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home and have in a measure realized
their hopes and ambitions in the big
world outside. to come back. l have no
ticed that the more sterile the soil. the
more humble the surroundings and In
convenient the home. the more man
will cling TO 1t in memory and make
about the old place. / always smile when
foreigners tell me that we Americans
have no sense of loyalty and that we
cling to no traditions.
My husband has worked hard in these
years since he left that little home in the
Tennessee mountains and he has been
grained by the public recognition which
he mas won. but think that the keenest
JOY OF recent years came when we went
back to the old place and traced out the
spots dear to his childhood and had some
OF the fine steaming hot corn pones and
the fragrant coffee and savory brown
bacon. AS for me, the great wastes of
Texas are dearer than anything on earth
and my mind constantly goes back when
/ need special regeneration from the sor-
did aspects which life in great cities
must assume.
Next winter Mrs. Littleton hopes TO
bring her boys here for week or more
of sightseeing. The boys are thirteen
and twelve years of age, and were at a
boarding school all of last autumn and
winter. They will return TO the same
institution next year. but their parents
will have them here for the various re-
cesses. This will be their peep into
Washington as the seat of government
They have both made a tourist visit be-
fore. Martin Wilson and Douglass Mar
shall Littleton are handsome and sturdy
boys with a pronounced prediction for
politics. They have inrunerable srap
books about celebrities and their mother
will pass busy period when they set
out to see all the illustrious public men
they have In mind.
Mrs Littleton Is the sunny side of
thirty and has retained all the freshness
and charm Of her early girlhood. She is
now entirely a New Yorker. well groom
ed in appearance and with the alertness
and mental poise Of the Gothamita. She
left Washington last week and Will re-
main during the summer months with her
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but whose administration reunited the
parts OF the discovered Union.
Whatever the final decision NAV be tho
claims of Fort Stevens should not be for
gotten. At least the rubbish trees and
brush should he cleared away: the earth
works where broken down, should he re-
stored: with a statue of Lincoln stand
ing where he stood exposed 10 the tire OF
the enemy: with a record OF the stirring
events commemorated.
The signs marking strategic points
should be renewed with more durable
material: a way opened to the avenue for
ease of access. with walks and other ap-
propriate adornments. and the whole
made national park. II nothing more
elaborate is proposed this much ought 70
be done. and that soon. to preserve the
site from further encroachment of the
city b. Il. ALDEN.
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Inited States Army must he consid-
cred as an act of appreciation of the
ability and service rendered under his
own observation. Notice of the pro-
motion was sent to the QuartermaSter
general in the field. When received. it
happened that he was actually exer-
cising a full major generals command
he had 5000 men under him. a line two
miles in length and directly in front
of the enemy.
The house of Postmaster General Mont
gomery Blair was burned the house of
+. P. Blair vas turned topsy- liquors
consumed, papers ransacked and de-
stroyed, the farms for miles around
We're in terrible condition, and the Con-
federate wounded We're left behind in a
hospital camp near Sligo. The wounded
and captured Confederates numbered
over 200. The Provisional Veteran Re
serves and Qnartermaster Volunteers
were returned TO the city on the 14th and
18th. there being no danger Of a return
OF the enemy.
Some day the Importance of this battle
will be realized. and those who mastered
the situation will he appreciated. The
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The Suspicious Turk.

