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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
GUARDS INDIGNANT.
saltwater Company Members See
Politics In Transfer to the First.


Stillwater.-A political expediency,
shrouded with secrecy and under the
guise of a militia improvement, is the
way the changes in the First regiment
OF the National Guard have been char
actertzed in this city That the move
ment will cut both ways in the popu-
larity of Governor Eberhart is the
opinion of men who are interested in
politics and National Guard affairs.
1t was rumored that Company K of
this city and Company G of Red Wing
were to be transferred to the Third
regiment and Minneapolis to be allow
ed to organize companies to take their
places in the First.
A further surprise came when in
quiry at the Office of the adjutant gen.
eral in st. Paul revealed the fact that
such an order had been made as long
ago as September 25. The movement
had been kept secret, and the wish was
expressed at the state capitol that the
facts be kept quiet for the present.
The belief is prevalent in this city
that Minneapolis, with the approval of
the government and adjutant general,
slipped it over on st. Paul, Saltwater
and Red Wing to get favor from Col
onel Luce. 1t has developed that the
changes were decided on soon after
Colonel Luce took command of the
First regiment, succeeding Colonel
Reeve, but at the request of Colonel
Luce, on September 25, PRONUNCIATION
of the order was to be delayed until
Colonel Luce could organize two Min
neapolis companies. No one of Com
pany K, other officers of the First
regiment or former members of the
National Guard in Saltwater were
given an inkling of the proposed
change, and many of them are indig-
nant as a result
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
RATE WAR FOR ORE BUSINESS
RESULT OF COMPETITION FOR
Guyana RANGE TONNAGE.
Hill Road to Run Spur to Properties
J D., M. e N. Announces Cut
Rate.

Duluth. = OF extremely vital inn
portance to shippers of ore is the an
nouncement made by prominent min
ing men of this district that the North
ern Pacific railroad will run spurs to
the Guyana range and compete with
the Minneapolis, ST. Paul & Sault Ste
Marie road for the ore business there.
1t is further stated that a rate war
will result
The fight for tonnage promises to
be long struggle. The competition
will mean lower rates on ore from the
Guyana, the building of new ore docks
by both roads and the immediate de-
velopment of several new ore proper
ties on the Guyana.
What may be considered was the
first tentative step taken in the Soo-
Northern Pacific fight is the movement
made by the 500 last week when it
engaged contractors to drive test piles
for a proposed extension Of 500 feet
to the new 500 docks, which were built
last year in st. Louis bay.
The Northern Pacific has through a
oopoiuioiy VI uOlUluS COrpOTdClOu
known as the Northwestern Develop
ment company, virtually obtained con-
troll of the bulk of the best ore prop
critics on the south range of the Guy
una range, which is tributary to the
Northern Pacific lines.
Local men who have keenly watched
the Guyana range say that the North
ern Pacific has enough tonnage in
sight at the present time to keep the
railroad busy hauling for the next 25
years.
w. A. McGonagle, president of the
Duluth, Missabe & Northern railroad,
officially informed the state railroad
and warehouse commission that his
road would file a reduced rate for iron
ore. He said the new rate would be 60
cents per ton for all hard ore. The
Iron Range rate varies from 80 cents
to 81 per ton. The Great Northern
railroad has a fiat rate of 80 cents.
At present the rate from Ely to Two
Harbors is 81 ton and from Tower
80 cents a ton.
The reduction will mean asheavy cut
in the state revenues, though it would
not be felt this year. A 25 per cent re-
duction, he said, would mean a shrink
age of about $25O,O00.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
MILLIONS MADE IN DAIRYING.
Returns From Blue Earth County for
Six Years Shows Big Total.

st. Paul.-BIue Earth county farm
ers have received nearly $2,250,000 for
milk sold to their local creameries in
the last six years, according to figures
compiled by the state dairy and food
department. The figures reported to
the department, which show steady
increase from little more than $780,
900 in 1910, are typical Of the growth
of the dairy industry in nearly every
county in the state, according to F.
w. Mcintosh, secretary of the COM
mission.
The annual reports of the creameries
are. slow in coming in, and Blue Earth
is one of the few counties that have
furnished complete statistics. The fig
ures from Blue Earth county for the
six years follow:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
ORE CANCELLATION JAN. I, 1915
Steel Corporation Decides to Give Hill
Forces Three Years Notice.

