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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-19
HOLD GRAVES SACRED.
Chinese Are Extraordinarily Careful Of
Their Dead.

SOd0s
Better strike a Chinaman than step
upon his ancestors grave. They are
finding that out to the great detriment
of industry and agriculture all over
Cathay-for the Chinaman will SIM
ply not allow a railroad or plow to
pass through what he suspects is the
dust of one Of his honorable forbears
and there is no condemnation law In
China to force him to sell the graves.
The instance Of the Russian rail-
road from Harbin to Port Arthur,
which made twenty-six mile detour
to avoid the ancient Manchu tombs at
Mukden, has been often cited to show
the expense and trouble that may
arise from this cause. This was many
years ago and there seems to be a
popular idea, even among old foreign
residents Of China, that the going for
the right Of way" men and the build
ers of railways is much easier now
than then. AS a matter Of fact, since
people are dying right along and the
number of graves increasing as a con-
sequence, 1t Is very doubtful IL con-
ditions are not becoming worse rather
than better. The Chinese have ac-
cepted the railway as a convenience
in transportation, not as a discovery
of their beloved graves. They have
shown the greatest readiness to pat
ronize 1t once 1t is built, but they
never have ceased, and never will
cease, putting obstacles in the way Of
a line that disturbs so much as sin
gle isolated ancestral resting place.
Many Of the foreign educational in
stitutions of China have been years
acquiring the land for their grounds
principally on account Of graves-and
the blue print maps Of some Of their
holdings. reminds one Of the drawing
Of the original "gerrymander" con-
gressional district in Massachusetts,
The Canton Christian college, in South
China, has a striking monument to
the obduracy of a solitary grave-hold-
er in the form Of an upright cylinder
Of yellow clay in the middle Of its
basketball field. Not the desecrating
touch of the feet of the hated for
eign DEVILS" not the turmoil OF the
mad games that surge around 1t, not
even the fact that its elevated crest
Is occasionally utilized by an irrev-
erent student as a coign Of vantage
from which to pass goal, has led the
old woman that owns 1t to accept the
generous offer made her by the COL
lege authorities for her little six feet
of soil" Her husband used to sleep
with all the babies crying, she says
philosophically, and 1t Is hardly like
ly that a little noise will trouble him
now. He will let her know through
the priests when he Is disturbed and
until then she knows that he will rest
better where he Is. or course, the OBJ
vious thing for the college to do would
be to pay a visit to the geomancers
and arrange that the old lady should
be instructed that the "fengsuP
decreed that her late husband would
rest quieter in some other place; but
as "subtlety" Of this class is hardly In
the line of a Christian institution, 1t
Is not unlikely that the strange look
ing cylinder of yellow clay may star
the campus basketball field until the
game old lady Is herself numbered
with her ancestors
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-19

Street Car Repartee.-Mrs. Genthrie.
a ladylike lady, was seated In the troll
ley car by the side Of perfect strang-
er (an almost perfectly perfect strang-
err, who was getting even by sitting
by her side. And go Mrs. Genthrie,
that ladylike imitation, she says to
that stranger, says she:
What time is 1t by your watch,
please?"
And the stranger, says he: Il don't
know"
But you just looked at It," pursued
our heroine.
Il did that" returned the stranger.
But l didn't look at 1t to see what
time it was Bless you, no. / looked
to see if the watch was still there"
You can never tell whom you're sit
ting next to.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-19

18 Deep diving shows the progress of
building submarine vessels. The Sal
mon went down al feet recently off
Prudence Island, and remained at that
depth twenty minutes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-19

ia The man who succeeds is never
able to tell how he does It, and the
man who can always tell how he does
1t Is never able to succeed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-19

1B Pedigrees pay more penalties than
dividends.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-03-19
Says Called Fielder Liar.

