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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-22

A very mild wind in pine forest
makes a horrible, terror striking
sound; and. little Blowing by some
newspapers creates a consi derable
STIR. -
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-22
PARISH TICKET.

FOR REPRESENTATIVES,,
W. II. p. GROOM, Moer.ngsport,
p, J. IRRELEVANT. Shreveport.
DISTRICT JUDGE.
A d. LAND.
d STRICT ATTORNEY,
JOHN. R. LAND,
CLERK.
F. A. LEONARD.
SHERIFF.
Cor. JOHN S. You've.
CORONER,
DR.. ii. &. COrY.
WARD TICKET.
USTICE OF TIE FEACE,
HoYLE EOMKIES.
HENRY HUNslCKER.
W. II. SLATON.
CONSTABLE
L. NJ. MCDUFFIE.
JAS. A. CAIN.
B. j. EUDDER.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-22

FOR STATE SENATOR.
&C. BARRET. Parish Ut Caddo.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-22

Burglars made an unsuccessful
attempt to burglarize the store of
Messrs. z S. Hicks & Bro, of Grand
Cane last week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21

the subsistence OF the silver wave.
Plausible suggestion set it in motion
and monetary enthusiasm has been the
propelling force. Cool elaboration and
Logic have acted on it as oil would on
wind-troubled lake.
The silver movement has had many Of
the characteristics of prairie fire after
period of drought. In the beginning
it was spark. The spark made a little
blaze. Wind did the rest. The dead,
dry stubble of thrashed-out and for.
gotten theories fell in the way of the
fire and burst into flame, which gath
cred force as it travelled before the
wind.
An occasional substantial structure
was burned up, and once in awhile hu.
man being was smothered. But the
duration of such fire is always short.
When it gets down to the ground and
strikes rock-bottom facts it dies out.
That is what seems to have happened
to the free silver conaagration, which
was going to burn up the nation. Here
and there dead cottonwood, remaining
StduuIuS UcyOud Jto t'ulc. Is SIuOlSlcTluB
and smoking, but these are merely signs
of what has taken place. The track of
the fire is black, but all that is on the
surface. The ground has simply been
cleared of lot of useless matter, and
the ashes are good fertilizer, which
will increase productiveness.
The information received by Chicago
bankers from the country tells that Illi-
nois, Indiana and Wisconsin have been
merely scorched. Iowa suffered little
more, but recovered speedily. Out be-
yond the Missouri river there is a smok-
ing remnant, but it is not dangerous.
This information is all the more be-
lievable because it is not accompanied
by any beating of drums. The country
bankers merely tell what they know.
as quietly as they would in ordinary
conversation. Chicago bankers, who
never have learned how to make en-.
thusiasm-arousing stump speeches, sim.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21
FATAL COLLISION.
Trolley Car Struck by a locomotive
Three Men Killed.

Trolley Car Struck by a locomotive
Three Men Killed.
Hazleton, Pa, Oct. 15.-Three men
were fatally and score of others more
or less seriously injured Wednesday
night in trolley accident at the Halle
ton crossing of the Delaware, Susque-
hanna e. Schuylkill railroad and the
Lehigh traction line. The dead are:
Jefferson Kirschner. of Hazleton, tele-
graph operator: William Stapleton, of
Milton, telegraph operator; David
John Williams, of Plymouth.
Patrick Dowd, trolley conductor,
and Morris Ferry, boy, are at the hos
pital unconscious and are not expected
to live. Both have fractured skulls and
are injured internally. Kirchner was
ground to a shapeless mass beneath
the railroad engine and Stapleton and
Williams lived but few minutes after
being taken from the wreck. The acct
dent occurred about six o'clock The
trolley car was filled with passengers
and was crossing the railroad tracks
when struck by an engine. The engine
caught the rear end of the car and tore
through the main portion. which was
thrown over an embankment into a
swamp. Kirchner, who was near the
rear end of the car was caught and
dragged over 100 yards before the en-
CINE could be stopped.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21
BANK ROBBERS SLAIN.

