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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01

to be found which is more care
fully constructed than one of these
beetles nests.
The so-called birch tree beetles ex-
eel at work of this kind. Beetles
which infest vineyards also roll leaves
in like manner, but, owing to the size
and shape of the leaves of the vine,
rarely succeed in doing very artistic
work. Moreover, they do not join
the leaves together by means of
sort of glue, as is the custom of the
birch tree beetles, but use instead
cotton fiber which they gather from
the buds on the vines.
Other beetles closely akin to these
do not roll leaves in this manner,
and, on the other hand, there are
beetles of quite different families
which frequently make such nests.
An example of the former kind is
the sloe tree beetle, which lays it's
eggs on the fruit of this tree, and an
example of the latter kind is the
nut tree beetle, which also rolls
leaves into the shape of cigar, but
not in quite the same manner as the
birch tree beetle.
The reason why it works different
is because it is differently construct
ed. A very curious insect it is, with
red body, very long neck and a
head which is so small that it is al
most invisible. Under these condi-
tons it is naturally difficult for it
to grasp a leaf and roll it into
circular form, as the birch tree beetle
does. Still, it does the work after
its own fashion, and though hardly
as faultless structure as the birch
tree beetles a very neat piece of
work it is.-N. Y. Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01

diers. Besides. he seldom pays us. So
he is glad when we desert, simply put
ting new men in our places" The Of
ficers of Castro's army, however, make
no complaint. For every time the die
tator uses the military as the instru-
ment for making golden haul the Off
GERS get the drippings. To illustrate:
Last fall the soldiers reported that
three rich Caracas merchants were
boarding gold within their homes. The
dictator ordered that each of these
men be taxed 100000 for the support
of the government" The merchants
refused to pay. Castro turned them
over to certain army officers, who, hav-
ing made them prisoners, kept them
tied to stakes facing the sun all day
and facing an electric light as fiercely
bright as the sun all night. Half blind
ed and almost crazed by their suffer-
ings, they at last yielded and paid the
"taX."
Another case was not quite SO profit
able, either to Castro or his military
staff A German merchant arrived in
Caracas and proceeded to collect bills
payable to the amount of $4,000 in
cash. Castro not only forbade the Ger
man to take the money out of the
country, but demanded that it be paid
over for government support" The
man was arrested and tortured until
he understood that it was his money
or his life, and so led the soldiers to
the place where the treasure was hid
den.
A few weeks later one of the kaiser's
cruisers put in at Laguayra, and the
captain hurried over to Caracas and de-
manded not only the $4,000, but the
punishment of the officers who had
maltreated German subject. Castro,
livid of face, liquidated on the spot and
the guilty members of his staff are still
in Maracaibo prison.
Castro, says the New York World,
has not single friend among the for
eign representatives in Caracas. All
the members of the diplomatic corps,
on behalf of countrymen who have in
terests in Venezuela. watch Castro
with suspicious, untrusting eyes. For
the dictator has more than once openly
asserted that if he could he would an
null all concessions of land granted to
foreigners by his predecessors, and
sell the same over again to others.
He actually did annul concessions en-
joyed by the various Orinoco river
companies-all American concerns.
But he has not yet succeeded in selling
these over again.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Remains of the Late Senator Davis
Taken to Washington.
Mrs. Davis Suddenly Makes Up Her M1no
That His Final Resting Place Shall
BE in the National
Cemetery.

Mrs. c. K. Davis, of st. Paul, left for
Washington, taking with her the re-
mains of her husband, the late senator,
who died last November.
Since the death of the senator, his
remains have rested in the vault at
Oakland cemetery, and the intention
of Mrs. Davis to remove them to Wash
ington was not generally known.
The men at the st. Paul union sta
ton, when they transferred the plain
black casket from the baggage truck
to the Burlington train were unaware
that they were handling the coffin
which contained the body of the dis
tinguished senator from Minnesota.
The utmost secrecy attended the
transfer of the remains from the GENE
terry vault to a st. Paul undertaking
parlor, where they remained until they
were taken to the station.
Early in the summer Mrs. Davis
wrote to Mayor Smith of ST. Paul, ask
ing the city to set apart a plot on Sum-
NIT avenue for the site of tomb for
the remains of her husband. She in
Dictated at that time that unless such a
step was taken she would have the re-
mains inferred at Washington. Moth
ing was done, and for this reason Mrs.
Davis is thought to feel that Washing
ton will be more suitable resting
place. She will spend the winter there.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01

