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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19

served and to have fulfilled that COM
mendation from his fathers love AID
faith were better than any inheritance Of
lands and tenements, stocks. bonds and
money. Beloved of father. wife ard chill
dren, beloved of his comrades in war ard
in peace. and beloved of his country, his
whole life realized his fathers prophecy
and It's words would adorn any monument
to his fame"
Senator Depew's Speech.
The Grafton of the day was deliv-
cred by Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew, jun
Tor United States senator from New
York. He spoke in part as follows:
"1n the crises Of our fate as a nation God
seems to have raised up and prepared men
specially for the accomplishment of the
wonderful purposes which He had In store
for the republic. But these wonderful in
telligences. ready for great occasions and
the accomplishment of historic deeds. are
Inactive and undistinguished in commune
ties like ours until their country calls them
to duty. The Mexican war at once fired
the imagination of the adventurous youth
or our land. 1t carried young Logan, with
musket. as private in the ranks of his
company across the Rio Grande. and he
won his shoulder straps in the bloody bat
ties under Gems. Taylor and Scott This
baptism of fire opened the mind, enlarged
the horizon and pointed out larger future
than ever dreamed of before for himself
and for his country 20 this enthusiastic
lad
The speaker reviewed Logan's splendid
work In the halls of congress and said i'll
closing:
I'm every community IN our land the
leaders of public opinion and the jewellers
in the homes of prosperity have come from,
the ranks. Among those successful Amer
leans in many lines who have won and
L, IL H. s<1 ~.
all their countrymen. there will live in the
future in the history of the republic nc
nobler figure, in peace and in war. in the
pursuits of the citizen. and in work for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
Smashed a Saloon.

Knoxville. Tenn, April 11.-After
the fashion of Mrs Carrie Nation,
Mrs. John Payne smashed a saloon
here in which her husband is en-
ployed and threatened to stand at the
door and prevent any customer from
entering as long as Payne worked
therein. The proprietor dismissed
Payne, whereupon Payne entered suit
for divorce from his wife.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
Will Welcome Them.
George O.. Cannon Dcad.

Monterey, CAL. April 13.-George
@. Cannon, the Mormon leader and
former president of the church, died
here, where he had been for some
time in the hope that the sea air
would restore his fast failing health.
Mr.. Cannon for many years was a
prominent figure in the political and
religious life of Utah. He was born
at Liverpool. England, January II,
1927. and came to this country when
a child.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
The Mckinley.

Canton. O.. April 11.-President Nc
Kinley has donated $4,000 towards a
fund of $4,000 necessary to secure
the erection of a new and modern
hotel in this city. The hotel will be
built on the site of the recently
burned Saxton block. M. c. Barber
has written the president on behalf
of Canton people. asking that he al
low the hotel to be called The McKin-
ley. The new building will cost $780,
600.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19

The new official flag of the State of
Maine, recently authorized by the
Legislature, is to be buff in color, with
green pine tree in the center and a
blue polar star in the upper left-hard
corner. 1t is from design by Adiu-
tant General John T. Richards. The
background of buff, the old colonial
color, will harmonic with the green
tree and the blue star, making a most
attractive combination. of colors.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
Counterfefter Caurht.

New York. April 11.-John Albert
Skoog. counterfeiter of world
wide reputation. who escaped from
Jail at Joliet. Ill. four years ago. is
a prisoner in this city, and as a result
of his arrest the police have captured
one of the most complete counter
feiting plants ever discovered.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
Railway Deal Closed.

New York, April ia transconti-
mental line of railways stretching
from the Atlantic to the Pacific
oceans is assured. j. Pierpont Nor
gan and James j. Hill have secured
control of the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy railway. which forms the con-
Meeting link between the Erie rail-
way in the east and the Northern Pa
ciic and Great Northern railroads
in the northwest.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
Hymn by LongfeIlOw,

Boston, April 12.-An unpublished
hymn written by Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow has been discovered among
worthless papers and old letters at
the Longfellow house. The hymn is
entitled Christie ct Ecclesiae," and
was written for the dedica ton of APP
pleton chapel, which took place on Oc-
toher II 1883
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19

