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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26

At least four times The crown of
England has been in pawn. Henry
III. and Henry ". Edward III. and
Richard III. all resorted to this means
of raising money. The merchants of
Flanders once had possession of the
crown, the city of London held It az
security for $4,000, and it was pledged
at another time for 100000. Ed
ward III. disposed of it to the Bishop
eff Winchester for $4,000, and
Charles III. would have used the crown
as personal asset If he had been
able to turn it into money.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
THE RUSSIAN SUGAR CASE.
Decision Rendered Sustaining Gov
ernment's Right to Impose
COuntervaiIing Duty.

New York, April 20.-The board CT
classification of the United States
general appraisers Friday announced
a decision in the Russian sugar case.
The board, by a majority vote, holds
that the United States government
was justified in imposing counter
vailing duty on Russian sugar The
opinion was written by Judge Somer-
vile, and General Appraiser Fischer
concurs with him. Col. Tichenor
writes n dissenting opinion
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
Kills Wife and Self.

Chicago, April 10. = Charles H.
Sweeny, a wealthy cotton planter of
Greenville, KY, shot and killed his
wife, Sarah, and then shot himself
in the head. inflicting wound from
which he died in ten minutes. The
tragedy was enacted at nine o'clock
in the handsomely furnished apart
ments of w. L. Phillips in the Dubuque
flats, &C Rush street, and was the re-
suit of his wife's coming to Chicago to
obtain a divorce.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
names

The elephants mouth is one of the
queerest sights in the whole of the
animal kingdom. It's size alone
makes it sufficiently remarkable, but
its construction is more remarkable,
even, than it's size. 1t has no front
teeth, for elephants never eat flesh
nor any food which requires tearing
apart. They have only eight teeth
altogether. four huge, yellow molars
on each side, two above and two be-
low. These teeth are about two
inches thick and the width of man S
hand
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
Rroke the Record.

New York, April 20.-The aggregate
sales of securities on the stock eX-
change Friday reached 2,193,2 200
days business on record. On January
z of this year the days record
reached 2,127,5O0 shares, and on sew
cral days since have amounted to
from 100000 to over 100000 shares
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
Race Horse Killed.

Memphis, Tenn, April 20-St. Dean,
a three-year-old horse owned by w. L.
Hadley, was killed in collision with
another horse at Montgomery park
Friday morning while exercising with
Jockey Cochran up. Cochran was
stunned by the fall. but is not thought
to be seriously hurt. 1t is said that
an offer of $1,000 was recently refused
for St Dean.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26

1t must be quite pleasant to be in.
carcerated in French prison. The
Figaro publishes list of the good
things given to prisoners in the Fres-
mes Gaol. Last year the prisoners
consumed $4,000 litres of red wine,
10000 l,ilos of fillets of beef and legs
of mutton, 1900 kilos of jam, 100
Iilos of caramels and other sweets, 10
say nothing of such dainties as maca-
roni, fruit, ham and a whole cata-
logue of tasty cheeses with fancy
names
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
voluntary Increase of Wages.

Parsons, Kan, April 20.-The Off
Gals of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railroad are in this city transacting
some important business for their
road. They have announced volun-
tary increase in the shipments wages
from 81 to 81 cents an hour. This in
crease will mean an increased outlay
of from $4,000 to $4,000 month at
this point. The hours of employment
were also increased from eight to ten.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
Veteran Passes Away.

New York, April 17.-Mai. Joseph
Smith Brice, the oldest graduate of
West Point, died Tuesday in this city
at the age of 90. He was born at
Georgetown, d. c., on September 81,
1905. and was graduated at West Point
with distinction in 1929, one of his
classmates being Gen. Robert Z. Lee.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
Drops Dead.