IOHN W GATES. the noted fnancier,
said TO a Washington correspondent
during a recent visit to the capital:
Your quotations show suspicion Of Wall
street. You appear TO look on Wall street
as did the Turkish diplomat Mizrim BeN
"MiZrim Bey was once taken 10 the
stock exchange There the methods of
stock speculation were explained 10 him
and he was shown the marvel of the tick
ers ticking off the last quotations from
every market in the world
- Well, what do YOU think OF IT? Isn't
it marvellous? asked his guide
But Mizrim Bey. instead Of being over
aued yawned and answered coldly
For my part ! should prefer to play in
a game where l could see the cards shut
fled"
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She d'sclaims following the lead OF her
British sisters who are paramount fac
tors IN the political success OF their hus-
bands, tontrasted with the true blue
Briton whose liege lord is standing for
parliament. Mrs. Littleton's methods pre-
sent many characteristics and original
features. II must be acknowledged that
she mas b!aaed new patti. and that
though she may be gently froUned upon
ty the more lenient Of congressional wom-
en- and openly condemned by the conserv-
alive II is safe TO predict that before
MANY years roll by she Will have many
.rnitators
according 10 Mrs. I.ittieton's philosophy,
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Low Strategy Won the
l 1 Day-Force of Defend
ers Small Indeed in Proper
ton to Invading Army's
Numbers-Chief Aim to De-
ceive Confederate Leaders as
to Number of Troops on the
Battle ront-Sk irmishes,
Attacks and Sorties-Fight-
ing Lasted Two Days-Con-
federates Then Reiterated,
Believing That Union Rein
forcernents Had Arrived
From Grant.
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school building Go through the school
ward this side OF il till you come 10 a
gap in the fence. Go through that and
on to the southwest corner YOU will come
10 an alley leading south to the top of the
hill, where are two or three houses paint
ed pea green. There you will find the
fort and where Lincoln stood
Following his directions. ! soon found
the object of my search-not the site
only. but the fort itself, hidden from the
grown by trees and bushes. hut its earth
en- ramparts with embra sures for cannon
and its deep trenches remain.
The country around is very much
changed i'm the forty-seven years since
the battle by the growth of the city and
battlefield. stretching away to the south
east, is mostly laid out in avenues and
streets which are rapidly being built up.
The fort is just west of the fourishing
suburb Of Brightwood. At one corner OF
its principal hotel is sign bearing this
inscription: site of the headquarters OF
Gen. Alexander Med McCook during the
battle July hip. 1854"
The fort is on the highest point of land
in that region, at that time overlooking
the city on the south and wide stretch
of country in every other direction.
notwithstanding the action of the eie-
ments and the wear of many feet in the
intervening years. its shape can he easily
embankment. on a locust tree about
eight inches in diameter, is this sign:
This place was identified by Gen. Wright
as the parapet where President Lincoln
stood exposed TO the fire of the enemy
during the battle of Fort Stevens. July
II. 1864"
Standing where he stood, giving wings
to my Imagination. l swept the view OF its
trees and the landscape OF it's buildings
and improvements, and ! seemed to see
what he saw-the fort in which l was
standing bristling with cannon. and both
fort and trenches filled with soldiers in
action. Forty rods or more north. down
the hill. Early's picket line: beyond this
the Carberry house. from which flashed
with deadly aim the guns of the sharp
shooters: still farther north, a mile or
more away, the ravine, sheltering many
of Early's reserves, while stretching
away to the southeast the long out
battle lines of soldiers in the thick of the
fight. many falling on both sides in the
deadly carnage of war.
I was much pleased that SO much of
the old fort remains. and yet panied that
so little had been done for its preservation.
1t has been used for a dumping ground
for refuse. though that is now forbidden.
The few signs remaining marking stra-
tegic points are much faded, and stained
by rain and dirt: on one the inscription
is nearly obliterated by rust. Though
on high ground the obscurity Of its
position the difficulty of access, the
growth of trees, bushes the weeds and
rubbish and generally unkempt condition
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CHE Possesses Marked In
- dividuality and Unique
Charm-As Peggy O'Brien,
Mrs. Littleton Was a Con-
spicuous Figure in Politics
Last Autumn, and She Is
Rapidly Gaining a Reputa-
ton in the Literary World
Has Been Taking Keen
Pleasure in the Social Life of
Washington and in Meeting
the Celebrities.
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Rock creek. To the right of these forces
was Gen. McCooks command. defending
the (Fort Stevensl middle defense. The
enemy made their appearance at the
Blair farm on the 18th street pike Monday.
the 18th. about II am. and drove in the
commanded by Col. W. H. Hayward.
Pickets at posts l and commenced
the skirkshing. retiring. Posts 3 and
were also driven in by sklrmishers
the left of the road. and Joined the
skirmishers sent out by Gen. McCook.
ems. with the guns of Capts. Nevins and
Abbey at Fort Slocum, were doing good
work. but the enemy drove in the line
and their skirmishers advanced to within
40 yards of the Federal front. and within
fifty yards of its right The skirnishers
rife pits. which were we'll manned. Fire
was then opened all along the line. and
the enemy was held in check until the
dismounted second division of the Cav
airy Corps. under Mai. Briggs. drove the
skirrnish line Of the enemy back and es
tahlished the Union line about 900 yards
In front of the fort
81
Mai Gen. Wright arrived at Fort
Stevens on Monday afternoon and
ported. stating that his troops were dis
embarking at Washington wharf and
would he hurried up. They arrived at
the fort at II pm. He was ordered to
place 9OO OF these veterans 10Th Corps on
picket during the night. constant Skin
mishing having been kept up until dark.
A portion OF division Of the 10Th Corps
also arrived at the front At 1890 the
night of the nth the assignments were
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Use of the Broom.