Steel Corporation Decides to Give Hill
Forces Three Years Notice.
Duluth. : The official announce
ment of the United States Steel cor.
poration's decision to cancel the Hill
ore lease was handed out here by w.
J. Olcott, president of the Oliver Min.
ing company, upon his return from
New York, where he had attended a
conference of officials of the subsid-
larry companies.
1.-The lease calls for the giving of at
least three years notice of the inten-
ton to cancel and that will be given
very shortly" said Mr.. Olcott. "The
cancellation will take effect Jan. 1,
1915. The directors considered the
proposition very carefully and decided
that this was the right thing to do. "
In the interval, it is intimated that
mining operations will be vigorously
prosecuted upon the various proper.
ties, it being the aim of the corpora,
ton to reimburse itself for the large
OUTLAWS made in stripping and develop
ing the mines. This will mean the EN-.
ployment of several hundreds of add.
tional men at the several points.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
New Railroad Into st. Paul.

Vancouver, B. c., Oct. 2 = An
nouncement that ]. D.. Macarthur, a
wealthy railway contractor of Win.
nipeg, and several associates had &C.
quired charter for a railway extend.
ing from Edmonton to Fort George
and south to ST. Paul, was made. The
proposed line will traverse the richest
portion of the Peace river district, en-
tering British Columbia via Pine River
Pass, north of Yellowhead pass, and
opening up the vast region in the
northern portion of this province.
The road will be 1000 miles long.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
ONE THOUSAND REBELS SLAIN.
Bloody Battle Fought In Streets Of
Hankow

HankoW.
Hankow, China. = The revolution
lists have rallied and reorganized their
forces and are furiously contesting the
imperialist advance of Han Yang.
The insurgents still hold section of
the city which separates the foreign
concessions from the native city. The
Red Cross doctors estimate that 1000
revolutionists have been killed and
between two thousand and three thou
sand wounded during the fighting Of
the past three days. Of rebel bat
talon which faced the imperialist ma
chine guns with intrepid tenacity only
two or three escaped. The others
were moved down. The loyalists lost
from two hundred to three hundred
killed.
Fearful Slaughter Feared
Shanghai very few days will tell
the future fortune of China. The
burning of the native city of Hankow
by the imperialists accompanied, ac-
cording to report, by brutal treatment
of Chinese by Manchus, has created
the worst possible impression.
1t is predicted that unless the Man
chus Immediately demonstrate the sim
cerity of the imperial edicts being is
sued at Picking the slaughter will ex-
coed that of the TAPPING rebellion.
The district south of the Yang Use
Kiang is ominously quiet. There is
every indication that the native city
of Shanghai, Marking, Kiu Kiang,
Shan Chow and the lower Yang Use
forts will be in the hands of the revo-
lutionists within a week Whether
their conquest will be accompanied
with a wholesale massacre of Manchus
or quietly as heretofore, depends upon
the influence of the leaders. Foreign
ers at no point have been molested
and they will remain unframed, the
rebel chiefs assure the press, unless
such actions as those OF the Imperial
lists at Hankow continue and the re-
ports of the dishonor and murder of
defenseless Chinese women and chill
dren make it impossible to control the
rabble. @ ST
Leaders of the new party look upon
the issuance of the edicts as a vic
tory far greater than anything that
has been won on the field of battle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
EBERHART LOSES OUT IN SUIT.
Jury Decides Governor and Others
Must Pay $4,000.


Mankato-Gov. A. o. Eberhart and
three other Mankato men, Fred Kron,
T. r. Coughlan and w. G. Hoerr, will
have to pay $4,000 to the federal gov
eminent if the verdict of a jury rem
dered here in the United States court
stands.
The action was brought for the
First National bank of Belle Fourche
by the government on bond given
by the Widell Finley company, to in
sure the faithful performance of it's
contract to construct the irrigation
canal near Belle Fourche. The COM
pany failed before completing the con-
tract. 49,,
The government also sued the bonds
men to recover $4,000, the cost to
complete the canal, and this suit was
tried with the other one, but the jury
found for the defendants. The latter
will appeal in the case in which they
lost.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
Literary Criticism.