Sandusky, O., April 19.-Gen. An
drew M. Anderson, commandant of
the soldiers home here, dropped dead
Thursday morning from heart dis
ease. Deceased was 60 years old and
served in the Fourth Ohio volunteer in
fantry throughout the war. In 1866 he
was appointed adjutant of the home
and in 1899, upon the death of Gen.
Manning Force, Anderson was ap-
pointed commandant.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
Demand for More Battlesh,p..

When the Secretary of the Navy recently
sidered his recommendations favorably, and
authorized the construction of several pow
erful warships Protection is what our sea-
ports require, and Notifications will not
adequately supply this. Defense against all
disorders of the digestive organs, such as
dyspepsia, constipation, biliousness, rheu-
matism and nervousness, is adequately af-
forded by that efficient remedy, Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. Try it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
Assassinated.

Merida, Yucatan, April 2O.-Gen
Felipe Yama, the chief leader of the
Maya rebeEIndians, has been assassin
ated by some of his under officers
who were eNasperated at his advice
to surrender and end the war. Three
minor chiefs attacked him with
machetes, nearly cutting him to
pieces. Then the Indians gathered
around the corpse and INDUCED in a
long oroie.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
There Is a Class of PEOPLE

Who are injured by the use of coffee. Re
Gently there has been placed in all the gro
Gerry stores a new preparation called
GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes
the place of coffee The most delicate stom-
ach receives it without distress, and but few
can tell it from coffee. 1t does not cost
over as much. Children may drink it with
great benefit. Is cts. and % cts. per pack
age Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26

A curious street car line is that be.
tween Atami and Yoshihoma, two
coast towns in the Province of LIE,
Japan. The line is seven miles long,
the rolling stock consists Of single
car, and the motive power is fur
nished by couple of muscular cool
les, who push the car along wherever
power is necessary. When the car
comes to down grade they jump on
and ride
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26

Marshall, Mich, April 16.-In q
runaway accident at Burlington vii
lage Mrs. William Dunlap was killed
and Mrs. George Cole fatally injured.
Mrs. Dunlap jumped from the vehicle
and struck on her head, fracturing
the skull and breaking her neck.
Mrs. Cole was injured internally
when the carriage was overturned
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
We have in America two great

We have in America two great
states, the areas of which have prob
ably never been traversed. These are
Maine in the North and Texas in the
South, where immense treasures in
woods, minerals, game and other ar
ticles of substantial profit are worth
all the sentiment inspired by prac-
tically valueless expeditions to Frigid
ZONES
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
His Yofceless Grief.

Tillets-Tyrder looked very sad when he
heard that telephoning across the ocean
is possible
Crustham-I suppose he did, poor fellow.
1t will be an unhappy day for him when
he cannot get beyond the reach of his
wife's voice.--Harper's Bazaar.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
But Few Hostile.
Receives the PaIlium,

Dubuque, Ia, April 1S.-In The pres
ence of princes and high priests of his
church, and before an audience that
occupied every foot of space in ST.
Raphaers cathedral and overlooked
into the surrounding streets, Arch
bishop John J. Keane was Wednesday
invested with the pallium, the insignia
of the high position he occupies in the
Roman Catholic church.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
VIII Re No Strike.

Pittsburgh, Pa, April 19.-There
will be no strike in the plants of the
American Steel company. The trou-
BILE that broke out in the Devices
Wood plant in McKeesport last week,
and which for time threatened to
cause general strike of all union
iron and steel workers in the coun-
try. has been settled in an AMIGA BILE
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
BrcakS the Record.

New York, April 18.-The Evening
Post says: THE summary of the
United States treasury's report of
Tuesday afternoon shows that the
governments aggregate gold hold
ings, for the first time in history,
have passed the S5OO.OOO.OO0 mark.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
Sent to Prison.

Carbondale, Ill, April 2O-The jury
in the case of Abe Sheffie, who last
Thanksgiving eve shot and instantly
killed Howard Morton over a game
of craps, returned a verdict sentenc-
ing the prisoner to six years in the
southern Illinois penitentiary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
Minister Killed.

