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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-20
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
The Farmers. Railroad.

At session of the railroad directors
held at Crookston, an understanding
was arrived at as far as the amount of
bonds to be asked of Polk county is
concerned. 1t was decided to ask the
citizens of that county to vote bonds to
the extent of $3.50, 600, to be used as fol-
lows: $780, to be given to the Farm
ers' railroad to assist it in building
from Deer river to the eastern boun-
Diary, and $4,000 to each of the roads
projected across the county, to assist in
building said roads across the county.
The conditions for their delivery are as
follows: $1,000 to be delivered to the
Farmers railroad upon its completion
to Deer river to the eastern line of
Polk county; $4,000 to be delivered to
each of the other roads upon their COM
pletion across Polk county to the Red
river. The presidents and attorneys of
the different roads were named as a
committee to prepare propositions to
submit to the people.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-20
is NOT A SENATOR.
Upper House of Congress Declares Du-
pont Not Entitled to a Seat.

Upper House of Congress Declares Du-
pont Not Entitled to a Seat.
Washington, May 1G.-The claim of
Mr.. Henry A. Dupont for the vacant
seat in the senate from the state of
Delaware was decided adversely to
him Friday by majority of one. The
question has been debated at great
length from time to time, and that de-
bate was closed Friday at five p. IN.
The result of all the legal and cons+i-
tutional arguments for and against was
that the republican senator's to man
voted in favor of the claim; that the
democrats voted just as unanimously
against it, and that the populists allied
themselves solidly on the Democrat
side, making the vote ON the amend
ment which declared that Mr.. Dupont
was not entitled to the seat 81 to so. A
second vote on the resolution thus re-
suited in exactly the same figures.
There was no attempt on the part Of
the republicans to postpone the decisive
Issue
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-20
News In Brief.

]. B. Gillian purchased the surplus
jack rabbits that were left from the
coursing meeting, at Minneapolis, and
took them to his park near Minnetonka.
He has an Enclosure of IS acres in which
he intends to keep wild game animals.
Louisa r. Brady has been appointed
postmaster at Deerfeld, Steele county.
During a rain and wind storm at
Fulda the house of Henry Tamman
was blown over. All the family. con-
sisting of five persons, were hurt more
or less, but all will recover.
Mary Braithwaite, principal of the
Emerson school, at Duluth, was ar
rested charged with beating Henry
Grytdahl, aged II, with a piece of rub
Der hose. The teacher says that the
boy was incorrigible.
Some boys at Duluth found the de-
composed body of newly born baby
post norton examination was held and
it was held that the baby was still born.
A. Anderson, a farmer living four
miles northeast of Stephen, while
drawing water from well, fell in and
before assistance could arrive, was
drowned.
The state has already received orders
for binder Irvine, and the first shipment
of car load was sent to Ashby.
Fire in Bogerding & Haskamp's ele-
vator at Melrose, caused loss of the
building, 5000 bushels of wheat and
500 bushels of oats. Water soaked
grain is insured. Loss on building,
$500. No insurance. Fire evidently
incendiary.
Petitions were received at the Office
of the secretary of state for the organ
ization of four new counties, out of the
territory originally comprising Polk
county. The names of the new coun-
ties are Nelson. Hill, Red Lake and
Garfield.
While out fishing in a boat on Bing-
ham lake, Peter Fl. Dickman and Jacob
Epp, were drowned.
Andrew j. Hughes was commissioned
postmaster at IRELAND, and Jane Ha-
den at Hazelton.
Little Louie Green was drowned at
the foot of Chestnut street, St Paul, in
what is called the ''hot box
Since January 400 settlers have loeat-
ed iu the town of Friesland.
Capt. James d. Wood, as special
agent for the postofice department at
Washington, is now advertising for bids
for buildings, ETC., to be used for the
four postal sub-stations which the de-
partment has decided to establish in
Minneapolis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-20
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

-Yeast-"Did Miss Howeil's voice
fill the hall?" Crimsonbeak-"Well,
it filed the lobby. Nearly everybody
went out there when she sang. '-Yon-
kers Statesman.
-Blanders-"Ah, Tom, I hear you
have changed boarding places" Dill
ton-"Not exactly that. The fact is,
the boarding places have changed me-"
Boston Transcript.
Not a Dull Moment. rs Miss
Scarum an agreeable girl to take to
the theater?" "WeH, rather. Every
other word she said last night was: L
smell fire. "-Chicago Record.
How He Knew. = Miss Sweetly-
"How did you know 1 was going to wear
my hair curled this evening"" Mr..
Plainman-"I saw it in the papers this
morning. "-Brooklyn Life.
Here's a letter from Isabelle. She
says she's going to be married. well,
it's about time. IF she did not change
her last name it would be necessary to
change the first to Wasabelle. Vogue.
Theatrical Manager-''In this scene
you must assume the air of man who
has so much money that he is indiffer-
ent to wealth. The Star-"All right.
I'll try to imagine you have paid me
my salary in full. "-Philadelphia North
American
James" remarked his better half,
caressingly, 1--WE need a ton of coal:
when you pass the dealer will you
order it up?" Impossible, my DEAR"
responded her eucher-loving spouse.
You cannot order it up and pass at
the same time."-Philadelph Press.
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Unconstitutional.