They were discussing a certain au-
thoress at dinner, and well-known
critic raised laugh by remarking:
well, her hairs red, even If her books
are not" .4-
The mild young man in the corner
made mental note of the sally for fu-
ture use, and at another party shortly
afterward he carefully guided the con-
versation into literary channels, Tit
Bits informs its readers. Fortunately.
some one mentioned the desired name,
and he triumphantly cried out: well,
she's got red hair, even if her books
haven't"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
MILLIONAIRE AKELEY MARRIED.
Millionaire and Bride Begin Life in
California Bungalow.

Los Angeles, Calf = H. C. Akeley,
millionaire, formerly of Minneapolis,
and Mrs. Clara Rood Royce, formerly
housekeeper at the Hotel Virginia,
were married IN the bungalow at Long
Beach, which the aged bridegroom has
provided for his bride. In applying for
their marriage license, Akeley gave
his age as rs years and the bride adj
mitted to 40 years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
cANADA'S IMMENSE
WHEAT FIELDS
THE ATTRACTION FOR THREE
TRANSCoNTlNENTAL RAIL
WAYS,

sSS ~AuSuoI IucI0 tlSlC0Q the Cana
dian west the vice-president of the
largest individual hardware company
In the United States. AS his firm have
a turnover Of millions, and deals ex.
tensively with farm implements, this
man took deep interest in crop con-
ditions in Canada, and on his return
he embodied his findings in an article
for the Hardware Reporter. This ar
ticle should be Of special interest to
farmers.
The writer speaks of the importance
Of the spring wheat crop of Western
Canada. He might also have spoken
of the importance Of the oat crop and
also Of the winter wheat crop, as well
as barley. Winter wheat during the
past few years has been a great sue
cess, and experiments have shown
that it can be grown with success in
almost any portion Of the three prov
1nces Of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta. But apart from this, the
spring wheat crop is the one generally
grown, and all who know anything of
grain, anyone who has had anything
to do with markets, knows or has
heard OF the high character of this
cereal and the splendid yields that are
annually produced. Reproducing from
this article:-
I'm land Of such great sweep, and
of such difference in soil and climate.
there are many resources, but none
are at present of the same overwhelm-
Ing importance as the spring wheat
crop. In the interminable prairie
stretches Of the northwest provinces
1t is the one absorbing topic of inter-
est and of conversation during it's
growing and its harvesting, for upon
its success or failure hangs the veal
or woe of large part of the Domin-
Ion. Its influence extends far down
into the United States, drawing thou
sands Of farmers northwards with the
lure Of cheap lands, but likewise be-
yond the great lakes, even to the easy
going maritime provinces, calling the
flower of their young men to its OPP
portunities. Development in these
prairie provinces goes on at high pres
sure for everything hangs on the out
come Of spring wheat. Success has
emboldened the raisers of this one all
important crop, and each year there
Is further incursion into those north
ern fields that only short time ago
were regarded as Arctic wastes. The
Canadian Northwest seems to be one
of those modern agricultural examples
set forth to drive the final nail in the
coffin of that ancient Malthusian de-
fusion that population tends to outrun
the means Of subsistence, since the
only fear now among Canadian econ
omists is as to the danger Of over
stocking the wheat market. Only
about two and one-half per cent OF
possible arabic lands in the northwest
provinces is now under cultivation,
and this year the crop promises to
be close to 200,000,000 bushels, SO
that your imagination and your arith-
metic can easily supply the answer as
to the possible or even probable out
come"
During the months Of July and Au-
gust the weather was unfavourable
and the production Of 200 million
yield of wheat will not likely be real
lied, but even with this, the threshing
reports coming to hand show that the
crop will be splendidly paying one
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
MINNY LEAGUE IN TWIN CITIES.
Formal Application Will Be Made to
American Association.

Duluth. = The Minny league
magnates, meeting in Superior, Wis.,,
ordered their secretary to make appli-
cation to the American association to
permit the league to place clubs in the
cities now occupied by the American
association. Assurance is said to have
been given that this will be permit.
ted. The Minny league magnates will
meet in Minneapolis two weeks hence.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
: Religious Liberty Is Sought.

Washington, Nov. IA campaign in
opposition to religious legislation was
started by the general conference COM
mittee of Seventh Day Adventists
when it voted to hold religious liberty
conventions in all parts of the United
States the coming winter. The con-
ventions, which are to continue for 10
days each, in part, will be held as fol-
lows: Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 16 to Feb.
4; Calgary, Canada, March 6 to 49,;
Milwaukee, April 16 to %; Toronto.
June 81 to July s.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
DEFENDANTS WIFE DIES.
Halt To Important Criminal Case At
Minneapolis.