He related an incident that a lawyer
named w. M. Hough. the one that
made Taft say what whisky was" said
Evans, representing A. L. Dunn, Grab
felder's man, to whom Evans had CIV
en- an affidavit that he had never paid
any rebates, was told by Fielder In
Washington that Evans had turned
states evidence and all he had do was
to see him and he would advise Grab
fielder to pay over s5O,OOO to Fielder, and
that he denounced Fielder as liar in
his office in the presence Of Dunn and
Hough. Grabfelder's was a house which
had been judged guilty by the Ansel
commission of overcharges and Fielder
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01

Dangerous Practice Is Disappearing,
According to Game Warden Rider.

st. Paul.-With the hunting season
for big game and small game prac-
tically closed, not one set-gun has
been found in Minnesota According
to the belief of H. A. Rider, executive
agent of the state game and fish COM
mission, the custom will likely not be
revived.
In previous years. said Mr. Rider,
hunters have loaded up blunder.
busses with powerful charges of buck.
shot, placed a carcass before it for
bait, attached a string to the carcass
SO that when moved the gun would be
discharged, and often killed timber
animals. This was only one of the
many methods used with set-guns.
But the charge originally intended fer
animals, frequently took effect in the
bodies of men o. domestic stock Set.
guns were SO dangerous, that a law
against their use was enacted. Ap,
parently, hunters either haze become
more law-abiding or more humane"
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01
STATE AUDITOR IvERSON SAYS
THAT INCREASE FROM OTHER
SOURCES WILL MOSE
THAN OFFSET RE-
DUCTioN.
LEVY HAS BEEN DOUBLED
He Expects the Balance In the State
Treasury At the End of This
Year to Be About
$1,000, 900.

st. Paul. - Although the railroad
gross earnings tax in Minnesota will
be approximately $250,000 less this
year than last, the states finances will
be In no manner crippled, according
to State Auditor Iverson. With an
increased tax levy, balance in the
general revenue fund at the close of
the last fiscal year of more than $780,
600, and a general increase in rev.
enues from corporations, the states
finances will be absolutely unshaken.
Railroad Tax $3,s00,ooo Last Year.
The total railroad gross earnings
taxes last year amounted to 1885,
O91.74. In making up the estimate of
the amount to be received this year,
Mr.. Iverson placed the railroad income
at $3,300,000. This he considered a
low figure, but it was made so in order
to be on the safe side. In reality, the
railroad tax will amount to approx
mately $3,600,000, or 100000 more
than estimated in the annual budget.
OF this amount, $2,652,5S7.69 was in
and credited yesterday afternoon, with
several big roads still to report.
Tax Levy Doubled.
The general state disbursements
from the revenue fund last year
amount to $7,15O,OOO. The tax levy
which produced a great part of this
was oniy nine-tenths of a mill, while
this year the levy is one and nine
tenths mills, an even one-mill in
crease. In making up the budget the
general revenue fund was estimated
at $6,10O,OOO, but it will be very much
nearer the $7,150,000 disbursed in 1911
than that figure. To me added to
whatever revenue may come in is
$443,57649 left in the revenue fund at
the close of the fiscal year August
81, 1911.
Expects 100000 Balance.
while the quarter-million dollar de-
crease in railroad taxes is regret
able" Mr.. Iverson said, "it in no
way hampers the state. We will have
plenty of money, and l confidently
expect that at the close of this fiscal
year in August we will have a bal
ance of double the sum we had left
at the close of last year. In all prob
ability there will be close to $1,000,000
in the general revenue fund as bal
ance"
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01
GOVERNOR AT FAIRMONT
Helps Cause of School Consolidation
in Martin County.

Fairmont. = The Martin County
School Board Association was ad-
dressed by Governor Eberhart, Pro-
fessor H. C. Hess, of New Ulm, and
others. County Superintendent G. J.
Timms is making plans for a stronger
equipment of all the rural schools in
the county. and it is understood sew
eral rural districts will be consolidat-
ed and placed on a more efficient
basis.
Governor Eberhart also addressed
the annual meeting of school officers
of Faribault county at Blue Earth.
On Thursday afternoon he will ad-
dress the people of Amboy on Rural
Development and Industrial Training
in Our Rural Schools" and in the
evening will speak on Cooperation
Between the Country and City in Rur-
al Development"
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01
MURDERED HIS sQUAW
Chief Log-sa-ge-shij of the Cass Lake
Chippewas, Denies Charue.