Judge Mitchell. of the supreme court
filed his decision in the case of Frank
Foreman and the Kelly Institute of
Minneapolis VS.. The Hennepin County
Commissioners, appellant.
The case was carried to the supreme
court in order to test the legality of the
law compelling the commissioners to
advance any applicant 500 for the pur-
pose of talking the treatment, accept
ing the applicants note for that amount
Judge Mitchell finds that the law is
unconstitutional, upholding the county
commissioners in refusing to grand APP
plicants the 500 as provided by tht law.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-20
SCOTT JACKSON.

the body was that of Miss Pearl Bryan,
of Greencastle, the daughter of pros
porous farmer. She was supposed to
have been visiting friends in Indianapo-
lis. The trial of jackson began April
p, and has been the most sensational
criminal proceeding in the history of
Kentucky. The evidence introduced by
the commonwealth was in great meas
ure circumstantial. It showed conclu-
sively that Jackson was the last person
seen with Pearl Bryan before her death,
to say nothing of Coachman George
Jackson's story. The state proved that
Jackson was the only person who could
have had a motive in killing her.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-20
GALLONS FOR JACKSON.
Jury Returns Verdict of Guilty-Hlssory
of the Crime.

Jury Returns q Verdict of Guilty-HIssory
of the Crime.
Cincinnati, May 15.-At 0:55 a. m.
Thursday Judge Helm announced to the
jury in the trial of Scott jackson for
the murder of Pearl Bryan that the case
was now in their hands. The jury at
once withdrew. Two hours and ten
minutes later they returned with the
following verdict:
1--WE. the jury. find the defendant Scott
jackson guilty of the murder Of Pearl
Bryan and fix the punishment at death"
The crime for which Scott Jackson i.
to be hanged was peculiarly distinctive
On the morning of February the head
less body of woman was discovered
four miles from this city. After sew
eral days searching it was proved that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-20
WEYLER'S LATEST.
He Orders Cuban Farmers to Deliver Up
All Grain Stored.

All Grain Stored.
Havana. May 16.-Capt. Gen. Weyler
has issued a proclamation ordering the
farmers and peasantry during the next
20 days to transport to the towns in
their vicinity all of the corn and other
grain stored upon their farms. This
order applies to the provinces of Pinar
del Rio, Havana and Ma:anzas. The
military qnartermasters are authorized
by this order to purchase the grain sent
to the towns by the farmers at the cur
rent price, and if the grain is not re-
ouired by The government it will be
stored for the account of its owners.
After the period of 20 days has elapsed,
the proclamation declares, any grain
found upon farms in the provinces men
toned will be regarded as contraband
OF war and will be seized and the own
ers thereof subjected to criminal pro-
ceedings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-20
A Eloater.

A body found several miles down the
river was brought to Crookston' 1t had
foated upon a rock and was nearly COW
cred with drift wood. 1t is thought to
be that of Chas. Meier, who disappeared
mysteriously two weeks ago. leaving a
note saying that he was crazy and in
tended to commit suicide. There was
no sign of violence and although all
the clothes were on there was nothing
in the pockets which could be identified.
The body was so decomposed that the
face could not be reconized.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-20
Amazing CanAor.

Don't talk to me about culture and
refinement, said a New York alder,
,nan, who had been putting on great
deal of style of late because he had
made little money by keeping sa-
loon.
What is your objection to man of
crllture?' asked the gentleman with
whcm he was conversing.
They are so stuck up, and are al
ways trying to make you feel their
uperiority. l never make people feel
my culture and refinement. You can
run with me for 90 years and never
know that l have any,"
That's so,'' replied the party of the
second part.-Texas Siftings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-20
FATE OF A VILLAGE.
Town of Panama, Neb.. Almost Annihis
lated by q Cyclone.