to understand their conversation.
Miss Wright, who is now is, has made
a study of bird sounds since she was
IL years old. She began by talking to
her feathered friends in their own
tongue, and was soon gratified by
noting her power of calling them to-
gether and imposing silence upon
them while she trilled their songs.
The birds not only listen, but answer
her. sometimes in chorus and again
one at time. Miss Wright is now a
teacher of elocution at Grafton hall,
in Fond du Lac. She was born in Ne
braska and came to Fond du Lac when
child of three. She has been a
student in the Ralston University of
Expression and Physical Culture at
Washington, where she worked under
the private direction of President
Edgerly. She was graduated last year
and then went home to teach.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
For Army Use the Necessary Appar-
atus Is Installed on a Special
Form of Automobile.

The special value of the system of
telegraphy with which Marconi's
name is so indissolubly connected is
that messages can be sent thereby
to and from moving objects. Hence
the introduction of wireless tele-
graphic instruments on naval vessels
in Great Britain. But there is as
much need for telegraphic commune
cation in the army as in the navy,
probably more. And the utility and
feasibility of the Marconi system
were admirably illustrated in the late
war in South Africa.
Lord Roberts operators probably
set up their instruments on tables on
the ground and erected their neces-
sary upright wires on poles fixed in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01

but now he has been removed to a
large stateroom, where he will sleep
alone, except for tutor who occu-
pies bed near by, but even this is
in an adjoining room, so that the lit
tie prince will lie down to sleep and
dream without human companion
ship. In accordance with ancient
ed valet will sleep across the door
sill upon the outside of the door
way, SO that no one can enter with
out disturbing the faithful retainer.
The young prince is a very clever
child and full of mischief. He inner
it's the brilliant talents and the
beauty of his lovely mother, Queen
Amelie, whose features are of rare
type. The prince is well schooled
and speaks many languages. He has
not, however, been drilled in military
tactics and, contrary to his far-off
neighbors, the German princes, knows
little or nothing about firearms. This
knowledge will be included in his
new training and he will shortly ride
out with the marksmen to shoot at
mock game, then at real. He is an
excellent rider and performs many
feats of daring.
The kings of Portugal have all been
students and little Louis Philippe will
be encouraged to tread the path of
learning, road to which he has not
been thus far greatly inclined. His
new training starts in at once and
from this time on his royal highness
will be not a boy, but man.
Among the coming, eligibles Portu-
gals future king must be counted in,
for he is very rich child through
his mothers dover right. which de-
sends to him and his brother, and
as ruler of Portugal he will receive
the largest income in proportion to
the size of the kingdom and the nee
essary expenditures of any ruler in
Europe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
MINE DISASTER.
Explosion of Gas in a Pennsylvania
COlliery Kills Five Men
Nine Injured.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 2S.-A terrific
explosion of gas occurred in the But.
tonwood mine of the Parrish Coal COM
pany, situated one mile south of this
city, late Friday afternoon, which
caused the death of five men and the in
jury of nine others. The killed are:
EbeneZer Williams, first assistant
foreman; Conner Williams, second as
sistant foreman; Thomas Guest, COM
pany hand; Thomas Price, track layer;
W. S. Phillips, inspector. Directly
after the explosion occurred number
of rescuers, at the risk of their lives,
entered the mine, filled with dangerous
after damp, and brought out the bodies
of the dead and injured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
THE FATIGUE BACILLUS.
Newspaper Writers Do Not Seem to
Take Prof. Gautier's Recent
Discovery Seriously.

