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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26

Scientists at Washington who have
made a special study Of the magnetic
pole are not ready to entirely credit
the claims of Capt. Amundsen that
he has found or settled the position
of the north magnetic pole, for if he
has succeeded in finding one, there
are also others.
In fact, magnetic north poles are
many, and they are the most persist
emily unsettled things at present
known. OF course, no one expects
to find a north magnetic pole stick
ing up, lying down fiat, or curving
inwardly, ingrowing, so to speak. 1t
is sufficient to find a spot, or point,
of which one can truly say that it is
the north magnetic pole or a north
magnetic pole, or even that it was
once a magnetic pole.
In olden times such point used to
be presumed and calculated from a
very insufficient data. From three
points in the circumference of any cir
Gle it is easy to find the center, and
this method was first tried as to the
magnetic pole; but it wouldn't work.
And now after many years accumula-
ton of theory and fact the more
crooked that great circle, the imagin-
airy magnetic equator, seems to be-
come. In fact, the proverbial dogs
hind leg is straight line in compar-
ison with it.
There used to be talk about the
magnetic meridians and parallel lines
perpendicular to the magnetic equa
tor, but these are all now gone up, Sc
far as great circles go. They are ter
ribly devious and mixed up, although
exactly obedient to certain magnetic
laws.
Three hundred years ago the fact
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26

Norman left drawing showing
both the variation needle and the dip
needle in one view, the variation nee-
die being in the horizontal position
and the dip needle pointing down.
ward almost vertically. Norman's
book was published twice before Gill
bert, the Elizabethan electrician, pub
lished anything. He had the modesty
of true genius, while DR.. Gilbert was
a boaster, who rarely gave credit for
any discoveries made by others be-
fore his time.
DR.. G. A. Schott, pioneer magnetic
engineer, who assisted in surveying
and settling the new boundary line
between the United States and Next
co in 1847 and then entered the coast
survey service in 1S4S, made, in 1890.
map Of the region around the sup
posed north magnetic pole. This re-
gion is shown by the elliptical figure
in the map. The crop mark at Boothia
Felix shows the spot discovered by
Capt. James Clark Ross in June, 1881,
where the dip of the needle indicated
SO degrees, 591s minutes, or nearly
perpendicular to the earth's surface.
Capt Ross did not have the oppor-
tunity to get any nearer to the nine
tieth degree, and Mr. Roald Amund-
sen, the Norwegian, started for this
region in the spring of 1903, equipped
for a stay of four years around this
spot. His magnetic instruments were
especially constructed for this expe-
dition under the able superintendent
Of Prof. Neumayer, director Of the
German naval observatory at Ham
burg, and DR.. Chree, superintendent
Of Kew observatory, England.
It was confidently expected that
Capt. Amundsen would be able to find
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26

for the benefit Of friends and relatives
here. The merchant will practically
close out his business, leaving, how.
ever, a few outstanding accounts.
Sometimes, II his customers are good
pay, two or three obliging friends may
consent to be debtors. The merchant,
after comfortably establishing himself
in China, sends his friend or kinsman
over to the United States to close
out his business, looking after his bad
debts and generally adjusting things.
duly certified accounts are shown to
the inspectors to demonstrate the ne
cessity for admitting the merchant"
without delay. Frequently such one
is found ironing shirts in a laundry,
but his legal status is that of dealer.
Aside from the Chinese who gain
admittance through the gates Of the
country by means Of keys to which
they have no legal right, there is a
vast majority who as merchants, stu
dents, travellers or actors are entitled
to all the privileges guaranteed them
under the statute. The classes with
money do not have to fear being SUBJ
mitted to inconvenience. AS far as the
Celestials are concerned who get in
without complying with the law the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
Hunting for Germs.

