The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-01

In another column will be found
an advertisement OF Aanson Johnson
for the Bass Lake summer resort
Mr.. johnson Mas greatly improved
his place with the addition of new
buildings, etc and is now prepared
to entertain his visitors in royal
/ style.
To reduce our stock of Mems suit
and shoes with which we are over
stocked, we decided to sacrifice the
profit on them during the remainder
of this month. Ely Clothing Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Trip will leave
in a few days for England where they
will make their home. During their
residence in this city, Mr.. and Mrs.
Trip have made many friends who
regret very much their departure, and
wish them success wherever they may
cast their lot.
The Ely Finnish Stock company
have removed their goods into their
new building opposits Gleason's hard
ware establishment and are prepared
to meet their customers. They have
a large new commOdiOus store build
ing with warehouse and is filed from
cellar to garrett with new goods.
Horace Andrew, brakeman for Con-
ductor Cornell on the passenger was
badly injured while coupling cars at
Endion last week. He had one should
er broken and the other badly bruis-
ed. Had it not been for the presence
of mind of the other brakeman in
pulling the air when he did. Horace
would have have been instantly kill
ed
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Philips and
family who have made their home on
section 80 for the past two years left
Monday morning for Tower where
they will reside in the future. Mr..
Philip is employed with the Mime
sofa surveying crew. The many
friends of the family are sorry to see
them leave.
Between June 18th and Both the
ST. Paul & Duluth Railroad will sell a
series of Cheap EXcu: sion Tickets to
st. Paul and Minneapolis account of
the Elk's Summer Carnival, the San
gerfest and the Republican State
Conventions. For dates of sale and
and rates inquire of any Saint Paul
& Duluth Agent or G.. E. Stone, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, st. Paul.
Everybody was up bright and early
Monday morning armed with Il piece
of smoked glass to view the eclipse of
the sun. The beginning of the eclipse
was at about $50 and lasted until
nearly nine o'clock. Although the
eclipse was not total here it was
nevertheless an interesting sight as
| fully two-thirds of the suns face was
Obscured. 1t was total only over Il
strip of territory about so miles wide
John Glode, of Ely, the well known
| hotel man was in Eveleth Tuesday.
From Mr.. GlOde, the editor Of this
paper learned that he contemplated
renting and running the new Fay
hotel in Virginia. Said Mr.. Glode. Il
have the option of the building and
am quite sure will accept" AT Ely
he has not yet determined his policy.
The people of Virginia may every one
sit right down and congratulate
themselves upon two things. First
to have such IL liberal patriotic citizen
as Mr. Fay, in building SO large Il
hotel, and secondly in having the good
| fortune to secure John Glode Of Ely
to run it. We will welcome Mr..
Glode when he comes on this range.
What is Ely's loss is Virginia's gain,
and so it js.-Eveleth Star.
The Iron Range depot at Virginia
was burglarized Friday night. The
ISuiC W. OlOWh OPCh "iUh Wy CS
and $400 was taken. AS near as could
be learned, there is no clue to the
safe-wreckers, but the manner in
which the heavy safe doors were
blown off has some resemblance Of the
work of George Curtis, who conducted
a safe-blowing campaign in both the
Mesaba and Vermilion range towns
two or three years; ago. Curtis was
employed as a second cook'in Il hotel
at Tower and.was' small runt of a
man who certainly did not appear to
have brains or nerve for such work.
Depots at Biwabik, Virginia, Tower
and several other places were broken
into but only small sums secured.
For weeks this sort of thing contin-
ued and the authorities were COM
pletely myStified Finally, however,
a Duluth detective traced the work to
Curtis and he was arrested. He prac-
tically admitted that lie did desper-
ate safe-cracking, but shortly after
his arrest he broke Jail at Tower and