Bemidji.- Murder in the first degree
is the charge which Chief Lon-ga-ge-
shij, the Cass Lake Chippewa faces as
result of the death of his wife.
A coroner's jury here returned YER
dict that the squaw came to her death
by blows delivered by her husband.
The couple had been in Cass Lake
and both had been drinking.
At the inquest it was shown that
the woman had been badly mutilated,
her hair having been pulled out by
the handful. The chief is in the
Beltrami county Jail. He says his
squaw fell from the sleigh on the
way home and that as she could not
get back in he threw her blanket
and went on his way because he was
afraid of the cold.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01

thington in March, and at Pipestone
in November. The greatest rainfall
occurring in any twenty-four consecu-
tive hours was GAL inches at Grand
Meadow on Aug. Is. The average
snowfall was 47.7 inches. There was
an average of ninety-three days on
which 001 inch, or more, of rain or
melted snow fell. Snow fell in the
state every month except in July and
August.
The precipitation was nearly double
that of 1910. 1t was three inches less
than that of 1905, which was the wet
test year, with an average of 1910
inches. The average precipitation for
January, February, July, August, Sep
tember, October and December was
above the normal, and for March,
April, May, June and November be-
low, making a total of 365 inches
above normal
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01
SURGEON TESTIFIES
Or. Polk Richards Tells of Indians
Physical Condition.

FnySiCdt SOHUItfOH.
Detroit. = DR.. Polk Richards, gov
ernment physician at the White
Earth agency, testified with respect
TO health conditions on the reser-
vation He said that beginning
in 1910 canvass was made of the
Indians, though not complete, showing
that about 20 or 20 per cent had tub
erculcsis, the most common form of
which was scrofula, and that 60 per
cent had trachoma. The number al
ready examined was given as 3,733,
those having trachoma as 2,315, those
having tuberculosis, $40, and the
blind, i2S An estimate of the vene-
really affected, not based on record,
was 25 per cent.
Uncleanliness, poor ventilation of
houses, and lack of food were predis-
posing causes of tuberculosis among
the Indians, DIR. Richard said. Condi-
tions at Pine Point, he said could
not be worse for the spread of tuber.
culosis. Many would be blind if
nothing were done to treat the ira
choma The old and the blind, he
thought, should be cared for in homes
and hospitals.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01
Chinese Warships Ordered To Java.

San Francisco, Feb. 28.-Chinese
warships have been ordered to Java
under instructions to begin lombard
ment of Batavia if the Ouch govern
ment does not pay an indemnity de-
manded for the killing of Chinese, said
to have been attacked by Dutch sol
diers. In an ultimatum sent to the
Dutch government, Provisional Presi-
dent Sun Vat Sen stated that an at
tack on Java would be begun If the
indemnity were not paid within a
week
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01
leicht Launches German Maaazjne.

Winona.-The first issue CT the
Deutsche Magazine, which is being
published by Emil Leicht at the Leicht
Press plant, in Winona, is out For
the first year it will be published quar-
terly, and if in that ime it proves
success, it will be changed to month
ly magazine. Mr.. Leicht says there is
no German magazine published in the
United States, reading of this kind de-
sired here having to be imported from
Germany.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01
NAIL IN MANS LUNG
Mayos With X-Ray Machine Operate
on Redwood Falls Man.

Redwood Falls.-Ruby Kutz, local
butcher who has been suffering with
lung hemorrhages for years and whose
case has baffled all physicians, finally
went to the Mayo brothers at Roches-
ter. With the aid of the X-ray ma
chine they discovered a shingle nail
in the lower lobe of his left lung. The
surgeons have good hopes for his
speedy recovery.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01
Turk Warship Sunk; 80 Die.

Eoustantinopls, Turkey.-Accordins
TO the latest dispatches from Beirut,
the forts. the Corvette Avnillah and
torpedo beat replied to the Italian
fire. The Avnillah was struck and
soon was in flames. The torpedo boat
1sas sunk. Thirty persons were killed.
About 30 persons were wounded Gov
ernment buildings were also shelled.
The italian warships, at the ccnclu-
sion OF the bombardment, steamed
away. 1t is believed that the Italians
will continue their attacks on other
coast towns.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01

Minnesota's precipitation figures for
1911 are condensed by Section Direc-
tor U. G. Purssell of the weather bu-
reau in his meteorological summary in
the form of a state map. By different
lines the map indicates amounts of
precipitation up to twenty-five inches
for the year, between twenty-five and
thirty inches, thirty and thirty-five
inches, thirty-five inches and forty
inches, and more than forty.
Mr.. Purssell's summary reads:
The average precipitation was 29.10
inches, which was 3.65 inches above
the normal. The greatest annual
amount was 51.59 inches at Grand
Meadow, and the least 1926 inches
at Red Lake The greatest monthly
amount was 1884 inches at Grand
Meadow in August, and the least,
trace at Fairmount, Glencoe and Wor-
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01
Lumber Company Organized.

