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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-15

Ii Hung Chang, the best known, the
ablestg, and the shrewdest man in
China, died in Picking, aged 70 years.
France has decided to establish in
this country school for the indus
trial education of her young men.
Consul General Dickinson and Miss
Stones captors are said to have
reached an agreement on her ransom.
Lii Hung Changes death is believed
to be a blow to Russia's schemes to get
Manchuria.
Chill has offered its services to set
tie differences between Venezuela and
Colombia.
Samar rebels were starving as re-
suit of the blockade by American war;
ships. ~
Miss Kate Greenaway, the famous
artist, died in London.
France and Russia have reached an
agreement to force Turkey to make
reforms in Armenia and other prov.
inces.
An American who recently returned
to London from Congo State charged
Belgian troops with slaughtering
hundreds of the natives.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-15

Rev. S. c. Swallow, of Harrisburg,
Pa, once prohibition candidate for
president, has been unfrocked by a
jurysof Methodist ministers for lying.
Felix Belanger,g aged SIS, living 20
miles southwest Of -Houghton, Mich,
killed his wife and seven-year-old child
with an ak and then killed himself.
The thirteenth fatal case of lockjaw
resulting from the injection of anti
toxin occurred in ST. Louis.
w. III. Lewis, the colored eX-center
rush of Harvard football team, was
elected to the Massachusetts legisla-
ture.
San Francisco elected as mayor Eu-
gene Schmitz, a machinist and must
clan.
Oberlin NJ. Carter, convicted army of
ficer, stakes his fortune of $500, 900 on
the result of rehearing in civil court
of the charges of embezzlement.
A thrilling scene marked the close
of Attorney Rayner's defense of Ad-
miral Schley in the court of inquiry.
The court joined in the demonstra-
ton Of congratulation to the admiral
and his counsel.
The statistics of the growth of rural
free delivery service.shows that on De-
cember next there will be 5000 car
riers throughout the country.
j. Meredith and M. Holman quar-
relied over a game of poker at Marion,
ILL.,, and engaged in revolver fight, in
which both were fatally wounded. :
Three trainmen were killed in a
wreck at Springfield, Mo.
Charles Dunn, aged 81, of Wallen,
Ind, was convicted and sentenced to
life Imprisonment for the murder of
ten-year-old Alice Cothrell.
The presidents sister, the wife of
Commander Cowles, either lost or was
robbed of a $4,000 diamond brooch at
Pennington, Conn.
c. B. Thompson, of Port Huron,
Mich, supreme finance keeper of the
knights of Maccabees, confessed
shortage of $4,000 in his accounts.
Labor unions have begun campaign
to secure reenactment of the Geary
Chinese exclusion law.
A herd of cattle once owned by Queen
Victoria sold for fancy prices at the
stock yards in Chicago.
Argument in the Schley inquiry
ended with the address of Capt. Lem
ly. Admiral Dewey and his associates
declared that it would take two
months to digest the evidence before
rendering verdict.
The safe of the bank at Hinton, Ia,
was blown open by craftsmen and
81 500 secured.
Convicts at the Fort Leavenworth
(Kan.) federal prison mutinied and
26 escaped after fight with guards,
in which one of the convicts was
killed, one guard fatally shot and
three other officers badly wounded.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-15
MUTINY IN PRISON.
Uprising of Federal Prisoners ut
LeavenwOrth, Kan, and Some
of Them Are Killed.