=
lated by q Cyclone.
Omaha, Neb., May I4.-Additional re-
ports from Tuesday nights cyclone in
Douglas county show that Panama, a
village several miles northwest of this
city, suffered the most, being nearly en-
tirely wiped off the earth. Not store
building remains. Livery barns, hard
ware, implement and general merchan-
disc stores were smashed like eggshelIs
and hardly a vestige of them is to be
seen. One man, whose name cannot
now be learned, was caught under the
tiInbers of falling building and was
fatally injured. No other fatalities have
SO far been reported. During the storm
in this county runaway occurred
which cost Peter Dowdall, driver, his
life. He was thrown from a wagon and
the wheels passed over his body.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-20
BUSINESS MEN AGAINST POKER.
Many of Them Are said to Boycott Those
Who Indulge in It

Many or Them Are said to Boycott Those
Who Indulge in 1t.
The national game of poker, which
has so long been regarded as purely
side issue, is becoming a factor in bust
ness affairs. and as competition in trade
becomes closer and strict economy
more essential to success it will steadily
grow in Importance.
Gambling with cards, dice or any
sort of paraphernalia has never been
regarded as a sensible business trans
action, and of late years has been put
under the ban of the law. AT present
no state in the union regards gambling
IS legitimate, or gambling debts as col
iectable.
But this is not the phase of the ques-
but the fact that business men are be-
ginning to ask applicants for employ
I.cent if they play poker.
You can say that l would not en-
pioy young man. or any man. in our
bank who plays poker said success
full financier.
From a purely business point of
poker. The game is so fascinating to
some that they spend time at it when
they ought to be in their beds at home.
or reading, or doing something that
tends to fit them for their business, and
Tor becoming good citizens. A really
good business man, you know, is also
a good citizen. Some who are not very
~ l1lo in Lii
money, but somehow or other it never
seems to do anybody any real good.
NO, this is not the principal objec-
ton to poker players as employees. As
lou may know, all who play cannot
win all the time, and there seem TO be
tunes when the most skillful lose right
along. They say luck deserts them oc-
casionally; but it is only the profess
sional player who stays out Of the game
md waits for his luck to return. The
nonprofessional player becomes des-
perate, plunges and goes broke. If
this does not break the spell and re-
store him to his right senses he bor-
rows money in the hope of winning
back that which he has already lost.
nut just DIS OitCA NC ioscs lHls, too, dHu
in his desperation he may use his en-
ployer's money. He does not mean to
steal it, but merely takes it to win back
his losses; and yet his chances of win
ming are 10 better than when he lost
before. If he loses again he is liable to
be found out. He may hush the matter
up by getting his friends to make good
the losses. and he is allowed TO resign.
IF he should not have friends willing
to see him out, or if his family hasn't
enough influence to keep the thing
quiet, he goes out in disgrace. But in
any event his name goes on the list,
which makes it very difficult for him to
secure a position of trust, and these
only are profitable. "-Pittsburgh Com
mercial Gazette.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-20
Keep OF.

The United States land Office at
Crookston has been instructed to send
Special Agent Naff to warn all persons
who have gone on the Red Lake lands,
which are to be opened, to vacate and
move off before the date of opening
The announcement is made that those
refusing to do SO will jeopardize their
rights as settlers and claimants under
the homestead laws.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-20
IL Drove Him Crazy.

Toledo, o., May 16.-John vosburg,
of Bryan, O., who is widely known all
over the state as stock raiser, sudden
ly became insane Wednesday night
while hearing "Pinafore" sung by a
company of amateurs. He was brought
up to the asylum here.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-20
just Too Much.

"You shouldn't mind his comparing
YOUR cooking with his mothers" said
the elderly friend. ""All husbands have
that trick"
1T wasn't his mothers cooking"
sobbed the indignant young woman.
al could have stood that. He said 1
couldn't make as good pies as his moth
er's hired girl. Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-20
Lots of Eggs.

State Game Warden Sam Fullerton
has completed the work of gathering
pike spawn at Pike River Falls, on Yer
million lake, and if none of spoils in be-
ing Matched, the state will be the gamer
by 100000, 600 pike. Deputy Philip ar
rested Louis Peterson and Peter Hak-
konen for fishing with nets, and they
were committed for 80 days.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-09-12

in, until. from vomiting, which con
5tsnfsed without intefmittance, and low
diet during his punishments, he became
reduced to such a debilitated. condition
that he had to be put into the hospital.
The indications Of insanity which the
specialist declared were simulated stead.
lily became more. and more accentuatetl,
and at the end Of thirteen years he has
been released on the admitted ground
that his reason Is gone and his physical
health is so shattered that continued inn
prisonment would cause death.
The ratio Of insanity in population ct
Great Britain is s in 10000, but the ratio
in the ordinary coavicts. who have ,ln-
dergone less severe punishment than he
dynamiters, is. 226 IN 10, 900. while of the
81 dynamiters subjected to penal servi-
tude, four are known 20 be mentally en-
feebled by their treatment a higher per-
centage than among ordinary criminals.
The scandal exposed by their release
will probably lead to a further revision
Of the English penal system.
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the effects of the gold standard on her
commerce and trade arose from the fact