Three Thieves Shot Dead by Citizens at
Meeker, Col
Rawlins, WyO., Oct. 15.-Word has
been received from Meeker, COL, town
located GO miles from any railroad or
telegraph station, to the effect that on
Tuesday three men entered the local
bank, and after robbing the clerks on
duty and the bank of what cash it had
on its counters, undertook to escape.
The alarm was given before they had
reached the street.
Citizens, attracted by the noise, had
pretty well surrounded the building by
this time, and being armed, opened fire
on the robbers, two of whom, Charles
Jones and William Smith, were killed
by the first volley. The third man,
George Harris, was shot through the
lungs dying in two hours. He is fully
identified. Four citizens were wound
ed: District Game Warden w. 81. Clark,
bullet in right breast, shot through
right arm; c. A. Booth, clerk, scalp
wound; w. P. Herrick, finger shot off.
1t is believed one of the dead men is
Thomas Mccarthy, who robbed the
banks at Telluride and Delta, Col. The
coroner's jury returned a verdict Of
iustifable homicide.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21

When talk for free silver rose loud
and fierce Immediately after the re-
publican national convention declared
for the maintenance of ''the existing
gold Standard" and, again, when Will
liam ]. Bryan was nominated for pres
ident on free silver platform, the Chi
cago bankers could not believe all that
i was told them about the force of the
silver idea in the north and middle west.
Knowing so we'll what would be the re-
suits of free coinage, they could not be-
lieve that any great number Of people
would embrace the idea as a panacea
for all industrial, social and economic
evils. They began to inquire. From
the sources where the encouraging in
formation comes now, their country
correspondents, they learned it was all
too true that the little disk of white
metal had become a political fetch.
Naturally, these same bankers have
been keeping their eyes on the silver
movement ever since. The transaction
of business between the city and the
country bankers has been carried on to
the accompaniment of questions and an
swers relating to politics. Such inter-
course was perfectly free and honest,
because the parties to it were all on the
same side Of the question, the side of
sound money.
The reports from the country, which
were somewhat dispiriting in June and
July and through part of August, began
to take an encouraging step before the
first of September. Since then the hue
of encouragement has decpened day by
day until it has become almost rosy.
This process of sounding the senti-
ment of the west through the country
banker has been exceedingly simple and
therefore reliable in results. Every
country banker has intimate business
relations with the farmers at this sea-
son of the year, and the farmers are
supposed to be the most vociferous sill
yer men. The country banker is also
intimately associated with all others
who are close to the farmer, the stock
buyer, the grain buyer, the horse
trader and the storekeeper. He has
every facility for getting at the real
sentiment of the voters who might, for
fun, II for no other reason, deceive the
regular political canvasser. After
sounding the voters all through the
Mississippi valley in this way, the coun-
try banker says there is no doubt of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21
Cuba to Get Help.

Washington, Oct. 17.-If Spain does
not end the war in Cuba within tn. ee
months the insurgents will receive
from the United States virtual recosni-
ton of independence. It can be stated
on authority that the president does rot
expect that Spain will end the war with
the tactics now employed during the
present years and that he is fully con-
vinced that the grave duty will devoIve
upon him of taking vigorous stand in
this matter. A high official of the adj
ministration said that action by the
president may be looked for by the first
of the year. He will intervene in man,
ner that will be equivalent to a reccg-
milton of the independence of the island.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21
POLITICAL DRIFT.

UThere is more money per capita
in circulation than in 1873, and lower
prices, which would take less to do
business with.-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
DThe report that Bryan proposes
to spend some time later outside the
enemy's country" indicates that he IL
going to see how it works in Mexico.-
Chicago Tribune.
UIn North Dakota McKinley's ma
iiority is estimated at 5000. The DEM
ocrats of that state seem to concede
that the state is pretty safely repub-
lican.-Iowa State Register.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21
THE DYING SILVER FETCH
Chicago Bankers Get Important News
from Pivotal Points.