Leavenworth, Kan, Nov. S.-Twen-
ty-siX convicts escaped from the new
United States prison here Thursday
afternoon. With two revolvers which
had been struggled in to them as weap-
ons, they overpowered three of the
guards, seized a number of rifles,
fought running fight with other
guards, battered down the gate to the
stockade and gained their liberty. In
the fight one. of the prisoners was
killed and three of them were
wounded.
They carried superintendent of
Construction Frank Kinds with them
to use as hostage in case pursuit
became too swift, seized all the horses
they could find on the road, held up
farmers and took their clothing and
money, and then separated into small
parties and headed for the rough
country southeast of here, in which
they hope to make good their escape.
Forty armed guards from the prison
and a number of troopers from the
Fourth cavalry are in pursuit, and the
whole region around this city is
reused both for protection and to aid
in the capture of the convicts.
Leavenworth, Kan, Nov. 9. : All
the police, deputy sheriffs and farm
ers in the country adjacent to Leav-
enworth were on the lookout Friday
for the 26 federal convicts who es-
capped from the stockade Thursday.
AS a result two convicts have been
killed, two wounded and five cap
place in a fight near Norton
vile, Kan, and resulted in the
death or capture of five men.
The dead are: James Hoffman,
aged 20, white; j. j. ffenholz,
aged 25, white, soldier, and John
Green, aged p, white, and Willard
Drake, white, aged 10, are wounded
and recaptured, and Fred Moore, aged
16, negro, is recaptured unhurt.
Two unarmed convicts were found
hiding in a ravine on a. farm near
Jarbalo, Kan, and they were sur
rendered without resistance. The
sheriff of Douglas county has cap
UuItu 1--WE COUNlCtS d. Ld"ICHCC,
Donald Norie and r. L. Davenport,
two more of the mutineers, were cap
tured Friday evening at Jarbalo. 1s
miles from Leavenworth. Near Law
renee late Friday night Ole Babo, a
half-breed Indian, and Joseph H.
Deekin, soldier, serving term for
desertion. and assault to kill, were
rounded up. Two more were caught
in Topeka late Friday night. This
leaves Is yet at liberty.
Leavenworth county is swarming
with policemen from the various
towns, country constables, and guards
from the prison. Their incentive is
the reward of $50 head for every
convict caught, offered by Warden
McClaughry.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-15
FIFTY LIVES LOST.
Steamer Brings News of a Recent
Disastrous Wreck OFF the
Coast of Japan.

Victoria, B. c., Nov. 9.-The steamer
Queen Adelaide arrived Friday morn
ing after stormy passage of 20 days
from Kobe, Japan. She encountered
very rough weather off the Japan coast
and made very little Roadway for three
days. From the Japanese port she
brought news of the loss of the steam
er Tsuruhiko Maru, 2,0O0-ton vessel,
which ran on the rocks at Goto island
on October II and her crew of so were
lost. The steamer was carrying coal
from Kobe to Hong-Kong.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-15
Rodies Are Eound.

Bessemer, Mich, Nov. 9.-The fire in
the Mikado mine. which has been burn
ing for two days, was eXtinguished
Friday, and the bodies of the two men
entombed by the flames were recov-
cred. Williams died of asphyxiation
His body was found on the seventh
level, and it is said that he could have
been saved had he. remained on the
tenth level. The body of Erick John
son was found clinging to ladder $50
feet from the surface The fire caused
a damage of $4,000 and has thrown 200
men out of work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-15
Declared Not GuiIty

Grand Rapids, Mich, Nov. 9. = For
mer President William X. Lacey, of
the First national bank of Niles, on
trial for aiding and abetting in max
ing false reports to the comptroller
of the currency, was declared not
guilty by the jury Friday, United
States District Judge VANITY direct
ing the 12 men to so find.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-15

Wapakoneta, O., Nov. John
Shively, hotel and saloonkeeper at
Kossuth, eight miles northwest OF
here, was shot and killed by burglars
whom he caught robbing his saloon.
Bloodhounds were placed on the trail
of the murderers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-15
Gave $1,000, 900 to Employees.

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 9.-Tbe Car
negie company has within the last
week divided $1.OO0,OO0 worth of bonds
among 81 employees. The men received
from $4,000 to 100000, according to
their salaries, each receiving bonds
enough to net them, at five per cent,
an amount equal to their wages.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-15
Double Crime in Michigan.

Allegan, Mich, Nov. 9.-Noah Bar
den, of Glenn, Allegan county, was
shot and killed at midnight by Pearl
Starkey, his cousin. Barden's wife
narrowly escaped the same fate.
Barden's house was fired by Starkey,
who then shot himself dead.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-15
UnfrOcked.

Harrisburg, Pa. Nov. REV. S. C.
Swallow, of this city, once prohibition
candidate for president, has been I'M
frocked by jury of Methodist minis
tiers for lying. The trouble grew out
of an attack on President Mckinley
while he was dying.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-15
Fatal Qaarrel of Aged Couple.