Succi, Tanner and all the other lead
ing fasting men would appear to be
distanced by young widower who
lives in the Faubourg St. Antoine,
Paris. This person lost his wife a
few months since, and his grief took
the form of a desire to starve him
self. to death. He had, it is affirmed,
been without food since December 90,
1900. When found he was q mere
heap of skin and bone.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
Death of an Editor,

Des Moines, Ia. April lie. B.
Whitcomb, for 20 years editor of the
Mail and Times, died at the age of
&c years. Mr.. Whitcomb was stricken
with paralysis two years ago and has
been confined to the house most of
the time since.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19

The average Breton Of to-day is, like
his forefathers of times beyond reck-
oning, sailor, whose natural &C
complishments are unsurpassed the
world over. 1t is claimed that the
four departments of Brittany supply
the merchant marine service Of
France with one-fifth of its sailors.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
Crime of a Lover.

Somerville. Ga, April lot. L. Ar
rington, well-known young man,
shot and killed Miss Mamie Cleghorn,
a prominent young lady of this town,
and then killed himself. Arlington
had been engaged to the young lady,
but because of parental objections
the engagement had been broken.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19

Grasshoppers are valuable in the
Philippines. A bushel sells for $3.50
in the principal cities. The dried in
sect is eaten by the natives, and
grasshopper pie or cake is treat
Ground grasshopper is mixed with va
rious dishes and drinks. Mountain
moths, baked in earth ovens, are also
eaten by the Filipinos. A portion of
the side of bats is an article of food.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
Brought a Good Price,

Lansing, Ia. April 13.-The Lowe
pearl found here Thursday was pur-
chased Friday by P. o. Heide, of
Prairie du Chen, for $1,000. This find
entities Lansing to the distinction of
bearing of the palm in the pearl
finding along the Mississippi river.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
Winter Wheat

Washington, April 1.-THE April
report of the statistician of the depart
ment of agriculture will show the aver
age condition of winter wheat on April
to have been 91.7, against s2.1 on
April /, 1900.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19

Fortune has come to scores of per-
sons of small means through the re-
cent rise of the shares of the Lake Sill
perior Consolidated Iron Mines.
Many of the benefciaries are per-
sons who lost all their possessions in
the collapse of the boom of the early
zoos and since have suffered the hard
ships of poverty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19

Gillian cavalry have been put
through a remarkable test of en-
durance. Twenty-one officers mount
ed on their ordinary chargers rode
$50 miles in three days, covering 81
miles the first day, 81 the second and
SO the third. The route was over
rough mountain roads, in some places
5000 feet above the sea level. All the
horses were bred in Chile.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19

A Spanish scientific paper announces
that DR.. Martinez Reguera has dis
covered spring, the waters of which
allay the pangs of one-sided affection.
This remarkable well is situated at
Alanje, and cases of well-nigh dis
tracted SWANS cured are quoted.
Nothing is said as to an extensive de-
Inand for the new love philter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
Postal REGENTS increase.

Washington, April 1.-THE gross
postal receipts for last month for the
so largest post Offices in the country
show an increase of ia per cent. over
the corresponding month of last year.
The most remarkable increases are
61.5 per cent. at Indianapolis and 41.5
per cent. at Louisville.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
VIII Remove Maine Wreck.

Havana, April I'm. I. Chamber
lain. of Chicago. has signed the con-
tract to remove the wreck of the
United States battleship Maine,
agreeing to give Tie government
three per cent. of ne proceeds of the
sale of the material
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
Kills Wife and Self,

Louisville. KY. April II. Henry
Devore, aged %, killed his 19-year-old
wife by cutting her throat, and then
committed suicide in the same man
ner. The couple were married in
February last, and jealousy was the
cause of the tragedy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19

The longest horse railway in the
world runs from Buenos Ayres to San
Martin in the Argentine Republic, the
distance being about so miles, and the
schedule time of the trip IL hours.
Trains leave Buenos Ayres every hour
in the day and twice during the night.
Every morning and evening express
trains leave, carrying only baggage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19

Colored people are still willing to
brave the disadvantage Of emigration
to Monrovia, in West Africa. Only
recently sixteen adventurous mem
beers of the race sailed from New
York for that country, where land
will be given them by the Liberian
Colonial Society, of Birmingham,
Ala. More of them contemplate 60
ing to Liberia within a few weeks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
Result of Quarrels,

Milwaukee, April lo.-Edward E.
Moore, aged Sc, member of the Iron
brigade, shot his wife, about ten
years his junior, and then committed
suicide. The couple had been mar
ried about two years and had had fire.
ouent uuGrrels
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
Death of DR.. Youman..