ST. Cloud-The new regulations re-
curing the inspect IN Of the baggage
of laborers sent out by employment
agents was the cause of a party Of fifty
being held up in this city and notified
to return to Duluth, from which place
they had been shipped The men had
been sent out from a Duluth employ
ment agency and were enroute to Mon
tana. When they reached here rep
resentative of the agency, John T. Will
son, who was in charge of the party,
was notified by wire that they must
proceed no farther end that the men
must be sent back to Duluth at once.
1t seems that the baggage of the
man had not been inspected before
the party left Duluth. The regulation
requires that baggage Of laborers sent
out by employment agencies a greater
distance than 100 miles must be in
spected by the health officials to see
that it is in first-class shape and con-
tains no rags or old clothing which
may contain disease germs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
Runaway Eraine.

Duluth-A mysterious railroad acci-
dent happened near Hibbing in which
two people were slightly injured. but
the possibilities for disaster were al
most unlimited.
A freight train was standing In he
Hibbing yard waiting for the afternoon
passenger train from Duluth to arrive.
A few minutes before the passenger
was due some person without authority
mounted the cab Of the freight and
ran it down the main line, where II
came into head-end collision with the
passenger.
The freight was getting fair rate OF
speed wnen the accident occurred, but
the engineer of the passenger saw the
freight in time to slow down consld-
erably. The two locomotives were
much damaged and the passengers were
greatly shaken up as a result Of the
collision. but all escaped injury except
two.
There was nobody in the cab of the
freight engine when investigation was
made, but the engineer of the passen-
ger says that he saw somebody in the
cab as the train came down the road.
1t is suspected that some intoxicated
or insane railroad man started the
freight out of the yard and thai ne
must have jumped when he saw that
collision was going to occur.
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a spot where the dip angle would be
80 degrees, and he may have succeed
ed, as such spot could not be far
difficulty arises from the fact that the
much-blamed spot moves. AS the Sec
ular change in the earth's magnetism
moves at present in northwesterly
direction at the rate of f1ve-eighths of
a mile year, the north magnetic
pole would be found further south.
But for this movement the pole spot
should have been found near latitude
20 degrees minutes and IL seconds
north, and longitude SO degrees As
minutes and 48 seconds west of Green
witch.
When Capt. Amundsen has succeed
ed in making up his records, the re-
suits, if correct, will show the present
location of the supposed north mag
netic pole, and the distance it has
travelled since June, 1881; from which
also the rate of progress may be APP
proximately made out, while at the
same time it will be understood that
the magnetic pole has been travelling
over an unblazed and perhaps very
crooked trail from long before 1881
to the present time, and leaving tenn
porary north magnetic pole by the
thousand all along the line.
1t will be noticed from DR.. Schott's
map that the magnetic North Pole is
not to be found within 20 degrees of
the geographical North Pole. There
fore, as the earth turns around on it's
axis, the magnetic North Pole des-
cribes a circle around the geographic
cal North Pole every day. Conse-
quently, in addition to its regular line
of travel, the magnetic North Pole
may be said to "wobble around"
But this need not be looked upon as
erratic, as the geographical pole is
known also to wobble around an inn
aginary central line lying in the gen.
eral direction of the pole star.
After the magnetic pole has been
definitely located, the questions will
arise as to how it got there, how long
it has been there, and, finally, what is
the cause of it, and why is it any
where at all.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
NEWS NOTES.

Pipestone-A raid was made on one
of the gambling houses of this city
last night by the authorities.
Crookston-Alone and single handed
Mrs. Rasmussen Of Plainville, whose
threshing crew, killed 300-pound bear
pne day this week.
Brainerd-Frank Miller, living on a
.arm, was severely, /; not fatally burn
ed in a fire which destroyed his house.
He was trying to get out a sofa In
which $50 was hidden.
Belle Plaine-Gus Hurtig, a prosper
Gus farmer Of this place, was held %
on Bangson's hill, couple Of miles
from here, by two men. He had only
s12 on his person at the time. They
took the money and threw the purse
into the wagon.
Virginia-It has been announced that
the Virginia Lumber company will soon
begin the construction of a mammouth
sawmill at Rainier, where the Duluth,
Rainy Lake & Winnipeg railroad
crosses Rainy river into Canada.
Moorhead-The Clay county court
must at once give hearing on the
petitions Of Archie Whaley and N. j.
johnson for recount of the votes by
which they were defeated at the pri-
maries.
Crookston-Tabor ThIxston, a we'll
TODD farmer living near the town of
Fairfax, was found dead in the field
Saturday noon by his wife. who had
gone te carry him his dinne--
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26

