, Of the University
Of Missouri, has been elected librarian
of the University of Minnesota.
o. j. Norby, Dennis S. McGinn and
John Shea were drowned at Bass Lake,
Minn., by the capsizing of their boat.
The duke of Almodavar, minister for
foreign affairs of Spain, who has been
i'll for some time, has suffered a re-
lapse.
Gabriel Battalie, negro, aged 18,
was hanged in King George county.
Va, while the militia guarded him to
prevent lynching.
John Miller and Bernard King were
arrested at Bluefeld, w. Va, on
charge of counterfeiting. They had
$3.50 in spurious coins.
While playing on the banks of
Pond run at Parkersburg, w. Va,
Wallace Wilson, aged eight, and Benni
Stephens, aged ten, were drowned.
On account of the present heavy de-
mand for tin plate the Newcastle (Pa.)
plants, which are the largest in the
world, will not close down this sum-
mer.
The regents of the Minnesota uni
versity have elected DR.. F. w. West
brook dean of the medical department,
to succeed DR.. Park Ritchie, who re-
signed.
Two cowboys, M. H. Cook and Ho-
mer hampton, in Crockett county, Tex,
were bitten by a mad skunk while
aslepe. They rode 100 miles to secure
treatment.
Democratic senators at Washington
have decided to elect Senator ]. c. S.
Blackborn of Kentucky chairman Of
the party caucus to succeed the late
Senator German.
Seven lumber mills, employing 500
men, at st. Johns, N. F., have shat
down on account of differences be-
tween the owners and workmen re-
garding wages.
In a train wreck at Rochester, Fire
man Louis Franks, of the Buffalo,
Rochester & Pittsburg road was killed
and Engineer Thomas Donaldson Sc
riously injured.
The controversy over the education
bill ir England has led to proposition
that the government send so elemen-
tary teachers to America this summer
for six weeks study of the educa-
tional methods in vogue here.
Second Assistant Secretary of State
Alvey A. Adee and Consul General
and Mrs. Thackara, of Berlin, have ar
rived in Bad Kissengen, Bavaria.
They are the guests Of Ambassador
and Mrs. Charlemagne Tower.
BY the explosion of locomotive
boiler on the Goodyear lumber road at
Medix run, Pa, Fireman R. e. Sim
gleton was killed, Engineer Herman
Miller fatally injured and Brakeman
Frank Howard seriously hurt.
Frank Hildreth, who was found
| guilty of manslaughter May 80 last at
Noun Vernon, O., was sentenced to 18
years in the penitentiary. Hiildreth
shot Sheriff James G. Shellenbarger
Nav ri 1909 while resisting arrest
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carefully prepared, and consumed 16
hours in the delivering, occupying the
attention of the court for two days. On
the third day Mr.. Webster spoke for
six hours. And during all the pro-
ceedlngs the courtroom was packed
with the beauty and culture of the
city.
Towards the close of the trial the
situation became tense. AS the wrongs
inflicted on the Indians were described
by the attorneys indignation was often
al white heat, and the judge made no
attempt at suppressing the applause
which broke out from time to time.
For the department Mr.. Lambert
son made short address. but was lis
tened to in silence.
1T was late in the afternoon when
the trial drew to close. The excite
Inent had been increasing, but it
reached a height not before felt when
Judge Dundy announced that Chief
Standing Bear would be allowed to
make speech in his owE behalf.
Not one in that audience besides
the army officers and Mr.. Tibbles had
ever heard an Grafton by an Indian
chief All of them had read of the elo-
quence of Red Jacket and Logan, and
they sat there wondering whether the
mild-looking old man, with the lines of
suffering and sorrow on his furrowed
brow and cheek, dressed in the full
robes of an Indian chief, could make
speech at all.
1T happened that there was good
interpreter present-the son of Father
Hamilton, well-known missionary.
Standing Bears Address
Standing Bear arose. HaIf-facing
the audience he held out his right hand
and stood motionless so long that the
stiffness of death which had settled
down on the audience became almost
unbearable. At last, looking up at the
judge, he said:
THAT hand is not the color of
yours, but if 1 prick it, the blood will
flow and / shall feel pain. The blood
is of the same color as yours. God
made me, and 1 am man. l never
committed a crime. If l had, l would
not stand here to make defense. l
would suffer the punishment and make
no complaint
''Still standing, half-facing the audi
ence, he looked past the judge out of a
window as If gazing upon something
far in the distance, and continued:
"T seem to be standing on the high
bank of great river, with my wife
and little girl by my side. I cannot
cross the river, and impossible cliffs
arise behind me. hear the noise of
great waters; look and see a flood
coming. The waters rise to our feet
and then to our knees. My little girl
stretches her hands toward me and
says, Save mel"
~ stand where no member of my
race ever stood before. There is no
tradition to guide me. The chiefs who
preceded me knew nothing of the cir
cumstances that surround me- l hear
only my little girl say, Save mel"
Reached Heights of Eloquence.
In despair look toward the cliffs
behind me, and seem to see a dim
trail that may lead to way of life.
But no Indian ever passed over that
trail. 1t looks to be impossible. l
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ern Nebraska, along the Niobrara riv-
er. They had fought the Sioux, in be-
half of the white men, for years, and
had lost 700 braves in the white mans
behalf. For this previous secretary
of the interior had given them, in fee
simple, full title to their reservation
and lands.
Lands Taken from Poncas.
Then Mr.. Schurz was made secre-
tary, and at the point of the bayohet
had driven the Poncas down into In
dian Territory, depriving them of the
lands for which they held government
deeds. The Poncas were left months
without rations in the new country,
and more than one-third of them died
while :here
And among those who died was the
son OF the old chief. Standing Bear.
The chief refused to have the little
The Ely miner., 1906-06-15
Bass Culture.