New York, April 11.-Dr. William
Jay Youmans. aged SO years, for many
years editor of the Popular Science
Monthly, died at his home in Mount
Vernon. n. j.. of typhoid fever, after
an illness lasting ten DAYS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19

An Englishman made a wager that
he could cook plum pudding ten
feet beneath the surface of the
Thames, and won the bet by placing
the pudding in sack of lime. The
heat of the lime, shaking when It
came in contact with the water, was
sufficient to cook the pudding in two
hours.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
All Died.

Chicago, April s. = Mrs. Lizzie
Schmolke gave birth to four children
at her home here and within two hours
both mother and children were dead.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19

Magnolia, Ark, April 11.-Will Black
and Henry Wilson, negroes, were
hanged here for the murder of Ivy
Young near Buckner, Columbia
county.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
Made Govern or.
Select a Leader.

Paris. April l3.-The Filipino in.
surgents. Agoncillo asserts here.
have selected Gen. Sandico. now a
prisoner in Manila, to succeed Aguin.
aldo as leader.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
Will Remain a Prisoner.

Washington. April II. Aguinaldo
will remain a prisoner indefinitely.
Although the former insurgent chief
has taken the oath of allegiance and
is about to issue proclamation call
ing upon his followers to abandon
the rebellion, there is no disposition
to give Aguinaldo utter freedom.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-10-09

and he thanked me. rs there nothing
else I can do? l asked awkwardly
because l knew our company was un-
der early marching orders that morn
ing and that it would be impossible
for me to linger much longer. Moth
ing at all, thank YOU he replied.
No message to anybody" No; moth
ing. thanks
Il turned away most reluctantly
and had gone only a few yards when
I heard his thin voice calling me
back. Excuse me- he said, put |
want you to accept this as a prest
ent,' and he handed me his fine pur-
pie fez No, no. exclaimed greatly
embarrassed; I couldn't think of TAX
ing it, When l started to little
while ago, | thought you-you--'
Thought | was dead of course he
interrupted. well. I soon will be, and
that other fez will do me just as well.
Please put it on my head and take
mine | saw that he would be hurt
unless | did as he desired, SO took
he fez and went away.
In less than half an hour our COM
pany was on the march, and, need
less to say, have never heard any
thing more of the little zouave. He
was badly wounded and undoubtedly
died where l left him. | kept the fez
for long time" added the veteran,
but it was finally lost. with other
odds and ends, in the general confu-
sion following the war. I'd give
some money for it today"-New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-10-09
MEN WHO SUCCEED.

Chicago Inter-Ocean.-The latest
| edition OF who's Who in America
decisively refutes the doubts express
ed by few successful men as to the
value of college education as fac
tor in success.
In this volume are brief biographies
Of 11,551 Americans, living on last
August |, who had in some way won
success. All the notable figures in
public life, in the professions, in the
worlds of commerce. industry, 1lnance.
art and letters, are here. Probably
some names are in that should be out
and some are out. that should be in.
But taken all in all. this is evidently a
fair poll list of Americans in some
way distinguished.
Out of these II ,551 men and women
of note 800 have some educational
data about themselves. OF these s.
rs went to college and 4,S1O were
graduated. Only about one in 100 of
the able bodied males of this country
is a college man. The percentage of
college women is far smaller. Yet
ont of the II .551 men and women who
have won the distinction implied by
heir enrolment in this volume
Of those giving educational data, so
per cent were collegians.
The case may be stated in another
way. If all the men in this country
could be shaken up in box and one
drawn at random. the odds against
drawing a college man would be 100
% |. But if all the men who have
lone something Of note in the various
walks of life could be so shaken up
he odds on drawing college man
would be more than even. If there
,e omitted from the calculation those
Who furnished details as to ,echnie
II education only. and those educa ed
1t foreign ins buttons. the result is
wen more striking Outsof S.l4l who
furnished details as to general cduca
ion nearly Z per cent were collie
sians.
'rhn Old adopc. "\now'0G - is pow
u" was neE"r more sirikingly dem,
III ratra tnan ~ those figures The
II Who a." ak n- tho United
: a es :odaY end those who are de
Hrn ininS : IN uro. are larg, ~ the
fn1ucts Of ig COLLEGES, The young
1|n ard women who are now enter
- co'ia'P are those who will rule
i" republic = genera len hence.
! is true tia! Il man. wha. ever be
His education. in he ong run
aoun : iust VIVA h T. wor i 1sanar
Never, heless in the bale Of life The
man who counts nowadays is evident
" the coliegian. His chances for
visible success as against the man
without his equipment are plainly al
least fifty to one.
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II You Drink Wbi$key
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF
TIME APPOINTED FOR PROV
INC Wi ETC