Winona. = The Botsford Lumber
Company has been incorporated here
tc es,hs over the retail lumber yards
in Minnesota and South Dakota oper-
ated for many years by the Laird Nor
ton Company, all that remain of the
great manufacturing industry of the
Laird-Norton Company established in
Winona fifty-seyen years ago. o. NJ.
Botsford will be president and treas
urer of the new company, with J. ID.
McMartin vice-president, and G. F.
Streator, secretary.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01
Women in Big Political Love Feast.

Tacoma, Wash.-Women will take
part in love feast of political party
for the first time in history, according
to B. w. Coiner, chairman of the Re-
publican state central committee. Gov
ers will be laid for 200. The women
speakers will be Mrs. Addie G.. Barlow
on Women Voters and Clean Poll
tics" and Mrs. Frances King Sears on
"Republicanism from the Standpoint of
a Newly Enfranchised Voter" Gov
ernor Hay ard wife have accepted in
yitations.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01

fall, and also is getting subscriptions
for a booklet advertising the re-
sources of the county, which is to be
distributed from the State fair booth
and also from Northern Minnesota De-
association headquarters.
He reports that he is meeting with
success.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01
COLUMBIAN LEAGUE MADE OVER.
President Powers Announces Rear
ranged Circuit of Clubs.

ST Louis, Mo.-John Powers,
president of the proposed Columbian
baseball league. says the proposed cir
cult of cities where teams will be To-
Gated has been arranged The rear
ranged circuit, according to Powers,
includes Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Cleve-
land, Louisville, ST. Louis. Chicago,
Kansas City and either Milwaukee cr
indianapolis.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01
Cass County Promoter Starts Early
to Get State Fair Exhibit.

Cass Lake-George j. Silk, of Pine
River, who has been appointed by the
coHoty commissioners to have charge
of the Cass County exhibit at the
State fair, was in Cass Lake last night
on business connected with the exhibit.
IIr Silk is canvassing the county,
making arrangements at this early
day with people to make exhibits next
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01
New Bank for Duluth

Duluth.-The Citizens State bank is
the name of new banking concern
which has applied for state charter
today. 1t will be located at West Du-
luth. B. NJ. Peyton and Fl. II. Peyton,
OF Duluth, are the promoters. The
capital will be $4,000.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01
Minnesota No. 1s Indorsed for Sees

Bemidji.-Sixteen boys, members of
the agricultural department OF the
Bemidji high school, have completed
experiments with Minnesota No. 13
seed corn, with the result that the
corn is pronounced to be almost per-
feet. This corn will be used on the
school demonstration farm here. At
Northern, near here, the students
have organized an industrial club to
study farming. Experiments are be-
ing conducted by pupils to ascertain
the relative evils of the different weed
seeds which are found in grains.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01
six mo,+hs For seIIino Iiouor

Cass Lake. James Dunn, who
pleaded not guilty 20 the charge of
selling liquor to Indians, changed his
mind and went before Judge Wright
at Park Rapids and pleaded guilty,
receiving a sentence of six months
Imprisonment.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01
IMPORTANT NEWS
NOTES OF A WEEK
ATTEST HAPPENINGS THE WORLD
OVER TOLD IN lTEMIZED
FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND THERE
Condensed Into Few Lines for the
Perusai of the Busy Man.
Latest Personal In
formation.
Washington

United States troops will be sent in
to Mexico to stop the war IL the lives
of American citizens in the border
towns are in any way jeopardized.
Oscar Underwood, Democratic floor
leader in the house, has announced
himself candidate for the Democratic
nomination for president.
The United States senate will be
asked to investigate the legality of the
election of Senator Du Pont OF Della
ware.
So numerous and insistent are the
demands upon the navy department
for relics of the battleship Maine that
it has been found necessary to send
for another shipload in addition to the
collection brought to Washington re-
Gently.
President Taft has decided to an
swer the Columbus speech of Colonel
Roosevelt on his coming trip.
President Taft in a message to con-
gress opposes the recommendation of
the postmaster general for govern
ment ownership of the telegraph.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01