Peru, Ind, April 16.-Rev. Edwin J.
Oliver, aged rs, pastor of the Evan
gelical church, while returning from
conference, jumped from a Wabash
train in front of another and was
crushed to death
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
Death of u PhiIanthrOpist

Milwaukee, April 2O.--John w. Hin
ton, we'll known throughout the
state, died Thursday night at an adj
vanced age after a lingering illness.
Mr.. Hinton was noted for his MANY
philanthropic deeds. Within the past
few years he donated 100000 to the
Protestant home for the aged in this
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
Sails for Manila.

San Francisco, April 1.-THE trans
port Ohio sailed Tuesday for Manila,
via Honolulu, with battalion of the
Thirtieth infantry, numbering 600
men, so casuals and recruits, 10 sig
nal corps men and a detachment of
the hospital corps.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
Tornado i'm Florida.

Miami, Fla, April 20.-The hamlet of
Biscayne. seven miles north of here,
was struck by a tornado Friday morn
ing. Several houses were demolished.
John Peters was fatally injured and
William Cook seriously hurt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
Signed by the President.

Washington, April 2O.-The presi-
dent has signed and ratified the treaty
amendatory of the Brussels conven-
tion for the protection of industrial
property and the document has been
forwarded to Brussels, where it will
be deposited
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
walked 500 Miles,

New York, April ia quarryman,
seeking work, walked with his wife
and four small children from Fayette,
Pa, to this city, a distance of 500
miles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
Nam over Five.

New York, April 19.-The Lake
Shore Limited" ran over five persons
on a trip from Chicago to this city,
killing three of them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
A.ed Miner Dead.

Pana, H., April! Thames Beese
died Monday, aged 90. He came from
England in 1918, and has been a miner
20 years. He was the oldest coal miner
in Illinois
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
-Four Men Killed.

Frances, Col, April 1.-TWO en-
gines and 81 snow plow were hurled
down the mountain side here and
four men were killed.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-02-14
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

whereas Grin S. Haskell OF Pittsfeld, in the
county OF Somerset and state OF Maine, by his
mortgage deed dated the 18th day OF May, A.
l.. 1894, and recorded in Somerset Registry OF
Deeds, book 220, page $50, conveyed to Manson
Seavy, late Of Boston, Suffolk county, Massa
chusetts. u certain piece OF land with the
buildings thereon, situated in said Pittsfeld,
bounded westerly by land of ID. N. Shaw.
northerly by the mill pond, easterly by land
of Thomas N. Drake, and southerly by Park
Street. toge Their with all easements, rights and
privileges In and to any adjoining land sc.
cured to me, said Haskell, by the exec ptions
and reservations contained in a deed from E.
1889, and recorded in Somerset Registry OF
Deeds. book 1876, page 552. and subject to all
contained in deed from said f. N. Shaw to
Charles B. Haskell and myself, said Grin s.
Haskell, dated June 4, 1882. and r. corded in
Somerset Registry OF DEEDS. book 1876, page
55l; and whereas the said Manson Seavy, nav.
Ing thereafter deceased, and |, Josephine K.
Seavy, of Boston, in the commonwealth OF
Massachusetts,, having been appointed execu
trix OF the last will and testament of said
Manson Seavy late OF said Boston deceased ties
tate. which will was proved and allowed on
the first day of October, A. d. 1885 in said state
OF Massachusetts, and copy OF The same and
of the probate thereof duly authenticated,
was required to be filed and recorded in the
probate court OF said county of Somerset and
state OF Maine, and was on the tenth day of
April, 1900. allows d and ordered to be re corded
as the will OF said Manson Seavy in said state
of Maine, and l, the said Josephine R. Seavy
appointed executrix thereof in said state OF
Maine; and whereas |, the said Josephine r.
Seavy as executrix in the state of Maine, did
on the fourth day Of January, 1901, assign the
said mortgage and the debt thereby secured to
myself, Josephine X. Seavy, which deed OF as.
signment is recorded in Somerset Registry of
Deeds, book 252, page IA: and whereas the
condition OF said mortgage has been broken,
now therefore, by reason OF the breach of the
condition thereof, claim a foreclosure OF said,
mortgage
Dated at Pittsheld Maine, this slst day of
January A d. 1901, 3w6
JOSEPHINE R. SEAVY.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-02-14