commerce and trade arose from the fact
that all the rest Of the world, save Portu-
gal, were either using the. silver standard
or the double standard, silver and gold.
In 1876 the British government found
the country in great distress and appoint
ed commission for the purpose Of finding
out what was the difficulty and what was
the remedy. They appointed twelve lead
ing citizenship, who took evidence for two
years and published it In great book.
would give something handsome to know
how many of those travelling economists
that came through this country to tell you
your duty have read the report and have
studied the evidence and how they came
to disagree with that commission. Six Of
these men were pronounced advocates Of
the gold standard and six Of them be-
lieved when they got through that the gold
standard ought not to be maintained in
Great Britain. They said: Eve find the
condition exists In every country in the
world that is attempting to go to the gold
standard"
every country that has maintained q gold
standard Or that uses both gold and silver.
or that has gone to the silver basis is in
a better condition than the countries on
gold standard. (Cheers) We find that
they are progressing while we are stand
ing STILL +s.
They added further: ''This condition, we
are compelled to believe, arises out Of the
currency disturbances
The provision in the Republican plat
form for international bimetallism is to
make you believe, as they made me be-
Meve in 1892. that they were in favor Of
bimeta llisni 80
We know that the history of interna-
.tional bimetaIlism Is that Great Britain
alone; prevented Its accomplishment In the
international conference In 1873, 1881 and
1882. She has been the obstacle, as she
will always be. We have acontended with
England on land and on sea, and we did
not come out second best 1t either time.
(Applause.) Why are we not able to con-
tend with her, in our financial affirs, and
fathers adopted In 1892 and successfully
maintained until 1873. lGr4at applause.)
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TELLER. SPEAKS FOR BRYAN
A Ringing Speech Delivered at His Old
Home In Morrison IIiinoise.

A Ringing SpeeCH DeAlNeFeu Al Ills OAu
Home In Morrison Illinoise. =
Morrison, I'LL, Sept. 8.-Senator Henry
NJ Teller delivered his first speech in this
place yesterday. This is the home of Sen
ator Teller. He came to Morrison from
New York in 1858 and formed law part
nership with Fl. III. Jackson, which con-
tinued until April 1861, when he went
to Colorado. His mother lives here, with
four sisters and brother. These are the
reasons why the senator selected his old
home as the place for making his first
speeches Of the campaign. He leaves here
this morning for Chicago where he will
spend the day with the executive COM
mittee of the Democratic party. He will
then go to Grand Rapids. Mich, where he
is announced to speak on Wednesday
next. Senator Teller was introduced by
e. w. Payne, a one-armed soldier and an
ex-Republican, who has been the clerk
of this county for twenty-four years. Sem
ator Teller said, in part: y
believe the question the American peo-
pie are called upon now to settle is Of
more Importance to them than any other
question that has ever been submitted to
Americans for their consideration and de-
termination. I do not believe SO much
human suffering and so much woe could
have come to the American people 1t we
had been divided and there had been
two republics established on this conti-
nent instead Of one, as will come to us If
this great question be wrongly decided
and we shall enter upon q monetary sys-
tenn that will probably last for all time,
that IS absolutely unjust and threatening
in my judgment not only the prosperity
Of the people and the perpetuity Of free
government herr, Jut free government in
all other countries; because it must be
true that II this great republic should
fail to discharge the duties incumbent on
ter and distress, there would be no fur
tler effort made among men for the up-
lifting: ands the sustaining Of humanity.
There would be, in my judgment, with our
destruction, the end of free government
throughout the world. It is a question
not to be determined by personal attacks
upon those who advocate 1t, not by slurs,
not by SANDER, not by abuse.
Sonebody-some newspaper may tell
you that am an agent OF the great silver
producing. people Of this country; that /
am directly or personally interested In
the production. Of silver. I never mined
an ounce OF silver in my life; am not
a silver miner; I own no silver property
Renewed. cheering.) Almost all my for
tune. be 1t little or great; is involved ana
invested in. gold mining In my state.
(Cheers.) have been connected with
gold mining for thirty-f1ve years, and Il I
had any personal interest It would be In
the appreeiatio OF gold. SIS,
After thirty-oi1e years Of absolute peace,
with no foreign complications, and with
no domestic difficulties, we are in greater
distress than I'VE have ever been in the
history Of this land; that there are more
idle men, more ho.,seless and homeless
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the South and West, how; they can operate
their machinery, pay for labor and not
grow poorer every year; tell us how to put:
the idle wheels and unemployed men at
work; tell us how humanity may be ele-
waited in the scale of higher civilization;
tell us how the ignorant free suffrage"
citizen may be lifted out of his ignorance
into better citizenship. Save your taunts
and threats, Mr.. Clews for some other pur-
pose than to try to frighten American citi-
zens, who value this great republic dearer
than life itself and intend to leave it un-
impaired as heritage to their children
and beacon light to all the world. Re-
spectfully, GEO. S. BOWEN.