Science, which has a way of upset.
ting old theories, has come to the re-
lief of the lazy man. Instead of be-
ing personally responsible for his
condition it appears that he is really
the victim of disease, caused by the
fatigue bacillus" specimens of
which have been isolated and exam
ined by Prof. Gautier, member of
the French Institute of Sciences. Ac-
tigue bacillus can be easily exter-
minated by the use of disinfectants,
so that we may soon expect to see
fatigue Institutes starting up all over
the country to which the constitu-
tionally lazy may be sent for treat
ment. Before the discoverer of the
fatigue microbe can be absolutely
certain that he is on the right track
he should experiment with half
dozen specimens of the great Amer
lean tramp family. If by incubation
or any other course of treatment he
can provoke in "Dusty Rhodes"
"Weary Walker" and others of the
Sdluc CldSS d uCdIlHy dPpcGlIC LUZ
saving wood or hoeing potatoes he
will be hailed with gratitude as a
great benefactor of the race. The
new cure for laziness should also
have a great sale among wives who
are forced to support their families
by taking in washing while their
abler-bodied husbands writhe under
the awful ravages of the fatigue ba-
cillus. In fact, there are endless
uses for the remedy. Even men who
suffer from nothing more severe than
occasional attacks of shat tired
feeling" will be glad on occasion to
use the wonderful elixir of the
French professor. A bottle of it
will be kept in every household. The
children will be given dose of it
before they start for school; the mis-
tress will revive her failing energies
with it if she has been out to ball
the night before; the maids will find
it sovereign remedy for tired
nerves and muscles, and every MEM
Der of the family will use it daily.
Unless the Importance of Prof.
Gautier's remedy has been exag-
gerated he seems to have discovered
the long sought palliative of the pri-
NAL curse of man.-Chicago Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
A Silent Team.

Minneapolis has a team of football
players which is quite unique. They
play the game absolutely without noise.
All roofing in the commonly &C
copied term of the word, is barred.
There is no yelling. Even the signs
are given inaudibly. The game is
played in silence, but it is hard fought
nevertheless, and the team is no mean
antagonist. Noise, and lots of it, has
come to be regarded as necessary to
football, but with this team noise is
not part of the game. They are all
muteS,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
CIGAR-sHApED NESTS,
Novel Nurseries Constructed by 1ns
Eenious Little Insects for
Their Little Ones.

Among beetles there are, says q
naturalist who has been recently
studying them, few families which
spend much of their time in con-
structing novel nurseries for their
little ones. A nursery of this kind
looks at distance like a cigar hang
ing from a tree, but it is really a
number of leaves which have been
rolled by beetle into the shape of
a cigar.
In doing this work the little in
sect displays remarkable intelligence,
for each leaf is rolled deity and
carefully, and nowhere in the hollow
interior is there even a tiny hole to
be seen. There is not birds nest
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
BOY KING IN TRAINING.
ippe, Heir Presumptiye to Por-
tugaPs Shaky Throne.

Though only little younger than
little Alphonzo," Louis Philippe,
crown prince of Portugal, has led a
much more boyish life. Portugal i'm
poses no restrictions upon it's future
rulers and pays them no homage be-
You'd that of deep respect, and so the
little future king has up to this time
led the life of a boy. Now, however,
all is to. be different and the child
must realize that he is man.
Louis Philippe has hitherto occu-
pied a bed chamber in connection
with his brother, little Prince Manuel,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
gain We Score.

With fifty tubs of butter entered for
October scoring at Buffalo, more than
from any other state, Minnesota gets
the wonderfully high average of 95%
of possible 100 per cent.
The three highest tubs were fur
nished by o. A. Storvic, of Emmons,
with 90 (highest tub yet scored, and
M. II. Mortenson of Stockholm and j.
D. Plonty of Morristown, each 9715 per
cent. 1t looks as though Minnesota
would win the sweepstakes at the Pan
American. Full returns will not be OBJ
tainable for several days,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
Causes a Vacancy.

AS is well known, the late Governor
Pillsbury was made life member of
the university board of regents by act
of the legislature, and as his death re-
duces the membership of that board to
twelve members, some speculation has
arisen as to the method of filing the
vacancy.
Gov. Van SAINT has not examined the
law, but was of the impression that a
regular six year appointment would
have to be made, as the special act
made no provision for any other meth
cd. The governor, however, will refer
the matter to the attorney general S
office in due time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
st. Paul Industries.

Labor Commissioner O'Donnell has
announced the result of a thorough in
spection of st. Paul industries. The
city has $50 factories, employing Il, 667
men, 1867 women, "a boys and 43 girls,
in all 16,471 employees. There are L.
800 mountaineering establishments,
EMPLOYING 5,6O5 people, divided as fol-
lows: Men, 4,146; women, 1881; boys,
4s; girls, 80. Children under 10 years
number 81 per cent of the total.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
THE MARKETS
Grain, Provisions, Etc.