North Platte, Neb., Nov. 9.-As the
result of a family quarrel John Groat
at night stabbed and fatally wounded
his wife and then cut his own throat
and cannot recover. They are an aged
German couple and have resided in this
civ 90 wears
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-15
New Lord MAYOR Installed.

London, Nov. 9.-The new lord
mayor, Sir Joseph c. Dimsdale, who
succeeds Frank Green, was installed
at Guild hall Friday afternoon, with
all the quaint formalities and cere-
monies customary on the transfer of
this Office.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-15
~Motherv Bickerdyke Dead.

Bunker Hill, Kan, Nov. 9.-Mother
Bickerdyke, famous for her work
among union soldiers during the civil
war, died here Friday, aged "a years.
Funeral services will be held Sunday,
and on Monday the body will be taken
to Galesburg, H., for burial.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-15
TWIN CITY MARKETS.
MINNEAPOLIS. Nov. Q

Minneapolis, Nov. 9.
Wheat-No. northern, rec; No. .
northern. zoe; Dec. 7OIc. Oats-No.
white, &c.: Corn-No. 3, soc. Rive
No. 2, sac. Barley-No. 2, 49c.
Flax-$1. As. Butter-Creamery, ex-
tras, 22@23c; creamery, firsts, 2O@21c;
dairy, fancy, 2O@21c. Poultry-Tur-
keys. s@9c; chickens, rose. Hay-
Upland, fancy, $11.O0.
st. Paul, Nov. 9.
Cattle-Steers, $3.00@4.OO; cows, So. 60
@3.OO. Hogs - $5.50@5.sO. Sheep
Muttons, 81. 90; lambs, $500. 80.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-13
Random cnmment

The borrowed leg is the bone Of con-
tention between the AIillers association
and the widow Of one Of the members
This man some years ago lost his leg IN
an accident, and the association supplied
him with an artificial one. When he Gied
his cork leg was buried with him. and
now the association says II was only lent
\ country clergyman whose custom It
was 70 read his sermons, one Sunday
morning forgot his manuscript He deter
mined 10 take his congregation into his
confidence, and he accordingly announced
NY friends. this morning I have come
without my sermon. So you must take
what the Lord gives ne. But tonight I
win come better prepared
Officers stationed on Bedioes Island
have asked General Brooke 10 request
that the base OF the statue Of liberty be
finished. or. at least. put in respectable
condition. The statue is now cared for
b. the war department. the treasury de-
p2rtmeut and the Lighthouse board. and
besides there IS G. citizens committee.
which is supposed TO be interested. AS
q result Of this divided responsibility,
the statue has been neglected sadly.
The dogs Of war have been more
then q fiEure Of speech for thousands Of
years They were used in Egypt $40 3.
c. The Romans. the Teutous. and other
lighting nations OF ANTIQUITY depended
much on them for sentinel AMI defense
PURPOSES IN the middle ages they are
said 10 have even worn armor. The
Spanish disc0rerers used bloodhounds !n
tracking the Indians IN this country. and
dogs were likewise. 81 Is stated. made OF
service by our armies In the Philippines.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-13
8alttuf Ea9Lc
M. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.
The PRESIDENTS INJUNCTION.

The nation viii have soon from President Mckinley
some notable uerance on his assaiant So far he has
said but one thing Of the anarchist At the moment he
was shot and Czogosz was seized the president said:
'Let no one hurt him"
The significance Of this soicous injunction from the
chief executive face to with death is best shown by
contrasting it with remarks by notabes Senator
Plat of New York said This is of the instances
where think lynch law is jusufable Governor Odel
said: They ought to have lynched him Reverend R.
II Naylor Of Washington said y would have blown
ihe scoundrel to atoms" Reverend T. Dewitt Talmage
at ocean Grove said q wish all my heart that the
policeman who arrested Czogosz had with the butt end
pistol dashed his life out" Reverend John Lee
Of Westminster Presbyterian church New York declared
Until better way is found. lynch him the spot
When anarchist makes redfag speeches. then and not
when he has killed president be done with him"
The New York Herald editorally advocates the nven
ton Of horrible penalty and the suspension Of the
constitutional prohibition against and cruel
lshment
stin the man who suffered from the assassins hate
said: Let no one hurt him"
He Of the superb genteness and calm soul and clear
heart spoke for the and all he knew with his
last breath against violence without the law
The countrys indignation against the anarchist knows
no bounds At first the nation was in a passion. But
the president spoke for the law and its due process
He is to be honored for it The day when violence
mistaken for emphasis and when extreme speech passes
for mental vgor is passing And all are coming to know
that the man strength and Of conviction and of genuine
force is he who speaks in moderation hysteTia
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-13
COSTLY FUN IS cuP.llFrtNe