st. Paul-The state game and fish
commission has taken the matter OF
propagating black bass in large num-
bers in Minnesota. The commission
has been preparing bass ponds at an
expense of almost $4,000 at the Glen
wood hatchery for this purpose.
These ponds will be the best equipped
in the United States for the propaga-
ton of this species of fish. These
ponds are about completed after sew
eral months work and the members
Of the commission left today to in
spect them.
It is the intention of the commits
sion to stock the ponds before the 1st
of August If possible. After a few
months, bass will be almost as plenti-
full as pike or trout in the streams
of Minnesota, according to a member
Of the commission.
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Carleton Wins.

Northfield, Minn.-The silver cups
won by Carleton college in the inter-
collegiate tennis tournament were
presented in chapel. Professor CLANCY
handed the cups to Sidney Kenyon and
Claude Krause for transfer to the
trophy case.
The cups are presented for the coll
lege winning in q series Of double and
single matches. The competing COL
leges were arranged in two groups.
Shattuck, st. Olaf and Carleton were
members of one group, Hamline, St.
Thomas and Manchester constituted the
other Carleton defeated all corners
and took the championship.
The Ely miner., 1906-06-15
Much Wheat.

Minneapolis-Ch is steadily
losing ground as wheat center, while
Minneapolis and Kansas City are gain
ing immensely. OF a total crop Of
spring and winter wheat in grain-pro-
ducing territory regarded as competi-
tive ground, Of 253, ,441,319 bushels in
1905, Chicago received, in round fig
ures, 20,600,000 bushels, Minneapolis
65,500,00 and Kansas City $500, 900,
while last year, out of total crop Of
397,000,000 in the same territory, Chi
cago received less than 27,000,0 900
bushels, Minneapolis more than 92,O00,-
600, and Kansas City more than 49,
100000.
The Ely miner., 1906-06-15
Ship is Safe.

Duluth-The stranded steamer Ma
taafa is safe in the sheltered harbor
at last, and the northeasters can have
no more terrors for her. The boat
was released at 11:05 in the morning
and twenty-five minutes later she was
alongside the schooner Manila inside
Park Point. The weather was pleas
ant, and hundreds of people thronged
the shore watching the wrecking oper-
ations and expecting every minute to
see the vessel released from the sand
cradle that had been her bed since
Nov. %, when nine sailors lost their
lives in the terrible storm.
The Ely miner., 1906-06-15
Shifting the Bills.

''If you will give me your daughter,
sir, we will always live with you."
Nope; you marry her and Will al.
ways live with you. Post
The Washington herald., 1906-11-16
Hard Times for Rockefeller