In the district court of the Eleventh
Judicial district of the state of Mon
tana, in ana for the county of Fiat
head.
In the matter of the estate of Frank
H. Emerson, deceased.
Pursuant to an order Of said court
and the clerk thereof made on the
twenty-sixth day of September 1901.
notice is hereby given that Thursday,
the tenth day of October, 1901 at 10
O'Clock a. m. CT said day. at the court
room of said court, at the City OF
Kalispell in the county of Flathead,
Montana. has been appointed as the
time and place for proving the will of
said Frank H. Emerson, deceased, an
for hearing the application of Effie
Emerson for the issuance to her of
letters testamentary when and where
any person interested may appear and
contest the same.
Dated the Goth day of September.
1901.
JAMES X. LANG.
Clerk
BY l. D. ROGNLIEN,
Deputy clerk.
w. N. NOFFSINGER.
Attorney for petitioner.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-10-09

which he ran a second time, did no.
Lincoln as an official in me very cat
egory in which Washington was plac
ed by the critics of his time.
During Grants second term, from
1915 to 1877 there was scarcely an
issue of the illustrated press in the
United States, headed by Puck,
which dii not represent Grant as a
tyrant sitting upon a throne, with a
crown upon his head. a scepter in his
hand, and usually in maudlin condi-
ton.
And yet we do not recall that any
one ever charged those publications
with sowing the seeds of anarchy"
When Cleveland was president. he
certainly was crucified a thousand
times by the Opposition press
no one thought Of charging that press
with desires for anarchy. or any in
tention of throwing the government
of the United States into a chaotic
condition.
While W..liam J. Bryan was not
elected to the office of president, he
was the only recognized opponent
of the republican party through two
of the greatest campaigns ever con
Quoted in this country. 1t doesn't re-
quire long memory for 10000
600 of adults to recall the fact that
no man in public life or who had Of
fered himself for public office. was
ever so lampOOned or cartOoned as
William J. Bryan was and has been
and still is being lampooned and car
toonel by that same press.
1t will not do to say that such
"cartooning' and "lampooning" was
directed against a "candida e" and
no arainst en- o@cial-hacausr if
tera be any'hin. in the clain tina
'u'h criticism of pub ic men tends to
sedi ion. chaos aEarchE, hen The ar
merit Is JUS as good when directed
.,:a inst candidate. If tla nan be
of m ional character and rcpu a;iun
for the mind which tends 10 an
archy' does not discriminat e between
william Mckinley as candidate and
"i'iiam Mckinley as the president
Of the United States.
We are moy d to these remarks be
cause of the attitude which many of
the organs of the republican party
have assumed since the shooting of
the late president touching a subject
Tor which the republican party is,
enfold more responsible than all
others combined, if there De blame
in cricising public men
AT the proper time we shall under
axe to discuss this subject from its
various aspects and particularly dwell
apon which these criticisms imply
owit The suppression of free
speech" and the control of the pub
tic press" by governmental authority
Seattle Times.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-10-09
SUM MONS.