Sir Thomas Upton is with us and completes the pro
eesson Of rich who have layshcd money freely for the
amusement of the people not TO speak Of their own profit
What it costs to Set up racng machines is hardly con
eeivable 10 man Of small means Without doubt
$4,000 were spent the Columbia in 1888 ana Il cost
$4,000 70 carry her through the season.
The great designers are rot unlike those who build
ships for the government They charge several thousand
dollars is said for each minute Of speed over that re-
corded Of the racers predecessor
Following these deductions the Constitution has IN
qnestoneby cost nor less than 100000 to build
She has large tender: tie steamboat Mount Hope and
crew Of IS men She has three OF four suits Of sails
extra spars and the like Outside eli the 100000 s7srt
On her construction she has probably cost the Belmont
syndicate about $4,000.
u also costs small fortune to racer The Col
uIbia has carried trial horse crew OF 40 men each ~
receive $50 month in wages That makes g. 900 n
month S1lo0o Tor the five months She VIII be in com
mission The wages OF Captain Barr and the first and
second mates viii aggregate these i've months Sc COOS
the tender Win cost S75ee Uniforms Tor the men have
already resulted IN expenditure Of $1,000 and there is
the cost OF feeding them be considered Th.s makes
$4,000 and her sails and pars overhaung ana ether
particulars VII easily cost another S5500o uiu thus
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-13
GREAT RESPONSIBILITY BRAoDENs.

The Philadelphia Record, democratic paper, writing
about President Mckinley says:
q" often happens that great responsibility serves to
broaden the man upon whom the burden is laid. This
has been the fact the President Mckinley. He
is not the Mckinley of 1890 Of 1896 He has gone
forward his advance along the lines of liberal
craftsmanship than has his party and ne has strengthen
and saved his party by his frmer hold the
popular regard There evidence Of this in the good
viii shown for him wherever he went his extended
trip the Pacific coast The impression strength
ened by his progressive declarations his speech last
week at the exposition.
1T quite possible that these evidences of deepen
ing public regard higher estimate Of public duty
made him more conspicuous mark for the bullet of the
assassin the blow that felled the president only
served to bring into evidence before the whole world the
exalted character of the His first exclamation Of
soctude his wife after he shot bespoke the true
husband lesser man might have been as afeconately
thoughtful when he pleaded for the struggling mis-
creant who had just aimed at his life Let hurt
hm!" the nobility Of great soul shone forth The
could say that the instant such moment needs
no other certificate of greatness"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-13

The novelsts largely responsible for the popular
faacy that in most diseases and in surgical there
critical hours moments pass which in safety is
certainly recover The crisis is often essential TO
dramatic situation, and the novelist regardless Of
the fact that medical laugh IN the of the
President example Inflammation the peri
toneum has been danger since the first twentyfour
hours but there has been day night
four days to pass which would safety Every day
which passes without indication of Inflammation of
adds TO the chances OF recovery; but until the
temperature and respiration shall become normal the SUI
ferers condition win be dangerous The crisis is very
rarely matter of few hours during which the suspended
balance may incline either side after which there
is either no more danger or no more hope.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-13
RECOVERY or GALVESTON.

Within a twelve month there has been effected note
worthy transformation Galveston, where year ago
all was wreck. distress and death With n homes nor
places of business water food supplies cut off, and
lines communication torn and disrupted beyond the
possibility early repair people of Galveston passed
the weary days after September 1900 preparing for
struggle municipal rehabilitation the like OF which has
been seldom recorded history. statement
Gently printed by The Galveston News shows that during
twelve months the people of that city have spent
than S500000 repair the ravages Of hurricane and
business blocks huge warehouses and eeya-
churches theaters Notifications and public buildings
arisen if by magic and the city's architec-
exceeds the old by far the century
surpasses its predecessor in the gentle art of embeish
ment More than million has been expended solely
building repairing residences while the transpor-
terminal companies Of the city poured
money like water to renew and improve it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-13