MRS. NJ E. WILKINS FREEMAN.
1vA the novelist. entertained delight
ed group OF school children with witty
talk on humility and usefulness.
Some girls the address concluded,
"can sweep into a room with great
majesty and stateliness. but when IL
comes to sweeping out a room-ah. that's
a different story"
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a delightful hour as | spent at the
Agricultural Department My girlhood
in the open country and my love OF grow
ing things are among the things which
even New York city did not grind out OF
me. and just as soon as 1t seemed an
attainable ambition we got a home with
big garden down the Sound. To
visit the Agricultural Department. which
Is such a factor in country life today.
was an epoch. gazed about In awe.
and as the various officials would go
them and getting lecture on every
phase OF modern farming. The ven
cradle Secretary was a dear. Like all
newcomers. / rushed down to get seeds
for pleading constituents good month
after all had been distributed. But the
Secretary was so kind and gentle in
breaking this sad news that it extracted
the sting OF disappointment for me-
though 1 doubt II transferred the
hypnotic influence to the constituents
to whom I communicated the state Of
affairs"
Representative and Mrs Littleton
established themselves in roomy
apartment in the Arlington. where they
have as much of a home as possible in
a hotel In the heart OF the city. Just
how she will exist next winter is
question to which Mrs. Littleton ap-
plies herself with her usual enthusi-
asm and energy She has in mind a
pretty little home on Capitol Hill,
quite near the library, where she can
browse among the books and maya
zines and which will be convenient for
her husband to get a midday meal and
to spend his spare moments among
the books. Such a home as she. in her
dreams paints. Is not according to Mrs.
Lttleton to be found In the radius
which she has set. and perhaps not at
all. Still she spends all her waking
hours thinking OF IT and looking for
1t and she has friends and agents
galore also engaged In the quest.
II am entirely old fashioned" said
Mrs. Littleton Il believe in love.
home and plenty of good things to eat.
The thought Of an apartment fills me
with terror and boarding does not ap-
peal because / was reared in q land
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J tho first Ameri-
can woman to take
the road. as II
were. and boldly
champion her hus-
band before the
voters of his dr.
trict. Mrs. Little
ton is subjected to
all the criticism
which comes to
those who leave
the beaten track.
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sen

DIRTY SEVEN
years ago next
Tuesday an d
" ednesday the
city Of Washington
passed through one
Of the most men,
ora BILE stages or
its history. when
the Confederate
forces attempted
to take the city
from the north.
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where homes abound and where one
gets the finest OF eata bles which the
great state of Texas can produce.
take the delight of child in the
kitchen garden in my home on the
sound and we have crisp young lettuce
and radishes and onions and all the
pretty spring flowers. l am not am
billions enough to think that l can &C
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ed in this battle were buried is on the
east side OF Georgia avenue, and though
small is nice and beautifully kept place.
The keeper showed me around.
Where is the spot where Lincoln stood
during the battieo" | asked.
-'Oh. that was not here: that was IN
Fort Stevens. he replied.
Where is Fort Stevens"
Come this way and | Will show YOU.
he said. leading me 70 the gate and point
ing little west Of south in the oppo-
site direction from what ! had been told.
The rank full-srown foliage INSTRUCTED
the vision
'.Go in that direction and on the west
side OF the street YOU will find sign
that will show YOU the place" he said
continued my walk but the sign had
been removed. or at least ! failed to see
II. 7 asked several persons in the imme-
date neighhorhood. but no one could tell
me till called TO a delivery man. who
said Yes. sir You see that public
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children in the Long Island home Her
husband will join her for the week end
often as he can leave his desk in the
House OF Representatives.
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complish such things here, but there
is always the hope of getting trip
homeward when the longing for my
own hearthstone and the growing
things Of ones own gets too strong
for resistance"
Mrs. Littleton has passed busy sea-
son and has already gotten over consid-
cradle social ground. She takes a keen
delight in meeting people. In studying
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report OF Gen. Early to his superiors
a bout the attack on Washington is proof
OF the fact that he was deceived in re-
spect 10 the number and composition of
the force defending. He says And we
knew that the 9th Corps had arrived
from Grants army. / reluctantly de-
terrnined to retire
Strategy won the day.
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BY MARGARET II. DOWNING.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior

department OF the Interior.
United States Iaud Office at Duluth. Minnesota.
October S, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that Harrison Mussell
whose post-office address is Bayfield,, Wis, did.
on the 9th day of December 1910, file in this Office
Sworn Statement and Application. NO. o8919, to
purchase the SCI SW4. SW4 SEA Sec. IL, and
NW14 Mex. Sec. A. TIP. 90 N. R. 10 w. 4th P. M,
and the timber thereon, under the provisions of
the act of June 3, 1878. and acts amendatory,
known as the Timber and Stone Law" at such
value as might be fixed by appraisement and
that pursuant to such application, the land and
timber thereon have been estimated and valued
by the applicant the timber estimated 100000
#. Jack Pine at 81 90 per NJ $4,000. #. White Pine
a $500. 10000 fit. Spruce q $500. and the land
nothing; that said applicant will offer final proof
in support of his application and sworn statement
ON the 18th day of December, 1911. before the
Register and Receiver of the U, S. Land Office
at Duluth, MINI.
Any person is at liberty to protest this pur-
chase before entry. or initiate contest at any
time before patent issues. by filing coroborated
affidavit in this office, alleging facts which would
defeat the entry.
Clament names witnesses: liver Miller and
Douglas knight of BAYFIELD,, Wis, John Cloudy
and William Johnson, of Knife River Mimi.
Charles f. Hartman,
1918 1928 Register.
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Application forLiquOr
License

State of Minnesota, 90
County of St. Louis
Notice is hereby given that, appli-
cation has been made in writing to
the city council of the City of Ely and
filed in the office Of the City Clerk
praying for license to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors in the lower front room of
the building situated on lot 3, block g.,
Whiteside's addition of the City of
Ely, and to the following named per-
son, tO-wit:
JOHN WEHLE
for the term of one year, beginning
November 28th, 1911, and ending Nov
ember, 9th, 1912.
Said application will be heard and
determined by said city council at the
council chambers in the city hall in
said city, county and state on NOV.
2lst, 1911.
Witness my hand and the seal Of
said city this Goth day of Oct, 1911.
(seaD I. visited, JR., City Clerk.
1927 lib
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SHERIFF'S EXECUTION SALE.

Under and virtue of an Execution
issued out OF and under the seal Of the
District Court of the State of Mime
sofa, in and for the Eleventh judicial
District and County of ST. Louis, up
on a Judgment duly rendered in the
Municipal Court, of the City of Ely,
ST. Louis County, Minnesota, on the
9th day of April, 1911, ia an action
therein, wherein Herman Kandelin
and Matt ROnka was Plaintiffs and
Maria Kangas Defendant in favor of
said Plaintiff and against said Defend
ant for the sum of One Hundred
Fifty Three & 34-100 ($15334l Dollars,
transcript of which said Judgment
was thereafter and upon the 18th
day of July. 1911, duly filed and
docketed in the office of the Clerk
of said District Court in and for
ST. Louis County, Minnesota, which
said Execution has to inc. as
Sheriff of said st. Louis County. been
duly directed and delivered. ] have
levied upon and will sell at Public
Auction to the highest cash bid der, at
the Sherff's Office in the Court House
in the City of Duluth, in said County
of ST. Louis on Saturday the 10Th day
of December. 1911, at ten O'Clock in
forenoon of that day, all right, I'll tie
and interest that above named Judg-
ment debtor had in and to the real
estate hereinafter described, on the
18th day of July, 1911, that being the
date of the filing and dOcketing Of
said Judgment at the Office OF the
Clerk Of the District Court in and for
said ST. Louis County, Minnesota, or
any interest therein, which said judg-
ment debtor may have since that day
acquired. The description of the
property being as follows. tO-wit:
Lot Nine l9), Section Two ~,
Northeast Quarter of Mort beast
Quarter (NE4 of NE4), Section Eleven
QI, and North Half of Mort beast
Quarter M of NE4). Section Twelve
(l2), All in Township Sixty Four l64),
North, Range Thirteen (l3) West
Fourth Principal Meridian. All the
above described Real Estate lying and
being in ST. Louis County. Minnesota.
Dated, Duluth, Mimi, October IA,
1911.
JOHN r. MEINING, Sheriff.
st. Louis County, MINI.
BY V. A. DASH, Deputy.
JAMES w. OSBORNE,
Attorney for Judgment Creditor.
1920 11-24
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
Call For Bids
County Bridge
Work