Chicago Bankers Get Important News
from Pivotal Points.
The free silver idea is making steady
and rapid progress toward the vanish
ing point, which is oblivion.
illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa and
even Nebraska and Kansas have seen the
movement toward the white metal at
its height and lave survived. They are
fast getting back into their old solid,
sound money condition. There is no
longer any doubt of it. The free silver
sentiment is subsiding, and with such
pronounced downward motion that it
cannot be mistaken.
The most conservative business men
in Chicago, the bankers, have been hear
ing this sort of thing for weeks. They
refused to accept it as gospel truth
until every shadow of doubt had been
swept away. The evidence now is SO
strong they believe it.
The Chicago bankers hear this thing
from careful, thoroughgoing business
men like themselves, their country cor
respondents throughout the west, who
come into contact with the voters. The
country bankers all agree on it. The
free silver wave which begun to sweep
across the prairies early in the sum-
mer undoubtedly lifted thousands of
voters from their feet, but the crest OF
the wave has passed over the heads,
and they are now sliding down graceful
iy on the other side.
The pronounced subsistence of the sill
yer sentiment in the states mentioned
is especially important in a political
way, because these have been called the
pivotal states of the campaign. 1t has
been conceded, even by the most radical
democrats, that if these states, and Illi-
nois in particular, could be won for Nc
Kinley he would be elected. The coun-
try bankers who know whereof they
speak are confident that all of them are
safe for Mckinley, and Illinois is the
safest of the bunch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21
All About the Capitol.

Charming Seabury, chairman of the
capitol commission, has submitted to
Attorney General Childs the papers
served on him in the proceedings begun
by a number of residents of Kandiyohi
county, through John F. Kelly, to pre-
vent the construction of the new CAPT
tol building in st. Paul.
The action is based ON four questions,
or four constitutional questions are
raised. One is that the seat of gov
eminent at st. Paul was only temper
arily located there and that for such a
temporary seat the state should only
have temporary building, whereas
the building Of new capitol will be a
permanent structure and will mean the
permanent seat of government of the
state.
In the second place. it is claimed that
the constitution provides for ordinary
and extraordinary expenses. The or
binary expenses are for charges and
the expenses for the civil conduct of
the state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21
DEFEAT FOR MACEO.

Insurgents Reported to Have Sustained
Heavy Losses.
Havana. Oct. 13.-Dispatches received
here Monday from official sources in the
Province of Pinar del Rio say that an
other battle has been fought between
the Spaniards and the insurgents under
Antonio Maceo, resulting in another
victory for the former. Gen. Echague
was in command Of the government
troops and Maceo led the enemy. The
fighting took place at San Diego. and
the insurgents are alleged to have sus-
tanned enormous loss. The dispatches
also say that the loss of the Spanish
troops was considerable. that the fight
ing continues, and that no details are at
present obtainable.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21
IDENTIFIED.
Shcrburne Bank Robbers Were Two Broth
ers Named Kellihan.

Shcrburne Bank Robbers Were Two Broth
ers Named Kellihan.
FaIrmont, Mimi, Oct. 14.-The climax
of the most sensational week in south
ern Minnesota's history came Tuesday
evening with the complete revelation
of the identity of the two desperadoes
who robbed the Sherburne bank and
sent three souls to eternity. The one
killed near Gilmore was j. Hans Kelli-
han. boy OK but IS years. The fellow
in Jail here Is Lu Kellihan, brother Of
the dead bandit buried Monday in pot
ters' field at Sherburne. Lu Kellihan is
20 years old, and refused all day to tell
who he is. but in the evening weakened
and told the whole story of the plan to
rob banks at Heron Lake, st. James
and Sherburpe. the route of the fight,
the division OF the spoils and other in-
cidents. The man in Jail insists that his
brother was the leader of tho enter
prise and did MI of the shooting. This
story is not believed by the officers and
the only thing that at all bears out his
statement is the fact that most of the
stolen money was found on the person
of the dead robber. A telegram from
Rock Rapids says the Identification of
the robbers is correct. Their parents
live there and admit that the boys are
their sons.
Rock Rapids, Ia, Oct. 14.--The KeI1f-
han boys were born and raised here,
and have not been considered as desper-
ate. They were addicted somewhat to
reading sensational literature.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21
Novel Exhibit.