CFrcr1 thu Chicago Trihuuel
.Gr.sel1a, sid the visiting relative.
vol eseht not 90 rry g. sug when yes
arc shaking wlth the chllls
Z hsve1t Eot The chiiss. auurie. re-
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-13

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As ae.ae wlfn g eass .a eee-F raar1
He warts 20 = sEre 81 s1ew assEz
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-13

How large permanent population has
Crimson Gulch2' inquired the tourist
.-Weu" answered bronco Bob. we've
Eot about Az living here Bat with So
much hass-steailn' an hracs faro gein'
on. j wouldn't aIIuds % anybody as bei1-
rartic1lar permanent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-13
ALONG THE KANSAS NILE.

In furnishing a $1,000 bond. Jessie Nor
risons bondsmen qualified to being worth
/ $4,000.
/ A fine piano. costing. the Capital says.
+ $500. has been installed in the executive
mansion at Topeka.
/ There are $40 corporations in Kansas
which have not made report 70 the sec
I rotary Of state as provided By law.
Miss Jessie Morrison. who has been re-
/ leased from the penitentiary, VIII re-
cuperate al Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
/ Judge Moore, of Abilene. holds that
suit can not be brought 10 collect money
put up as margin in a bucketshop deal.
/ All the Kansas appointments viii be
delayed on account OF the condition of the
president, for two months, IL is thought
At Eslridge, Kansas, lightning struck
house tore bed 70 pieces, but did not
even daze the two children who were
I asleep on it.
The superintendent Of the water works
at Fl Dorado has finally asked the pa
irons Of the company TO go slow on
water until the springs are replenished.
Some think that the Democratic state
convention viii simply put a straight
Democratic ticket in the field next year
and let the Populists support It or let it
alone.
Mrs John T. Jones Of Franklin county
is dead aged O. In iS4s she came west
as a missionary and married IN Indian
named Jones The two lived happily and
became rich
Attorney General Goddard has ruled
that county clerks must turn over the q
fee collected from physicians for regis
tering their certificates TO the county
general revenue fund
Prof assor SchTegler. OF the chair Of
Greek I'm the Ottawa university, was in
Buffalo the day the president was shot.
and says that ou the streets he saw
MANY people weeping.
TWO prominent Republicans ~ the
Sixth district. II. F. Geissier, a member
Of the legislature. and X. Z. Xiic0ckson.
recently receiver Of the Colby land odLce,
viii move 70 Iowa 70 ge into business.
Frank Montgomery says shat talk %
impeachirg Insurance Comnlisa.cnsr
Church IS nonsense. that the Jaw gives
Church the right 70 Investigate insurance
companies when he has reason 20 suspect
thar they are unsound-
James Manassas. a Greek fruit stand
man az Topeka. vas reported o. have
tubilsted cEer the assault o. Mckinley
Public SEM merit was So high lhst he
closed ~ shop for a dsv Or two. Ee de-
MES taat he expressed hiuscf "a re-
ported.
Douglass Dallan. general egent ~ THE
Santa re freight department announces
that TIE ss-ta t-e v-ili re4ci1d SIS special
corn rates into Kansas ~ September g.
BE says shat the low rates ca corn are
rct t=re1tfins tha farmers. tb1t corn
shipped 81 IS bought ~ ry Kaus1s csai-
ers and SOLD % hansas faru1srs IS h.gh
as prior n the rates heirg made Tire
farmers getting 70 heEe1t. ths railroad
considers tee rltz 1=ass a7-arcFs-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-13

We hope that all the participants in the Schley trial
are now atrired properly If they are not
liable to alge error because Howison has many
buttons his vest
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-13

Later the Xray machine VIII be used and President
Mckinley win have the satisfaction of knowing where
that bullet is Which viii be something.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-13

How frightened the anarchists that Czogosz viii
make confession. He viii make it, The anarchists are
already preparing to say it forced.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-13

Tho police are inclined to count that day lost whose
low descending doesn't another syllable added to
Cz0lgoszs already impossible name.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-13

Maryland is expressing its shame for Senator yelling
ton There is great snab waiting Wellington the first
day he steps into the senate