In The district court Of the eleventh
judicial district of the state OF Mon
lana, in and for the county OF Flat
head.
NJ. ID. Baldwin, plaintiff, VS.. James
E. Finch, N. P. Lagoni and W. /.
S.ufft, defendants, aiias summons.
The State OF Montana sends greet.
ings to the above named defendants
and to each of them:
You are hereby summoned to ans.
wer the complaint in this action,
which is filed in the office of the clerk
Of this court, a copy of which is here
Wild served upon one of you in each
county wherein any of you reside, and
to file your answer and serve copy
thereof upon the plaintiffs attorney
within twenty days after the service
of this summons, exclusive OF the day
of service; and in case of your failure
TO appear or answer, judgment will
be taken against you, by default, for
the relief demanded in the complaint.
This action is brought to recover a
judgment for certain sums of money
due, owing and unpaid from said de.
PENDANT, James T.. Finch, to this
plaintiff. upon two promissory notes,
to wit: One of said notes for the sum
of 100000. dated May 10Th. 1898 exc
cuted and delivered by said James E.
Finch to Franklin DeGreen, said
| note bearing interest from GATE at the
| rate of 10 per cent per annum until
paid, and that there is due from said
defendant, James E. tinch upon said
note the sum of $lO320 with interest
| thereon as aforesaid from the 18th
| day of August 1901, that this plaintiff
is the owner and holder of said note
and that the same is now past due,
and for the further sum of $1,5OO,Oo
upon a certain promissory note dated
april 23rd. 1901, executed by said
James E. Finch to this plaintiff. with
interest thereon from date at the rate
of IL per cent per annum until paid,
that said note is now past due and
wholly unpaid; also for the sum OF
| $4,000 as attorney fees as provided
in said notes and costs of this suit,
and to foreclOSe two certain mortgaf,-
es executed and delivered by said de-
| PENDANT, James f. Finch, to secure
the payment of the aforesaid notes,
respectively. upon the following de-
scribed real estate situate in the coun-
| ty of Fiathead. State of Montana. to
wit: The s11a of the ne u, and the nla
of the seA of sec. 81, in Township
% north, range % west, containins 3
100 acres. all of which more fully
appears in the complaint on file in
this action in said court.
| Witness my hand and the seal of
SAID court this 14th day of September,
1901.
| $4,000
| %SEAL<H JAMES X. LANG,
.9@s@s<" Clerk.
II. g. Swaney, attorney for plaintiff
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STIMULATED BY CURIOSITY.

A French protestant clergyman
makes an astounding charge against
American visitors in Paris Hedeclares
that they do Paris more harm than
Paris does them Moreover Jules
CambOn. the French ambassador to
lhe United States; Senator Beren-
ger. the president of the Paris socie-
y for the prevention of license in
he streets. and Representative f. II.
iillet of Springfield, Mass, substan-
llally agree with the clergyman. says
the Minneapolis Journal. Mr.. Gillet
says that it appears to him that the
class of amusement which Americans
mock TO Paris to get is especially pre-.
pared for their entertainment be
cause ii has become known that they
want it. The"Paris by night" which
American visitors think they must
see, though they would shrink from
he same kind of thing at home, is
not, il appears. a real. naturally wick
ed Paris, but an imitation of what is
known the Americans like to think
Paris is-:hat is thoroughly but spir
ltedly vicious and abandoned.
1t is asserted that these sights Of
Paris run" only during the touris
season and that the principal pur
chasers of foul. obscene ana lewt
pictures and papers are American.
who take them home to show thei
friends in proof of their accounts o
he awful wickedness of Paris. Ye
hese very pictures and papers ar,
said to be prepared for Americans
because Americans want them. ar,
hardly known to the Parisians. an,
cannot be said to be criterion o
| the state of morals in Paris.
Now the reformers of Paris asser
that Paris is being contaminated b,
this desire on the part of Americans
for a phase of life they would no
dream of investigating at hom
though goodness knows they coul,
and enough of it if they wished t,
search. The demand is supp,.ed and
necessarily, in doing so people be
cone depraved and from imitatin
wantonness and abandon come to b.
as wicked as they at first merel
seemed.
While the discreet will discoun
this assumption that the good and vii
tnous Parisians are being soiled b.
contact with American curiosity
there is an abundance of reason t
believe that the wickeiness of Pari
is especially open and spectacula
because American visitors have Par
! sian vice on their lists OF things to b
: seen in Europe. The Frenchman i
altogether too thrifty not to have TO
! sale that which his customers wan