Our sympathetic hearts are touched by
the sad announcement that during the
past few days Mr.. John D. Rockefeller's 3
fortune has been decreased in the sum of
SlI.000.00O It seems that Standard on
stock, which was formerly quoted at $50
a share, has declined to less than $500.
incidentally. the value Of the total stock
Of the company has shrunk S2s5. 100000
The trouble Is that the strong arm Of the
Federal government has seized the trust
by the nape OF its neck, so to speak, and
it may be that the worst is yet TO come.
RockefeIler's loss OF SI7.OO0,O0O has un-
dOubtedly reduced him TO sad straits
We can see him as he struggles along.
carefully examining his expense account
to see where he can save a few pennies,
and even appealing to his wife to endure
the winter season without buying another
sealskdn coat We wonder how. in these
moments Of his poverty. he can even pro-
cure the few gallons OF gasoline neces-
sa-y 10 operate his fifteen imported auto
mobiles. Every opportunity for sacrifice
and self-denial must eagerly be well
coined by him. Even the 5O-cent golf ball
is no longer allowed to remain hidden IN
the high grass. In times Of dire distress,
% cents saved is half a dollar earned.
Seventeen millions poorer The Queen
Of Sheba, with all her wealth. was a
pauper IN comparison with a fortune
which can bear such decapitation without
causing its owner even a thrill. Surely
this is a marvellous age. No wonder that
there is envy and jealousy regarding i'm
mense Accommodations Of wealth.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-16
MOROCCO in Hot M-a4nr

Ihe sultan or Morocco will be treated To
something rather novel when the French
English feet appears off Tangiers for q
demonstration The Sultan of Turkey m
whom this style OF entertainment is any
thing but new or pleasant, has been good
Of late, but the Sultan Of Morocco has
been filling the place Of bad bow and gen
eraI trouble-maker after a fashion that
must remind Abdul Hamid forciblv of
the good old days.
Recent events have been such as IN tax
the patience Of all the world. and man.
KIND must profit greatly by Morocco's :
prompt and emphatic suppression. The
state authorities seem powerIess to help
matters. Foreigners are maltreated and
abused; towns are sacked. pundits and
sorcerers commit the most outrageous. ex-
cesses, consular officials are attacked an5
beaten, public hoggings Of men and
women take place, and these character
lied by the most brutal excesses. and still
no one seems able 10 hold the roaming
mobs Of outlaws and desperadoes in check.
The efforts Of the Sultan-a mere figure
nead-to suppress these things are marked
by the most grotesque edicts and orders.
The restoration Of peace has been dele
gated to Raisuli, a bandit chief, whose
principal claims to fame lie in his ability
to hold wandering foreigners to ransom
and to raid sheepfOlds and swineherds.
Aside from its tragic features, the whole
savors strongly Of opera bouffe.
Civilized Europe has had quite enough
OF it. and unless Morocco is very. careful
indeed, there viii soon be no Morocco
Tie greater powers would not shy to anv
very considerable extent at any reasonable
excuse for ehopping Morocco into several
sections and apportioning it among them
selves. Either that or a joint protector
ate that would reduce Morocco 10 an
extremely petty standing. It is only by
the exercise Of the most diplomatic meth
DDS and the care with which he has AL
ways come TO time when ultimately chal-
enged, that the Sultan of Turkev bas
managed to keep his domains in any,
thing like independent shape. Indeed,
The Washington herald., 1906-11-16
OLIGARCHY OF FINANCE.
Defiance of Public Opinion in the
Illinois Central Election.

From the New YoTk Journal Of Commerce.
The fact is that in an these great cor
porations it is not the majority that rules.
II is not the shareholders that determine
the policy 10 be pursued. The proxy sys-
tenn Of voting is used IN railroad corpora
ti0us much as il has been used IN the
big mutual life insurance companies II
is the large stockholders and not the
many stockholders that rule. though the
former hold bat small minority Of the
stock. They elect themselves as directors
perpetuate their control. choose officers
who DO their bidding and carry out their
schemes Of combination and alliance re-
gardIess OF the great body of the share
holders.
The cOnsolid3 tions. alliances. and com
munity Of interest arrangements are ef-
fected by few men controlling By the
Use Of proxies and otherwise the stock
they do not own and the owners Of
which are Oblivious 70 their schemes until
they are effected They constitute DOW
erful oligarchy. enriching itself extend
ing its domination end presenting q for
midable front TO the government when
ever it proposes 70 subject the instrument
taiities Of commerce To the regulation
Of law for the protection Of the rights
Of the people
In this action OF the board Of directors
Of the Illinois Central on the DAY after
tho State and Congressional elections
there was an arrogant defiance of public
opinion and of the growing determine
ti0n 10 bring great combinations Of capt.
tai into subsection 20 law and justice. and
il WAS calculated 70 add new fuel 10 the
flame Of popular wrath.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-16
H0W DO READ cHARACrER-