Sealed bids will be received by
the County Auditor at his office in
the Court House in the City of Du-
luth, Minnesota, up to O'Clock in
the afternoon of Monday, the 9th
day of November, 1911, on the
following described bridge work in
St. Louis County, Minnesota; all
work to be done in accordance with
plans and specifications prepared
by the Engineer of Roads and on
file with the County Auditor, and
under the supervision of said
Engineer; payments thereon to be
made upon monthly estimates fur
nished the County Board by the
Engineer.
The work upon which bids are
asked is: Rebuilding pile and
timber bridge across Long Lake
River, on the Burnside Lake
Road, in Section 20, Twp. 60 N,
R. 3W.
The successful bidder will be
required to enter into contract
with the County of St. Louis, and
to furnish good and sufficient bond
in sum equal to the amount of
his said contract.
The County Board reserves the
right to reject any and all bids and
parts of bids.
BY order of the County Board.
o. HALDEN, County Auditor.
(SEAL) By ]. O. WALKER,
1927 11-3 Deputy.
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Notice. for Publication.
Department of the Interior
United States Land Office, Duluth,
MINI.

United States Land Office, Duluth,
MINI.
Sept. Is. 1911.
Notice is hereby given that John j.
.Kocourek. whose post-ofice address is Hop
kins. Mimi, did on the 18th day OF November
1910. file in this Office sworn statement and
Application No. OS860. to purchase the
Eh Of SWA & So of NWA OF Sec. IL, TIP. SO
N, r. IL w 4th p. m. and the timber thereon
under the provisions of the act Of June 3.
1878, and acts amendatory, known as the
Timber and Stone Law" at such value as
might be fixed by appraisement. and that,
pursuant to such application, the land and
timber thereon have been estimated and
valued by the applicant the timber estimat-
ed 100000 board feet at $500 per NJ. and the
land nothing; that said applicant will
offer final proof in support of his applicat-
ion and sworn statement on the 18th day
of Dec.., 1911 before the Register and Receiv-
er of the U. S. Land Office at Duluth.
MINI.
Any person is at liberty to protest this
pu chase before entry, or initiate a contest
at any time before patent issues, by filing a
corroborated affidavit in this office alleging
facts which would defeat the entry.
Claimant names as witnesses William
Hartig of Hopkins, Mimi, Frank p. Heating.
Alexander Fraser and friedrich Mallet of
Duluth, MINI.
9-29 11-2i Charles F. Hartman. Register,
p. ii. Seymour. Atty.
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Order Limiting Time to File
Claims, and for Hearing Thereon.

State of Minnesota =, p-o,o.a Count
County of St. Louis 90
In the Matter of the Estate of Matt
Leskala, Decedent
Letters of administration having been granted
to John Passi.
IT IS ORDERED That the time within which
all creditors of the above named decedent may
present claims against his estate in this court be,
and the same hereby is. Limited to six months
from and after the date hereof; and that Monday
the goth day of April. 1912. at ten o'clock a. m.
at Duluth in said County, be, and the same here
by is, fixed and appointed as the time and place
for hearing upon the examination, adjustment
and allowance of such claims shall be present.
ed within the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the publication
of this order in The Ely Miner as provided by
law.
Dated Duluth. Mimi October 23rd. 1911.
(SeaD S. w. GILPIN,
J. w. OSBORNE, Judge of Probate.
Attorney for Administrator. 1927 lilo
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A Dream of Days.

The month rises before me like a
dream.
see three days of sane and safe
quietness. albeit of stealthy prepare
ton.
I see one day of wild and unbridled
tumult.
Then there pass before me twenty
seven days, each bearing in it's arms
liniments and bandages and surgeons
bills.
What are your" call to them.
"We." they answer, ARE the and-so
fourth of July"