Minneapolis. - The death of Mrs.
Fred Briggs brought a halt to the
trial of her husband for conspiracy to
rob the Central State Bank. Briggs,
well known gambler, was a pal of
Jerry Mccarthy, an escaped convict,
who fought duel with aPtrolman
Joseph Olinger, on the streets of Min
neapolis, in which both were killed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
League Meeting Called.

Washington, D. G. = President
John Hays Hammond of the National
Republican league has issued call
for meeting Of the executive com.
mittee of the league to be held here
Dec. IL, the day set for the national
republican committee meeting.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
Personal

The marriage of Miss Fola La Fol-
lette, daughter of Senator and Mrs.
Robert NJ La Toilette, and George
Middleton of New York, took place in
the La Toilette home In Washington,
D. c. Only the families of the bridal
couple and few intimate friends
were present.
Larz Anderson. the Washington and
Pittsburg millionaire, sailed from New
York with Mrs. Anderson on La
Provence to assume his new post as
minister to Belgium. in which he sue
ceeds Charles Page Bryan.
William j. Bryan. at South Siou:::
City, Neb.. said he would like to
know whom the trusts wish for Su-
preme justice in place of Harlan.
They have all the rest of the bench"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
Sporting

The Philadelphia Athletics are
champions of the world for the sec
ond successive year. In an exhibit
ton of batting seldom seen in a pre-
mier baseball series. the American
league team defeated New York in
the sixth game of the set by the
overwhelming score of IL to 2. thus
giving them the four necessary games
out of the six played to carry of
baseball's greatest honor.
Harry H. Davis, first baseman of
the worlds champion Athletics and
lieutenant of Connie Mack, their man.
ager, has signed a contract to man.
age the Cleveland team Of the Amer
lean league in 1912.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
Robert Mather Is Dead.

New York, N. Y - Robert Mather.
chairman of the board of directors OF
the Westinghouse Electric Co., and di
rector of many railroads and banks.
died at his residence here after shor
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
Foreign

Paris dressmakers have suffered a
severe loss in trade because of cur
tailed American orders following the
strict enforcement of customs regula-
tons at United States ports.
The Chinese imperialists were vic.
torious at Hankow in the greatest bat
tie of the revolution. The rebels fed
in utter disorder to Hanyang and WI
Chang, leaving more than three thou
sand dead.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03

Mrs. Christine Olsen, a Seattle suf-
fragette and voter, caused a sensation
in the county courthouse there by
horsewhipping Superior Court Judge
John V. Main. She had lost case
before the jurist
Gifts aggregating s635.OO0 were
made to six colleges and universities
at New York meeting of the Rookie
Teller general education board.
Speaker Champ Clark is to have a
private dining room in the capitol
building. Washington. In remodeling
the restaurant quarters of the house
of Representatives the capitol archi-
tects have provided the extra room.
but Speaker Clark's friends declare
he will not use it.
Something of sensation in connec-
ton with the Rosebud land lottery de-
veloped when it was disclosed that IL
sections of the Rosebud tract in South
Dakota have been claimed by the state
for Indian school lands. The sections,
including the best in this tract, will be
selected by the stete before the set
tiers have a chance to file.
The federal government filed suit at
Trenton, N. j., against United States
Steel corporation to compel its dis
solution to an illegal combine. 1t is
the most sweeping antitrust action
ever brought by the department OF
justice. The petition was prepared
by Jacob M. Dickinson. former secre-
tary of war, who had been retained
by the government as its special coun-
sci in this case.
Roger c. Sullivan, Democratic Ma
tional Committeeman from lliro1s.
took the witness chair before the Lor-
inner committee at Chicago. and de-
MED that any contract" existed be-
tween Lorimer Republicans and the
state Democratic organization. al
though he thought" Senator Lori
mer's friends aided the Democratic
candidate for governor in 1908.
Robbers blew open the vault in the
State bank at Foster, Mo-. and es-
capped with $4,000 in cash and over
$4,000 worth of notes and checks.
The council of woman voters at
Seattle, Wash. lost its fight to stop
smoking in jury rooms when women
are members of the jury. but won
other reforms sought in the memorial
filed with the county commissioners.
By a vote of IS to 50 the state ad-
$20,000,000 water power
and conservation bill was defeated in
the Illinois house of representatives.
votes were necessary
to pass the measure. Forty-two Re-
publicans and II Democrats voted for
the bill. Twenty-seven Republicans
and 80 Democrats voted against it.
Col. Thomas Var!and Richeson Of
Va, visited in the Boston
Jail his son, Rev. Clarence w. T. Rich
eson. who is accused of the murder
Of Avis Linnell. his one-time fiancee.
It was their first meeting In seven
years. In the first words Of greeting
The clergyman exclaimed: Father.
I'm innocent"
Fusion of progressive Republicans
and Democrats was delicately pro-
posed by Gov. Woodrow Wilson of
New Jersey in an address at lunch
con at Madison Wis. attended by
[ 900 state Democrats and many La
Toilette Republicans.
The first application Of New York
city employees for pensions under the
new law providing pensions for those
who have served thirty years or more
have been granted by the board Of
estimate. The men are retired on half
pay.
Sporting
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
Irwin CITY Markets.