Chicago, Oct. 26.
WHEAT-Lower. December. 711s@715sc;
May, 742sG7oc.
CoRN-Better. December. 565s@57c; May,
5SA@591sc.
OATS = Firmer. December, 36@361Ac;
May, 3S@3S5sc.
POTATOES-Mar fairly good. White
stock good to choice, 61Gl64c; fancy rurals.
G56S7c; red stock, 57@62c.
EGGs-Market good. City recandled, new
cases included, 100; at mark, cases re-
turned, good to choice, 16@17c; loss off,
cases returned, 100.
BUTTER-Holding steady. Creameries,
extra, 21A@211ac per pound; firsts, 1Sq2Oc;
seconds, 14@141ac; dairies, 131a@19c.
LIVE POULTRY-Market steady and
firm. Turkeys, 7@S1zc; chickens, 61a@S1ac;
ducks, 71k@Sc; geese, s4.0O@5.75.
New York, Oct. 26.
FLOUR-State and Western firmly held,
but wheat reaction checked business. Min
nesota patents. $3.70@3 95; winter straights,
So. 3O@3. 40; Minnesota bakers, $2.90Q3.20;
winter extras, $2.6o@2.S IS; winter patents.
$350@3.S5; winter low grades. $250@2.60
WHEAT-Quiet and easier through the
forenoon, rejecting unsatisfactory cables,
absence of Argentine news, lower north
west markets and profit-taking. December,
Il 5-16@771sc; May, 70 15-16@S0 3-16c.
RYE-Dull. State, 57Q5S C. i. f. New York
carloads; No. 2 Western, 81 f. o. b. afloat.
CORN-Eased off with wheat and under
sales for long account. December, 81 lie
@62Ac
BUTTER-Steady. State dairy. 14@21c:
creamery, 16@2215c; June creamery, T1@q
2112c; factory, 12k@15c.
CHEESE-Steady. Fancy large colored.
91k@9Ac: fancy large white, 91s@9A4c; small
cnlo 3Lo. xx-hi 70
l0Ac.
EGGS-Firm. State and Pennsylvania,
21k@22c; Western candled. 2l1ac; Western
uncandled, 16Q21c.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
Live Stock.

Chicago, Oct. 26.
HOGS-Choice to fancy strong-Weight
shipping, Sc. 25@6. As; common to good heavy
packing, $5.65@6.05; plain to choice heavy
mixed, $5.90@625; select butcher weights,
$6.15@6. As; assorted light, loo to 1876 pounds.
s5.95@6. 20; common to fancy light mixed.
$5.75Q6.1O; thin to choice. 20 to 120-pound
pigs, $4.5O@5.60
CATTLE-Prime Beeves. ss.5096S6; good
to prime Beeves, $5.SGq6.40: fair to good
export shipping Steers, $5.20@5.70; plain to
medium beef Steers, 81. 1905. Is; common to
rough, $9.70@4.30; good to fancy Feeders.
So. 1904 80; plain to fancy Stockers, 81 100
800; Bulls, plain to fancy, $2.00@4.5 50.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
Investigating.

The st. Paul Humane society is in
vestigating case of alleged cruelty to
cattle. 1t is said that the car which
conveyed them from North Dakota was
partly burned en- route, and the cattle
in some instances were so severely
burned that the flesh dropped from
them, and were allowed to remain
alive in great agony at the South st.
Paul stock wards
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
MoOnshine Whisky in BROOKLYN.

The biggest moonshine distillery
was discovered in Brooklyn the other
day in an suburban cottage inhabited
by Russian Jews. It's capacity was
$50 gallons of proof spirits day, and
it's profits were $500 week. A wagon
load of it's products was captured, and
the officers found the place by allowing
the horse to choose it's own route
homeward.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
Fi.hing with Horses.

Among the many curious sights the
traveller in Oregon witnesses in the
lower Columbia river are men on horse
back, wading about in what appears to
he most aimless manner. They are
really fishing for salmon with huge
seines, which are so heavy as to make
the assistance of the horse imperative.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
some Bic Match Fnctorie,.

In New Jersey there are two match
factories with capacity together of
9O,OO0,000 matches day. The largest
factory in the country, at Barberton,
O., can turn out 1O0,000,00O matches
day, probably oneseventh of the en-
tire consumption.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
Fishing for Pink Pearl.

One of the most important indus
tries of the Bahama islands is the
gathering of pink pearls. 1t is the
only place in the world where these
pearls are found. The pearls, when
perfect, bring very high prices, it is
said, ranging from $50 to $1,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
Fire in Chicago.