Character may be easily judged by the
handwriting II you should mail a pro-
posal to a young lady and she should
reply briefly, her chirography being bold.
rapid. and angular, writing simply the
word No. you may at once know that
she is not a person who could appreciate
you at your true worth
Side whiskers are sometimes a sure in
dication OF character. II they flare out
in whirlgig style on each side Of a mans
face. YOU may at once decide that he Is a
man Of Connding disposition, for some
one has told him that he resembles the
late Commodore Vanderbilt, and he be-
lieves It,
II you call q man liar and he hits YOU
in the eye and then proceeds 20 kick you
all over the street, you may set him
down as an irascible man. with little or
no control of his temper.
II a man paUses with leaf Of lettuce on
his fork and insists upon telling you how
many chefs he has taught 10 make French
salad dressing, you may decide that he is
star at the chatting dish and that some
girl viii conclude that man with his
knowledge of cooking must make a good
husband.
The man who IS constantly interrupting
your stories ia order 20 tell one Of his
own IS usually a man cf great tenacity
or purpose; one who will set his mind
upon something and achieve il. 10 matter
what happens WILBUR NESBIT.
Copyright. 1906. by ". d. Nesbit
The Washington herald., 1906-11-16
HIS INFLUENCE ENLARGED.
Roosevelt Regarded as the Master OF
Congress and All Parties.
From the Springfield Republican

From the Springfield Republican
The final reflection We must come TO. in
view Of these facts. is that the President
Of the United States has now attained a
power, political and moral, over the gen
eral government Of the country. which has
not been eQualed by any chief ma gistrate
since Andrew Jackson, save possibly Lin
coin alone, whose power was largely due
to the conditions of civil war. All things.
all events. continue 10 eXalt Theodore
Roosevelt in the minds Of his country and
70 make him the master of Congress and
all political parties He promises 10 be
even more influential in the next Congress
than in the present one. since nothing has
happened in this weeks elections TO shat
ter his personal prestige. He not only
dominates parties with imperious viii, but
he rises above them so far. in the conf
dence and affection of the majority Of the
people, that Republican losses and Demo-
cratic gains. whether I'm State or national
contests, alike seem 70 add 10 his altitude
IN the eyes Of his contemporaries. This is
the one towering fact observable in this
years elections
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what He Could Have Been.

Having rejected joint Statehood with
ity il is now generally conceded that
Arizona viii remain a Territory for an
indefinite time. or at least until the
Democrats get complete control Of the
gOvernment-and nobody is bold enough
20 venture a prediction as % when that
viii happen. But for the shrewd manip-
ulatiOns by the Hon. Marcus Aurelius
Smith. VINO has served Arizona as Dele
gate 10 Congress numerous times. il is
not improbable that Senator Beveridge
would have been able TO so shape legisla-
tion at the last session of Congress as TO
have forced Arizona into joint Statehood
with New Mexico. Had this occurred il
Is believed the joint State would have
been safely Democratic, In which event
Mr.. Smith undoubtedly would have been
elected to the Senate. the goal of every
member OF the House. But he rejected
ali overtures on this subject and stood
stoutly for separate Statehood or moth
ing for his Territory. Mr. Smith will
represent Arizona in the next House as
Delegate What he has accomplished for
his Territory IN Washington illustrates
that after ali the personal equation is
powerful and frequently determining in
large national affairs In the fight he
made last winter he was opposed by the
entire administration and the Republican
party Mr.. Smith, a Kentucky Democrat
without a vote in the House. fought this
powerful array of influences to a stand
still through the sheer force of his per
Sonal popularity
The Washington herald., 1906-11-16
THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER.
GOOD OLD GRANDPA.

Grandpa nad a wooden leg
And throughout his life he boasted
None could take him down a peg
For few men ike he were posted.
Grandpa wore an auburn wig
And his household always dreaded
Lest some one the wig might prig
And thus make grandpa red-headed.
one Of grandpa's eyes was glass.
It's expression was disdainful-
Thus Il was it came 10 pass
People thought his looks were paneful
Grandpa's g artificial teeth
often helped the poor old sinner;
When deceit he was beneath
He would send his teeth 20 dinner.
Grandpas 5 ears were slow to hear
And this caused him lots Of sorrow.
If you'd say Let's have a beer"
He'd not eatch II till tomorrow.
Grandpa s stomach once played out,
For II truly needed resting.
When his living was in doubt
He observed that he'd digesting.
Grandpa carried many a scar
And his spine was known 20 lack bone
So he'd never go 10 war
For he didn't have the backbone.
Grandpa lungs were good and strong.
He could quote from good old Horace.
But when for a loan we'd long
He would seldom cough I'D for rs.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-16
She Was Once Marshal.