Der, si.o5H; May, $1.osss; No. 1 north
ern, $1.O6B; No. 2 northern, $1.O4M; No.
durum. $1.00; No. 3 corn. zoe; No. Q
No. rye. 911ac; No. l fax, $2.14.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
sr. PAUL FIRM GETS CONTRACT.
For Thief River Falls Light Plant
Equipment.

Thief River Falls.-The city council
has decided to install oil engines in.
stead of steam engines as motive
power in the city's new light plant
The contract for equipping the plant
with two Dessiel 225-horse-power en-
gines and two direct $50 kilowatt gen.
orators was let to the Northwestern
Electric Equipment Company Of St.
Paul. The plant when complete will
cost in the neighborhood of $4,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03

Their navy gone. armies defeated or
in revolt and their power crushed in a
score Of large cities, the Chinese i'm
perialist forces in the Yangtse kiang
at the instigation of Yuan Shi Kai are
to sue for truce with the revolution
faka
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
TO BE TRIED FOR 14s DEATHS.
Owners Of New York Factory Charged
With MansIauuhter,

With MansIaughter.
New York, N. Y. - Isaac Harris
and Max Blanck, proprietors of the
Triangle Waist company, the fire in
whose lofts on March 25, resulted in
the loss of 143 lives, will go to trial
under indictments of manslaughter in
the first degree. Judge O'Sullivan dis.
allowed demurrers to seven indict.
Ihents against them. 1t is not likely
that the trial will start for some
weeks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03
CHURCH WOMEN ORGANIZE.

Totals ...........s2,2 16,74
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03

A famous old silk portrait of George
Washington. the gift of France to the
city of New York, which has hung in
the city hall many years. is splitting
to pieces and 1t is feared the portrait
cannot be restored.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-11-03

Roger G. Sullivan, Democratic Ma
tional Committeeman from Illirois.
took the witness chair before the Lor-
inner committee at Chicago. and de-
MED that any contract" existed be-
tween Lorimer Republicans and the
state Democratic organization. al
though he thought" Senator Lori
mer's friends aided the Democratic
candidate for governor In 1908.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-10
The Puzzle Of the prsas.

There used to be an aged elevator
man who operated one Of the lifts 10
the house wing of the capitol Most
Of his passengers were either repre-
seniatlvcs or newspaper correspond
ents, The old man got to know ali
or the correspondents very well and
always had cheerful greeting far
them 1t was often noticed, too. thai
he seemed to be greatly interested in
their conversation
One afternoon, as three Of them step
ped out of the elevator, Serene Payne
Of New York stepped in. AS the car
went down the old elevator mam turn
ed and said;
MIR. Payne, can't understand
about those newspaper men. They
puzzle me"
Whats the trouble with them
asked Mr.. Payne.
"WeiI, Mr. Payne. every day they
ride In this car one Teller will turn
to another aud say, what do You
know todayY And the other fellow
will answer Not a ---- thing, What
do you know Then the first Teller
will answer, Nothing And yet, Mr.
Payne, the papers are just fun OF
news every day. 1t beats me where
they get it"
at beats me too" said Mr.. Payne.
Brooklyn Eagle.