proportion of them destroyed. The cul-
tivation should not be repeated until
the third day, as it requires usually
something over Is hours for the de-
struction of the adult insects when
covered with earth. On this plantation
we also sprayed large acreage Suf.
flee 1t to say that we have found that
no spray can be used which can de
stroy percentage of insects large
enough to warrant the expense of the
operation. We have also used the
brush and pan" in which instance IA
bushel of lice were caught to each row
125 rods long.
Many natural enemies such as para
site and prednceous insects. have been
found feeding upon this pest. The
most important factor observed in its
destruction has been the fungous dis.
ease, Empusa aphidis. which destroys
1t in very large numbers under Ger
tain conditions We feel that these ST.
lent factors in nature are reducing the
pest. At any rate, the conditions are
such that the farmer and Gamer have
taken new hope.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-02-14
SAVED BY BRUSH AND cULT1vAToR

SAVED BY BRUSH AND CULTIvAToR.
not recorded in science. 1t appeared
last year from Maine along the Allan
tic coast southwark to North Carolina
and westward to Ohio, and it was OBJ
served in Nova Scotia and Ottawa,
Ont, and in Wisconsin. SO states Pro
fessor w. G. Johnson of Maryland,
who in a recent paper records his ob-
serYations on this pest as follows.
From the first have held that this
insect is probably clover pest. 1t has
been observed upon both red and Grim
son clover. and this season hundreds
of acres of red clover have been de-
stroyed by 1t. | am of opinion that red
clover is its original food. Without
doubt it is native American insect
and has spread its attacks to crimson
clover and peas.
1t was estimated last year $500 that
the total loss from the attacks of this
creature along the Atlantic coast states
was $3.000,000 and that the pea crop
was only one-half the usual output.
canned goods journal gathered the in
formation that the crop of peas of the
Atlantic coast this year 5000 would
not exceed one-third of what it was
last year.
We have shown conclusively in eX-
perimcnts and work in the field that
this insect can be kept in control to
very great extent If taken in hand in
time. In the first place, the peas must
be planted in rows "a or 80 inches
apart and not broadcast or in drills.
as has been the case over wide area
throughout the southern states. On
the place of a large packer of Balti-
more a GOO acre pea plantation was
practically saved by persistent efforts
this season. All the methods from
practical standpoint were tried on this
place, and 1t was found that the brush
and cultivator method was the most
effective. Forty men were engaged to
work in the field, and the 600 acres
were brushed and cultivated every
third day for n period of two weeks.
aud the entire field was saved. netting
the owner from $4,000 to 10000 cases
of peas of two dozen each. 1t IS fact
not questioned by those who are famil-
lar with this plantation that had not
this energetic fight been followed the
greater portion of the peas would have
been destroyed by the insect. Last
year the peas over the same area were
broadcast, so there was no opportunity
of fighting the pest. and 4S0 acres were
entirely ruined by 1t.
The brush and cultiyator method is
simple one. A good pine switch is
used to brush the vines backward and
forward ahead OF the cultivator, drawn
by one horse, and in this manner the
insects are covered and "A very large
The Somerset reporter., 1901-02-14
TIE BEE QUESTION.
What the Bee Man of Budapest Says
About "a Bees Power of Mischief.