Miss Phoebe Cousins. Of St. Louis. who
has come 10 Washington for the winter 10
assist in the movement 70 restore the
canteen 10 the army. enjoys a distinction
that is absolutely unique for an American
woman. About twenty years ago Miss
Cousins was United States marshal Of the
Eastern district Of Missouri, with head
quarters at ST. Louis Her father was
holding the Office when he died. and the
appointing powers az Washington gave
the position 10 her 10 the end Of the term
to which her father had been appointed.
She had been q clerk in the Office under
her father, and had thoroughly mastered
It's details. 50 that when the full responsi-
bility Of the position devolved upon her
she was prepared properly 10 discharge IL.
Her record in Office was first class. and
the late Joseph b. Mccullough editor OF
the Globe-D Democrat, who was as afraid
Of women as he was Of ghosts. IN which
he believed, gave her the title Of colonel,
which has ever since stuck 20 her in Mis-
souri,. Miss Cousins is one Of the ablest
women IN the country. and for more than
thirty years has been prominently identi-
fed with movements that appeal 10 the
interests of her sex
The Washington herald., 1906-11-16
LEWIS sTUYVEsANT CHANIER.
Aristoc-nt and PhiIanthropist Is
Elected Lieutenant Governor.
From the New York World.

From tie NeW 9ors World.
= sturdy Young man. six feet two incher
tall with a clean-siaven. serious facr
blue eyes and set black hair. brushed back
from a high forehead. appeared IN the
Court Of General Sessions sixteen years
ago and began defending voluntarily the
cases CT miserable offenders who were too
poor 10 hiTe = lawyer.
/ he protested that he was merely fol-
lowing a quick path q acquiintanre
with the criminal law. and hc resented
the imputation that his conduct was &C.
centric. Being Of a wealthy family. he
could afford TO work without pay.
Once, having gained the acquittal o!
human derelict on "a murder charge he
tucked a $ note in the prisoners pocket
Then, noticing that snow was falling aud
that the mans clothes were threadbare
he took off his own 500 0yeTcoat and put
II on the others back.
Your honor" he said in coUrt re-
Gently, this man has a wife and six
children. II You viii make the fine -
viii pay IL myself" The court agreed.
This young lawyer was Lewis Stuy-
Vesaat ChanleT who was elected lieu
tenant governor OF New York on Tues
day II is said 10 nave worried Mr.
Chanler's relatives in the AstOr family
that be should practice ar the criminal
bar. as did his trip 10 Ireland. where he
made red-hOt speeches for the Parneii-
ties under the leadership Of John Red
mGnd; but Mr. Chanler only replied: II
want to get 10 the front. and / have dis
covered, as Theodore Roosevelt says, that
yen cant DO that as dude"
Ills descent from the Astors was
through his mother. Margaret AstOr
Ward. whose great grandfather was the
original John Jacob Astor He is a
cousin Of Col. John Jacob Astor, and Of
William Waldorf Astor HIS father was
John Winthrop ChauleT al one time a
sgchem in Tammany. and for several
terms a Congressman.
Mr.. Chanler is thirty-seyen years old.
He was born in Newport. r. J.. and at
tWenty-one married Miss Alice Chamber
lain, in London Mrs Chauler vas one OF
the guests invited 20 the dinner given by
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt IN honor of
Prince Henry-an event which, for the
time being, pruned the Four Hundred
down to about forty. Mr.. and Mrs. Chan
ier have three children.
Mr.. Chanlers law education was OBJ
tGincd az the Columbia Law School. and
hv took course in international law and
jurisprudence az Cambridge University.
England. where he was made president If
the famous Can bridge Union Debating
Society II was on his return TO this
country that he eT gagged IN the cOIrt work
which gave him nOtOHety as a 'philaa-
tnrOpigt "
The Washington herald., 1906-11-16
BibIe Reading in Missouri.

From the Kansas City Star
Colonel John Cosgrove afterward Con-
gresham from the Boonville district. was
especially distinguished as an advocate
before jury. Defending a client accused
Of some crime. Colonel Cosgrove in an
eloquent climax shouted:
What does the States attorney expect?
Does he expect my client, like Daniel, to
command the sun to stand still, and have
it obey?"
Judge James ". Draffen, lawyer for the
opposition, interrupted:
May it please your Honor" he said,
addressing June z. HAZEL. who was on
the bench. I object to Colonr Cos
groves misQuoting Scripture"
l beg pardon" blandIy replied Colonel
Cosgrove, 4 forgot for the moment that
1t was not Daniel, but Solomon who COM
manded the sun to stand still"
And that statement went unchallenged.