Boston.-It is the lure of wages SO
high that five years savings make a
fortune that is drawing venturesome
Chinese these days into the country
by novel shifts and in strange dis
guises.
Officially the smuggling of Celestials
across the borders is dead Experts
in immigration and some inspectors
will say when questioned that there
is no such thing. AS matter of fact,
however, although the Chinese popu-
lation of the United States is not in
creasing, and timidity and the severity
of the enforcement of the exclusion
act deter many who might otherwise
attempt to gain this promised land,
plans for getting the contraband race
into the United States are bolder and
more skilfully concocted than ever.
Messages sent along the New Eng
land coast few days ago to intercept
the Frolic, schooner yacht, with her
consignment of 35 coolies, called pub
lie attention to the fact that the Chi
nese are still mindful of the oppor-
tunities offered in this country. Tao
tics similar to those attributed to the
vessels charters are used by shrewd
SPECTATORS, many of whom are Amer
leans. Chinese who have persistence
and courage are able to make their
way here in spite of the utmost vigil
lance of the authorities.
From sentimental point of view
It would appear that Chinese would
not care to come here for fear they
would be subjected to indignities by
the inspectors who are stationed at
ports Of entry and in the principal
cities and towns on both the northern
and southern borders. This does not
apply to the more conservative of the
race, but there are hundreds of
shrewder and holder spirits who see a
chance to gain wealth and they miss
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26

no means of gaining admittance to
this country. They are eager to take
the places of the thousands who are
now leaving the United States for
good with fortunes and completeness.
Thrifty cIestiaIs
Send Money "Home."
Express companies which have
branches in Chinatown in the larger
cities are busy transferring accounts
Of thrifty Celestials to Picking, Hong
Kong and Canton. Hundreds of the
returning Cinnamon are buying large
establishments in the trade centers
OF their native country, while others
are investing in farms and planta-
lions. They return with stories of how
they are often i'll treated in the Unit
ed States, but they also clink the
American gold which they have gar
nered. The depletion of the Chinese
population is, as investigations made
in the principal colonies in the Unit
ed States show, hardly met by the
birth rate OF by the influx of the orr
entails across the borders. The result
Of all this has been to increase the
wages of Chinese workmen in Amer
lea to eXorbitant figures.
Chinese are in demand not only for
work as laundrymen, but as highly
paid servants. The prevailing rate
for laundrymen is from SIS to $40 or
more a week, with board. Once a
Chinese has learned the uses of irons
and starch his services are In demand
at the highest figures. TIC keep up
with their work some of the larger
Chinese laundries have been obliged
to hire white help. Others whose
proprietors cannot get along under
such an arrangement are selling their
establishments Chinese laundries are
at present for sale by the score be-
cause of the scarcity in the labor
market.
Chinese laundrymen who save $50
a month out of their wages are COM
mon. 1t costs only four dollars "a
month to maintain one person in
China. A laundryman in this city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
Amendments.