do bees injure fruit?" That ques-
ton came up in Hungary two or three
years ago. when grape growers In
certain district accused the insects of
puncturing the ripe berries. The mat
ter was referred to Professor Jablo-
nowsky, the state entomologist at Blu
dapest. All the evidence known to him
was against the charge, and none of
the observations at or near Budapest
gave the least support to it, But no
amount of negative evidence can dis
credit even single positive obserya-
ton. He visited the district where the
crime was committed. | saw Profess
or Jablonowsky at Budapest in 1890,
and he told me there was no doubt the
bees were guilty as charged. But in
extenuation 1t was said that there was
absolutely nothing else for them to eat
at that season. The region Is semi
arid, and while there are plenty of
spring flowers there Is nothing for the
bees after midsummer What was at
first an occasional feeding on broken
grape developed into an occasional at
tack on sound one, and this became
universal habit in a surprisingly
short time. The mouth parts of bee,
while beautifully adapted for gather
Ing nectar, have also well developed
jaws or mandibles, and there is abso-
lutely no reason why they should not
puncture ripe fruits to get at the juices
If there is nothing else equally at
tractive do not believe that the
fruit piercing habit Is al all a normal
one, and, so far as my own observa-
tons go, | have never seen a bee on
any fruit not previously injured by
some other cause. | would be always
inclined to seek prior break rather
than consider the bee guilty. | am a
believer in bees and frequently sug-
gest bee keeping In large orchard areas.
think their work in securing a set of
fruit far outweghs the little mischief
they may cause on ripe examples. And
after all if lack Of suitable food Is real
ly at the bottom of their raid, why not
feed the bees? Deliberately sacrifice a
few juicy fruits to them or few
pans of sugar water or diluted mo-
lasses, or plant n clover patch where
they can get it or buck wheat or what
ever else may be in honey yielding
condition when the fruits ripen. but
keep the bees by all means. The trees
need them, says Professor J. b. Smith
of New Jersey in Rural New Yorker.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-02-14

The importance of establishing wood
lots or shelter belts on farms that lack
them is no less obvious than the neces.
sity of raising the staple crops The
.provident farmer cannot really afford
to buy trewood. fence posts or building
timber any more than he can afford to
buy corn and wheat. \ part If not all
of the wood material used on the farm
can and should he grown there. The
profit on this timber growth rightly be,
longs to the farmer. and ii is therefore
one which economic agriculture cannon
neglect
The Somerset reporter., 1901-02-14
SHERIFF'S SALE.
STATE OF MAINE.

SOMERSET SIS.
Taken this twenty ninth day OF January A.
ID. 1901, on execution dated the eleventh day OF
January d. 1901, issued on judgment rem.
dered by the Supreme Judicial Court, for the
said county of Somerset at the term thereof
begun and held on the third Tuesday OF De-
oember A. D. 1900 to wit: On the third day OF
January A. d. 1901, in favor OF Josiah Chase of
New Portland, Somerset County, Alonzo II.
Chase and Omar w Chase OF Lexington,
Somerset County, against Leroy r. Gray and
Fred Gray, both of New Portland Somerset
County, for seven hundred and six dollars and
four cents, debt or damage, and twenty. six
dollars and eighty-fve cents, costs of suit, and
will be sold at public auction on the premises
in said New Portland, to the highest bidder,
on the seventh day of March A. d. 1901, at two
O'Clock in the afternoon, the following de-
scribed real estate and all the right, title and
interest which the said Leroy r. Gray has or
had In and to the same on the first day OF De-
cember A. D. 1895 at thirty minutes past
twelve O'Clock in the afternoon, the time when
the same WAS attached on the writ in the same
suit, to wits certain lot or parcel Of land situat.
cd In New Portland in the County Of Somerset
and bounded as follows, viz: On the South by
the Stage road leading from North New Port
land Village to West New Portland Village on
the West BY land owned and occu pied byGeorge
B. Cults, on the North by Csrrabsssett River,
BY Almond Eames containing one hundred and
twenty acres more or less and being the home
farm OF said Leroy F. Gray on which he now
lives. 3w5
FRANK r. PENNELL, Sheriff.