New York, n. Y. - 'I will accept
the nomination for president if it is
offered me and will adhere to this
pressed it's preference" is Colonel
Roosevelt's reply to the letter of sev-
en- Republican governors asking him
to stand for nomination.
The eagerly awaited reply was un-
expectedly brief, but definite. 1t fol-
lows:
New York, Feb. "a, 1912.
Gentlemen: l deeply appreciate
your letter and l realize to the full
the heavy responsibility it puts upon
me, expressing as it does the care
fully considered convictions of the
men elected by popular vote to stand
as the heads of government in their
several states.
Il absolutely agree with you that
this matter is not one to be decided
with any reference to the personal
preferences or interests of any man,
but purely from the standpoint of the
interests of the people as q ,-rhole. !
will accept the nomination for presi-
dent If it is rendered to me and I
will adhere to this decision until the
convention has expressed it's prefer
ence.
"One of the chief principles for
which / have stood, for which l now
stand and which 1 have always en-
deavored and always shall endeavor
to reduce to action, is the genuine
rule of the people; and therefore ]
nope that so far as possible the peo-
pie may be given the chance, through
direct primaries to express their pref
erence as to who shall be the nominee
of the Republican presidential con.
vention.
Very truly yours,
Theodore Roosevelt.
"The Hon. VIM. E. Glasscock, gov.
ernor of the state of West Virginia,
Charleston, w. Va.
The Hon. Chester II. Aldrich, gov
ernor of the state of Nebraska, Lin.
coin, Neb.
The Hon. Robert Fl. Bass, gov
ernor of the state Of New Hampshire.
Concord, n. H.
The Hon. Joseph Carey, COVER
nor of the state of Wyoming, Chey-
enne, Wyo.
''The Hon. Joseph M. Carey, gover-
nor of the state of Michigan, Lansing,
Mich.
THE Hon. w. r. Stubs, governor
of hn OF of 10
'The Hon. Herbert S. Hadley, gov
ernor of the state of Missouri, Jeffer-
son City, Mo-"
Letter Drafted to Roosevelt.
The above named governors assem-
bled at Chicago two weeks ago and
drafted letter to Colonel Roosevelt,
asserting that there was popular
demand for him to be president
again, and urging him to declare him.
self as to whether he would accept
the Republican nomination if 1T
came unsolicited and unsought" For
two weeks Colonel Roosevelt consid-
cred the letter.
Chicago Comments.
Chicago. = Definite announcement
from Colonel Roosevelt that he will
accept the presidential nomination if
offered him without his becoming an
active candidate caught no one nap
ping N Chicago and took no one by
surprise.
At the Roosevelt headquarters
where foreword of the Colonel's an
nouncement had sped, the leaders
only smiled. At the Taft headquar.
ters there were smiles, too, smiles be-
cause the suspense had ended, al
though there were none who doubted
the outcome of the appeal of the sev-
en- western governors addressed to the
former president.
Democrats interviewed all united in
declaring that in their opinion Roose-
velt's nomination will make for cer-
tain Democratic victory Practically
all of them voiced the same views as
did Mayor Carter H. Harrison.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01
Truman to Enlarge Its School.

Truman.-At a special school meet
ing the proposition to bond the
district for $4,000 for the purpose of
enlarging the schoolhouse carried by
thirty-two majority.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01

Pipestone to Have X. C. Council.
Pipestone. A council of the
Knights of Columbus will be organ
lied in Pipestone on March 10. Spe-
cial trains will bring several hundred
visitors for the ceremonies.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01
Married 79 Years,

New York, n. Y-Mr and Mrs.
seventy-nine years of welded life
The Ely miner., 1912-03-01
ROOSEVELT ACCEPTS
THE COLONEL DECLARES HE
WILL ADHERE TO DECISION
UNTIL CONVENTION.
REPLIES TO Z GOVERNORS
Former Executive Reiterates Desire
to Have People of Each State Sig
nifty by Primary Election
Their Choice of President.
FOUR YEARS AGO.

: FOUR YEARS AGO.
= Nov. 8, 19os.-"on the fourth of
March next, shall have served
three and a half years and this
three and half years constitute
my first term. The wise custom
which limits the president to two
terms regards the substance and
not the form and under no cir
cumstanees will be a candidate
for or accept another nomina-
= tion."
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