The chief exhibit at the street fair at
Faribault was that of South American
woods, made by the Orinoco company,
of which Donald Grant is head. 1t con-
sisted of about 20 different kinds of
wood, which were cut in the forests of
the Orinoco country. With this exhibit
were also number of jars containing
fruits, fish and reptiles found in the
same country and preserved in alcohol
by DR.. A. C. Rogers during his recent
trip to Venezuela.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21
News IN Brief

The Swear old daughter of JOSEPH
Hershtowitz, of Minneapolis, over
turned lighted candle on herself set
ting her clothes on fire. Her injuries
were fatal.
Frederick Gagne, night Waterman at
the Minneapolis postoffice. while riding
to work on a bicycle was run down
by an interurban car and killed.
j. M. U. Thompson, of Mathawa,
was sentenced under the forestry law
to pay fine of SIS for setting a prairie
fire and leaving it unprotected.
The Marine National bank Of Duluth
has gone into liquidation.
Burglars entered the residence of M.
A. Lang, of Minneapolis, chloroformed
the whole family, ransacked the en-
tire house and carried off considerable
plumber.
Two trolley cars collided under the
Milwaukee railway bridge in Mime.
apolis. B. o. Silverson was slightly
injured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21
DYNAMITE ExPLODES.
Property Damaged to the Extent of S12.-
900 at Dayton. Tenn.

Property Damaged to the Extent of S1e.-
900 at Dayton. Tenn.
The explosion, which occurred before
daybreak, was preceded by fire I'M
doubtedly of incendiary origin in the
supply storehouse of the Dayton Coal
e. Iron company, where, i'll addition to
$4,000 in merchandise, 225 pounds of
dynamite for use in the coal mines was
stored. The force of the conclusion
shook the earth, and besides blowing
the large two-story structure to atoms,
badly damaged the brick Office and
store of the company, 200 yards dis
tant, and shattered windows in The
depot, courthouse and nearly every
business house in the place, though
many were over a half mile from tie
center of destruction. The fact that no
pedestrians were abroad SO early pre-
vented serious loss of. life. The dam
age will exceed $4,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21
Form a New Organiza ton.

Chicago, Oct. 16.-Clarence j. Chand-
Ter, of Chelsea, Mich, called to order the
new national organization known as the
butter, Eggs and Poultry association,
at the Palmer house Thursday. The
meeting was called by the officers OF
a number of local societies in Michigan,
Iowa, Ohio, Indiana and Nebraska. Only
shippers of less than carload lots o.
the above products arc eligible to MEM
berShip.
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rexas Lumhermen Fail.

Houston. Tex, Oct. 15.-Cummings
Bros. exporters Of hardwood lumber
and logs, have assigned. naming George
Arnold trustee. Tie assets footed up
$4,000. with liabilities to preferred
creditors aggregatiag $4,000. The
stringency in the money market and in
ability to realize art the reasons given.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21
Blew Up.

The feed mill boiler at Beckman, Is
miles east of Royalton, blew up, killing
the engineer, VIM. Bosch, and injuring
several others. The mill is a small af-
fair and run by threshing engine,
owned by Bosch and Joseph and Peter
Oestrelch. Peter Oestreich had both
legs blown off at the ankles and was
badly bruised about the head. Mrs.
Peter Oestreich was bruised on the
back and Jacob HUM was also badly
injured and may die.
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SIX BURN TO DEATH.
Flames Destroy a Farmhouse and Most
nf IFS