inneapolis-Several amendments IN
the live stock sanitary laws will be
recommended to the legislature by the
live stock sanitary board. The board
at its quarterly meeting yesterday dis
cussed and approved number Of rec
concentrations which DR.. S. H. Ward.
secretary Of the board, made in his
quarterly report.
One recommendation Is the adoption
Of an amendment by which the selling
and removing Of diseased animals will
be made an indictable offense in lieu
Of a misdemeanor and another would
amend the law to increase the penalty
for importing diseased animals by rails
from $25 to 500 as at present to $500
to $1,000.
The board also favors amending the
present law covering the appointments
of three appraisers for cattle killed
by the state and in lieu thereof have
one appraiser who shall be the repre-
sentative Of the state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
Rough Weather Ends
Trip of "Slave Ship"

In this connection a real life story
of the sea, of smuggling and adven-
ture, thrilling pursuits and hair
breadth escapes, and the perilous voy-
age of little schooner, under whose
battered down matches was a cargo
such as the slavers of the story books
carried, ended when the Frolic of Bos-
ton was discovered by chance in the
harbor of Providence, R. !.
1t was the sea that had been it's
refuge that finally wrought the I'M
doing of the Frolic and foiled its ad-
venture after it had played tag with
revenue cutters and customs officers
for weeks along the coast. The Frolic
was battered and crippled ghost of
boat when it crept into port with AZ
woebegone and starving Cinnamon in
it's hold. In the hight, while it was
believed the crew of a storm beaten
fishing boat was repairing damage,
dories went to and from the shore
and the Frolic and II Cinnamon were
landed
The Cinnamon were still being
taken ashore and hidden in coal
heaps, when man employed on one
of the pockets on a dock stumbled
across a shivering group Of Cinnamon
and gave the alarm. A little later
customs and immigration officers
swooped down on the Frolic and cap
tured Is Cinnamon and two of the
crew. Skipper H. K. Colby, of Bos-
ton, who led the adventure, and his
mate, CAP Adams, slipped away in
dory and escaped. On shore Off
GERS captured John G. Lehnemann, of
Boston, whose part in the adventure
was conveying and smuggling China
men to the refuge Of the Chinese
quarter in Providence.
In his cell Lehnemann said the
smuggling of Chinese into New Eng
land states has been carried on for
years with great profit. He stated
that expedition like that of the Frolic
netted about $4,000 clear of all ex-
penses. Asked how the smugglers
were able to evade the officials, he
answered.: That's easy. Most places
in New England are fixed and we
don't have any trouble" Lehnemann
explained that the Chinese were
groups to Newfoundland, wher they
Canada and from there in small
grounds to Newfoundland, where they
were held to await vessel from the
United States.
The two members Of the crew OF the
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of the earth, and, third, as to the in.
tensity of the force which draws the
needle downward or toward a fixed
point when disturbed. A magnetic
north pole is found whenever the
magnetic needle points perpendicular
ly to the horizontal plane of the
earth's surface. This dip" or down
ward pointing of the needle was dis
covered bs Robert Norman, a seaman
and instrument maker, in 1876. The
discovery of the dip" of the needle
helped the early philosophers to
break away from the idea that the
attraction for the needle was in the
heavens, and especially in the region
of the polar star.
The Chinese knew the attractive
power of the lodestone as early as the
second century of the Christian era,
and in the seventh century the Japa-
nese had a cart device on which was
a magnetic figure pointing south.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
RICHES FOR ''CONTRABAND" DEALERS


for instance, may send money home
to maintain wife and children, also
his parents and the parents of his
wife, if need be, to say nothing of
contributing to the support of needy
member of the clan, and yet be able
to have substantial emergency fund.
Within year or so an expert laun-
dryman may establish a shop of his
own or found a little business in
oriental wares. If he does he may go
to China, visit as long as he wishes
and boldly pass through a port of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
Fame of the Fair.