Chicago, Oct. 2s.-The fve-story
building owned and occupied by the
Woods Motor Vehicle company, at
547-549 Wabash avenue, was partially
consumed by fire Friday night, en-
failing a loss estimated at 100000.
Fifty automobiles, valued at $4,000,
which had just arrived from Honolulu,
for repairs and overhauling. were de.
Strnyed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
South Omaha. Neb.. Oct.

CATTLE-Market steady on all kinds
strong for the week. Native beef Steers,
S5.00@6.30; Cows and Heifers, 81. 75@3. so;
Gamers, s1.25@2. 60; Stockers and Feeders.
s3.50@4.40; Calves. 80. 5O@5.O0: Bulls, Stays,
etc., $2.25@275.
HOGS-Market fairly active, all sold
Heavy, $5.97@6. 20; light, $5.55Q600; bulk Of
sales, $5.97@6.00.
SHEEP-Market steady for week. Fair
to choice Westerns. So. 25@3. 50; common and
stock Sheep. $3.00@3.50; Lambs. s400Q450
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
Probably M Will

While it is not authoratively an
nounced yet, it is the impression of the
intimate friends of the late John S.
Pillsbury that he did not leave a will.
It is also their belief that he was pos
sibly the wealthiest man in Minneapo-
lis at the time of his death.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
To Be Installed.

Bishop Samuel G. Edsall will be for
mally installed as bishop of Minnesota
at Christ church, st. Paul, Nov. S. 1t
is expected an elaborate ceremony will
be arranged, and many bishops from
different parts of the United States
will be in attendance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
LANGUAGE OF BIRDS.
Miss Reina Wright, Wisconsin Girl,
Can Talk Intelligently with
Feathered GOssips.

Reina V. Wright, talented young
girl of Fond du Lac, Wis. has mas
tered the language of birds in a
manner which enables her perfectly
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-01
The Largest Inland Sea.

The largest inland sea is the Medi-
terranean, $4,000 square miles, or
more than three times the size Of
Texas. n
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-27
NAVY WORKERS COMBINE.
Want Government to Build It's Own
Warships.

New York March PA cooperative
organization of navy yard employees has
been formed at the Brooklyn navy yard.
which, it's promoters believe, will extend
to other navy yards and become a. pow
er for securing work for yard employees
in the future. The organization, which
his been named the Society of Ship and
Marine Engine Builders, was formed at
a meeting of the navy yard employees as
ISOLATION. The primary object of the
new organization, which it is aimed to
make national one. is to induce con-
grezs that some navy ship building be
done at the navy yards. The organiza-
ton practically does away with the local
organization the objects of which, We're
very much the same. 1t was felt that a
national society. would, by Its larg-
err membership and greater influence,
command more attention So far as pos
sible only workers in the different navy
yards will be admitted to membership.
At the meeting bylaws were adopted
| COPIES of which will be sent to other navy
yards with the suggestion that branch
organizations be formed in these places
! SO that there will be number of them
| ready to work together in the fall anc
cast their combined influence upon tne
various members of congress from dlftef'
| ent parts of the country.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-27
REJECT CLAIMS
CHILEAN COMMISSION THROWS
OUT BAD BILLS.
SETTLING WITHOUT MONEY
Both Countries Had Put in Exorbitant
Claims-Itata Case Not Yet
Finished

Washington. March o1-The Chilean
Claims commission ir omises to break al
records in the rejection of claims. In ali
there We're eighteen Gains presented,
sixteen by the United States and two by
Chile. agSresa ing something over So COO.
0oo OF these eight have been decided
and the to:al allowances are 5000
against Chic and So 900 against the Unit
ed States. on o. the chief cases against
Chile involved! upwards of 81 0o6. 600 and
its disailoWance in toto makes an i'm
pcHta.lt reduction in the aggregation
The allowance in favor of the United
States was that for an American arrest
ed in Chi SUM fifty years ago. The
allowance in favor of Chile grew out OF
complications in one OF the consular
offices.
The most important case is that of the
Ship Ita;a. which during the Chilean
troubles some years ago. left San Diego,
California, with alleged arms and con-
trabanl goods on hoard. Chile has made
q larg4 Claim for this alleged breach of
neutrality The case viii be about the
last one disposed of. 1t is expected that
two months more will complete the WORK
hn1 that ihe final report and adjourn
ment of the commission will occur about
Nav D.