Flames Destroy 8 FarmhDuSe and Most
of It's Tenants.
New Whatcom. Wash, Oct. 16.-The
house of j. S. Miller, farmer living
four miles north of Linden. this county,
was destroyed by fire and six children
were burned to death. Another child
and man named Frank Boise were
seriously burned. Miller and his wife
were away from home, having gone to
New Whatcom to participate in a politi
cal parade. leaving their children home
in care of Boise. who was visiting them.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21

among the students and alumni
of the different colleges through
out the country. The ubiquitous
campaign button has been discard
ed, and instead, a pin after the
regulation pennant order has been
adopted. The background will be of
colored enamel, and the shade will cor
respond with the different college col
ors. Thus the pin for Yale will have
blue background, for Harvard, crimson,
and so on. The letters A. R. C. L. will
in all cases be engraved near the staff
of the pin. The word Mckinley will
run lengthwise. The design has been
made by Forrest Grant, of the Univer-
sity of Chicago, and was awarded by
competition. Mr.. Edward J. Henning,
of the University of Wisconsin, who
has charge of the national college cam
paign, has established headquarters of
the American Republican College
league in Chicago at the Auditorium
hotel, from which place this official
college pin and campaign literature will
be supplied to all the colleges of the
United States, as soon as their institu-
tions are opened.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21
Fire at st. Cloud.

Fire at st. Cloud, in the cooper shop
of the Tileston mill, consumed seven
buildings and caused $4,000 loss. A
high wind was blowing and it was
fortunate that the mill itself escaped.
The cooper shop employed about IS
men. The warehouse, near the shop,
also burned, causing considerable loss
in barrel stock. There is partial insur-
ance. The dwelling of Mrs. Jennie
Owen was also burned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21
Alleged Thief Commits Suicide.

Appleton, Wis.,, Oct. diamond
Hutchinson, aged 20, who was pursued
by officers for stealing bicycles from
dealers at Menasha and Oshkosh, blew
his brains out at the home of his Wild
owed mother here just as the officers
had forced their way into the house to
arrest him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21
Fifty Persons .Reported KiIled.

Berlin, Oct. IL. = 1t is reported
that railway train on the Saar-Eiffel
line. conveying large number of re-
cruits, has been thrown from the tracks
and SO persons killed and many more
injured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21
A Contingent Sale.

The Aetna. formerly Lowmore, mine,
at Mountain Iron, Mesaba range, has
been sold to the Thomas Iron company,
very large ore consumer of Pensyl-
vania, contingent on the election of
Mckinley. The terms are agreed upon
and the deal will be closed if Mckinley
shall be elected, and is off if otherwise.
The mine is valuable property, and is
steam shovel proposition. 1t is
owned by local men.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21
Broke the worlds Record.

Lexington, Ky, Oct. 16.-The world's
team record for trotters or PAGERS was
broken here by Miss Rita and Josie b..
Orrin Hiskok driving. They went to
the quarter in 32H; half in l:04; three
quarters in 1887; mile in 2:09H.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
Decenial Celebration.

Minneapolis will welcome the Crist.
ian Endeavorers of the State to the Gel
ebration of their Tenth Anniversary OF
Oct. 22d to 25th, inclusive. This con.
vention promises to be the best in the
history of the Endeavor moments in
Minnesota. Many delegates from all
parts OF the state are expected and
great preparations are being made to
give them a royal good time.
Among the prominent speakers who
have been secured are Rev. DR.. Fifield,
one OF Chicago's most eloquent
preachers, Commander Booth Tucker,
the head of the Salvation Army IN
America, and his wife. Consul Booth
Tucker, and General Secretary John
Willis Baer, of Boston.
The convention proper will be held
in the spacious auditorium of the First
Baptist Church, with overflow meet
ings at the Hennepin Av. NJ. E. Church.
On Sunday Evening, October 25th, the
closing service of the Convention will
be held at the great Exposition Hall,
seating 10000. The churches of St.
Paul and Minneapolis will dispense
with their evening services on that day,
and join the Endevorers in great
Union meeting.
A large chorus of trained singers
under the leadership of Prof. II. S.
Woodruff is being organized, and will
furnish sweet music for the Convention.
A special rate of fare and third has
been arranged on all the railroads, and
doubtless large number will take ad-
vantage of this fact to visit the Twin
Cities and be present at the Convention.
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ply state the facts as they receive them.
Chicago Times-Herald.
A M'KlNLEY COLLEGE PIN,

Young republicans in the American
colleges will soon have a campaign in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-21

sigma OF their
own. The Amer
lean Republican
College league has
adopted a design
which is sure to
become popular