Hamline-The fame of the Mime
sofa state fair has spread to every
corner of the continent and managerJ
Of other fairs are especially impressed
with the successful executive manage
ment of this institution. They are
continually calling upon the Minnesota
men for information.
Not long ago Southern fair call
ed upon Secretary e. w. Randall Of
Minnesota to accept the secretaryship
of its annual show and he is constant
ly receiving applications for informa-
ton about details of management.
Secretary j. A. Filcher of the Cali
fornia state fair spent much of ;he
day at the fair grounds looking over
the plant and questioning Secretary
Randall upon details. Mr.. Filcher cx-
pressed himself as highly pleased with
what he saw and heard and carried
away all manner Of reports and forms
for his future use.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
Burned to Death,

Brainerd-Frank A. Miller, who lives
on the Judd Wright farm northwest Of
here, Is in the hospital suffering with
severe burns which he received when
the house on the farm was destroyed
by fire. The fire broke out early in
the morning before the occupants OF
the house were awake, but all man.
aged to get out in safety. Frank, how
ever, reentered the building and at
tempted to save $50 which was con-
cealed in a sofa. He picked up the
sofa and was making his way to The
door when he fell, and before he could
rise the flames were upon him and his
clothing was almost all burned from
his body
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26

was discovered that the earth Is a
great magnet. Before that time the
pole star itself was supposed to at
tract the magnetic needle. Even
Shakespeare was of this belief, which
no expressed in the phrase true as
the needle to the POLE" And Chris
TOPPER Columbus did not know what
to think when he could find by his
rude apparatus that the needle did
not follow it's supposed law.
Scientific observations are being
made now nearly all over the world,
first as to the direction of the mag
netic needle, whether east or west of
the polar direction; second, as to it's
dip or inclination toward the center
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26
Nothing Donq.

He had made up his mind to propose
and proceeded to feel his way.
"You can-er-make good bread, I
suppose?" he remarked.
"Oh, suppose so,' she replied, "bat
1 don't propose to do it. The man I
marry will have sufficient coin to Ell
able us to- patronize r."-Chica.
20 Daily News.
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and in many cases it is possible for
the coolies to gain their destination
Once within the borders of this coun-
try they usually prowl 40 or so miles
farther before they think it safe to
board train and proceed in a more
conventional manner.
Chinese have been intercepted in
the state of Washington making their
way on boats in the rivers, ostensibly
bound to work as laborers on some of
the large farms. They are disguised
as immigrants of other nationalities.
Many of them have essayed the roles
of Italians, after incasing themselves
in corduroy jackets and trousers and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-26

Frolic who were captured said the
little vessel had beaten about the
coast from Eastport, Me-, to Cape
Hatteras for two weeks, lodging rev.
buffeted by storms. They said the
Frolic's captain only took the des-
perate chance of running into Provi-
dence when the little vessel had been
SO battered it could not stay at sea
any longer.
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entry as a merchant, for he is entitled
to that privilege under the law. The
ironing board, at the present time,
however, is the best means by which
the average Chinaman may find life
smooth and profitable.
To get chance to avail himself of
present conditions in the labor mar
ket Chinese who have initiative or
are under the direction of some Amer
lean adventurer who is bold and re-
sourceful frequently make their way
here by methods underground and
over sea.
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tying gayly coiored silken handker-
chiefs about their necks.
It Is along the Rio Grande border,
however, that the smuggling OF dis
guised Chinese is conducted with con-
summate finesse. The scheme In
use there, If followed by really cap
able Chinaman, are usually effective.
Hundreds of the more intelligent are
landed in Havana and at Mexican
ports, whence they can make their
way to this country.
Chinese immigration is welcomed In
Mexico. There is a tradition pre-
served in the old histories OF the &C.
lestial empire that centuries ago
trading junks from China landed on
the western coast of Mexico and
opened up commercial relations with
the subjects of Montezuma. The Chi
nese often have in mind this ancient
relation when they go to the country
over which rules President Diaz. The
Chiese learn Spanish, adopt the Mex
lean dress and manners, learn to wear
sombrero with grace and often, az
ter waiting for two years to perfect
themselves in being imitation Mexl-
cans, they bodily cross the southern
border and make their way to the
nearest Chinatown.